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Re: Sophos spam zombie statistics
From: Andrew <andrewwilly () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:56:25 -0700
Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:39:38 EDT, "Richard M. Smith" said:spam-relaying problem. The US remains stuck at the top of the chart and is the source of 23.2 percent of the world's spam. Its closest rivals are China and South Korea, although both of these nations have managed to reduce their statistics since Q1 2006.What do they know about fixing the problem that we don't? I suspect it's that the CEO of an ISP there has to "save face", and would do anything to avoid being embarassed when his company is known as "the biggest spammer haven". Here in the US, the ISP CEO will happily sign a pink contract for more bottom line...
The article said the majority of the spam originating in the US is generated by spam zombies. I don't claim to know much about China, and I admit it may be presumptuous to assume, but I have to believe high-speed Internet and home PCs are more common in the United States than in China. I'm also under the impression that a significant number of Chinese Internet users do so from Internet cafes, and these are likely attended by staff that applies a measure of security to their stations not found in your average US home. Having built my opinion on assumptions, I wobbly assert that it's obvious why the US generates more spam. --- More machines, more bandwidth, and they're on all the time. And is a contract and ink from a CEO really needed for when Aunt Marge's PC gets hijacked? =)
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