Europe Now The King Of SpamNew Symantec report says rise in broadband use the reason...
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old news - 09:19AM Thursday Feb 07 2008)
tags: business · stats · spamEurope has now overtaken North America as the "King of Spam," according to an annual
report on spam (pdf) by Symantec. According to the anti-virus company, approximately 44 percent of all spam email now claims to originate from Europe versus 35.1 percent claiming to originate from North America. The group says the spike is thanks to an explosion of broadband use in Europe, and of course the related growth in the number of broadband-connected PCs being hijacked as spam relays.
The OECD report published June 2007 notes that while the United States has the highest number of broadband users at 66 million, Europe holds six out of the top ten countries
for broadband users in the world. This phenomenal growth in percent spam originating in Europe may also be considered when you look at countries ranked by broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants – European countries take eight of the top ten places.
The report is chock full of other spam-related tidbits, including the fact that the average size of a spam e-mail has declined.
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