Vietnam's Digital Dreams Held Back by Malware Epidemic

歌曲 Vietnam's Digital Dreams Held Back by Malware Epidemic
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[00:00.00] From VOA Learning English,
[00:02.00] this is the Technology Report.
[00:05.20] Vietnam's information, communications
[00:09.22] and technology industries
[00:11.52] have grown quickly over the past 10 years.
[00:15.74] The Vietnamese government has high hopes for the future,
[00:20.33] it wants the country to become a center
[00:23.64] for Information Technology Services in the years to come.
[00:29.05] But to capture its share of the knowledge economy,
[00:33.94] experts say Vietnam will have to do more
[00:37.75] to deal with cyber security issues.
[00:40.80] One major problem is malicious computer software,
[00:45.92] known as malware.
[00:47.72] Malware programs are used to damage computer operations,
[00:53.79] steal information or gain entry to private computer systems.
[01:00.48] Michael Mudd is Chair of the Information Technology,
[01:05.46] Intellectual property and Telecommunications Committee
[01:09.98] at the American Chamber of Commerce.
[01:12.93] He says Vietnam is among the top five suppliers
[01:17.94] of malware and spam messages in the world.
[01:21.92] He says the country is facing a crisis,
[01:25.67] mainly because of lack of knowledge about the issue.
[01:29.94] "In the countries that have been involved in IT for longer,
[01:35.76] they are more aware of anti-virus programs.
[01:40.32] Everywhere I go in Vietnam,
[01:43.65] I look in places and offices and stuff like this,
[01:46.52] and hardly any computer, apart from the very big ones,
[01:49.77] are protected by any anti-virus program at all," he explained.
[01:53.33] Wahab Yusoff is an official with McAfee,
[01:57.59] the computer software company.
[02:00.19] He says the issue of malware is a very reactive one,
[02:06.07] you do not do anything until it hits you.
[02:09.68] "I think the awareness is increasing,
[02:12.18] but there's a sense of laissez faire,
[02:15.46] I'm not being affected, I would be hit by it.
[02:17.81] But the awareness is increasing.
[02:19.96] But compared to Singapore,
[02:21.16] it's a much smaller country and community,
[02:23.52] I think it's less," said Yusoff.
[02:25.78] The use of pirated software is one of the main ways
[02:29.75] malware can infect computers systems.
[02:33.95] The Business Software Alliance says
[02:37.72] about 81 percent of the computers in Vietnam
[02:41.34] use pirated copies of software programs.
[02:45.67] Michael Mudd says infected computers
[02:49.25] could take up to 20 percent of available bandwidth,
[02:54.21] causing major economy loses.
[02:57.37] To deal with the problem, he says,
[02:59.88] Vietnam does not need more "antivirus scientists
[03:04.39] with four-year college degrees."
[03:07.26] He says the country instead needs an army of IT experts
[03:13.26] who can care for computer systems
[03:16.16] and remove malware already loaded in the machines.
[03:21.73] Mr Mudd says education about cyber security should start early,
[03:28.06] even at school age.
[03:30.01] He says this will help people understand the value
[03:34.28] of investing in legitimate software and antivirus programs.
[03:39.79] And that is the Technology Report from VOA Learning English.
[03:45.96] I'm June Simms.