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It is possible that cybercrime could be as big a criminal underground as the illegal drug trade, an expert has suggested.
Industry commentator Simon Moores remarked in an article for online resource Silicon.com that no one really knows the full extent of cybercrime but that potentially as many as 12 per cent of all web-connected PCs have malware.
Furthermore, in addition to funds stolen and productivity lost, a substantial amount is spent combating the effects of malware, he continued.
As early as 2003, he noted "billions of dollars were still being spent by individuals and companies to maintain the comforting illusion of security or at least mitigate its more immediate and damaging risks".
The Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section of the United States Department of Justice explains that people can limit the harm their computers are exposed to by learning more about online security.
It claims that it is "good cyberethics" to limit vulnerability to the dangers of online behaviour in order to protect both the individual and the wider web community.
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