Ugh, I can't stand the attitude here. Botnets are a HUGE problem. People need to know if their PCs are hijacked and they need to be fixed. If my PC is hijacked, I want to know about it. Now. When someone's PC is used in a DDOS attack, isn't that illegal activity? I've always heard that ignorance of the law is not an excuse, so if someone is not aware their PC is being used illegally, their PC is still being used for illegal purposes... should they be held accountable? If there is an activity that is *questionably* legal but can potentially help with the Botnet problem, I'm all for it.
Blue Security had a good thing going with their "Blue Frog" software. At one time there was an open source version being developed. Anyone know the status?
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Ugh, I can't stand the attitude here. Botnets are a HUGE problem. People need to know if their PCs are hijacked and they need to be fixed. If my PC is hijacked, I want to know about it. Now. When someone's PC is used in a DDOS attack, isn't that illegal activity? I've always heard that ignorance of the law is not an excuse, so if someone is not aware their PC is being used illegally, their PC is still being used for illegal purposes ... should they be held accountable? If there is an activity that is *questionably* legal but can potentially help with the Botnet problem, I'm all for it.
Simply tell people IE8 is broken if it isn't rendering, and advise them to download and use a compliant alternative, like Firefox.
Blue Security had a good thing going with their "Blue Frog" software. At one time there was an open source version being developed. Anyone know the status?