ZeroAccess botnet growing rapidly

Growth of the ZeroAccess botnet is unfortunately showing no signs of slowing down. darkReading reports “2.2 million infected with fraudulent ad-click botnet’s malware“. The perpetrators make money by using infected computers to fraudulently ‘click’ on web-based ads.

Most current anti-malware software can detect and disable ZeroAccess-related malware. Make sure your anti-malware software is up to date, and run regular scans.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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