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Nearly 32 percent of Internet users surveyed in mid-July said they had been affected by a hacker or computer virus in the past two years.

About 43 percent of them said they felt vulnerable on their home computers, while 17 percent felt they were vulnerable from viruses and hackers at work.

The survey, conducted by Edelman, a public relations firm, questioned more than 1,000 adults nationwide.

American Internet users were warned by Microsoft last month of a new virus attack. On Monday, the new worm, MSBlast, infected at least 7,000 computers in a matter of hours, according to Symantec. Still, security experts said the spread was slowed because the virus program had several flaws.

The survey results indicate that West Coast residents are most likely to feel insecure on their office computers, and the most wealthy and educated feel the most vulnerable on the Net.

"It's interesting to see that people are feeling more secure in their Internet activities at the office," said Jim Burke, an Edelman senior vice president. "Maybe this is a result of the many technological advancements in security products over the past few years."

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Is Edelman really basing their estimate on interviews with only 1,000 people? The Net has over 500,000,000 people on it. Did they actually base their estimate on .000002 (two hundred thousandths of 1 percent) ?.
Making it appear that 1 in 3 Internet users has been hacked is not only ludicrous, it is poor judgement to make such an unfounded statement that would undermine public confidence, (not to mention scaring the hell out of a lot of children.)
I do hope a trusted name such as CNET will review their policies on posting such unreliable information.

via Facebook 13 August, 2003 22:38
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The public should first be aware that these sites have no official capacity whatsoever despite the cavalier claims strewn over their many thousands of bloated and almost worthless web pages. This site attempts to put Peter Hampton's organisation into perspective and to debunk the many blatantly false claims made by WEB-POLICE.ORG, INTERGOV.ORG, SCAMWATCH.COM, INTERDAC.COM, ILETA.NET ICC-911.COM, WWW.IGSPECOPS.COM all of which have zero official capacity despite Peter Hampton's claims. We shall examine a lot of the falsehoods, propoganda and the misinformation spread by these sites. These sites appear to be little more than the fantasies of one Peter Hampton and his unquestioning flock of sheeplike followers who seemingly do his every bidding.

These sites have been misinforming and misleading the public for many years into the belief that they are officially recognised by governments and legitimate law enforcement agencies worldwide, this however is not even anywhere near true as our hours of diligent research will attempt to demonstrate. Over the years their claims have been vast and varied and we will also be looking at their history and many of their prior false claims.

via Facebook 6 May, 2004 15:56
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Hi, Why you cannot use your own name, why you have to use my name ??
I have NOT written this article

Andre Riis, Norway

via Facebook 18 May, 2004 08:03
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Well, if this is True, why you have been there?

via Facebook 26 May, 2004 17:32
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That quote is from the

http://www.web-police-warning.com

site is it not?

They have a lot to say about the international web police, intergov, scamwatch and Peter Hampton the President and you can bet most if not all of it is true. I love that site because it does a great job of exposing their BS.

This appears to be off topic and please accept my sincerest apologies.

http://consumer.net/intergovfaq.asp

Consumer net says they are a BIG SCAM too.

via Facebook 26 May, 2004 18:12
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via Facebook 7 June, 2004 05:27
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Peter Hampton of International Web Police / InterGOV is actually a fraud and a conman.

They have no official powers or backing and Peter Hampton is a TWICE CONVICTED PEDOPHILE according to www.web-police-warning.com and www.intergov-warning.com who have a huge amount of evidence against Peter Hampton.

Since when was Peter Hampton the CHILD MOLESTOR an Internet Police Officer?

He is also a CONVICTED THIEF, this is a fact!!!!!!!!!!!

He has no authority and a lot of dirty little secrets because he is just a disgusting pedophile and child predator. His press releases are all lies and contradiction.

He should be in jail for what he has done.

He closed down when the web police warning site exposed him as a pedophile and good riddance to pedo scum like Peter Hampton!!!!!!!!!!!!!

via Facebook 3 November, 2004 09:49
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hmmm well what a scam Intergov and web police really are
them laughing at gursts that need help and acting like children hence the fact most are kids.

good they shut see how fast pete did when he knew his record would be out he was crapping himself the liar scum pedo that he is

he was never a police officer nearest he was was a security guard in airport and lost that job when he started been a thief!!!!!!!!

via Facebook 17 November, 2004 23:27
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Peter Hampton and his IWP is a scam.

InterGOV is NOT.

InterGOV -WILL- be reopening soon under management.

A honest management.

InterGOV is an internet monitoring agency, it is not a government or police authority, but it is a caring private monitoring agency.

Volunteers are welcome to rejoin, and we urge internet users to reunite once again at InterGOV to help stamp down net-related crimes, through friendship, co-operation, courtesy, common decency and our excellent staff members who monitor suspicious activites, gather up evidence, and pass them onto the proper authorities.

via Facebook 20 February, 2005 03:58
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tom just shut up
and get out of that la la la fantasy world of yours
it is sooooooo obviously you are one of those pete clones LMAO

THE day intergov comes back hell will freeze over
meaning it will never happen

via Facebook 24 March, 2005 14:33
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