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Symantec wants you to know your worth (to online criminals)
September 15th, 2009 - Posted by Kent
We've posted stories before about the black market for stolen identities. Internet security service provider Symantec has launched an online tool that calculates how much you could be worth to a cybercriminal. A quick questionnaire will reveal your dollar amount. It may scare you. It may disappoint you. Personally, I wanted to be worth more. But answering the questions is a great reminder of how much data we have "out there" and how much we're at risk when someone gets access to our data. The tool is designed to sell you on the importance of Internet security software, particularly theirs.
We recently reviewed Symantec's Norton Internet Security package and really liked the way it analyzed threats, both known and possible. It's intelligent threat assessment that we actually enjoyed using. Of the 2010 crop of Internet security software, it's one of our favorites, running neck-and-neck with Trend Micro.
See how these stack up with our Internet security software reviews.
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