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On 06/11/12 12:49, Simon Robert -Cottage wrote: > > Your concerns about internet security are valid and true, but my data is > worthless (I don't mind google serving me adverts) I don't think our bad apple gives two hoots for your data, he is concerned that your PC is worth maybe 45c on the botnet market. 45c may not seem a lot, but if the marginal cost of acquisition is low enough, and it sounds like yours will be low hanging fruit, then it is nearly all profit. > but it is also true > that most attacks are via compromised websites. I suspect that by count that most attacks are from compromised end user computers. Certainly they have a much higher known infection rate, and they are far more numerous. Thus it would be surprising if this was not the case. How many are successful attacks is another matter, but bad apple (and I) is concerned your machine will swell the bot armies that we deal with day to day. Even the resources used in dealing with failed abuse, and failed spam attempts add to the expense and carbon footprint of running a computer. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq