10-29-2005, 09:02 AM
Quote:The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Consumer Action and Microsoft Corp. are urging consumers to protect themselves from the threat of "zombies" - computers that are infected with malicious code so they can be controlled remotely by other people for illegal purposes.
Through technological trickery, criminals can use these unconscious accomplices to send illegal spam, launch phishing campaigns to steal personal information, attack web sites and computers, or engage in other illegal activity.
People who use the Internet may never know that their computers have been compromised and turned into a conduit for sending millions of pieces of illegal spam or facilitating other illegal activity. More than half of all spam is sent through infected computers
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