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What are spam zombies?

August 19, 2009 by admin

Spam zombies are computers of end users who were compromised by other malware such as worms, bots, viruses and Trojan horses. These malicious code, once installed, they allow spammers to use the machine to send spam without the user's knowledge. While using compromised machines to carry out their activities, make it difficult to identify the origin of spam and authors as well. The spam zombies are much exploited by spammers, for providing the anonymity that protects both.

Source: Nic.br