Botnet Business Model Comes to Life

consumerist writes "Researchers at the German Honeynet Project have discovered that a malicious hacker earned about $430 in a single day installing spyware on computers in the latest Windows worm attack. Within 24 hours, the IRC-controlled botnet hijacked more than 7,700 machines via the Windows Server Service vulnerability (MS06-040) and hosed the infected computers with the spyware from DollarRevenue. The botnet operator made between a penny and 30 cents for every piece of spyware installed. Add that to the spam rental and DDoS extortion money and we have a booming business."

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suggestion for a safe Windows Expirience

[RobertLTux]

When doing your build follow the following procedure

1 install Autopatcher latest
2 install some sort of firewall (disable the Windows firewall)
3 install an antivirus program (freebie or paid does not matter)
4 take a machette to the startup programs list

5 install your broadband connection
6 connect the system to your router
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