Cable Provider Issues Bad Bot Alerts

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External News Details

Comcast is sending out bot alerts to customers in an effort to reduce the malicious programs on their servers. The Information Security Center at Georgia Tech estimates that the number of bot infected computers could be in the tens to hundreds of millions.

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College of Computing

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computer security, malware
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  • Created By: Juliet Helms
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 6, 2010 - 10:10am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:24pm