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botnets are very interesting ecosystems

Back about 5 years ago when they were first emerging, i experimented with a bot named "evilbot". I infected a few of my own test computers and then controlled them via a subseven IRC server chat room. At the time, i ran into a few other people distributing the bot intermixed with small exe files and zip files. Many of the sites they referred to are here one day and gone the next, its very much like a cat and mouse game and therefore extremely hard to track.

I was very impressed by the whole system and the bot controls. Although i never deployed the bot to anyone else, i saw the potential for power and abuse and the worse part is, the more you have, the more dangerous you are. The more troubling part of the whole bot scene was the methods recently employed to distribute the bots via compromised webservers. Although it was a genius move, i am sure someone will find even more efficient ways to deploy them, if they havent already.

My message to the general population: upgrade to xp with service pack 2, enable the firewall, get all the updates, buy a 50 dollar hardware firewall, and finally buy anti-virus software and setup the updates to update everyday. Heck some isp's offer free anti-virus, call them and ask. If everyone does their part, botnets can be easily eliminated.

Posted by: Been_Done_Before   Posted on: 02/22/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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