Large ISPs Attack 'Zombie' PC's

SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
edited June 2004 in Science & Tech
The country's largest e-mail account providers called yesterday for a worldwide industry assault on "zombies," personal computers that have been unwittingly commandeered by spammers and used to send out unwanted e-mail and malicious programs.
By some estimates, hundreds of thousands of computers around the world have been infected with software that lets them be used without their owners' knowledge. Such machines now account for as much as 40 percent of all spam.
Source: Yahoo

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  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    I heard in the news that some ISPs are suggesting cutting zombies' access until their owners fix the computers. It sounds harsh, I admit. Really though, something has to be done.
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