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More than 450,000 computers are now part of zombie networks

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    More than 450,000 computers are now part of zombie networks

    The Shadowserver Foundation, which tracks zombie numbers worldwide, said it had seen at least a threefold increase in the last three months.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7596676.stm
    Confusion is a natural state of being

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      #3
      Originally posted by AtW View Post
      Time to shift to a Mac methinks
      Confusion is a natural state of being

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        #4
        Originally posted by Diver View Post
        The Shadowserver Foundation, which tracks zombie numbers worldwide, said it had seen at least a threefold increase in the last three months.

        http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7596676.stm
        AtW's got to get his distributed computing power from somewhere
        ǝןqqıʍ

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          #5
          I was just experimenting

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            #6
            A worrying and troubling issue.

            I'll be lobbying my MP forthwith.

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              #7
              Not that I'm worried you understand (I've just scanned mine using Sophos), but how do you check that your machine han't been zombied?

              (or has been for that matter.. )
              "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
              - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                #8
                Originally posted by cojak View Post
                Not that I'm worried you understand (I've just scanned mine using Sophos), but how do you check that your machine han't been zombied?

                (or has been for that matter.. )
                Most "up to date" AV programs will detect it.
                Use Firefox as your Web browser (it's more secure)
                Don't open suspicious emails (Bin them)
                Confusion is a natural state of being

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Diver View Post
                  Most "up to date" AV programs will detect it.
                  Use Firefox as your Web browser (it's more secure)
                  Don't open suspicious emails (Bin them)
                  Well, that's me sorted...

                  Apart from being dumb enough to download Chrome, obv....
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #10
                    And I use the Noscript add-on.
                    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                    - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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