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Thursday, March 28, 2013

What is a Botnet?

The word botnet or bot is short for robot network. A botnet is a group of Internet-connected personal computers that have been infected by a malicious applica­tion (malware) that allows a hacker to control the infected computers or mobile devices without the knowledge of the device owners.

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