PCWorld: Is Your PC Bot-Infested? Here's How to Tell

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Botnets are big, bad, and widespread -- but if your system is infected, you can take several simple steps to clean it and stay safe.

By Robert Vamosi
Aug 24, 2009

As fireworks boomed on the Fourth of July, thousands of compromised computers attacked U.S. government Web sites. A botnet of more than 200,000 computers, infected with a strain of 2004's MyDoom virus, attempted to deny legitimate access to sites such as those of the Federal Trade Commission and the White House. The assault was a bold reminder that botnets continue to be a massive problem.

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