[pchelpers] News:Microsoft files lawsuit against spammers using zombie networks

Posted on : Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:02:00 GMT | Author : Pat Fryer
As part of its Internet-security awareness program, Microsoft Corp has 
announced that it would track down zombie networks, which are home PCs 
that have been infected with viruses and have thus become participants 
in spamming and phishing networks.

To nab the culprits behind zombie networks, Microsoft intentionally 
downloaded a virus onto a computer and followed it closely. The company 
found that once the computer was linked to the Internet, it received 
five million connection requests from spam operators. As a result, the 
infected computer tried to send over 18 million spams in 20 days.

More here:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/4332.html

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