In the fourth quarter of 2010, the majority of users (92.9%) said they use antivirus programmes, followed by updating the operating system and programmes (80.5%) and passwords (79.9%). The trend seen in the use of security measures between 2006 and 2010 is positive, as described in the report.

85.3% of Spanish Internet users used social networking sites in the fourth quarter of 2010. These users are conscious about their privacy and 67% say that their profile can only be viewed by friends and contacts, while 16.3% are even more careful and only allow access to some of their friends and contacts.

The full report is available in Spanish and the executive summary is available in Spanish and English.