Figures gathered by the Get Safe Online campaign suggest that 50% of PCs in the UK do not have up-to-date anti-malware software installed.

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Introducing this sort of uncertainty could easily destroy the fragile belief in broadband as the safe way to get online and quickly halt the growth in broadband take-up.

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You can get lots of information on keeping kids safe, secure and productive online from my site SafeKids.com and at ConnectSafely.org, a non-profit Internet safety organization where I serve as co-director.

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