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____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Thursday 10 July 2008 17:48 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:19:19 -0400
> <1405218.TRtMOvhCF9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> ____/ SomeBloke on Thursday 10 July 2008 13:45 : \____
>>
>>> DFS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Botnets winning spam wars, says report
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> Given that the company reports there being an average of 10 million
>>>>>> botnet 'zombies' active on any one day in the second quarter of
>>>>>> 2008,
>>>>
>>>> But out of the other side of your mouth you claim it's 320,000,000?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> And then go and warn others to do the same. Windows is defeated -
>>>>>> its days are over. It carries the worm inside. So whatever will
>>>>>> happen next: RIP, Windows.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://wolfgang.lonien.de/?p=456
>>>>
>>>> blah blah blah
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
>>>>>> 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
>>>>>> the BBC reports.
>>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> But out of the other side of your mouth you quote 10,000,000?
>>>>
>>>> Face it Spamowitz: you're a ridiculous person.
>>>
>>> This was a report from a company called CommTouch, not a claim
>>> from Roy. Who looks ridiculous now Stewie?
>>
>> There are roughly 320 million Windows PCs that are zombies
>> (assumping USA TOday was correct). Not all of them are used
>> as 'SPAM reactors' every single say. The 'operators' of botnets
>> just pick subsets and move along (if the cybercrooks increase
>> their 'staffing', they will). There is no contradiction
>> here at all the the Munchkins know it very well.
>>
>> Windows botnets are underutilised, that's all.
>
> Were they more utilized the ISPs with nodes on the
> botnets would probably start to shut down those particular
> accounts, annoying the heck out of everybody (since the
> account holders are not the ones authorizing the spam).
>
> It's a balancing game, from the looks of it, and they
> are stealing bandwidth.
>
> [.sigsnip]
A study was published 1-2 months ago to show how much Web traffic was 'junk'
(zombie spew). I'm not sure where to find it.
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