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Kid online threats need parents’ help

With rapid development and gradual popularity of the Internet, the netizens younger-age trend has become an image of normalcy. According to a survey jointly conducted by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, 44 percent of those surveyed believed that their children had little knowledge of computer technology, as well as 35% of users believed that their children knew nothing of cyber threats .

It is just parents’ misconception that let children use the internet freely and thus lead to all sorts of problems. Kaspersky Lab’s survey showed that 12 percent of those surveyed said that their children had inadvertently deleted important information; 6 percent of users said that they would receive bills after children used their devices to surf the Internet; 21% of users had suffered money or important information loss because of children’s online activities. These data indicated that children would cause troubles to parents, other than encountering network threats.

Still, only a third of parents really bewared of the online dangers: 32 percent of those surveyed believed that their children might consume without parents approval; 27% of those surveyed worried that their child might share private information on network.

In this regard, Kaspersky Lab web content analysis team director Konstantin Ignatev said: "When parents realize that their children are accessing to the Internet, their primary concern is to avoid them contacting inappropriate content on the network, however, there is another very important aspect can’t be ignored, that is, the child may bring parents troubles. To use Internet management functionality is not distrust for children. This feature is one of a number of preventive measures that can protect your equipment and data stored on the device. "

Parents must install such kind of parental control software to manage children’s online activities to protect them and the entire family from cyber threats.