Two Worm "Families" Make Up Most Botnets 176
JMoon writes "HNS has an article about the Sdbot and Gaobot families which are responsible for most botnets worldwide. These two families were responsible for 80 percent of detections related to bots during the first quarter of 2007. Other culprits, although on a much lesser scale, included Oscarbot, IRCbot or RXbot."
Well, you see, (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Reduced diversity. (Score:3, Funny)
Your answer: "yes". Now where's my cookie?
"Or so I hear." (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Liability... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Liability... (Score:5, Funny)
Are they arrested in thrown in jail? No, they are living very well in Russia from their ill-gotten gains.
There is no liability unless you are a complete idiot.
Two families??? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, you mean *PUBLICLY* acknowledged virus writers?
Re:There's a reason for that. (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, I used to Oscarbot, but the EULA with their latest upgrade was freakin' joke! Then they dropped support for Oscarbot 98, meanwhile their crappy software isn't even compatible with Vista. Thank God for OSS!
Re:"Or so I hear." (Score:2, Funny)
You get a lot of blank stares in casual conversation, don't you?
Re:Well, you see, (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Does this make it easier for ISPs to spot them? (Score:3, Funny)
And for those who don't have geek relatives...
Her next call will be to the ISP's tech in India who will say to call Microsoft who to says to call your OEM-Computer Vendor who says to call your Anti-virus vendor who tells you to call your local Geek squad who then proceeds to just somehow fry your video card while formatting your computer.
Problem solved! Oh wait...
Re:Liability... (Score:1, Funny)
"Your honor, the camera I installed in her bedroom was intended to be a security camera. For burglars, you know..."
Re:"Or so I hear." (Score:4, Funny)
Oh wait, that'd be giving blank stares.... nevermind.
Re:Liability... (Score:3, Funny)