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Mark Holtz
07-20-05, 05:55 PM
From CNET News.com:

[b]ISPs versus the zombies[b/]

Internet service providers face mounting pressure to keep their networks free of pests--not only for the benefit of their customers, but also for the good of the Internet in general.

In the next few months, ISPs in the United States will begin receiving reports on the zombies, or PCs open to control by hackers, that lurk on their networks. The data will be sent out by the Federal Trade Commission, which said in May that zombies have become such a serious problem that more industry action is required.

FULL ARTICLE HERE (http://news.com.com/ISPs+versus+the+zombies/2100-7349_3-5793719.html?tag=st.pop)

Bogy
07-21-05, 11:43 AM
As if the zombies in HL2 and Doom3 weren't enough. :lol:

n8dagr8
07-21-05, 12:27 PM
We had one of these at UAB. There was a server for one of the departments that apparently "wasn't behind the university fire wall". I didn't really understand that but now it's just a big empty box with some wires hanging out. Talk about night of the living dead - LOOK OUT!