Jim3k
03-26-2007, 12:55 AM
Have you ever wondered whether your computer has been taken over by a bot which turned it into a zombie? I am wondering about that right now.
How does a computer behave when it's secretly sending out stuff? Can you see it send on the internet icon? Does it slow down for no apparent reason. Has the hard drive been filled with stuff you can't really see?
I use Symantec AV Corporate and AdAware SE. The antivirus is automatically kept up to date and I run AdAware regularly. There is also a firewall on the router. But I still can't manage to convince myself all is well. There are too many freezes and it is frequently slow on both the input and the output. Sometimes the screen is way behind the typing.
I just can't shake the idea that something isn't right. Can anyone shed light on how zombies can be detected?
How does a computer behave when it's secretly sending out stuff? Can you see it send on the internet icon? Does it slow down for no apparent reason. Has the hard drive been filled with stuff you can't really see?
I use Symantec AV Corporate and AdAware SE. The antivirus is automatically kept up to date and I run AdAware regularly. There is also a firewall on the router. But I still can't manage to convince myself all is well. There are too many freezes and it is frequently slow on both the input and the output. Sometimes the screen is way behind the typing.
I just can't shake the idea that something isn't right. Can anyone shed light on how zombies can be detected?