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What a botnet looks like
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: France
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Nothing to see here. Move along, move along.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Cambridge
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Columbus, OH/Chicago, IL
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Not a problem with OS X unless the user is a moron.
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I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: in front of my Mac
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Fortunately OS X or Linux boxes are not part of these networks. Unfortunately OS X and Linux users can still suffer from the damage caused by this plague.
IMHO any computer found to be part of a bot net should be confiscated by the authorities and demolished at the cost of the owner.
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My Macs: 128, 512, Plus, SE, SE/30, IIsi, IIci, PowerBook 100, Quadra 700, LC 475, Performa 630, Power Mac 7100, PowerBook G3 Lombard, iMac DV+, Power Mac G4 MDD, Ti PowerBook G4, 17" iMac G4, 12" PowerBook G4 1GHz, 12" PowerBook G4 1.5GHz, Mac mini G4 1.5GHz, 15" PowerBook G4 1.67GHz, 13" MacBook (black), 15" MacBook Pro 2.0GHz, 15" MacBook Pro 2.33GHz with 20" ACD, 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz with 23" ACD
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Originally Posted by Simon 
IMHO any computer found to be part of a bot net should be confiscated by the authorities and demolished at the cost of the owner.
In other words, "stupidity should be painful?" I agree. I have a sister-in-law who, as smart as she is, is a horrible surfer. She'll click on anything, visit any site a search engine suggests, and so on, turning her Windows box into a box of worms (and trojans and other crapware). I can't get through to her that she has to think as much about where a link goes as she does where she's driving in the city at night. I haven't so much given up as accepted that no amount of effort on my part can create the concept of safe computer usage in her mind. Sadly, she just keeps on with her bad habits.
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Glenn ----- THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT! But the fight isn't done; click the picture to donate!
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: in front of my Mac
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That's a typical case. Would she witness the authorities smash it with a sledge hammer until the largest piece left is the size of her pinky and then get handed a $20,000 bill, I'm sure should we would be willing to reconsider her browsing habits. 
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My Macs: 128, 512, Plus, SE, SE/30, IIsi, IIci, PowerBook 100, Quadra 700, LC 475, Performa 630, Power Mac 7100, PowerBook G3 Lombard, iMac DV+, Power Mac G4 MDD, Ti PowerBook G4, 17" iMac G4, 12" PowerBook G4 1GHz, 12" PowerBook G4 1.5GHz, Mac mini G4 1.5GHz, 15" PowerBook G4 1.67GHz, 13" MacBook (black), 15" MacBook Pro 2.0GHz, 15" MacBook Pro 2.33GHz with 20" ACD, 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz with 23" ACD
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