US has most zombie computers
p2pnet.net News:- The US has the dubious distinction of having over-taken China as the country with the most zombie computers – machines that have been hi-jacked, usually via infected emails, for surreptitious use by remote spammers.
An average of 172,009 new zombies were identified every day in May, says a messaging security firm.
And, Approximately 20% of the new zombies originated in the United States and 15% originated in China, representing a slight shift from late March and early April when some 20% of the 157,000 new zombies originated in China, says CipherTrust.
However, the origin of zombie machines can change daily as new systems are infected anywhere in the world.m says the company, which found that during April and May, the largest percent of zombie originations have alternated between China and the United States, it says, adding:
In addition, during the first three weeks of May, approximately 26% of daily new zombies originated in the European Union, including 6%, 5% and 3% of new zombies originated in Germany, France and the United Kingdom, respectively.
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CipherTrust – CipherTrust’s ZombieMeter, May 30, 2005
May 31st, 2005 at 5:49 am
How can people be too stupid not to have up to date antivirus protection and firewalls and be careful these days? I guess they just get their computer and hook it up to eithernet and think that is it. They should ask questions first.