(Dave Rosenberg, CNET) In this day and age of technological advancement and digital lifestyles, it's incredible to me that nearly half of a recently surveyed audience opened junk e-mail (aka spam), intentionally.

According to a new survey report, tens of millions of users continue to respond to spam in ways that could leave them vulnerable to a malware infection or bot network. The results of the survey show that nearly half of the users have opened spam, clicked on a link in spam, opened a spam attachment, replied, or forwarded it - all activities that leave consumers susceptible to fraud, phishing, identity theft, and infection.