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Spain is the fifth largest issuer of spam (junk emails) World of Europe and second, to generate 2.74 percent of the messages, according to data compiled by antivirus firm Sophos during the first quarter. United States retained first place in the world ranking, with 35.7 percent, but followed increasingly closely by South Korea, which emits one in four spam, compared to 13.4 percent in the quarter above.
Third and fourth are for China and France, which generate 9.7 and 3.2 percent of global spam, respectively. Spain behind are Canada, with 2.7 percent of spam; Japan, with 2.1 percent, Brazil with 1.9 percent, United Kingdom, with 1.6 percent and Germany, Australia and
Sophos notes that the "spam" broadcast from the United States has declined 12 points during the first three months of the year, because the ISPs have begun to eliminate services to issuers of junk mail.
It also draws attention to the fact that more than half of the spam comes from computers worldwide "zombie" computers infected by hackers without the knowledge of the owner. Therefore, Sophos believes that the strong progression of South Korea and to a lesser extent, France and Spain, "does not necessarily mean that the spammers are more numerous in these countries."
According to antivirus firm specializing in the real responsible for the issuance of junk mail are mainly from China, Russia and the United States. Sophos reminds users that can prevent the fraudulent use of their computers from hackers using security software.