Lets get to the bottom of Botnets. « Hotpcgeek’s Weblog

Lets get to the bottom of Botnets.

Okay so here I am back again, and today I will be getting to the bottom of Botnets. These stupid or rather clever things are causing chaos on our online world as we know it.

Botnets as they currently stand are a huge threat to our online world today. Not only that but Botnets can be found anywhere and this is extremely alarming.Botnets can be on a home computer or a company computer or even a government computer.All that is needed for a Botnet to breathe and live is Internet and a computer.

Have you heard about the Botnet herder? If not let me enlighten you, a Botnet herder or Botnet creator can do so many things with the inclusion of controlling armies of infected computers.This is obviously very scary and is not even the worst aspect.The worst aspect is that people whose machines are being used for Botnets, are not even aware of it.So basically if your computer is being used,you will have no knowledge of this and be completely oblivious to this factor.

According to Wikipedia a Botnet may be described as:“Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, that run autonomously and automatically. The term is often associated with malicious software but it can also refer to the network of computers using distributed computing software.While the term “botnet” can be used to refer to any group of bots, such as IRC bots, this word is generally used to refer to a collection of compromised computers (called Zombie computers) running software, usually installed via worms, Trojan horses, or backdoors, under a common command-and-control infrastructure.”

You get different types of Botnets as well as different attacks. It is vital to use proper computer security protection mechanisms as they may help prevent Botnets.The people who create Botnets are very clever so you need to be warned.They know the” ins and outs” of the entire computer world and know exactly what they need to do to find a vulnerability in your system.

So beware of the Botnets botnets