Laws banning junk e-mail are largely ineffective. Spammers can easily avoid such laws by moving overseas, where local rules allow them free rein. Also, it is often impossible to detect the source of junk e-mail. Much of it is sent from zombie transmitters-personal computers that have been hijacked by viruses. Newspaper Clipping
A) Argument; conclusion: Spammers can easily avoid ... allow them free rein.
B) Argument; conclusion: Much of it is sent ... hijacked by viruses.
C) Argument; conclusion: Laws banning junk e-mail are largely ineffective.
D) Argument; conclusion: Also, it is often impossible ... junk e-mail.
E) Nonargument.

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The passage presents an argument that laws banning junk e-mail are largely ineffective due to spammers being able to avoid them by moving overseas and the difficulty in detecting the source of junk e-mail. The passage does not present any counterarguments, and there is a clear conclusion that the laws are ineffective.

Laws Banning Junk E-Mail Are Largely Ineffective