Botnets- 25% of world's computers infected

Botnets could have infected 25% of world's computers on the internet

Botnets are the latest computer virus scourge to hit the internet. The botnet threat has been highlighted by even Vint Cerf, known as the Father of the Internet.

Botnets could take control of a quarter of the world's computers on the internet and launch a concerted malicious attack on a corporate or Government website. This botnet threat is incredibly serious and we are almost on the verge of an imminent botnet driven attack 

Botnets such as Spam Thru make the detection and removal of botnets incredibly difficult

Botnets such as Spam Thru are capable of protecting themselves and prevent removal from the host computer.This botnet "intelligence" is the other scary component of this latest internet vulnerability- heuristic based antivirus software are just unable to detect or remove botnets from host computers

Botnets -What can we do to protect data centers from botnets

In the absence of good antivirus software to protect data centers from botnets, the only recourse seems to be to hope and pray that botnets are not targeted at your data center :-)