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[News] Microsoft Press Shows How Kids Can Build Windows Botnets

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Look Ma, I created a botnet!

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| The abstract concepts of "botnet" and "Trojan" just became a lot more 
| concrete for me. 
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| In less than an hour on Thursday, I was able to use programs readily 
| available on the Internet underground for as little as $300 to infect several 
| Windows clients and take complete control of them in a test environment.   
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10263239-83.html?tag=windows


Related:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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