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[News] [Rival] Symantec Very Worried About Windows Zombies

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Symantec Very Worried About Windows Zombies
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:28:24 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
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&amp&cm_cat=FREE&amp&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
|                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
|                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| 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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