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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Last updated on: May 23, 2011 08:57 IST

Image: Cybercriminals target unsuspecting users.
A recent report carried by rediff.com showed that spammers are going local by targeting users in Hindi.

The report said that while India accounted for 35 per cent of the global spam, it ranked sixth for malicious code in 2010.

But it seems that in 2011 things have improved.

According to a new study conducted by Kaspersky Lab, a computer security company, India is not one of the top malware hosting countries.

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: Malicious programmes exist in every country.
Web resources containing malicious programmes exist in practically every country of the world.

In the first quarter of 2011, 89 per cent of all web resources used for hosting malware were detected in 10 countries around the globe.

The United States still tops the list of countries in which malware-spreading web resources were detected.

In the US, the bulk of the malicious content is located on compromised legitimate sites.

Between January and March 2011, the share of malicious hosting sites in the US increased by 1.7 percentage points.

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: 89 per cent of web resources used for hosting malware were found in 10 countries.
The most dramatic increases in malicious hosting sites occurred in Russia, up 3.5 percentage points and the United Kingdom with two percentage points, which puts them in second and sevent positions respectively.

The number of malicious hosting sites in China decreased, continuing the trend that began in 2010.

The volume of web attacks originating from this country fell by 3.33 percentage points compared to fourth quarter of 2010.

The number of servers with malicious content in Germany also decreased as a result of a massive web clean-up effort organized in that country.

Click NEXT to see which countries took the dubious honour

Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: The US tops the list.

1. The United States

Sites hosting virus: 28. 56 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: Russia follows the US.

2. Russia

Sites hosting virus: 17.26 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: The Netherlands has 11.89 per cent malicious hosting sites.

3.The Netherlands

Sites hosting virus: 11.89 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: China comes at fourth.

4. China

Sites hosting virus: 7.65 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: Ukraine has 5.14 per cent sites hosting malicious content.

5. Ukraine

Sites hosting virus: 5.14 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: Germany follows Ukraine in malicious malware.

6. Germany

Sites hosting virus: 4.84 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: The UK has more than four per cent sites hosting virus.

7. The United Kingdom

Sites hosting virus: 4.76 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: Sweden has more than three per cent sites with malware.

8. Sweden

Sites hosting virus: 3.04 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: Virgin Islands has nearly three per cent sites with malware.

9. Virgin Islands

Sites hosting virus: 2.86 per cent

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Top 10 web virus hosting countries

Image: Canada rounds up the top 10.

10. Canada

Sites hosting virus: 2.56 per cent