Zombie Networks On The Rise

A reader writes " According to Symantec via the BBC online, Zombie PC nets are growing very fast. Of course, it should also note that Symantec may want those numbers to be as scary as possible. " ITMJ is part of OSTG, like Slashdot. There's also a NY Times story on the article as well.

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[Davak]

You too can learn to link to the NYT without registering.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/technology/20sec ure.html?ex=1253419200&en=651229ed583b13bc&ei=5090 &partner=rssuserland

Re:These buggers are getting more common

[Lumpy]

Personally I have made more money freelance in IT the past few months than ever before. I have a great recipie.

1 -uninstall whatever Virusscanner they have. Norton is absolute crap. antivir catches more nasties, uses far less resources, is 100% free, and overall is a better product. Install it and update it.

install adaware and update it, install spybot search and destroy and update it and then install hijackthis.

then reboot the windows machine into safe mode. this BLOCKS most spyware and bugs from running so you can eliminate them. run antivir full scan on all files, set to clean then delete and look for all unwanted types of programs.

after that is done, reboot bact to safe mode and run adaware, do what it want's to clean, then spybot search and destroy, do what it says, then finally hijacthis to look for the typical nasties that are left clinging around.

finally I install for the user startupmonitor tha twill give you a warning box every time ANYTHING tries to insert it's self in the registry to run as soon as the computer boots, and allows you to block that action.

Then after it's clean and i na normal boot I no longer detect any virus or crapware I give it back to the user with a list of what I did, what I added and how it works, and finally a note that this will not immunize them, but they can and will start getting this crap again the second they start hitting the net again. i tell them they can limit the re-infection rate if they install and use mozilla and mozilla mail.

They also get a CD with all the apps I installed plus the latest mozilla.

All that Get's me $150.00 a pop. I usually have 3 of them on my bench running my process every day.

local computer "experts" are charging $250.00 and only re-install the OS, they do not offer a cleaning.

needless to say, I'm cleaning up.