- Jun 24, 2011
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"Going on the Internet can be like walking through a post-apocalyptic city, where half the people you pass want to eat your brain.
In the post-apocalyptic city, these “people” are called zombies.
On the Internet, these zombies are infected computers, and we call them bots.
Bots and botnets are one of the most fundamental (and frightening) concepts of modern day malware. They are, very literally, networks of infection that allow their masters to hijack thousands of victims’ computing resources, to carry out any number of nefarious deeds or attacks over the Internet, for financial gain.
Don’t want to get bit? Then read below (and aim for the skull)."
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http://blog.emsisoft.com/2014/10/28...=offer141028&utm_campaign=newsbox_offer141028
In the post-apocalyptic city, these “people” are called zombies.
On the Internet, these zombies are infected computers, and we call them bots.
Bots and botnets are one of the most fundamental (and frightening) concepts of modern day malware. They are, very literally, networks of infection that allow their masters to hijack thousands of victims’ computing resources, to carry out any number of nefarious deeds or attacks over the Internet, for financial gain.
Don’t want to get bit? Then read below (and aim for the skull)."
Continue:
http://blog.emsisoft.com/2014/10/28...=offer141028&utm_campaign=newsbox_offer141028
