Have you noticed that your PC has slowed almost to a stop suddenly, for no apparent reason? It may be nothing, but it could be that your computer is busy with other things, and other things that I think is controlled on other computers as part of a botnet by hackers, and others together to attack bad.
"How is that possible? My anti-virus software up to date?" Tell yourself.
Net bot software is usually installed on the computers of users who are deceived by the load. The software is a legitimate product that claims an actual scanner Anti-Virus, masquerade, so that it is malicious scareware, which, once installed, provides an entry into the system for malware developers to door things like rootkits and install networks for bot software.
Net bot software effectively sets the computer to commands from a master controller that received by the botnet usually a hacker or other cyber criminals, which is controlled purchased with the computer of the person who is infected.
Yes that's right, you heard me. Not only your computer is infected, but people are making money by selling the rights to the computer (without their knowledge) to use to launch attacks on other computers. Amazing is not it? It's like someone you hire your car for use by another person while he parked in a shopping center, and then back again, before I discovered it was gone.
A typical botnet consists of tens of thousands of computers that are controlled by a single command and control terminal. Like to use hacker botnets, so that they attack the power and the resources of the computer network of all computers in the network of bot to a single destination. These attacks are called distributed denial of service (DDoS).
Thees attacks work well, because the target of the attack does not attempt to be able to load 20,000 computers to handle access time and network resources. Once the system down could put all of DDoS Botnet Traffic legitimate users are not able to reach the server, which is very bad for business, especially if you're a big electronics retailer, where the constant availability is its lifeblood.
Some of the bad guys still blackmail targets, saying that if they have a fee to pay to stop the attack. Incredibly, some companies will pay for blackmail, just to get into the business until they can better understand how to deal with the attacks.
How are botnets have become so important?
Malware developers, the software money through affiliate marketing programs pay botnet malware create people willing to install their malicious software on victims' computers. You can make $ 250 or more to pay for 1000 "facilities". Wicked business use all necessary means to unsuspecting users into installing this bloatware trick. You will be linked in spam e-mails, posting malicious links on forums, websites and malicious setting everything possible to make you feel, so that they can get credit for another installation on the installation program.
The developer then sell botnet control malware they have created. You are going to sell in large blocks of 10,000 or more slave computers. The largest block of the slave robot over the asking price.
I used to think that the file of children try to create people to joke, but it really is all about the bad guys to make money with traffic with CPU cycles on your computer and bandwidth network.
How can we stop this son (insert something bad choice here) 's enslave our computers?
Get a specific malware scanner
Your virus scanner might be great for viruses in the search, but not find so good, scareware, rogue malware, rootkits and other malware. If you are considering something like Malwarebytes, which is known to find malware that is often beyond the traditional antivirus programs.
2 Get a scanner "second opinion"
If a doctor says that everything is fine, but still feel sick, you can get a second opinion from another doctor, right? Do the same for your protection against malware. Install a second malware scan on your computer to see if you catch something from another lost scanner. You'd be surprised how often lacks a tool, something that be another receptor.
3 Be on the lookout for fake antivirus software
Looking for malware protection, you could, if not end up doing something malicious installing your research on the product first. Google to see the product, whether there are reports that it before installing anything was wrong or malicious. All are what sent or found by e-mail in a popup window never install. These are often the delivery methods for malware developers and partners of malware.
If you are completely sure that the malware is want to be away, then you should perform a full backup wipe and reload your computer to ensure that the malware is gone.
