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New Delhi/Washington: India has been ranked third in the list of countries
spreading spam across the world.
In a study conducted by a renowned internet security firm
Sophos, India took the third spot with about 4.2 percent of world’s spam.
The report tracked the amount of spam e-mails sent between
December 2012 and February 2013.
The indexed statistics suggest that India had been leading
the way but fell back to third in the later half of 2012. China leapfrogged
into second place after a spell in the lower half of the list.
Interestingly, United States has been crowned new spam king
of the world, clocking in at 18.3 percent of junk e-mails sent during the
research period.
Notably, spamming remains economically viable because
advertisers have no operating costs beyond the management of their mailing
lists, and it is difficult to hold senders accountable for their mass mailings.
Because the barrier to entry is so low, spammers are
numerous, and the volume of unsolicited mail has become very high.