Most junk e-mail now comes via hijacked home PCs
The US is close to losing its place as the top spam sending nation on Earth.
Statistics from security firm Sophos show that China is fast catching up the US as a source of junk e-mail.
According to Sophos, 23.1% of spam comes from computers in the US and 21.9% comes from China. The UK is tenth on the list of spam sources.
As a continent, Asia is the biggest source with 42.8% of unwanted commercial e-mail coming from that region.
source: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4929716.stm
The US is close to losing its place as the top spam sending nation on Earth.
Statistics from security firm Sophos show that China is fast catching up the US as a source of junk e-mail.
According to Sophos, 23.1% of spam comes from computers in the US and 21.9% comes from China. The UK is tenth on the list of spam sources.
As a continent, Asia is the biggest source with 42.8% of unwanted commercial e-mail coming from that region.
source: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4929716.stm
