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March 29, 2007Don't Let Your Computer Become A ZombieA Zombie computer is a computer that is being controlled by a Botneter or Bot Herder. These computers are used for all types of nefarious purposes including sending out spam, infecting other systems, taking part in DDoS attacks, delivering popup ads and help fuel organized crime organizations. Government Technology has posted some recommendations to keep your computer becoming a Zombie: For individual PC users, there are preventive measure to help ensure your PC doesn't become a zombie:
1. Keep your operating system up to date. If you're running Windows, configure Windows Update to install security patches automatically. 2. Keep your other programs up to date as well, installing updates as they become available. 3. Use an Internet security suite such as McAfee Internet Security Suite, Symantec's Norton Internet Security, or Trend Micro Internet Security, and keep it up to date as well. Their first two recommendations are very good. However, I couldn't disagree more with their third recommendation. McAfee and Symantec's anti-virus solutions have become very bloated with additonal features that are unnecessary and even lead to system instability. I recommend ESET NOD32 as it uses very few system resources and updates itself with new virus definitions almost as quickly as new virii are found in the wild. [Personal Computing: Don't Let Your PC Turn Into a Zombie]
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by #!/usr/bin/geek at 2007-03-29 15:26 Eastern
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