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Does geography play a part when it comes to being hit by a malicious computer or virus attack? Apparently, it does. According to AVG Technologies’ first ever Global Threat Index, it’s the Caucasus region, with Web surfers in Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan being the most likely to face threats while online. At the other end of the scale is Japan, ranking as one of the safer places to be online from. Surprisingly, seven of the 10 safest countries in which to surf the Internet are in Africa. As a continent, South America ranks as the safest place to surf the Web and North America the riskiest. AVG says globally, your chances of being attacked while online on any given day are 1 in 73.  The AVG Global Threat Index measures data from AVG’s user network, spanning 100 million PCs in 144 countries, with the data being used to look at the incidence of security threats that AVG software had to deal with during last week of July, 2010. This data was also used by AVG Threat Labs to determine an average for attacks per user per country.Noteworthy results Turkey leads the league table for risky surfing, followed by Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Other areas where Web surfers are disproportionately at risk include Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam and Laos, where the chances of facing an attack are both one in 42. Amongst major Western countries, the United States ranks ninth when it comes to the riskiest places to surf the Web, the United Kingdom comes in at the 31st position, Australia at 37th and Germany at number 41. Leone had the fewest attacks with, on average, one in 692 Web surfers facing an attack. Niger fared well with just a one-in-442 average. AVG cautions that this data could the result of a low-level of Internet access and low broadband penetration. Conversely, because of its high Internet use and broadband penetration, Japan has an average of just one in 404 facing an attack, arguably making it the safest place to surf the net. |
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