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3. Germany

3. Germany

Share of malicious computer activity: 6%
Malicious code rank: 12
Spam zombies rank: 2
Phishing Web site hosts rank: 2
Bot rank: 4
Attack origin rank: 4

Germany is infested with a high number of bot servers that control other machines, instructing them to carry out dirty deeds, such as sending out waves of unwanted e-mail or perpetrating click fraud, an inflation of traffic to an ad or Web site.