Everyday activities of young people on the internet and malware victimization

In the last few years, an exponential growth of malware circulating through the Net has been experienced. However, not much is known about the extension of this form of cybercrime among young people and risk factors which are associated with it. In order to learn more about these two extremes, a research has been carried out, with a sample of 2,038 students from the province of Alicante, whose ages range from 12 to 18. The results show that the malware is one of the main risks to which young people are exposed, and the probability of suffering is also determined by the activities which are carried out on the Internet on a daily basis.