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Interesting statistics - protecting and removing malware IS important!
If you are curious, read this entire article. If not, just read these statistics, and know that it is just talking aboutAustralia, who has far fewer computerss than we do. In Australia, it is estimated tha 100,000 computers are infected with trojans, and that each of those 100,000 infected computers has the ability to send out 10,000 spam messages a day.
Learn to be safe, learn how to keep your computer "clean".
September 15, The Register – (International) Australia mulls botnet takedown scheme. Australia is considering the adopting of a code that would oblige ISPs to contact, and in extreme cases perhaps even disconnect, customers with malware-infested computers. The voluntary eSecurity Code is designed to put a squeeze on the estimated 100,000 zombies in Australia, each of which might be capable of kicking out 10,000 junk emails a day. Pilot data sharing schemes in Australia are praised for resulting in the reduction of malware-infected systems. Around 68 ISPs were involved in a 2007 Australian Internet Security Initiative (AISI) programme credited with reports of 10,000 compromises every day. The scheme cost a relatively modest A$4.7 million over four years. Australia’s Internet Industry Association (IIA) is hoping to extend this scheme via a draft code of conduct, set to be applied from December onwards. A consultation scheme on the programme is due to run until 30 October 2009. Once an ISP following the code has detected a compromised computer, it should contact the customer and offer a clean-up advice. The scheme also covers a reporting system. ISPs that adhere to the scheme gain the right to display an IIA tortoise logo on their site. Technology for identifying and blocking compromised clients and for delivering “clean feed” internet traffic exists, but is not cheap. Whether ISPs will be able to create a business model for getting customers to pay the cost of security-enhanced services is a potential obstacle to the scheme. ISPs would be doing the cause of internet hygiene a favour in taking part in a zombie-clampdown scheme, but that’s not going to happen if it places them at a competitive disadvantage to those who carry on regardless. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/15/oz_botnet_takedown_scheme/
Learn to be safe, learn how to keep your computer "clean".
September 15, The Register – (International) Australia mulls botnet takedown scheme. Australia is considering the adopting of a code that would oblige ISPs to contact, and in extreme cases perhaps even disconnect, customers with malware-infested computers. The voluntary eSecurity Code is designed to put a squeeze on the estimated 100,000 zombies in Australia, each of which might be capable of kicking out 10,000 junk emails a day. Pilot data sharing schemes in Australia are praised for resulting in the reduction of malware-infected systems. Around 68 ISPs were involved in a 2007 Australian Internet Security Initiative (AISI) programme credited with reports of 10,000 compromises every day. The scheme cost a relatively modest A$4.7 million over four years. Australia’s Internet Industry Association (IIA) is hoping to extend this scheme via a draft code of conduct, set to be applied from December onwards. A consultation scheme on the programme is due to run until 30 October 2009. Once an ISP following the code has detected a compromised computer, it should contact the customer and offer a clean-up advice. The scheme also covers a reporting system. ISPs that adhere to the scheme gain the right to display an IIA tortoise logo on their site. Technology for identifying and blocking compromised clients and for delivering “clean feed” internet traffic exists, but is not cheap. Whether ISPs will be able to create a business model for getting customers to pay the cost of security-enhanced services is a potential obstacle to the scheme. ISPs would be doing the cause of internet hygiene a favour in taking part in a zombie-clampdown scheme, but that’s not going to happen if it places them at a competitive disadvantage to those who carry on regardless. Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/15/oz_botnet_takedown_scheme/
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