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Malicious 'botnets' turn PCs into 'zombie' slaves
The Oregonian ^
| 10-21-08
| JOHN MARKOFF
Posted on 10/21/2008 7:03:04 AM PDT by Bean Counter
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To: BJClinton
The greatest threat to a system’s security is always the end user. The second biggest threat: Operating systems from Microsoft.
Put the two together and you get massive zombie nets capable of attacking and taking entire countries off the Internet.
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10/24/2008 8:42:52 AM PDT
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Knitebane
(Happily Microsoft free since 1999.)
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