> >THE FEDERAL Trade Commission (FTC) has decided that people who have > >unwittingly had their computers turned into spam zombies should have > >their machines switched off from Internet access. > > "should"? what does that mean? does the FTC have > enforcement/punishment in place? or is this some kind of > silly "self-regulation" which we all know NEVER works.
Even I know it's not 100% legal I repeat what I've said again and again: The only way to prevent further zombies is to use the same weapons as viruswriters/spammers do. I still wait that there will be some "worm" that does nothing else then replicate itself and after a short period of re-replication prevent any (or at least partial) further access to the internet from the infected machine. Most zombie computers are infected with dozens, hundreds or thousands of malware applications. This only because people before the screen is not smart enough to use the own computer and keep it up to date. Believe me, more then 75% of all people I know has never clicked on the small popup right down who clearly states that updates are available. Do you know why? I know because I've asked seeveral times: "As long as it works..." and we all know the bad guys let it seem as good as possible that anything is still working without any problem. So the solution is: Let it no longer work anymore!!! What do you think will happen if "something" on the infected and vulnerable machine does something simple like adding google and maybe the last 10 visited websites to the local hosts file redirecting it somewhere else? Thus ignorant zombie users are the same as people driving with defective cars: "As long as it..." ...it's nothing else then a big danger and simply nerve-racking for thus people who's keeping his machines well maintained. I'm 100% sure such a worm in a long term will prevent way more damage then it creates. MSBLAST was one of the best worms I've ever seen! Can you remember that most people who's seen the shutdown-sequence now knows very very good what's a windows update and that it's something very important to click on and follow the instructions? Markus To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
