FBI tries to fight zombie hordes

The FBI is contacting more than one million PC owners who have had their computers hijacked by cyber criminals.

The initiative is part of an ongoing project to thwart the use of hijacked home computers, or zombies, as launch platforms for hi-tech crimes.

The FBI has found networks of zombie computers being used to spread spam, steal IDs and attack websites.

The agency said the zombies or bots were “a growing threat to national security”.

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This post was written by Ted on June 14, 2007

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  1. Daniel September 30, 2007 11:12 pm

    I have to say, that I could not agree with you in 100% regarding FBI tries to fight zombie hordes, but it’s just my opinion, which could be wrong :)

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