Comcast tries pop-up alerts to warn Internet users of PC infections in possibly risky tacticPHILADELPHIA — Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers — the armies of infected personal computers, known as “botnets,” that suck up bandwidth by sending spam and facilitating cybercrime. FTC pulls plug on allegedly rogue Internet provider over “witches’ brew” of harmful contentSAN FRANCISCO — The federal government has severed the Internet connection of a company accused of helping criminals serve up a “witches’ brew” of nasty content online, from computer viruses to child pornography. Conficker adds new moneymaking weapon to arsenal: spamSAN FRANCISCO — The giant Conficker computer worm, once feared as an out-of-control Internet doomsday machine, seems to have settled — for now — on trying to make money in very predictable ways. |
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