U.S. Computers Generate Most Malware

U.S. Computers Generate Most Malware

American websites host more malware and computers relay more spam than any other country, the latest security report showed. 

As evidence of this, when an American Internet company, accused of collaborating with spammers and hackers, was disconnected from the net in November, the level of spam staggered down 75 percent.



The 'Security Threat Report 2009' was just published by Sophos, the U.K.-based IT security and control firm, which examined the threat landscape over the last twelve months, and predicted the emerging cybercrime trends for 2009.

Internet attacks are overwhelmingly orchestrated via networks of innocent home computers that have - unknown to their owners - been commandeered by hackers. Sophos urges home users and businesses to properly defend their personal computers with up-to-date anti-virus software, security patches and firewalls.