Searching for Love online? We found there's a 1 in 7 chance you'll come across something nasty.

In the age where romance is allegedly dead, our research into this area just adds more fuel to that fire.

In the week before Valentines Day, we saw 1 in 48 of all internet searches were for Valentine’s related searches (terms such as valentines chocolates, flowers, cards, dinner, hotels). Of these Valentine’s Day related searches 1 in 7 search results yielded viruses or spyware.

Like most men Valentines day is more of a headache than anything else, so I decided to send my sweetheart an electronic card, and I wasn't alone, we saw requests for Electronic Card (eCards) sites increase by 300 percent on the day before!  But instead of being the saving grace for people like myself who 'forget' (read: are too lazy) to buy valentines cards, they represent a risk.  18 percent of the eCard sites our corporate customers requested contained some viruses or spyware.

At least I can now blame the malware mongers for killing romance (not just the modern man!)