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Re: AOL Users Most Likely to Make Zombie of Your Computer

T. Sean Weintz (strap@hanh-ct.org)
Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:22:36 -0400

Lisa Minter wrote:

> By Andy Sullivan

> Internet "zombie" attacks that attempt to knock computer systems
> offline are more likely to come from users of America Online than any
> other source, according to a report released by a security company on
> Tuesday.

> AOL and other large Internet service providers serve as launching pads
> for most "denial of service" attacks, according to Prolexic
> Technologies, which helps companies fend off such attacks.

<SNIP>

Then this post should have been titled "AOL users most likely to have
their machines made into zombies", not "AOL Users Most Likely to Make
Zombie of Your Computer".

The title you used implies that AOL users are attacking machines and
making them zombies, which is not the case.

AOL machines are launching DOS attacks because they ARE zombies.

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Regarding Zombies, it takes one to make
another, doesn't it. Lisa apologizes for being unclear on that
headline. PAT]

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