BOTNETS EXPLAINED: ZOMBIE COMPUTERS?

There's a lot of malicious software out there. A botnet is an especially sneaky type of malware. An attacker setups up a botnet by downloading Trojan horse virus's onto unsuspecting devices. A Trojan horse virus masquerades as a harmless file and most times goes undetected. These virus's lay dormant on users computers for days, months or even years! The number of devices infected can range from just a few to a few hundred thousand. The attacker infects this devices to coordinate an attack on one central device, usually a server. The users of these devices have no idea their computers have become "zombies".....

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