To report a botnet PRIVATELY please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- On 9/14/06, Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AVG is 15K, I can prove *on my own* 12K... counting banking/phishing > trojan horses, general purpose trojans, dialers, etc (from the large bot > families). So... by both your and Jose's definitions Banker.Delf is a bot? A dialer is a bot? A downloader is a bot? An Explorer Hijack is a bot? A phishing email is a bot? I'm sorry, but while I believe botnets (particularly those controlled via HTTP(S) which follow protocol standards) are a serious problem - your numbers don't ring true to the fairly large set of samples I see under my definition of a bot. They don't seem to be ringing true with some of other people either. In fact, to me, they sound a lot like hype. 2,000-3,000 a month of true connection oriented and non-connection oriented bots (IRC vs. HTTP & custom protocol) which are capable of receiving and acting on multiple commands are what I'm seeing. This would include the "classic" bot/zombie, the http and custom protocol bot/zombie and some RATs. So saying you have a 12" penis may in fact be true and yes... it might even make me feel a little insecure about my smaller manhood. But not if your talking about a piece of plastic. _______________________________________________ To report a botnet PRIVATELY please email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All list and server information are public and available to law enforcement upon request. http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/botnets
