>-----Original Message----- >From: Christopher Schultz [mailto:ch...@christopherschultz.net] >Subject: Re: Tomcat access log reveals hack attempt: "HEAD /manager/html >HTTP/1.0" 404 > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA256 > >Mark, > >On 4/17/13 8:49 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote: >> Yes. But someone *does* own the botted computers, and their own >> operations are slightly affected. I have wondered if there is some >> way to make a bot so intrusive that many more owners will ask >> themselves, "why is my computer so slow/weird/whatever? I'd better >> get it looked at. Maybe I should install a virus scanner." > >People *do* do this (notice their computer sucking) but mostly (at least >Americans) will just go out and buy another one, assuming that their >computer just isn't fast enough to "work well" after owning it for a few years. > ><soapbox>It's sad that most of us have more computing resources beneath >our fingertips than spacecraft do, yet we upgrade every few years because >MS Office has gotten fatter. </soapbox>
And no one ever uses (or knows about) the restore partition when their pc becomes full of junk. However, the old P4 laptop I have running XP with 2GB of RAM and dedicated video RAM doesn't do much for websites these days running a lot of graphics.. ahem Silverlight, flash, etc... The web is also getting fat. > >- -chris
