A couple of days ago, McAfee-UK released the results of a survey on teens’ attitudes toward safety on the Internet as pertains to accessing free music or videos. Here you can read the press release titled Teenagers Risk PC Security For Free Downloads. But I always prefer the raw data. Unfortunately, this tabulation has already been interpreted and lacks the original questions. But they’re still interesting=85

Sample Size

The research was conducted in June 2006 by ICM Research who conducted 615 interviews with teenagers aged between 13 and 17 in six European countries. The sample breakdown is:

Country Interviewees
UK 100
France 102
Germany 101
Netherlands 100
Spain 100
Italy 112

1. % of teenagers unconcerned by the risks of viruses and other threats when downloading music or video content

Country Data
Euro Average 40%
UK 36%
France 38%
Germany 42%
Netherlands 39%
Spain 42%
Italy 41%

2. % of teenagers who regularly use illegal (sic) file sharing sites like Kazaa and Limewire

Country Data
Euro Average 56%
UK 62%
France 54%
Germany 17%
Netherlands 74%
Spain 64%
Italy 48%

3. % of teenagers who are not worried about internet security when they go online

Country Data
Euro Average 24%
UK 26%
France 25%
Germany 19%
Netherlands 52%
Spain 14%
Italy 11%

4. % of teenagers who rarely check to see if their security software is up to date

Country Data
Euro Average 30%
UK 24%
France 34%
Germany 20%
Netherlands 36%
Spain 44%
Italy 25%

5. % of teenagers who are entrusted with keeping the family PC secure

Country Data
Euro Average 21%
UK 18%
France 13%
Germany 24%
Netherlands 23%
Spain 21%
Italy 29%

6. % of teenagers that purchase digital content from online shops such as iTunes

Country Data
Euro Average 15%
UK 34%
France 9%
Germany 17%
Netherlands 14%
Spain 5%
Italy 10%

7. % of teenagers do not scan downloaded files or email attachments for viruses or other threats before opening them

Country Data
Euro Average 37%
UK 27%
France 40%
Germany 35%
Netherlands 31%
Spain 58%
Italy 34%

8. % of teenagers who admit to giving out their personal details in chatrooms

Country Data
Euro Average 14%
UK 13%
France 14%
Germany 26%
Netherlands 14%
Spain 12%
Italy 8%

9. % of teenagers who are unaware that a breach could cause them to lose all their digitally archived items such as music

Country Data
Euro Average 46%
UK 28%
France 64%
Germany 40%
Netherlands 46%
Spain 34%
Italy 62%

10. % of teenagers who did not realise that their PC could be remotely taken over by cyber savvy criminals and used to send spam emails

Country Data
Euro Average 43%
UK 18%
France 65%
Germany 33%
Netherlands 20%
Spain 52%
Italy 67%

11. % of teenagers who are unaware that their personal information could be hacked into and stolen

Country Data
Euro Average 32%
UK 19%
France 45%
Germany 25%
Netherlands 12%
Spain 39%
Italy 47%

12. % of teenagers aware that their digital content such as music could be lost through infections

Country Data
Euro Average 54%
UK 72%
France 36%
Germany 60%
Netherlands 54%
Spain 66%
Italy 38%

13. % of teenagers aware that hackers could steal their personal information

Country Data
Euro Average 68%
UK 81%
France 55%
Germany 75%
Netherlands 88%
Spain 61%
Italy 53%

14. % of teenagers who did not know what a phishing scam was

Country Data
Euro Average 79%
UK 70%
France 79%
Germany 68%
Netherlands 93%
Spain 95%
Italy 68%

15. % of teenagers who had never heard of spyware

Country Data
Euro Average 45%
UK 13%
France 46%
Germany 56%
Netherlands 19%
Spain 69%
Italy 64%

16. % of teenagers who know what phishing is

Country Data
Euro Average 21%
UK 30%
France 21%
Germany 32%
Netherlands 6%
Spain 5%
Italy 32%

17. % of teenagers whose family PC is located in their bedroom

Country Data
Euro Average 33%
UK 24%
France 5%
Germany 43%
Netherlands 38%
Spain 37%
Italy 50%

18. % of teenagers whose family PC is located in the living room

Country Data
Euro Average 24%
UK 28%
France 29%
Germany 15%
Netherlands 39%
Spain 17%
Italy 18%