Zombie PCs menace mankind
The trend continues as more and more bot-infected, zombie computers, modular malicious code are being used for criminal activities such as denial of service extortion attempts and other cyber raids according to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report.
The good news for the average Internet user is updating and patching their computer is still the most effective way of staying protected from these threats. Despite the increasingly sophisticated methods being employed by cyber criminals, the methods used still predominantly rely on email and internet downloads to spread.
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