Zombie Computers = Imminent National Threat

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Regardless of political affiliation, stance on terrorism, support for or against big government etc. etc. etc. I think everyone can agree we hate zombie computers owned and operated by clueless people. The problem is, there is lots of talk about the problem, very little talk about what to do.

Gangs of thousands of zombie home computers grinding out spam, committing fraud and overpowering websites are the most vexing net threat today, according to law enforcement and security professionals.
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"Caucasian Al-Qaeda", now zombie computers, the corners in which our government will point out terrorists will never end.
 
hey at least we don't imprison peace protesters as terrorists like china under 9/11 laws... we just imprison peace protesters for a couple days with no explanation lol.

i never really paid much attention to zombie machines... until i fixed my fiance's familys pc when i visited them in cali.... the computer was super slow and the disk space was full. i worked on it for 8 hours... then i found a virus referencing a folder that did not exist. i manually typed in the folder's location in my computer... found 45gigs of files that were being used to transfer back and forth between users... so basically their machine had turned into a zombie p2p server lol
 
you know whats funny about "caucasion al-qaeda"... muslims are Caucasian.. and when you take a census/application middle easterners are classified as "white"... so umm... wouldn't all al-qaedas be caucasion then?...
 
jroe52 said:
hey at least we don't imprison peace protesters as terrorists like china under 9/11 laws... we just imprison peace protesters for a couple days with no explanation lol.

i never really paid much attention to zombie machines... until i fixed my fiance's familys pc when i visited them in cali.... the computer was super slow and the disk space was full. i worked on it for 8 hours... then i found a virus referencing a folder that did not exist. i manually typed in the folder's location in my computer... found 45gigs of files that were being used to transfer back and forth between users... so basically their machine had turned into a zombie p2p server lol
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Thats awesome. I had to deal with a couple of zombie machines when Battlefield 2 first came out (alot of overnight gamers), fun times and huge problem.
 
What's equally funny... the Spanish are white too.

Since we work so hard at NOT racial profiling terrorists.... hence my shoes come off at the TSA checkpoint....what difference does it make if they start having "white" AQ members. :eek::rolleyes::p

In fact I thought anyone who disagreed with govt policy WAS an AQ member.... yes/no? At least that's what they say on the Teeee Veeee. :cool:

But yes, I dont know how many times one of my idiot friends or relatives has fallen victim to being a zombie or otherwise compromised computer operator. Seems no matter how many times you tell them what NOT to do, or how much protection you set them up with, they still manage to get into trouble. Maybe it's them, or maybe it's just getting harder to not get infected.

When I think about how much computing power goes under-utilized it makes me sick. There needs to be a govt driven "folding" effort to turn all our PC's unused time into cells in a giant supercomputer that all forms of research can book time on and take advantage of the huge resource 100+ MILLION PC's could provide in thier idle time.
 
yeah my friend was put no their watch list after going to a new york anti-war rally ... they were arrested for "loitering" ... and were not released for like 12 hours lol. at least they are alive unlike commy-land... were the government never tells a lie.

my fiance is asian... she gets checked about 1/2 the flights she goes on.. so 1 out of 2 a year or so. i never get checked... maybe its her boobs?
 
jroe52 said:
my fiance is asian... she gets checked about 1/2 the flights she goes on.. so 1 out of 2 a year or so. i never get checked... maybe its her boobs?
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Well, you could post pictures of them and we could vote as to whether or not that's why...

:p:p
 
Hmm RIAA lobbist must be getting lazy if such trivial matter stolen "number one net threat" title from music piracy in eyes of goverment officials :D
 
Lobbyist/Politics still have some time to come before they understand technology. Hell, there hiring all these "nerds" just to try to explain it to them in political terms. AKA retard talk
 
wait are they saying that since i build computers im a terrorist??? :confused: Someone please correct me.
 
It really is disconcerting what is being classified as a threat to national security, by the US government. IMO Simply because there are countries which have harsher penalties or laws, does not detract from the current worrisome trend.
 
theDreamer said:
No, unless you have a spam farm or attempt to install viruses on other peoples computer's which do your bidding.
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oh ok understand now thanks :) Ok im not a terrorist then :D but people who attempt to install viruses on other peoples comp aren't nesseccary a terrorist.. :| lol.
 
Awful lot of terrorist around these day, with new ones being classified each and everyday. Wonder how long till groups of us are reclassified as terrorists? Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside, so safe and secure. Can't deal with something, call it terrorism and have everyone and there mother turn on them (shakes finger at those naughty script kiddies).
 
RangerXML said:
Awful lot of terrorist around these day, with new ones being classified each and everyday. Wonder how long till groups of us are reclassified as terrorists? Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside, so safe and secure. Can't deal with something, call it terrorism and have everyone and there mother turn on them (shakes finger at those naughty script kiddies).
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Most of us can be classified as terrorists already. Technically you can be held as an enemy combatant by FISA related courts without precidence.

Pretty scary stuff.
 
jroe52 said:
lol.... boobs for the win!
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You motor boating son of a bitch. You hound dog you.

While traveling to DC and back to NY, I was taken to their little room and was asked questions and my luggage was looked through. Ironically, I had a dream the night before that a really hot security woman took me aside and asked me to get naked but alas, that didn't happen.
 
lol i had to lookup qft.

its funny is she use to smoke grass.. and forgot that she had a whole in her coat... and it fell inside her jacket for months after she quit... and even though she was searched head to toe... and it was in a plastic container in her coat... they didnt find it. wonder if they were on crack?
 
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