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Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs

October 24, 2006 Of 4 million Windows PCs found to be infected with malicious software, half were running malicious remote control software. TAGS: Windows PC, malicious software, zombie, threat, adware, PC, Microsoft Corp., security, spyware, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft takes on spam zombies

October 27, 2005 Campaign against junk e-mail is expanded to target criminals who hijack PCs to send spam messages. TAGS: zombie, spamming, junk e-mail, spam, Microsoft Corp., service provider, Internet Service Provider, PC

Zombies try to blend in with the crowd

October 19, 2006 Hackers aim to make networks of hijacked computers go unnoticed by merging their communications with common Web traffic. TAGS: zombie, Jose Nazario, IRC, hacker, traffic, Internet service, service provider, Internet Service Provider, security, server, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Worm sparks rise in zombie PCs

August 22, 2006 Malicious code that exploits a recent Windows hole is leading to growth in the number of hijacked PCs, CipherTrust says. TAGS: CipherTrust Inc., zombie, spam, worm, security, PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat

June 12, 2006 Scan finds that more than 60 percent of compromised PCs are infected with bot software. TAGS: malicious software, rootkit, zombie, bot, threat, Windows PC, Microsoft Corp., adware, PC, Sony Corp., Microsoft Windows, spyware, security, e-mail

Year in review: Old worms, new tricks

December 27, 2005 Sober came back to bite, while hackers hunted for new ways to attack and spread code--and Sony stumbled into a rootkit debacle. TAGS: Zotob worm, rootkit, zombie, Cisco Systems Inc., antivirus company, trick, worm, hacker, security, e-mail, Web browser, antivirus, operating system, server, Microsoft Corp., PC

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says

June 16, 2004 Attackers built a "botnet" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says. TAGS: Akamai Technologies Inc., distributed denial of service, bot, zombie, attack, outage, home PC, attacker, Yahoo! Inc., server, Google Inc., Apple Computer, security, PC, Microsoft Corp.

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