Stopping Zombies Before They Attack

""Zombies" are amongst us - so say Microsoft as it launches its Dont Get Tricked on Halloween campaign. "Like medical researchers studying a strain of a contagious virus", Microsoft Internet Safety Enforcement investigators carefully experimented this summer with a tiny piece of malicious code used by computer criminals to hijack personal computers. The investigators began by placing a single copy of the code onto a healthy computer and then connected the computer to the Internet. Almost immediately, the researchers noticed the first rumblings of life. The infected computer sent an alert with its Internet location and hijack status to a distant server. Then, connection requests from hundreds of IP addresses poured into the machine, commanding the infected computer to distribute millions of illegal spam e-mails." Source: irishdev.com