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[News] Windows Zombies Lurk in the Strangest Places

Zombie lurks inside the Vatican 

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| In a report highlighting the world's top twelve countries relaying
| spam, insecurity expert -- Sophos -- claimed to have identified at least
| one PC with a Vatican City IP address which was being used as a 'zombie'.
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| The vast majority of spam is relayed by zombie PCs which are also known
| as botnet computers, Sophos claims. The machines have been hijacked by
| Trojan horses, worms and viruses under the outside control of hackers.
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