Internet 2010 in numbers

Hello,

The royal pingdom has made some statistics on the "complete" internet from past year:

http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/01/12/internet-2010-in-numbers/

As you can see 42 % of the internetters come from the asian countries,
followed by the european countries with 24.2 %.

Also a remarkeble number is the 89.1 % of all mails is spam.

Bertus

Also a remarkeble number is the 89.1 % of all mails is spam.

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To see that figure is kind of discouraging. I guess there is no way that the botnet computers can be remotely disinfected.

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beenthere said:

To see that figure is kind of discouraging. I guess there is no way that the botnet computers can be remotely disinfected.

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Until people learn to be as careful with their computers with an infection as themselves with a cold, then spam will prevail via botnet.

Hello,

An other article in a dutch paper says that 5 to 10 % of all dutch PC's are used in a botnetwork.
http://www.metronieuws.nl/algemeen/...ters-in-botnet/xlkkam!jMyYS3M7SAcCAwx51MeRvg/
Here is the google translation:
http://translate.google.com/transla...botnet/xlkkam!jMyYS3M7SAcCAwx51MeRvg/&act=url

Bertus

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maxpower097 said:

Then think 98% of pc's in nigeria are setup as superbots. I saw a special on it where this one organized crime group setup about 100 computers in 1 room having 100 employees just spamming and returning spam. They even had another location already set up with computers for when the cops got there. It was crazy

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Even with low cost labour I don't see that being able to keep up with a network of infested PCs. Even my friends are sending me spam.

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What do I see max's posts as dots?

I checked his other posts and I am seeing ......... for most of his other posts too.

Looks like they were all edited at around 12:30 AM my time today. Very strange.


Maybe a font I do not have?

I too am seeing dots and I'm fairly sure it's not a font issue.

It goes about 6 pages back, but not all of his posts are affected in between 1 and 6: http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/search.php?searchid=3182211&pp=25&page=6

International conspiracy!

Naw, he's pissed for some reason and is deleting his posts. I'm not sure if I did it or not, hope it wasn't me. It could be, I speak pretty plainly sometimes, and it doesn't always come out right.

I have sent 2 or 3 PM's the last being an apology.

Hello,

I think he has withdrawn as he did not wanted to move to the new server.

Bertus

bertus said:

Hello,

I think he has withdrawn as he did not wanted to move to the new server.

Bertus

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Hmm but why only some of his posts and why all at the same time?

One possible guess, and it is a pure guess. Something about having the site under Florida jurisdiction?

I suspect he'll be back to finish the job later today. Darn shame though, there are a lot of threads that will have major holes in them.

Then the hue and cry to remove what is a unique ability to this forum will result, diminishing it even further. I use the long term edit ability for many of my articles. My LEDs, 555s, Flashers, and Light Chasers (forum edition) has been a work in progress for 1½ years for example.

Who gives a flying squirrel (the normal word after flying would be banned) where the server resides? That is just plain weird.

Some forums I am on, do not allow editing after a certain amount of time. Not sure if I like that or no but after seeing this incident, I might land on doing it.

beenthere said:

To see that figure is kind of discouraging. I guess there is no way that the botnet computers can be remotely disinfected.

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If ever there was a legitimate use for the varied skills required to "hack" it is developing some method of permanently fouling sources of spam and other viral maladies......though it would be like killing terrorists........every one dispatched, ya get ten to take its place.

'ow in 'ell do you win that one ??

PackratKing said:

If ever there was a legitimate use for the varied skills required to "hack" it is developing some method of permanently fouling sources of spam and other viral maladies......though it would be like killing terrorists........every one dispatched, ya get ten to take its place.

'ow in 'ell do you win that one ??

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Uh yeah..... the word 'hack' is used incorrectly here and it is perfectly legitimate to hack, as the word only means modifying to suit a new purpose. Cracking is probably what you mean, but even so it's not illegal unless done without permission, for example a company may hire a cracker to test their system security.

tom66 said:

Uh yeah..... the word 'hack' is used incorrectly here

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Awwww fer cryin' out loud. It's more than obvious where I was going with this !!!

PackratKing said:

Awwww fer cryin' out loud. It's more than obvious where I was going with this !!!

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Actually for some people I've had to listen to, they use similar reasoning. It's unfortunately very common. I couldn't tell whether you were being serious or not.

Having a server physically within a jurisdiction, such as the same state, means they have to answer to state, county, city, (and neighborhood) governments. They can (within the limits of the law and slightly beyond) pretty much subpoena anything they want.