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	Zombie computer - Biocrawler
		A zombie computer (abbreviated zombie) is a computer attached to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker, a computer virus, or a trojan horse, and performs malicious tasks of one sort of another, under the direction of the hacker.
		Many owners of zombie computers are unaware that their systems are zombies or that any hacker attack ever occurred.
		Zombies have been used extensively to send e-mail spam; between 50% to 80% of all spam worldwide is now sent by zombie computers.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Zombie_computer (192 words)

	Zombie computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A zombie computer, abbreviated zombie, is a computer attached to the Internet that has been compromised by a security cracker, a computer virus, or a trojan horse.
		Zombies have been used extensively to send e-mail spam; between 50% and 80% of all spam worldwide is now sent by zombie computers.
		Zombies have also conducted distributed denial of service attacks, such as the attack upon the SPEWS service in 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zombie_computer (312 words)

	LAN of the Dead: Putting computer zombies back in their grave, Ash style.
		A zombie computer is a box that has been backdoored or compromised in such a way that the would-be cyber necromancer can send it instructions to do his unholy bidding.
		One computer may not be able to suck up much of a servers bandwidth or processor cycles, but a few hundred can make the server so bogged down that it can’t service legitimate users.
		Zombie Zapper has not been updated in awhile so it will be of little use in stopping more modern zombies, but I though it was worth mentioning.
	www.irongeek.com /i.php?page=security/computerzombies (1705 words)

	New Scientist Tech - Breaking News - Spies infiltrate zombie computer networks
		Fake "zombie" computer spies are infiltrating zombie networks and recording online exchanges between the networks and their human commanders.
		The fake zombies are deployed by members of the German Honeynet Project, which started collecting data on zombie armies in November 2004 and released the first paper detailing how to spy on zombie networks on Monday.
		Zombies are ordinary PCs infected with a piece of malicious code - known as a bot - that instructs the PC to secretly log onto an online chat room and obey the instructions issued by the chat room's controller.
	www.newscientisttech.com /channel/tech/electronic-threats/dn7158 (638 words)

	Zombie (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Zombie ball, a magic trick in which a metal sphere appears to levitate while covered with a silk cloth
		Rob Zombie, a singer, songwriter, artist, and film director, whose band White Zombie was named for a 1932 film
		Zombie computer, a computer taken over by an outside user
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zombie_(disambiguation) (257 words)

	TCS - Attack of the Killer Zombies
		Zombies have become a primary tool of choice for spammers, and have also become a valuable source of revenue to the purveyors of such illicit activities.
		While no computer protection is totally foolproof and invulnerable, there are several things that the typical computer user can do to minimize the chance that his computer is under the control of zombies is to do a free online antivirus and anti-spyware scan with a product such as the Housecall (housecall.antivirus.com) will help.
		Check your computer for zombies, and verify that it is not likely that your computer is under the control of some unknown zombie master, and is sending out countless spam emails, or poses a threat to our national security.
	www.tcs.org /ioport/jun05/zombies.htm (992 words)

	P2P Forums :: View topic - Zombie Computer
		Location: C.P.R. ombie computer (abbreviated zombie) is a computer attached to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker, a computer virus, or a trojan horse, and performs malicious tasks of one sort of another, under the direction of the hacker.
		Many owners of zombie computers are unaware that their systems are zombies or that any hacker attack ever occurred.
		Viruses are used to penetrate the computer of an unsuspecting victim.
	www.p2pforums.com /viewtopic.php?p=118123 (795 words)

	Zombie Computers Abound
		In every spare moment, a zombie computer is sending out data, most of which is spam that tries to get someone to purchase something.
		It is estimated that between 50% and 80% of today's spam is being sent by zombie computers.
		Viruses are used to penetrate the computer of an unsuspecting victim.
	www.aarp.org /learntech/computers/howto/zombie.html (626 words)

	Zombie Computers Clog the Web with Spam
		When a hacker hijacks a PC, it becomes what is known as a "zombie computer," meaning it operates at the will of the hacker, who assumes control by downloading a malicious code.
		Specifically, they uncovered the IP addresses of the computers that were sending spamming requests to the quarantined zombie, along with the addresses of the Web sites advertised in the spam.
		That's partly because of the lack of awareness of the part of computer users that they could be contributing to the tidal wave of spam.
	www.consumeraffairs.com /news04/2007/01/zombie_computers.html (1066 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Don't let a zombie in the backdoor
		But few home computer users even know that they must be on guard, while those who recognize the danger usually don't know how to defend their computers.
		Using software easily available in the computer underground, they can identify and enlist ready-made zombies.In principle, denial of service attacks are as simple as a ball-peen hammer to the skull.
		A computer fires a stream of meaningless data packets at the target -- so many packets that the target computer's resources are consumed in the effort to keep up.
	www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2003/10/04/dont_let_a_zombie_in_the_backdoor (979 words)

	Spies infiltrate zombie computer networks - info-tech - 16 March 2005 - New Scientist
		The fake zombies are deployed by members of the German Honeynet Project, which started collecting data on zombie armies in November 2004 and released the first paper detailing how to spy on zombie networks on Monday.
		Zombies are ordinary PCs infected with a piece of malicious code - known as a bot - that instructs the PC to secretly log onto an online chat room and obey the instructions issued by the chat room's controller.
		Zombie networks give hackers access to huge amounts of distributed bandwidth and processing power and have been blamed for recent increases in spam, denial-of-service (DOS) attacks, flmail attacks on companies and other organised cyber-crime.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn7158 (703 words)

	Zombie computer: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A backdoor in a computer system (or a cryptosystem, or even in an algorithm) is a method of bypassing normal authentication or obtaining remote access...
		A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program, similar to a computer virus....
		Computer forensics is the analysis of data processing equipment-- typically a home computer, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/z/zo/zombie_computer.htm (620 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Technology \| Rise of zombie PCs 'threatens UK'
		It found that 25.2% of all the zombie machines it found were in the UK compared to 24.6% in the US and 7.8% in China.
		However, the compromised computers are being used for progressively criminal ends to mount attacks on websites for extortion or in an attempt to steal confidential information.
		Nigel Beighton, director of enterprise strategy at Symantec Europe, said the rise of zombies in the UK was due to the 93% increase in broadband connections in the UK over the last year.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/4369891.stm (527 words)

	CipherTrust - Zombie Statistics
		View the CipherTrust ZombieWatch for real-time zombie activity tracking of the top three zombie-infected countries by hour and the CipherTrust ZombieMeter for real-time zombie activity tracking of the origination of the messages and the number of infected machines by country.
		The origin of zombie machines may change on a daily basis as machines can be infected anywhere in the world.
		Below are the up-to-date zombie statistics related to country of origin.
	www.ciphertrust.com /resources/statistics/zombie.php (164 words)

	Victorian Electronic Democracy - Final Report - Table of ContentsVictorian Electronic Democracy - Final Report - ...
		Virus: A type of malware, a virus is a self-replicating computer program which copies itself into other computer files in order to remain undetected and spread from computer to computer (as opposed to a worm).
		The range of actions that a virus may have once it has infected a computer can be large, and some risk is associated purely due to poor program or incompatibility with the OS of the infected computer.
		Zombie: “Zombie computer”; a computer attached to a network that has had its security compromised and is remotely controlled for another purpose.
	www.parliament.vic.gov.au /sarc/E-Democracy/Final_Report/Glossary.htm (5710 words)

	EU zombie army leads the world - vnunet.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		So-called zombie PCs are infected with viruses or penetrated through poor patching and used to send spam or launch denial of service attacks.
		Data from email security specialist CipherTrust shows that 26 per cent of all PCs infected in May are located in the EU, compared with 20 per cent in the US and 15 per cent in China.
		To help track the activity of zombie systems CipherTrust has built an interactive map detailing the number of systems controlled by hackers around the world.
	www.vnunet.com /vnunet/news/2135706/eu-zombie-army-leads-world (444 words)

	Symantec Mail Security Zombie Block List (ZBL)
		A: A zombie computer, or zombie for short, is a computer attached to the Internet which has had its security compromised by a computer virus or worm.
		Millions of such zombie computers are known to exist, linked up into a few dozen "zombie networks" (sometimes referred to as botnets), forming a massive distributed server farm for the purpose of delivering spam simultaneously, from origins distributed across the entire internet.
		Zombies are now the most common delivery method of spam, accounting for the origination of roughly 75% of all spam worldwide.
	www.symantec.com /techsupp/sms_zbl.html (545 words)

	security.itworld.com - Top companies prepare for zombie computer attack
		He said that Mi2g felt that companies, regardless of how many firewalls they employed, could not be the "nannies" of home computers and therefore could not stop the "zombie armies" that could be "in excess of x million already" that were waiting dormant to unleash MyDoom’s true force.
		One of his suggestions was for western governments to issue computer "driving licences" to home computer users.
		"A computer network based 99 percent on one operating system may not necessarily be the most robust if a future DIMA (Distributed Intelligent Malware Agent) targets the vulnerabilities of software running on that platform in particular," it said.
	security.itworld.com /4367/040217zombie/pfindex.html (615 words)

	Zombie Infection Simulation - The Original (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zombies are grey, move very slowly and change direction randomly and frequently unless they can see something moving in front of them, in which case they start walking towards it.
		If a zombie finds a human directly in front of it, it infects them; the human immediately joins the ranks of the undead.
		If they see a zombie directly in front of them, they turn around and panic.
	kevan.org /proce55ing/zombies (278 words)

	AntiOnline - LAN of the Dead:Putting computer zombies back in their grave, Ash style.
		A zombie computer is a box that has been backdoored or compromised in such a way that the would-be cyber necromancer can send it instructions to do his unholy bidding.
		One computer may not be able to suck up much of a servers bandwidth or processor cycles, but a few hundred can make the server so bogged down that it can’t service legitimate users.
		Zombie Zapper has not been updated in awhile so it will be of little use in stopping more modern zombies, but I though it was worth mentioning.
	www.antionline.com /showthread.php?s=&threadid=269183 (1830 words)

	What is zombie? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
		Zombies are used by malicious hackers to launch DoS attacks.
		On command, the zombie computer sends an enormous amount of packets of useless information to a targeted Web site in order to clog the site's routers and keep legitimate users from gaining access to the site.
		The traffic sent to the Web site is confusing and therefore the computer receiving the data spends time and resources trying to understand the influx of data that has been transmitted by the zombies.
	www.webopedia.com /TERM/z/zombie.html (332 words)

	Ski's Security Stinger
		Even though you may have cleaned your computer of that Trovirmaw last year, it has come to a much brighter light that many of them leave behind malicious code that allows someone somewhere else to control your computer without you ever really knowing about it.
		Without you ever really knowing what is happening a zombie computer can be used to download pornography to your computer, send out Trovirmaws, steal your personal information at anytime, or send another delightful set of phishing baits.
		Another facet of this mindset about zombie computers has to be that you are more aware of what is going on in the World Wide Web, instead of blithely tripping the light fantastic.
	www.blogestates.com /blog/Chris_Klasinski (1456 words)

	Microsoft Goes Zombie Hunting
		To combat the zombie threat, Microsoft revealed some of the technological and legal maneuvers it has used, to unmask the individuals using several zombies to send spam.
		Microsoft investigators intentionally created a zombie computer, quarantined it to prevent it from actually sending spam messages, then carefully watched it for 20 days, while investigators tracked and traced all Internet communications through the infected computer.
		The goal is to identify spam zombies and urge the providers that are hosting them, to implement corrective measures.
	www.kashar.net /complete.asp?id=2492 (347 words)

	Stubbs the Zombie - Personal Computer World (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Readers are reminded that the opinions expressed, and the results published in connection with reviews and/or laboratory test reports carried out on computing systems and/or related items are confined to, and representative of, only those goods supplied and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase.
		Thanks to the success of titles like Resident Evil and Hollywood's general zombie fixation, dozens of games have been produced that let players take on the role of a human as he or she cuts though swathes of shuffling undead creatures.
		As a zombie, there are several ways to dispatch your victims.
	www.pcw.co.uk /personal-computer-world/software/2150475/stubbs-zombie (413 words)

	Zombie Computers - IT Observer
		However, these are not computers that appear to have been damaged and become operational once again after the repair service, but rather PCs that, as a result of malware, have been converted into slaves and are now controlled by a hacker.
		In a zombie computer, apart from normal ports that known applications use (as seen above), it is possible that other applications may be listening through other ports.
		In order to avoid such a situation, it is necessary to have a system installed in the computer that protects not only against viruses but also all types of malicious code and intrusions which, by exploiting any open port in your PC, try to convert your system into a zombie.
	www.ebcvg.com /articles.php?id=663 (945 words)

	USATODAY.com - Are hackers using your PC to spew spam and steal?
		Zombie victim Carty took matters into her own hands: She did research on how to clean up and protect her PC and diligently updates programs that scan her computer for various types of malicious code.
		Another zombie, in yet another country, perhaps in the basement of a small shop, stores the stolen account details and conducts the theft.
		"Computer networks make this easy to do since they form a virtual world in which footprints and fingerprints are easily erased at a distance," says the University of Washington's Dittrich.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/computersecurity/2004-09-08-zombieuser_x.htm (2260 words)

	USATODAY.com - Are hackers using your PC to spew spam and steal? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Zombie victim Carty took matters into her own hands: She did research on how to clean up and protect her PC and diligently updates programs that scan her computer for various types of malicious code.
		Another zombie, in yet another country, perhaps in the basement of a small shop, stores the stolen account details and conducts the theft.
		"Computer networks make this easy to do since they form a virtual world in which footprints and fingerprints are easily erased at a distance," says the University of Washington's Dittrich.
	usatoday.com /tech/news/computersecurity/2004-09-08-zombieuser_x.htm (2282 words)

	Picker MobBlog: Picker: Dealing with Zombies
		Plus a zombie PC wasn’t even possible: even if the trouble-maker could figure out how to get malicious software—malware—onto a floppy and from there to a particular PC, there was no easy way to get information or cycles back out.
		Quarantining the zombie may be controversial but also may be exactly what is required to induce you and me to take the time to maintain our computers.
		Throw in computers running a dozen versions of Windows, a handful of Linux and Apple computers, and customers that become either irate or confused when told that their computers need to be updated, and you have a recipe for disaster.
	picker.typepad.com /picker_mobblog/2005/07/picker_dealing_.html (2114 words)

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