Talk:Zombie computer
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Anyone else skeptical of the "Killing Zombies Made Easy" link? At best it's a sales pitch; at worst, it might be a dangerous program...
This material was added to The Zombies article innapropriately. Use what you can:
- Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS)
- An attacker can load an attack progran onto dozens or even hunderds of computer system that DSL or cable modems. This attack program will lay dormant on these computer until they get an attack signal form a master computer. This master controller may be another unsuspecting user. The system taking direction from the master control computer are referred to as Zombies
- Thanks - Taxman 19:49, Sep 23, 2004 (UTC)
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A computer zombie is a PC running a computer virus which sends out illicit advertising.
- "According to the FTC, spammers use secret software that allows them to hijack personal computers and office PCs, and route spam through them. By routing their e-mails through zombie computers, the spammers are able to hide their true origin from consumers and make it more difficult for law enforcement to arrest them. The zombies do not destroy PC hard drives, but they do tap into bandwidth." [1]
[edit] Link
- The Web: Attack of the computer zombies - Gene J. Koprowski, UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
[edit] Steve Gibson
- I don't necessarily disagree with your opinion of Gibson, but the Wiki NPOV policy seems to prohibit removing him just for that. The fact remains, that the attack on his site is an excellent illustration of this phenom. I say he stays, but will reread it and see if there's some kind bias indicated in the text. P.S. Suggestion: please sign your comments with ~~~~, okay? ;) --David Spalding Talk, Contribs 20:39, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
