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March 16th, 2004, 06:41 PM
Link to story: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/36266.html
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By John Leyden
Posted: 15/03/2004 at 19:13 GMT
Comcast, the US cable giant, is threatening to disconnect customers whose infected PCs are being used to relay spam messages.
Up to 30 per cent of spam is now spewing from hijacked "zombie" PCs. Spammers use Trojan horses and worms to take over PCs and use them as spam engines, a practice that can severely disrupt the operation of ISPs.
Recently, many Comcast customer IP addresses were recently blacklisted...
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-{ Quote: "Zombie PCs must die!
By John Leyden
Posted: 15/03/2004 at 19:13 GMT
Comcast, the US cable giant, is threatening to disconnect customers whose infected PCs are being used to relay spam messages.
Up to 30 per cent of spam is now spewing from hijacked "zombie" PCs. Spammers use Trojan horses and worms to take over PCs and use them as spam engines, a practice that can severely disrupt the operation of ISPs.
Recently, many Comcast customer IP addresses were recently blacklisted...
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.
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