[Novalug] bots question
Charles M Howe
cmhowe@patriot.net
Tue Dec 2 20:00:44 EST 2008
Here is a Charlie the Perpetual Newbie type question.
I am practically certain that my computer is not part of a bot net for
the following reasons. Is my reasoning ok?
My computer is a client only? (yes? no?) Is it true that bots are
servers, not clients?
Suppose I am incorrect, that it is a bot. But I ordinarily turn my
computer off when I go to bed. It would seem to me that whatever it is
that captures my computer would have to start from scratch. Is that
correct? Put another way, isn't the fact that I DO NOT keep my computer
on 24/7/168 a protection against full scale takeover.
Help me, please.
Charlie
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