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A diagram of the process by which spammers use zombie (virus-infected) computers to send spam.

  1. Virus writer sends out viruses, infecting ordinary users' Windows PCs.
  2. Infected PCs log into an IRC server or other communications medium, forming a network of infected systems known as a botnet.
  3. Spammer purchases access to this botnet from virus writer or a dealer.
  4. Spammer sends instructions to the botnet, instructing the infected PCs to send out spam.
  5. The infected PCs send the spam messages to Internet users' mail servers.

Original diagram created in NeoOffice/J on Mac OS X, 11 June 2005. --FOo 16:51, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

SVG created by DnetSvg

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