Zombies
13 Million Zombies, is that pcs or Windows users?
Attempts to shut down notorious torrent tracker site The Pirate Bay have spurred a four-fold increase in the number of file sharing websites during the third quarter of 2009. At least some of these sites are primarily designed to distribute scareware and other types of malware rather than pirated content. Net security firm …
Another reason for a spike at Xmas is the hackers who hit the businesses during the holiday break. Back in the late nineties, I worked for a company who had their FTP servers hacked. Probably due to weak passwords. The hackers then filled the servers with pr0n and warez.
It would of survived a lot longer if the R&D boss wasn't such a saddo that he went into work on Xmas day and spotted it....