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botnet(roBOT NETwork) Also called a "zombie army," a botnet is a large number of compromised computers that are used to create and send spam or viruses or flood a network with messages as a denial of service attack. The computer is compromised via a Trojan that often works by opening an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel that waits for commands from the person in control of the botnet. There is a thriving botnet business selling lists of compromised computers to hackers and spammers. See denial of service attack, spambot, zombie and spam 2.0. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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V by Zone Labs antivirus partner Computer Associates (NYSE: CA), connects the compromised PC to an Internet chat relay server where it joins a bot net -- a network of compromised computers used by hackers to launch denial of service attacks and distribute spam and other malware. Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) analysts have uncovered disturbing shifts in phishing attacks indicating that hackers are achieving new levels of automation, possibly commanding software tools and BOT nets to vastly increase the potency of their phishing campaigns. |
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