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Crimeware distributors have begun using Facebook as a command and control channel for a Trojan that turns compromised Windows PCs into zombie drones. Zombie clients poll the Notes section of the mobile version of Facebook for instructions. Compromised clients might be instructed to download further code from a specified web …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    zombie drones

    "Crimeware distributors have begun using Facebook as a command and control channel for a Trojan that turns compromised Windows PCs into zombie drones."

    This is different from Facebook itself which turns PC users into zombie drones?

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  2. Alastair 6
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    Google Wave Bot net control

    Just wait till they start doing this with Google Wave.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    @zombie drones

    "Facebook itself which turns PC users into zombie drones?"

    Shurely not , (Ed).

    zombie drones == default state

    arsebook == default location

    twatter == fallback location

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