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Is your computer a zombie?

By Bill Husted | Thursday, September 27, 2007, 01:28 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

More and home home computers are zombies - the term techies use for a computer that has been captured by a hacker.

The zombie machine may be used to send out spam, or it may be used for denial of service attacks.

This isn’t something new but - since I end up getting e-mail from readers around the U.S. - I know that it is more common these days.

You can click here to read proof of that.

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