McAfee Consumer Threat Alerts: Is Your Computer Being Controlled by a Cybercrook?

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McAfee warns that cybercriminals can now use social media and malicious websites to create and manage botnets

September 29, 2010
by Consumer Threat Alerts

Cybercrooks have long been using botnets, or networks of remotely-controlled, infected computers, for malicious purposes. Now it is possible for cybercriminals to infect computers via dangerous websites, and control computers using social networking sites such as Twitter and LinkedIn.

The increasing popularity of social networking has created an emerging avenue for botnet distributors that is rich with potential. Since botnets are a continuing threat, you should be aware of how cybercrooks use them, and how to keep your computer from being part of the problem by not spreading the infection.

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