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The sexy inclinations of corporate America’s top executives are a leading cause of corporate malware, according to a new survey from ThreatTrack Security. The survey of 200 U.S.-based data security analysts reveals that 40 percent removed malware from a senior manager’s computer or mobile device after the frisky executive visited an X-rated website.

Other leading causes of malware include executives clicking on malicious links in spam emails and lending company devices to their family members, the survey found.

Though malware poses a security threat, it appears companies are not being held accountable for their executives’ naughty behavior. The survey indicates that 57 percent of data breaches are not disclosed to company’s clients, partners or other affected parties.

Watching porn at work is a fire-able offense if it violates your employer’s computer-use policies, Wired notes. Even so, the temptation appears to be a significant distraction for many. Nielsen reported that about 29 percent of working American adults watched porn on work computers in March 2010. Don’t you people have work to do?

(h/t: PC Mag)

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Americans who viewed porn on work computers did so, on average, for an hour and 45 minutes per day. An hour and 45 minutes is actually the amount of time that users who looked at pornographic websites spent on those sites over the course of one month.