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How can you tell if your computer has been taken over by a "Bot Net" ? - decocritter - 11-30-2007
They were just talking about this on the news. I don't really understand it.
Re: How can you tell if your computer has been taken over by a "Bot Net" ? - SDGuy - 11-30-2007
Does your computer look like this at bootup?
If yes, then you should worry about this...
Re: How can you tell if your computer has been taken over by a "Bot Net" ? - decocritter - 11-30-2007
All I see in your post is a blue question mark box? Is there a photo?
Re: How can you tell if your computer has been taken over by a "Bot Net" ? - SDGuy - 11-30-2007
[quote decocritter]All I see in your post is a blue question mark box? Is there a photo?
Try it now...
Re: How can you tell if your computer has been taken over by a "Bot Net" ? - decocritter - 11-30-2007
No - LOL
But the first thing I did while watching this woman talk about her story, was try to get a look at the computer behind her....It was an iMac.
Re: How can you tell if your computer has been taken over by a "Bot Net" ? - insider - 11-30-2007
The simple explaination is that somehow (via website/e-mail etc) a central host infects thousands or millions of PCs. These PC's are "blindly" part of an attack on systems. It is setup to either bring down servers/ prevent access or sometimes mass attempt phished (stolen) logins on popular banking websites.
I'm not sure that any have targeted the mac (yet) so the whole windows startup screen is pretty valid.