Friday, 29. December 2006

Bot-infected PCs get a refresh


On Christmas day, the number of bots tracked by the Shadowserver group dropped nearly 20 percent.

The dramatic decrease in weekly totals--from more than 500,000 infected systems to less than 400,000 computers--puzzled researchers. The Internet Storm Center, a threat monitoring group managed by the SANS Institute, confirmed a drop of about 10 percent.

securityfocus.com

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