[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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