25% of European Internet users experienced security problems in 2015 – Globovisión

25% of internet users in the European Union (EU) in 2015 suffered problems related to security, reason that led to one-fifth of them to avoid carrying out activities such as shopping online or accessing digital banking.

This is indicated by recent data released today by the EU statistical office, Eurostat, on the eve of the celebration morning of internet security.

Eurostat he noted that a quarter of European users suffered some kind of security problem last year, as the appearance of virus in their devices, abuse of personal data, financial losses or children accessing “inappropriate websites”.

“That is, three-quarters (75%) of internet users do not find any online security issues,” he said Eurostat said in a statement.

Spain stood by above the European average, with 30% of users who had any of these problems.

Internet users less affected by these complications security are, according to Eurostat, the Czech Republic (10 %) and the Netherlands (11%), followed by Slovakia (13%) and Ireland (14%).

At the opposite extreme are Croatia (42%), Hungary (39%), Portugal (36%), Malta (34%) and France (33%).

Among those internet users who experienced problems related to Internet security in 2015, the most common was to have a virus or other infection on your computer for example, a worm or Trojan horse -.

of all the countries for which data are available, the proportion affected by the virus were Croatia (41%), Hungary (36 %), Portugal (33%), France (29%), Bulgaria and Malta (both 28%).

in contrast, less than 10% of internet users suffered one of these complications in the Netherlands (6%), the Czech Republic (8%) and Slovakia (9%).

Spain is also in this case above the European average (21%) with 25 % of users affected, representing an improvement of 8 points compared to 2010, when this ratio rose to 33%.

the statistical office also said that security issues take about one of five users avoid shopping online (19%) or use online banking (18%), while 13% preferred not to use your mobile device in a different your home wireless network to connect to pages web.