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US tops international spammers' list

Feb 27, 2004 1:48AM PST

A study pinpointing the origination points of junk email messages shows that North America leads by a mile - but this is only part of the story

The United States is by far the leading originator of most of the spam received around the world, according to a study published on Thursday by UK antivirus company Sophos.

The broad international spread of junk email senders, with European and Asian countries also high on the list, underscores the difficulty of combating spam with national laws, Sophos said. An added difficulty is that many spam senders may not even be aware they are sending the messages, their PCs having been hijacked by the real culprits from across international borders.

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