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Zombie Report By ISP
twitter writes "Information Week has a summary of a report by Prolexic detailing Zombie activity by ISP, country and population statistics. AOL, the largest provider, had the most zombies but lower rates than others. Fourth largest Earthlink was not in the top 20. The information is gathered from hundreds of customer sites." From the article: "Weinstein went on to say that Prolexic's numbers were actually good news for AOL. 'It's a demonstration that the tools we provide are keeping members safe. Our very aggressive actions -- we provide anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall services to our users -- make them measurably safer than those on other ISPs.'"
excellent point, AC
Comcast does do things like temp block port 25 on customer's modems that are zombie boxes sending out spam.
The problem isn't an ISP problem - it's the uneducated, unwashed masses.
Tools to protect are there on the provider's pages, and personaly, I'd rather them not be installed for me...no thank you.
They're there for the user, but is it REALLY the ISP's job to hold EVERYONE's hand through installing them and setting them up?
Well, why not stop it there - blame the computer manufacturer...or hell - hold the OS creator responsible!
Ultimately, keeping the computer safe and clean is the end-users responsibility.
They do own the damn thing after all - not the ISP.