Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Omnibus Survey, October 2002

Variable Details

VariableSPEC18D
LabelWhat personal security problems have you had?
Question text What personal security problems have you had?
Responses
3 trojan viruses in last month. 1
Email number became acessed and we were recieving unwarrented Emails so much .so that we had to change address 1
Had a computer virus 1
I have been harassed by an individual through the internet. 1
Internet Cafe in Mexico used and unable to log off 1
PC received an unsolicited email that contained a virus 1
PORNAGRAPHIC E MAILS AND VIRUSES 1
People have tried to hack into my PC system 1
Somebody broke into my address and spammed everybody 1
Someone took card details from a web site and used it 1
Unwanted sites when in use by children 1
a hacker took my E mail name and got into my chat room 1
access to credit card through comuserve 1
aol took money from bank after cancelled 1
attack- 1
credit card fraud 1
credit card fraud on pawn site 1
credit card problem.money taken from visa account--usa website.money refunded by visa 1
credit card skimmed 1
credit card used fraudulantly 1
e mails going to wrong place 1
email virus 1
getting porn sent you cant get rid of 1
hacker messed about - virus 1
hackers trying to get into system. virus 1
hacking into email account and sending messages to contacts 1
hacking,viruses 1
had a virus dumped into my PC 1
kaak worm,a trojan horse virus past by e-mail 1
mail entered my inbox that was not mine 1
not recognising my identity 1
partner recd strange emails and various viruses 1
pay for a ticket three times 1
people port scanning 1
pornography sent via e mail 1
secirity has been breached within the co system 1
somebody billing mycredit card, 1
somebody hacked in to our account 1
someone attempted to hack into work computer 1
someone e-mailed me using my own e-mail address 1
someone tried to access my account 1
someone trying to get into the computer several times 1
unauthorised access to my pc 1
unwanted e-,mails 1
used credit card to book a flight and found out from credit card company thather details had been used by someone who had hacked in 1
virus 1
virus download 1
virus, cleaned it up 1
viruses 3
viruses on E-mail 1
viruses through emails 1
viruses/attackers 1
visa card number used fraudulently 1
when we started it opened a whole new field and the children had unlimited access. now we have moved the machine to downstairs 1
with internet bank/could access other persons details 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Omnibus Survey, October 2002
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;Adults;Households;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study, monthly (up to year 2000), 8 cycles per year thereafter.