28 Days Later

Britain has the largest zombie PC population of any country on the planet, according to the latest Symantec Internet Security Threat Report.

The UK has more than a quarter (25.2 per cent) of all bots – virus-infected, zombie PCs under the control of crackers and used for malicious purposes like identity theft and online fraud – with the US (24.6 per cent) and China (7.8 per cent) in second and third place. The statistics, taken from Symantec’s Global Internet Threat Report for the period July to December 2004, are based on the number of PCs worldwide that are known to be infected with bot agents, such as the infamous Agobot worm.

The Reg

I think they left out the fact that while China has 7.8 percent of the Zombies, they are CONTROLLING 80% of the Zombies :P

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RE: 28 Days Later

I saw a TV report the other day with "Geek Squad" and they said their main business was "operating system cleanup/reinstall". These guys have a company where they cleanup spyware and shit from MS operating systems. Yet people still buy it? I mean I dont expect people to stop really (because alternatives are viable, but still way above the head of the average user/installer/retailer/etc), but at least complain like hell to MS and demand better? 25% "zombies", geeze.

RE: 28 Days Later

Well, you know why the UK beats us so thoroughly per capita? Better access to broadband. They haven't let their telecom industry bend over the public like we have. Say, I hear SBC got permission to buy out AT&T.

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