As a web hoster, it is very easy to notice the large amounts of exploit/abuse attempts done on my servers. Out of curiosity, how often are these attempts done on the average user? I'm assuming almost all of them are prevented just by simple security protocols in place by their browsers, local network, etc.

How many attempts, on average, are committed against a single user daily through any method? (email, internet, downloads, etc.)? If known, what percentage of these things are blocked by the average users security? I tried googling but I was having a hard time getting the right search terms together.

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This is probably not fully on topic here and might result in extended discussion (not constructive). We have a site for IT Security, where this would be better suited, because you have an audience specialized in these kinds of things. If you want, you can flag your question for migration there. – slhck Nov 12 '11 at 17:16
@slhck Thanks! I'll go ahead and do that now. I don't really want a discussion about it. I just want to know the hard facts... – Xander Lamkins Nov 12 '11 at 17:40
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closed as not constructive by techie007, slhck, Sathya Nov 12 '11 at 17:45

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