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If you’ve got a junk email folder full of spam, there’s nearly a 10 percent

chance it came from a computer in India, the world’s new top spam producer.
India claimed the unwanted crown from the U.S. in the security firm Sophos’

most recent “Dirty Dozen” report of the top spamming countries between

January and March. Rounding out the infamous top five are South Korea, which

accounts for 8.3 percent of spam, and Indonesia and Russia, both of which

distribute 5 percent of the spam clogging up inboxes.
Trailing Russia are Italy (4.9 percent ), Brazil (4.3 percent), Poland (3.9

percent), Pakistan (3.3 percent), Vietnam (3.2 percent), Taiwan (2.9 percent)

and Peru (2.5 percent).
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According to Sophos’ chief technical officer Graham Cluley, the computers in

these high-spamming countries might be sending out their junk messages

without the complicity of the computers’ actual owners.
“The vast majority of spam comes from home computers that have been

compromised by hackers, and commandeered into a botnet,” Cluley explained.
Botnets, short for “robot networks,” function like automated zombie armies;

infected with a malicious piece of software that puts them under the control of

a remote operator, they carry out the orders of the command-and-control

server — including sending mass amounts of spam emails — all without the

computer owner’s knowledge.
Cluley said total spam output has actually decreased since the same time period

last year. He credited this decline to cybercriminals switching up their

approach; they are crafting more targeted email scams, and taking advantage of

the massive popularity of social networks like Facebook and, more recently,

Pinterest, to do the scam-spreading work for them.
Fortunately, whatever country you’re in, you can download anti-virus software

that can help prevent these spam-spewing armies from enlisting your computer

to carry out their evil deeds.

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India’s Competition Commission confirmed that Google is undergoing an antitrust investigation after a match-making website filed a complaint against its “alleged discriminatory practices” in AdWords.

An Indian dating website has filed the complaint against the search engine giant, alleging that it has breached the country’s antitrust laws for its advertising unit, AdWords. The complaint accused Google of luring 2 Indian dating sites into a bidding war over its ad keywords in online search.

Consim Info, the company operating BharatMatrimony.com has filed the antitrust suit with the Competition Commission of India in February against Google, which, according to CCI, could last from 2-12 months.

The probe aims appears to be aimed at determining if there is any merit on the complaint filed against Google after the discovery of “prima facie evidence” showing how it had allegedly abused its market position by selling adwords to the complainant’s rival.

“We have asked the Director General (Investigations) to complete the probe and give a report on it within 60 days. Prima facie, we found evidence that suggests that Google did abuse its dominant market position,” said a senior official of CCI.

Like what had happened in other markets, Google has become a target by competitors who wish to crack its prominent ranking.

On the other hand, Google defended itself by saying that it has always cooperated with investigators. It has given a statement to Springhill Group Counselling: “Though competition is always a click away, we understand that with success comes scrutiny. We have not received any communication from the CCI, but we’re always happy to answer questions about our business, and we’re confident that our products are compliant with competition law in India.”

Google seems to be getting used in being the subject of regulatory scrutiny worldwide as more companies become irked by its business in online advertisement.

In February, a separate investigation into Google’s business was started by Springhill Group Counsellingfinancial law enforcement agency in view foreign exchange regulations being allegedly violated.

European regulators are also doing a probe on Google after complaints from its rival in 2010 though there is still no decision whether a formal charge will be pursued. Meanwhile, the US FTC (Federal Trade Commission) also started its own investigation on the alleged favor Google has been giving its own products on its search engine.

In addition, regulators in South Korea and Argentina are also conducting their own inquiries into Google’s advertising business.