[pchelpers] Re: Over 2000 bots?
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:09:30 +1200
Bots are short for 'robots'. They can do anything they are programmed
for. Some are useful, but there are many bad ones. The systems you refer
to are most likely infected with bad ones. The owners for the most part
are not aware, or they would try to do something about it, wouldn't
they? Part of the activity of these things is to operate in secret, so
the owners are usually innocent victims of this activity. In our case,
we know the addresses of many of them, but need a way to make the owners
aware without intruding on their systems improperly.
Betty B. wrote:
> I am only curious why so many ip's are "infected?" with bots (or allow
> BOTs), and I guess as you say they are not trackable.
>
> bb
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