One of the largest bot networks today is Srizbi which will turn your computer into a zombie that wil flood Internet with spam. According to Marshal Trace the network has increased it’s spamming from about 3% of all spam to 9.9%.

The thing with this network is that it’s tricking it’s victims to install the bad software by requesting a special plugin to view a video for example. Another example is an email looking like someone want you to check out a page at Classmates.com, but when you visit that page you’re requested to install a special browser plugin to view the entire message. Therefore you should stay alert for anything that require other plugins then the plugins from known developers like Sun and Adobe.

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