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- (1) roBOT A program used on the Internet that performs a repetitive function such as posting a message to multiple newsgroups or searching for information or news. Bots...
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- Measurement and Classification of Humans and Bots in Internet Chat
- The abuse of chat services by automated programs, known as chat bots, poses a serious threat to Internet users. Chat bots target popular chat networks to distribute spam and malware. This paper, first conducts a series of measurements on a large commercial chat network. It measurements capture a total of...
- White papers 2009-06-27
- FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP
- The Federal Trade Commission FTC has shut down a U.S.-based Internet Service Provider for recruiting, hosting and actively participating in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content. Pricewert LLC (also known as 3FN and APS Telecom) was shut down by a district court...
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- Net of the Living Dead: Bots, Botnets and Zombies
- Organized crime long ago discovered the Internet's profit potential, and has succeeded not only in recruiting the necessary expertise to exploit that potential, but in capturing and subverting a significant quantity of innocent Internet-attached systems and, in the process, acquiring the owners of those systems as unwitting Although they are...
- White papers 2009-04-16
- YCC Yahoo Bot Maker 2.2.0 (Windows)
- YCC Yahoo Bot Maker is a program designed to quickly and efficiently create Yahoo accounts. The accounts created by YCC Yahoo Bot Maker can be used for any of the Yahoo services such as Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Instant Messenger YM. YCC Yahoo Bot Maker mimics a Web browser by...
- Software downloads 2009-02-11
- As the Net Churns: Fast-Flux Botnet Observations
- While botnets themselves provide a rich platform for financial gain for the botnet master, the use of infected hosts as webservers can provide an additional botnet use. Botnet herders often use fast-flux DNS techniques to host unwanted or illegal content within a botnet. These techniques change the mapping of domain...
- White papers 2008-09-05
- Magic Traffic Bot 1.1 (Windows)
- Magic Traffic Bot is able to customize the referrer link to appear to come from any Web site or any Web page you choose. Just imagine all the intrigued Web masters all clicking on your Web site. AutoSearch & ping as many sites as you like, perfectly legally; ping a...
- Software downloads 2007-03-02
- Google Hacks: Google Over IM
- Instant messaging is no longer solely the domain of teenagers with too much spare time on their hands. IM has morphed from a fun toy to a serious productivity tool. Google offers its own IM client called Google Talk. Thanks to the Google Talk and the Google API, one can...
- Book chapters 2006-08-01
- The DefBot 1.0.0 (Mac)
- A advanced robot and client for use with HotLine servers, it replaces the standard client and has full admin features. Allows multiple connections even to different servers, customized messaging, rule enforcment, file transfers, news access, HotLine Icons display, user history, rule breakers listing, tracker searches, messaging commands for remote bot...
- Software downloads 2005-06-06
- BotSpotting 1.01 (Mac)
- A tool to collect and store basic visitor information: date/time stamp of visiting browser, page visited, IP address and UserAgent type of browser or bot name. Options include setting date for data collection, record all browsers or just bots from list, sorting data by IP, date or bot/browser name. Useful...
- Software downloads 2004-07-08
- Undeciphered Bot 1.1 (Mac)
- An AppleScript than can dynamically respond to instant messages in AIM. Has many fun things you can do like rock, paper, scissors, and tic tac toe.
- Software downloads 2003-04-23
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- Windows 7 puts Vista into perspective: Only a 'failure' in retrospect
- The fault lies with MS and Driver manufacturersWe don't criticize macs because they are a package deal, with a price premium to match so they generally work just fine. We don't call for witch hunts of Linux distro's because we expect to have problems and tweaks with Linux, plus it's...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Google Wave: The Microsoft Bob of the New Millennium
- Google Wave, the new and highly anticipated workflow/group collaboration mashup web application which is in limited alpha test has left me underwhelmed. Over the weekend I became one of the lucky few to receive a Google Wave invite. I was excited, overjoyed, and...
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Google Wave: Begging for a classrom
- Using Wave to interconnect academic institutionsI think, the first large-scale Wave deployment should be used to interconnect all academic institutions around the world.This would be attractive because:1. younger generations are very adaptable, to new technology.2. there is a great deal of collaboration, in the academic world.3. technical glitches are likely...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-13
- Optical storage: RIP
- Vintage Zip DriveI've actually got a Zip 100 SCSI drive sitting around with a ton of disks. Cost a ton when it was new, but now it's just an antique paperweight...Optical storage is not a dead endSSD drives are never going to catch on for some big things, like PC...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-11
- New botnet hides commands as JPEG images
- What, that's it?That's it for this article? No mention of how prolific it is; what defenses might exist; how to check for it's presence; anything?Without more information, you're fear-mongering. Next time, just type "Boo!".What, that's it? "Without more information, you're fear-mongering. Next time, just type "Boo!"."I think its called, getting...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Google exec calls for ISPs to get tough on botnets
- I can't agree with a requirement for active A/V.I don't need nor want useless A/V software on my systems.Its inappropriate for an ISP to scan MY machine..for paid access to the interent (when they want to claim they are a "dumb pipe"). If I am spewing out malware - sure,...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- News to know: Skype; reCAPTCHA; Oracle Q1; Zune HD; Bing
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale Dave Greenfield: Skype Founders Sue eBay and...
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
- Google reCAPTCHA could raise bar in anti-bot, anti-spam battle
- Well what are other options?I'm not knocking your concern because it is a valid point. But does that mean we just leave everything open to bots and spammers? What could be done for the disabled? I thought reCAPTCHA had some ways of handling this.What about for the deaf-blind?Implement CAPTCHA or...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- Doctor Antivirus 2008 (The ultimate guide to scareware protection)
- ScamsI have seen many of these screens before, on my own PC. I usually retreat to AVG, Norton, or Symantec sites to check their claims, do online scans, and Google search to find unhappy "users"RE: Doctor Antivirus 2008 The ultimate guide to scareware protectionthere ought to be laws... even so...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Windows zero-day reported
- Oh my god, a piece of software has an error!I think if this can be duplicated (as it seems from the story the 'bug' is inconsistent) the it will be patched. Every software has bugs and few software is more complex than an OS.RE: Windows zero-day reportedWindows needs to be...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
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