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Ikeb
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 Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:26 am Post subject: Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam |
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TMOV posted this reference elsewhere so thank him for this news... WOW!!!!!  
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By John Leyden
Published Friday 4th June 2004 13:08 GMT
Four-fifths of spam now emanates from computers contaminated with Trojan horse infections, according to a study by network management firm Sandvine out this week. Trojans and worms with backdoor components such as Migmaf and SoBig have turned infected Windows PCs into drones in vast networks of compromised zombie PCs. |
Follow link for full story ............
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Jarron
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Amazing.
I wonder how many problems would be solved or lessened for everyone if a few people would learn how to use and PROTECT their own computers. |
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AlphaCentauri
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| And how many problems would be corrected if the folks at Comcast took seriously these reports we're sending through SpamCop and actually identified the offending computer so it could be disinfected. |
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Jarron
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| AlphaCentauri wrote: |
| And how many problems would be corrected if the folks at Comcast took seriously these reports we're sending through SpamCop and actually identified the offending computer so it could be disinfected. |
Are we seeing progress?! http://www.computercops.biz/article-5163--0-0.html
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