Botnets are dangerous.  Not only can botnet administrators steal your personal information, but often, on a whim, they can also simply kill your PC.
The controllers of the Zeus/Zbot botnet did just that, hitting the kill switch and BSODing about 100,000 infected PCs.
The Zeus/Zbot botnet first popped up back in March.  It swipes your financial and [...]

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Is it the Conficker C worm or the Conflicker C worm?  Actually, the correct spelling is Conficker, no “L”, but it doesn’t matter.
All that really matters is that you are prepared.  The hype around the Conficker C worm has been tremendous.  It has affected over 9 million computers, Microsoft has offered $250,000 for anyone who [...]

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