55% of online users have been infected with spyware.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 206,884 complaints of web-based crimes during 2007.
Internet crime is at a record high with nearly $240 million U.S. in reported losses during 2007, a $40 million increase from 2006.
The FBI estimates all types of computer crime in the U.S. costs industry about $400 billion while in Britain the Department of Trade and Industry said computer crime had risen by 50 percent over the last two years.
