US leading in the top spam countries
Date: October 15, 2005Source: The Register
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Although the USA is responsible for producing more than a quarter of all of the world's spam, its percentage contribution has decreased from 40 per cent in the same period last year. Sophos reckons 60 per cent of the world's spam comes from compromised, zombie computers. This popular spammer tactic means home PCs are often commandeered by hackers and used to send junk mail without their owner's knowledge. Security firms and government agencies have joined forces over recent months to urge users to take basic security precautions (such as keeping Windows boxes up to date with patches and running anti-virus software with the latest signature updates) in order to combat the problem.
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