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Two million U.S. PCs are part of botnets
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article published on 13 October, 2010
A report compiled by Microsoft Corp. says there are 2.2 million personal computers in the United States that have been infected and are counted as part of botnets. Brazil has the second highest level of infections at 550,000, while 14.6 out of every 1,000 in South Korea are part of botnets.
Microsoft's 240-page report takes an in-depth analysis of botnets, and is intended to alert people ... [ read the full article ]
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dEwMe
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13. October 2010 @ 13:29 |
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They oughta advertise the for the DDOS ones cause I bet they'd get tons of volunteers for some of those...lol
Just my $0.02,
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13. October 2010 @ 13:48 |
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And guess what, 99.9% are Windows-based.
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13. October 2010 @ 13:53 |
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Originally posted by tatsh:
And guess what, 99.9% are Windows-based.
Of course, Windows dominates the market. If Linux did it would be an equal target, same as Mac, but no point fishing in an empty pond is there? It's also a report by Microsoft using figures sourced from its own services.
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Mysttic
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13. October 2010 @ 14:08 |
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Indeed, and since spamming makes some asshole rich out there, you go where the $ is. Next stop, spamming iPhones
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13. October 2010 @ 14:54 |
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None of mine are. :p
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Mez
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13. October 2010 @ 17:12 |
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cart0181
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13. October 2010 @ 22:05 |
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Originally posted by Dela:
Originally posted by tatsh:
And guess what, 99.9% are Windows-based.
Of course, Windows dominates the market. If Linux did it would be an equal target, same as Mac, but no point fishing in an empty pond is there? It's also a report by Microsoft using figures sourced from its own services.
Agreed, great metaphor. I love metaphors when it comes to computing. Any security professional will agree with Dela. OSX is intrisically less secure, but there is no point wasting effort on only approximately 5-6% of the market. I hope Mysttic is right and we start seeing more iPhone exploits, only to put things into perspective a bit for the Apple fanboys. Unfortunately that day probably won't come because Android is taking over. Thus, if smartphone exploits are to become more prevalent, Android would be the prime target.
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14. October 2010 @ 09:28 |
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Everyone remember that Microsoft itself are just anal toss pots that are just plug and play drones.
the 360 division is exempted due to i am a 360 fanboy but the windows side of things has all ways been something to laugh about. In the end i love my linux box, i don't need windows
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Mez
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14. October 2010 @ 11:32 |
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A giant like M$ ought to have some competents just by random chance. Like most giants, the top is filled with ruthless very persuasive salesman not technically competent persons.
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14. October 2010 @ 21:16 |
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if you have windows Fista or #7 installed, your part of the biggest botnet in history.
best of all its not illegal because its Microsoft doing it.
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dbminter
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15. October 2010 @ 14:26 |
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What gives me pause is if Microsoft can pinpoint the number of botnet infected machines to a finite number, then, why can't they then go out and fix them? Simple: it costs. :)
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Mez
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18. October 2010 @ 09:40 |
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Originally posted by dbminter:
What gives me pause is if Microsoft can pinpoint the number of botnet infected machines to a finite number, then, why can't they then go out and fix them? Simple: it costs. :)
No M$ is just guessing and a bad guess at that. They are working off formulas such as for every one they fix there are 10 more out there. The problem is they aren't fixing many because they can't find them it is probably closer to for every one they fix there are 100-1000 they haven't found.
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