FTC plans international 'zombie'-awareness campaign
FTC plans international 'zombie'-awareness campaign | InfoWorld | News | 2005-05-23 | By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
In an attempt to help make the internet safer, the FTC is working to educate Internet Service Providers about the dangers of internet zombies - those computers that have been infected with various worms/trojans/virus that cause them to act under the control of someone besides their lawful users.
Zombie computers send out tremendous amounts of spam and are also used to attack various web sites. The FTC will notify ISP about zombie computers on their networks. What the ISP's will do is not mandated, but I expect that the ISP will zombie computers from their systems. So, make sure your computer is clean with a working firewall and anti-virus program or you could find yourself losing your internet access.
In an attempt to help make the internet safer, the FTC is working to educate Internet Service Providers about the dangers of internet zombies - those computers that have been infected with various worms/trojans/virus that cause them to act under the control of someone besides their lawful users.
Zombie computers send out tremendous amounts of spam and are also used to attack various web sites. The FTC will notify ISP about zombie computers on their networks. What the ISP's will do is not mandated, but I expect that the ISP will zombie computers from their systems. So, make sure your computer is clean with a working firewall and anti-virus program or you could find yourself losing your internet access.
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