Online safety risks are a truly global issue. Yet differences in threats vary significantly by country and other factors, for example:
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A consumer is almost 12 times more likely to encounter a drive-by-download while surfing Russian and Columbian domains.
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Registering at a web site in India results in a 4.3% chance of getting spammy e-mail. Taking the same action with a domain registered in China yields a 7.2% chance.
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5.2% of Vietnamese web sites have risky downloads.
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2.7 million times every month, casual web surfers visit risky Dutch web sites (not this one, don’t worry).
http://www.siteadvisor.com/studies/map_malweb_mar2007.html