Symantec Software Battles Vicious New PC Enemies: 'Bots'
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| "We are seeing rapid increase in botnet infections," says Ed Kim, director
| of product management in the consumer division at Symantec.
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http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/newsanalysis/itmanagement/10368181.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&&cm_cat=FREE&&cm_ite=NA
This story is hot at the moment:
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22093699-5012770,00.html
Maybe he was installing Windows Vista or got zapped by malware.
http://blogosphera.wordpress.com/2007/07/06/cuando-un-error-no-es-error/
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
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| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
FBI to Notify Microsoft Windows Users Who Were Victims of Botnets
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| The Department of Justice and FBI have announced the results of
| an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle
| “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security
| awareness of botnets.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/general/10550/fbi-notify-microsoft-windows-users-who-were-victims-botnets
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