HongKong is worlds spam capital .
HK is worlds spam capital
September 11 2009, Times of India Bangalore
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Hong Kong: Hong Kong is under siege from legions of zombies attacking people with spam and leaving in their wake a trail of destruction costing millions of dollars a year, analysts have warned.
It sounds like the plot of a surrealist B-movie but it is the worrying scenario computer users are facing in a city which has been awarded the title of spam capital of the world.
The problem has taken a sinister new twist with the rise of so-called zombies computers infected by a virus that are sending reams of spam, or unsolicited emails, without their users knowledge.
There are an estimated 4,000 zombies active in Hong Kong and their criminal puppet masters use them to fire off thousands of messages offering products ranging from jewellery to pornography . AGENCIES
It sounds like the plot of a surrealist B-movie but it is the worrying scenario computer users are facing in a city which has been awarded the title of spam capital of the world.
The problem has taken a sinister new twist with the rise of so-called zombies computers infected by a virus that are sending reams of spam, or unsolicited emails, without their users knowledge.
There are an estimated 4,000 zombies active in Hong Kong and their criminal puppet masters use them to fire off thousands of messages offering products ranging from jewellery to pornography . AGENCIES
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