CNN claims you can have your PC turn into a bot by sending them an
email saying "I consent".

How is that done? Don't the AV vendors have a patch for them yet?

RL

From: "RayLopez99" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| CNN claims you can have your PC turn into a bot by sending them an
| email saying "I consent".

| How is that done? Don't the AV vendors have a patch for them yet?

Where does CNN claim that ?

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Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

Day do dat like dis......

RayLopez99 wrote:
> CNN claims you can have your PC turn into a bot by sending them an
> email saying "I consent".
>
> How is that done? Don't the AV vendors have a patch for them yet?

You need to define terms. Seti and folding can be considered bots too.
If they are saying malicious bots (and most people think "malicious"
when hearing "bot" or "virus" or "worm" where it might not necessarily
follow.

They're all just "programs" that a user runs on his or her machine.

(and yes, I'm already aware of the "Why a good virus is still a bad
idea" article)

RayLopez99 wrote:
> CNN claims you can have your PC turn into a bot by sending them an
> email saying "I consent".

Citation please?

> How is that done? Don't the AV vendors have a patch for them yet?

You need to define terms. Seti and Folding can be considered bots too.
If they are not saying malicious bots (and most people think "malicious"
when hearing "bot" or "virus" or "worm" where it might not necessarily
follow), then your agreement is all that is needed.

They're all just "programs" or "applications" that a user runs on his or
her machine.

(and yes, I'm already aware of the "Why a good virus is still a bad
idea" article)

RayLopez99 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:b7e29c00-f268-4a77-9e32-
(E-Mail Removed):

> CNN claims you can have your PC turn into a bot by sending them an
> email saying "I consent".
>
> How is that done? Don't the AV vendors have a patch for them yet?

LOL. I printed this one.. I couldn't resist. I'm going to hang this in
the computer room. Funny! **** man. You have made my day.


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On Dec 10, 3:55*pm, FromTheRafters <erra...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
> RayLopez99 wrote:
>
> *> CNN claims you can have your PC turn into a bot by sending them an
> *> email saying "I consent".
>
> Citation please?

CNN. This was a few days ago. Int'l edition. From what I surmised
(just from what I know about PCs) the hackers must have some way of
trying to penetrate a PC that might, under generic firewall rules,
cause your software firewall to raise a red flag popup window like
"program xyz is attempting to access your PC--allow?" and the user
then clicks Yes if the user is sympathetic to the Anonymous group,
allowing their machine to become a bot. The hackers would know which
machine is 'sympathetic' from the email header, where they can read
your IP address. From what I surmised. But I was expecting somebody
here to know more.

RL

On Dec 10, 1:38*pm, Griffin <ned_grif...@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
> Day do dat like dis......

I expected some YouTube link to a rap song riff. dime disappointed in
do, brother!

RL

On Dec 11, 4:39*am, Dustin <bughunter.dus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> RayLopez99 <raylope...@gmail.com> wrote in news:b7e29c00-f268-4a77-9e32-
> 11bdb54d8...@w29g2000vba.googlegroups.com:
>
> > CNN claims you can have your PC turn into a bot by sending them an
> > email saying "I consent".
>
> > How is that done? *Don't the AV vendors have a patch for them yet?
>
> LOL. I printed this one.. I couldn't resist. I'm going to hang this in
> the computer room. Funny! **** man. You have made my day.
>

You have a weird sense of humor Dustin. I guess shiny metal objects
also hold your attention. Glad to have made your day.

RL

From: "RayLopez99" <(E-Mail Removed)>

| On Dec 10, 3:55 pm, FromTheRafters <erra...@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>> RayLopez99 wrote:

>> > CNN claims you can have your PC turn into a bot by sending them an
>> > email saying "I consent".

>> Citation please?

| CNN. This was a few days ago. Int'l edition. From what I surmised
| (just from what I know about PCs) the hackers must have some way of
| trying to penetrate a PC that might, under generic firewall rules,
| cause your software firewall to raise a red flag popup window like
| "program xyz is attempting to access your PC--allow?" and the user
| then clicks Yes if the user is sympathetic to the Anonymous group,
| allowing their machine to become a bot. The hackers would know which
| machine is 'sympathetic' from the email header, where they can read
| your IP address. From what I surmised. But I was expecting somebody
| here to know more.

OK, please post the CNN URL.

You based your question on a CNN claim but fail to exactly quote said claim nor point to a
URL of the claim's text.

We can't respond to what you wrote because of misquoting, snipping, grape-vine effect and
other modifications to what CNN may have originaly claimed.

Get the point ?

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp