For instance, a
botnet can distribute infected e-mail messages carrying malware, or just links to compromised websites, where the systems are infected on-the-fly. Social engineering techniques are comprised of messages that come with apparently harmless messages accompanied by an infected attachment that seems to be a simple .jpeg image. Botnets can auto-expand by identifying and infecting other vulnerable computers.
However, contrary to popular belief that malicious bots usually
Bogdan is living his second childhood at Bitdefender as director of threat research.
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