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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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The characteristics of botnets and the content of calls originating from botnets are well known in the industry. Botnets or Zombies are possibly most threatening of all Internet diseases. With SPA, CounterStorm provides a new security tool for organizations to combat the challenges presented by botnets and targeted threats. |
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