Full circle: How Microsoft is trying to eradicate email
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| There are millions of these systems out there, according to an article from
| USA Today. Millions.
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| The mainstream media consistently use the term "computers" when they make
| forays into this realm. Yes, they are computers, but they're not just any
| computer -- they are all running Windows. All of them. Let's not mince words
| here: Botnets are comprised of compromised Windows systems. Thus, Microsoft's
| massive security failures are at the very core of the spam problem.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/venezia/archives/016395.html
The USA Today article said that ~40% of those Windows PC are zombies.
Yesterday:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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