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[FYI] Zombie PCs must die!



<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/36266.html>

Zombie PCs must die!

By John Leyden

Posted: 15/03/2004 at 19:13 GMT

Comcast, the US cable giant, is threatening to disconnect customers 
whose infected PC are being used to relay spam messages.

Up to 30 per cent of spam is now spewing from hijacked "zombie" PCs. 
Spammers use Trojan horses and worms to take over PCs and use them as 
spam engines, a practice that can severely disrupt the operation of 
ISPs. 

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