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How do botnets still exist? Wasn't that a problem that should have gone away with Windows XP?
by elinchrome 11y ago
How do botnets still exist? Wasn't that a problem that should have gone away with Windows XP?
- zepto 11y agoWindows XP hasn't gone away.
- elinchrome 11y agoSo are the botnets that still exist mainly running on the legacy XP boxes? It says here that it's roughly 10% of machines. It's safe to assume at least half are infected. But aren't they mostly third world? https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 https://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share...
- zepto 11y agoAndroid too. https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=android%20botnets https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=android%20botnet...
- ryukafalz 11y agoDevices running Windows XP aren't the only ones that can be compromised. Other possibilities are unpatched Linux servers, servers with easily guessed root passwords, consumer routers, etc.