Storm Virus?

[alanon]

Ran across this article:

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htweap/articles/20071016.aspx

I don't know how real this is, but I do remember the specific surge in spam that it references.

 

[Blackmagik]

hmmmm, i wonder if it is real and if it is, how godly would that be to control that

 

[Arctyrael]

I'm calling a FUD scheme - though I have no doubt it is very possible. People need to learn more about computers before using one.

 

[crookedmidget]

There's nothing in that article that hasn't been discussed over the last several years. It's old news, poorly written. Wiki has a decent article that isn't full of fear mongering.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet

 

[Darkdante]

Story is real. Should you worry? I dunno, probably not. What can you do anyway? Other than watch the show. The government already have counter measures out, and the botnet geeks are chopping up thier botnets into smaller chunks so they can't be taken down so easily.



http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201200849