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Botnets

By admin on July 12, 2011 Leave a Comment

What are Botnets? Botnets are networks of interconnected, autonomous and automatically infected computers used to carry out malicious digital activities such as denial of service attacks, spam or even further malicious software distribution. However, even if the term “botnet” tends to … [Read more...]

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How to tell if your computer is infected with a botnet

By admin on March 24, 2010 Leave a Comment

‘Botnet’ refers to a group of computers whose security has been compromised in order to use them as ‘zombies’ to send spam e-mail messages or to attack servers. These botnets are created by ‘bots’, malicious programs that turn individual computers into ‘zombies’ which can be remotely controlled by … [Read more...]

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