Apr 10 2007, 09:33 PM, updated 19y ago
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Survey: Most Malaysian PCs are 'zombies'
By JO TIMBUONG
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is one of the most prolific distributors of spam and propagators of "spam zombies" in the Asia-Pacific region, revealed a recent survey.
It ranks No 5 as a spam distributor, among 29 countries. Topping this list is the Philippines, followed by Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Laos, according to the survey by security solutions vendor Symantec Corp.
As a propagator of zombie machines, Malaysia is No 7 on the list. Topping it is China, followed by South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam.
These are PCs that have been compromised by hackers and used to launch spam e-mail, or phishing messages that lure computer users to mistakenly reveal personal information such as credit card details or bank account passwords.
Kannan Velayutham, a consultant for enterprise security at Symantec Malaysia, said the survey showed that 96% of computers in the country are zombie machines.
By JO TIMBUONG
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is one of the most prolific distributors of spam and propagators of "spam zombies" in the Asia-Pacific region, revealed a recent survey.
It ranks No 5 as a spam distributor, among 29 countries. Topping this list is the Philippines, followed by Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Laos, according to the survey by security solutions vendor Symantec Corp.
As a propagator of zombie machines, Malaysia is No 7 on the list. Topping it is China, followed by South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam.
These are PCs that have been compromised by hackers and used to launch spam e-mail, or phishing messages that lure computer users to mistakenly reveal personal information such as credit card details or bank account passwords.
Kannan Velayutham, a consultant for enterprise security at Symantec Malaysia, said the survey showed that 96% of computers in the country are zombie machines.
Source: The Star - http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp...&sec=technology
Look at the statistics man... I wonder whether Malaysian PC users are aware of it.
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