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P2P and malware, the hidden costs of piracy

who download illegally, often does not know that, in addition to moral damages (related to identity theft and privacy) is likely true damage to your own PC. One Italian in two illegally download movies and music (45.7%), but the abuse is exposed in the download malware and worms, causing serious problems for the PC, quantifiable in 400 million euro a year in damage to your computer. The study says Euromediia and Iulm. The copyright infringement has some hidden costs: risks related to computer security. For the 530 million euro in lost revenue annually to the video market, must be added the 400 million euro a year in damage to your PC downloader, plus the costs associated with identity theft (theft of bank codes, passwords, etc. ). 73% aware of the risks but not change habits, whereas 27% is a downloader unconscious believes that a virus is sufficient to avoid trouble. Also because most of the Italian pirates, confusing P2P, file sharing, streaming and downloading: confusion reigns even in the vast sea of \u200b\u200bdigital piracy, and gain is the spread of malware.