Researchers at AVG recently compiled data to calculate the possibility of a Web attack encountered by the average Web users in 144 different countries; and ranked the ‘safest’ and the ‘most dangerous’ destinations for going online.

The AVG data - based on the statistics tracked from over 100 million PCs from the last week of July - shows that Web users face 1 in 73 chances, on average, of being attacked online on any given day. The users’ vulnerability to Web attacks varies in different countries and continents.

Noting that the Web attacks were detected and stopped by AVG, the firm’s chief research officer Roger Thompson said in a blog post: “Even the global average of facing a 1 in 73 attack on any given day does not present great odds if averaged out across a year.”

More specifically, the AVG data shows that the top five ‘most dangerous’ countries are: Turkey, with a 1 in 10 risk of users getting infected online; Russia, with a 1 in 15 risk; Armenia, 1 in 24; Azerbaijan, 1 in 39; and Bangladesh – along with Vietnam and Laos - with a 1 in 41 risk.

The US and Pakistan tied with a one in 48 risk of online users getting attacked; while the UK, Australia, and Germany all fared a little better with a respective 1 in 63, 1 in 75, and 1 in 83 risk on online attack.

Furthermore, as per the AVG statistics, the five ‘safest’ countries are: Namibia, Togo, Japan, Niger, and Sierra Leone.