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Kelihos Botnet Comes Back To Life
angry tapir writes "A botnet that was crippled by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab last September is spamming once again and experts have no recourse to stop it. The Kelihos botnet only infected 45,000 or so computers but managed to send out nearly 4 billion spam messages a day, promoting, among other things, pornography, illegal pharmaceuticals and stock scams. But it was temporarily corralled last September after researchers used various technical means to get the 45,000 or so infected computers to communicate with a "sinkhole," or a computer they controlled."
Which OS do all these botnets run on?
Silly question.
Windows. Obviously.
Macs are immune to all attacks and viruses and Linux just does not have the market share to be a target of interest. All regulars here on Slashdot know this. You must be new here.
Macs aren't immune. Getting users to install malware is easy, but why bother. Windows is easier and more wisely deployed.
You mean, less wisely?
it's = "it is"; its = possessive. E.g., it's flapping its wings.
Darn, I was hoping your link led to a page with dancing pigs on it!
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