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25 Percent of All Computers in a Botnet? 408
Beckham's_Ponytail writes to mention an Ars Technica article, with some disturbing news out of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Vint Cerf, one of the 'fathers of the internet', has stated that the number of botnets online is larger than believed. So large, in fact, that he estimates that at this point one in four computers is infected with botnet software. We've discussed the rise of botnets numerous times here on Slashot, but the image of 150 million infected computers is more than a little bit sobering. With the extremely lucrative activities that can be done with botnets (such as password ripping, spamming, DDoSing), as well as reports of organized crime adopting 'cyber-terrorism' as a new line of income, is it likely that law enforcement will ever be able to curb this particular bane?
Botnets (Score:5, Funny)
25%? BS.... (Score:5, Funny)
Me scared (Score:3, Funny)
(Another statistics victim)
Damn! (Score:4, Funny)
Aborted cliche (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Just install linux (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Law enforcement? (Score:3, Funny)
Me: Y'see, my brother just installed Linux, and...
RR Tech: And now he thinks he's Net God?
Re:Bogus Numbers (Score:4, Funny)
They have antivirus software. It came with the computer when they bought it four years ago.
Re:Botnets (Score:5, Funny)
Sarah Connor: Spamnet fights back.
The Terminator: Yes. It launches its nigerian spam against the targets in Russia.
John Connor: Why attack Russia? Aren't they spammers too?
The Terminator: Because Spamnet knows the Russian counter-spam will eliminate all non-zombies over here.
Dr. Silberman: I'm sure it feels very real to you.
Sarah Connor: On August 29th, 1997, it's gonna feel pretty fscking real to you too. Anybody not handling 2 million messages a second is gonna have a real bad day. Get it?
Re:EVEN MORE SCARY it's 2 in 1 windows computers. (Score:5, Funny)
Next, you can't count windows computers that have been smashed with sledgehammers. If you can't figure out why, I pity you. My research says that 17.54979% of all windows computers have been smashed with sledgehammers.
Also, it would be ridiculous to count computers that have been taken over by Skynet. Technically, they ARE part of a botnet, but this is really a seperate, and very real, very important issue. Here, my research indicates over 1/4 of all windows computers are now part of skynet, so we have to count those out.
As everyone knows, there are a significant number of aliens present on the planet, and a significant number of them are silicon based life forms posing as high end windows computers while they persue research for their doctoral dissertations on the common homo-sapien couch potato. This amounts to about 22% of windows computers.
We can therefore conclude that, if I've done my math right, 2 out of every 1 windows computer is part of a botnet!
Re:Request (Score:2, Funny)
#!/bin/sh
[ -d
If you're on Windows, you might need to install cygwin first before running it. Works really well.
Re:EVEN MORE SCARY it's 2 in 1 windows computers. (Score:5, Funny)
Judging by some blogs I've seen, I suspect you're right.
woof (Score:5, Funny)
1 in 4? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Botnets (Score:2, Funny)
this is the internet, you can say fucking.
Re:Ramen worm (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Damn! (Score:2, Funny)
It's more likely than you think... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Botnets (Score:4, Funny)
Cybermen: Delete! Delete!
Botnet Bots: V1agr4! V1agr4!
Re:Botnets (Score:5, Funny)
Re:for now (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Request (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Request (Score:2, Funny)
What about "Windows malicious software removal"? (Score:3, Funny)
Surely these botnets should be dying in their millions every Patch Tuesday....
What happened to that?
Re:Windows Malicious software removal...? (Score:1, Funny)
s/removal//
Re:Botnets (Score:2, Funny)
-- this is the internet, you can say fucking.
This is Slashdot. No one here has the slightest clue what fucking is.