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   Javarod, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 3:32pm

   
   

   The price really doesn't surprise me, laws of supply and demand and all that, look at how many IDs have been stolen. While it isn't a glut, it does mean that a good quality identity is readily available from many sources, and that will always force the price down.

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   symantec

   

   what a joke, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 3:49pm

   
   

   sure!? is this the same symantec displaying an ad on the right side of my screen. you better listen to them, go buy their software. how many times have i been a victim to malicious computer activity, none. do con artists and businesses exist to take your money, yes. i know the only truth in this article is that spam in the us is out of control! by the way i run antivir software for 'malicious computer activity', and its free, thank you germany!

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   :o It's "Malicious"

   

   Rick, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 4:00pm

   
   

   Doesn't surprise me much, Americans are suckers.
   
   BTW, title is missing an 'i' :p

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   Definition of "malicious"?

   

   dorpus, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 5:13pm

   
   

   They seem to define it as strangers taking your money. What about stalking and defamation, which is a lot more prevalent in East Asia? Accusing specific people of having AIDS, being a pedophile, whatever, is a lot more common over there.

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   Is this surprising?

   

   Matt, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 5:13pm

   
   

   ...I would guess that the most computer activity in general comes from the U.S. Assuming that people in the United States aren't more inherently evil than people in other countries, it's not really too surprising that the most malicious activity comes from here.

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   anon, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 5:41pm

   
   

   If we killed the people responsible for such atrocities with NO trial (the IP/MAC trail is all the evidence needed), this problem would stop. Real quick. It should be considered an act of war for a country not to extradite such scum to the US for punishment. We need to invade said countries with our full military strength and seize any means necessary to kill the fuckers.

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   Re:

   

   Anonymous Coward, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 5:47pm

   
   

   Shh. Don't give Bush any ideas.

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   Stats usually lie

   

   ron Larson, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 6:07pm

   
   

   I think what this is saying is that there are more zombie bots on US computers. That simply means that there are simply more dumb computer owners in the US who have allowed their computers to get infected and then used as a zombie.
   
   The actual bot masters are probably outside of the US.

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   Re: Definition of "malicious"?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 7:02pm

   
   

   Dorpus is a paedophile and he has AIDS. Beware the diseased pervert and shoot him on sight.

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    We are #1

    

    Dave Barnes, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 9:06pm

    
    

    It is good that we are number 1 in yet another category.

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    Flawed study

    

    CB, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 9:43pm

    
    

    Is Symantec anti-virus software used in the same percentages across countries? And Germany's 7% is disproportionate to their smaller population size.
    
    
    "Doesn't surprise me much, Americans are suckers."
    
    This would suggest Chinese are:
    
    "Twenty-six percent of the world's bot-infected computers were in China, a higher percentage than any other country."

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    Ahem

    

    Shohat, Mar 20th, 2007 @ 12:33am

    
    

    There is no identity theft problem . There simply is none.

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    Real fake Id

    

    |333173|3|_||3, Mar 21st, 2007 @ 5:37am

    
    

    where I am, if you can make a fake secondary student card and print out a few froged documents, you cn get a lerners permit. Witht his you can get a bank account. With a bank statement and a learner's permit, you have enough ID for most things, whith the benefit of thier being genuine items with a real history, and all for a $20 fake ID.
    
    Maybe the proportion of bot-infected computers per computer would be a better indication of the number of suckers in a country.

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