ScanSafe reports that consumers are increasing their usage of illegal file-sharing programs.

"According to the company, its latest numbers show a 55 percent increase in illegal MP3 and software download attempts over the last three months on the corporate networks it tracks," writes eWeek's Matthew Hines.

"To help discourage use of the systems, organization must not only put in place policies with established consequences and penalties for employees for using them, but also go to steps to block the unwanted content from reaching their systems altogether, ScanSafe recommends," Hines writes.

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