Zombie Networks for Rent

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Zombie Networks On The Rise

Zombie Networks On The Rise 09/20/2004 08:56 AM

MSN Messenger worm seeds zombie networks

MSN Messenger worm seeds zombie networks 02/05/2005 10:05 PM

WiFi, Cellular, and Wired Networks
Merging To Form Pervasive Networks in
Homes and Offices, Says INSIGHT Research

WiFi, Cellular, and Wired Networks
Merging To Form Pervasive Networks in
Homes and Offices, Says INSIGHT Research 12/22/2004 01:46 AM
Pervasive networks—a ubiquitous “fabric” of computing, information, entertainment, and telemetry capability tied together by high-speed wired and wireless networks—are emerging from a flurry of new communication technologies now being used in home and office networks. Though communications carriers do not offer this type of continuous communication as a service today, the piece parts are already in place. [PRWEB Dec 20, 2004]

What To Rent

What To Rent 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
Fill out questionaire, get movie rental suggestion .. What Movie to rent

whattorent.com
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Rent To Own

Rent To Own 02/05/2005 10:16 PM

Is music something you own or something you rent? While the music subscription approach has grown in recent years, far more music fans have opted to buy songs by the track, a business model popularized by Apple Computer Inc. iTunes Music Store and its hugely successful iPod portable player.

But the release late last year of new copy-protection software from Microsoft may begin to change that. The software frees subscribers to move their rented tracks from their computers to certain portable music players. The system works by essentially putting a timer on the tracks loaded on the player. Every time the user connects the player to the PC and the music service, the player automatically checks whether the user's subscription is still in effect. Songs stop playing if the subscription has lapsed. If the user doesn't regularly sync up the player with the service, the songs go dead as well.

RealNetworks, MusicNow and MusicNet, which distributes its service through brands like America Online and Cdigix, all have plans to launch portable subscription services this year or early 2006 at the latest. Napster LLC and F.Y.E., another MusicNet distributor, began offering portable subscriptions late last year through the Windows Media Player software, code named Janus.

Napster plans to turn up the heat on Apple with a $30 million advertising campaign debuting during Sunday's Super Bowl to promote a re-launch of its portable subscription service, dubbed Napster To Go. Napster's service is $14.95 a month - about $5 more than a non-portable subscription. F.Y.E's service is also $14.95.
Read More at this AP Story.

Rent-a-researcher from IBM

Rent-a-researcher from IBM 12/15/2003 08:15 AM
Boston Globe Dec 15 2003 7:46AM ET

Rent-a-dog in Japan. You know, I'd do
that

Rent-a-dog in Japan. You know, I'd do
that 06/30/2004 08:57 PM
Rental puppies lead a bizarre life

straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,258832,00.html
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Want to rent a movie? Help yourself

Want to rent a movie? Help yourself 09/02/2004 05:24 PM
Sympatico Sep 2 2004 9:21PM GMT

Infected PCs for Rent

Infected PCs for Rent 04/30/2004 08:22 PM

I wailed and rent my son

I wailed and rent my son 04/18/2005 11:06 PM
RentMySon is a subsidiary of ChildNet Services, with its corporate headquarters in San Diego, CA. In addition, we also maintain 4 regional offices across the United States.
RentMySon provides safe and trustworthy child-rental services in multiple metropolitan areas.

"What Movie to rent"

"What Movie to rent" 02/10/2004 03:20 AM

Tablet PCs Now Available to Rent From
Rentacomputer.com

Tablet PCs Now Available to Rent From
Rentacomputer.com 03/14/2005 06:10 PM
If you are considering buying Tablet PCs for your company, try renting one first from Rentacomputer.com. Evaluate the usefulness of Windows® XP Tablet PC Edition. New models from HP Compaq are now available! [PRWEB Feb 18, 2005]

It's a living: Blogging can pay the rent

It's a living: Blogging can pay the rent 07/12/2004 09:14 AM
Chicago Tribune Jul 12 2004 1:21PM GMT

eBay to buy Rent.com for $415 million

eBay to buy Rent.com for $415 million 12/17/2004 06:27 PM

Rent-A-Center's Hot Seat

Rent-A-Center's Hot Seat 02/10/2004 10:45 AM
With the economy on the rise, is the rent-to-own furniture retailer about to cool?

eBay snaps up Rent.com

eBay snaps up Rent.com 12/19/2004 02:53 PM
eBay agrees to buy Rent.com for $415m (£214m), gaining access to more of the online property market.

Other News: Maine Rent-a-Mac

Other News: Maine Rent-a-Mac 06/14/2004 09:51 AM
If Maine can't buy Mac laptops for high schools, how about renting some?

Search Optimization (Low-Rent)

Search Optimization (Low-Rent) 03/14/2005 05:56 PM
In Vancouver, as in most cities, the poles that hold up the traffic lights and streetlights and, well, anything, are plastered with posters advertising soon-to-be-famous rock bands and tarot readers and, well, anything. Search Engine Optimization, too...

Wanted: Womb for Rent

Wanted: Womb for Rent 04/19/2004 09:39 AM
Interested in supporting a good cause? "Help me find mothers for the Raelian children of the future. Mothers who can nurture these superhumans, and protect them while they're young and fragile." (04-17)

I'd rather rent a serf (or a peon)

I'd rather rent a serf (or a peon) 07/28/2004 12:49 PM
There are peasants who come from a simpler time and are willing to entertain you at your next corporate event.

VOIP Components for Rent

VOIP Components for Rent 05/18/2004 06:20 PM
A company that leases VOIP-enabling hardware and software adds the cross-carrier element, mediating between different IP protocols and adding routing, call detail records, security

Halliburton to rent IBM supercomputing

Halliburton to rent IBM supercomputing 06/10/2004 08:33 PM
Subsidiary signs on for high-powered oil reserves-finding service.

donald's virtual rent party

donald's virtual rent party 06/03/2004 03:47 AM
good people deserve help. let's take care of donald.

Sun to rent CPU time on server farm

Sun to rent CPU time on server farm 09/22/2004 11:47 AM
Computer Shopper Sep 22 2004 2:41PM GMT

Japan's rent-a-puppy business

Japan's rent-a-puppy business 06/30/2004 09:39 AM
Sid sez: "Babies can't be far behind ... in Tokyo you now can rent the cute little dogs that are all the rage. About $15 will get you an hour of canine bonding, and for a heftier fee you can take one home for the night. All puppy necessities included. These same dogs usually sell for about $3,000-$5,000."

In Tokyo alone, the number of shops registered to rent out pets grew to 115 as of March, up from 17 just three years earlier.

Each person who rents a dog by the hour is given a leash, some tissues and a plastic bag - in case the pooch has to answer the call of nature. They also get strict instructions not to let the dogs run free, to keep them in the shade on hot summer days and refrain from giving them snacks.

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Evict tenants who dont pay rent -PC

Evict tenants who dont pay rent -PC 04/19/2004 04:27 PM
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Apr 19 2004 7:48PM GMT

Briefly: Halliburton to rent IBM
supercomputing

Briefly: Halliburton to rent IBM
supercomputing 06/10/2004 08:44 PM
roundup Plus: Lindows invites comparisons...i2 Technologies to pay $10 million fine...Lycoris licenses Bitstream fonts...AOL settles copyright claim.

eBay snaps up Rent.com for $415m

eBay snaps up Rent.com for $415m 12/22/2004 01:52 AM
Certainly an argument for buying up domains in bulk I suppose, the recent eBay purchase of Rent.com is one of the more juicy acquisitions to be sure. The BBC has given details that leads me to believe that this is a deal that would have made Donald Trump proud. A transaction of $385m in stocks and $30m in cash is definitely enough to get my blood pumping, how about yours?…

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Amazon Looks for Partner to Rent DVDs

Amazon Looks for Partner to Rent DVDs 04/15/2005 12:36 PM
Industry sources are saying that Amazon is looking to enter the online DVD rental market – although the retailer would rather partner with an already existing service than launch its own. According to Reuters, Amazon has already approached Netflix and Blockbuster.

Low-rent sites attract surfers

Low-rent sites attract surfers 09/07/2004 09:44 PM
Computer Times Sep 8 2004 1:33AM GMT

N.Y. Tenant Gets Rent Rebate for Bedbugs
(AP)

N.Y. Tenant Gets Rent Rebate for Bedbugs
(AP) 06/17/2004 09:05 PM
AP - A Housing Court judge has given thousands of dollars in rent abatement to a Manhattan tenant who suffered through an apartment infestation that gave real meaning to the caution, "Don't let the bedbugs bite."

Comfy Chairs, Flamethrowers for Rent

Comfy Chairs, Flamethrowers for Rent 04/18/2004 03:03 PM
Forget arcades and Web cafes: video-game lounges offer a new kind of digital thrill, by the hour.

Low-wage workers have to choose between
car and rent

Low-wage workers have to choose between
car and rent 04/12/2005 08:54 PM

Today's New York Times carries an article "Falling Fortunes of Wage Earners" noting that "Even though the economy added 2.2 million jobs in 2004 and produced strong growth in corporate profits, wages for the average worker fell for the year, after adjusting for inflation - the first such drop in nearly a decade."  This is a theme in Barbara Ehrenreich's book Nickel and Dimed, which I recently finished listening to while driving back from Virginia.  Ehrenreich did her research in the boom economy of 1998 and 1999 when labor was in short supply yet wages barely rose for the unskilled.  Ehrenreich took service jobs in Key West, Portland, Maine, and Minneapolis to see if she could make ends meet after one month.

Ehrenreich notes that the official poverty line was defined in 1964 as a multiple of the cost of food (see http://www. census.gov/hhes/income/defs/poverty.html) and has barely been revised since then.  The marketplace, however, has changed.  Real estate and rents have become much more expensive and food has stayed relatively cheap.  Thus it is easy to envision a family whose income is 3X the cost of eating at McDonald's but who can't afford rent.  Ehrenreich finds that almost no unskilled worker would be able to afford rent plus a car at the same time.  If they can't team up with a spouse and they need the car to get to work they are forced to live in the car.

Ehrenreich's conclusion is that this can't last.  The workers will rebel and demand their right to at least an efficiency apartment plus some means of transportation to a job.  She predicts a Proletarian Revolution.  Six years have elapsed since Nickel and Dimed was written and yet the Walmartians and hotel and restaurant slaves seem as docile as ever.

What did Ehrenreich overlook?  Immigration!  There are plenty of people from poor countries who think that working 60-70 hours per week for $7.50/hour is acceptable, especially if there are opportunities for their children to do better.  As long as the immigrants are streaming into the U.S. it seems unlikely that wages for the unskilled will rise.

One might ask "Why do we have such a welcoming immigration policy?"  Countries that value quality of life restrict immigration.  To get into New Zealand, for example, you need to demonstrate some combination of youth, education, and wealth.  The New Zealanders don't see a need to clog their neighborhoods with development and their highways with traffic unless the newcomers are bringing something interesting.  The U.S., by contrast, is happy to grant visas and green cards to people who don't speak English and who in some cases are dedicated to the destruction of the U.S. government (the September 11th terrorists, for example, most of whom had official U.S. INS blessing).  The U.S. government puts GDP growth as its #1 priority because GDP growth enables the government to collect more in taxes and the extra tax revenue enables the government to expand.  If the population growth that is required to generate the GDP growth means that young people have to work two jobs in order to rent an apartment that's not Uncle Sam's problem.  High housing costs and the lack of guaranteed health care are both desired spurs to keep potential taxpayers getting up and going into work every day.

The best predictions available today show the U.S. population rising from its present 295 million to 500 million within our lifetimes.  With wages for low-skill workers set according to wages in India and China the living styles of many unskilled workers in America will have to be more like those in India and China.  Ehrenreich's idea that a worker is entitled to an efficiency apartment does not apply in India or China.  I visited Agra, home to the Taj Majal, a few years ago.  Statistics showed that 2 million people lived there, subsantially smaller than the population of Boston and its closest suburbs, yet there were essentially no buildings taller than one story.  If a family of 8 people ran a little shop by the road they would roll down the shop door at night and sleep there as well.  A friend recently returned from living in Shanghai and reported the same system there.

We could argue about the merits of globalization and U.S. immigration policy but these factors are unlikely to change.  Better to think about how best to deal with the implications.  Low-wage workers in America won't be able to afford housing constructed with currently prevailing methods.  In Third World countries this has traditionally resulted in shantytowns springing up (cf. Mexico City).  Perhaps with innovations in prefab housing we could provide shelter in the exurbs at a cost affordable to unskilled workers.  If not and if we have to accept the idea that a low-wage worker with a car will never be able to afford an apartment maybe the solution is an inexpensive car that is comfortable for sleeping.  If the Chinese can make a cheap car they should be able to make a cheap small RV.  If the Chinese can make a sleeping van for $10,000 (new) a low-wage worker could have transportation and minimal shelter at the same time.

Karl Marx thought that the Industrial Revolution would end scarcity, i.e., that everyone in the U.S. would be living in a McMansion and driving an S.U.V.  That was one of his main reasons for concluding that Communism would be the natural end-result of economic development.  Marx did not count on a world population explosion, however, and the simultaneous stagnation in construction technology resulting in tremendous pressure on housing costs.

Music Sites Ask, 'Why Buy If You Can
Rent?'

Music Sites Ask, 'Why Buy If You Can
Rent?' 09/26/2004 09:00 PM
Virgin is the first major music retailer to enter the download market in introducing a music store to sell music as streams of bits to be downloaded from the Internet.

Zombie 1.0

Zombie 1.0 01/06/2004 02:25 PM
Zombie is a neat little screen saver that simulates the epic struggle of life with stick figures and bright colors.

Rent-a-bag website lets less well-off
stay in fashion

Rent-a-bag website lets less well-off
stay in fashion 07/28/2004 05:48 AM
Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Wed Jul 28, 09:12 am GMT

Craigslist for-rent ads scraped and
placed on Google Maps

Craigslist for-rent ads scraped and
placed on Google Maps 04/09/2005 07:37 AM
Cory Doctorow: This hack on Craigslist and GoogleMaps is amazing: the service places all the houses/apartments for rent/sale on Craigslist as waypoints on a Google Map, color-coded by price, with links to the Craigslist ads. Wow. Link (via A Whole Lotta Nothing)

20,000 Zombie PCs -- $3000

20,000 Zombie PCs -- $3000 09/09/2004 04:35 PM

Is your computer a zombie

Is your computer a zombie 07/08/2004 05:23 AM

We all know that there are a lot of zombie machines on the Internet and they are being rented out to perform a myriad of task. Some of these networks are made up of 10 to 30,000 machines and are being rented out for as little as $100.00 per hour. [ZDNet]

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Zombie SMTP 1.0 (Default branch)

Zombie SMTP 1.0 (Default branch) 03/19/2005 03:22 AM
Zombie SMTP is a tool written to help interrupt spammers' activity. It pretends to be an SMTP server but all it really does is hold onto a connection for 20 mins if the source IP address of the connection is registered in one or more of the pre-defined RBLs. The purpose of this is to simply waste spammers' time if they try to connect to Zombie SMTP to relay their spam. Any connection from a machine not listed in the RBLs is automatically disconnected, this is to prevent authentic servers from tying up their resources who for some reason try to connect to this SMTP server.

Local SMTP Relay Server has been
released!

Local SMTP Relay Server has been
released! 06/14/2004 03:36 AM
Send emails directly from PC to recipient [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

spamhole - The Fake Open SMTP Relay

spamhole - The Fake Open SMTP Relay 01/19/2004 08:24 AM
http://www.spamhole.net/ spamhole is an open project. Hopefully, through user's and developer's contributions, we will amass a collection of spamhole implementations spanning all commonly used platforms, programming languages, etc. Ease of configuration and use are the primary objectives, for the easier to use by the non-techical layperson the implementations are, the more widely adopted and used spamhole will become. Users should feel that they can do their part in the fight against spam...

A New Breed of Zombie?

A New Breed of Zombie? 06/07/2004 09:15 AM
A New Breed of Zombie? Zombies have been a fixture in horror lore, inspiring people to write about the theory behind them, plans for national security against them, and home protection. But are these experts prepared for the mutations that have developed? Rock n Roll Zombies (see above), Viral Zombies, and Drug Induced Zombies.

Bush-Zombie Reagan '04

Bush-Zombie Reagan '04 06/09/2004 03:48 PM
it's funny because it's *true*

Rise of zombie PCs 'threatens UK'

Rise of zombie PCs 'threatens UK' 03/22/2005 04:30 PM
The UK leads the world in home computers that have been hijacked by malicious hackers, warns a report.

Zombie car raised from dead

Zombie car raised from dead 03/30/2005 11:30 AM
The Aurora   (mostly pictures, slightly more info here). One car, two men, three decades of rust. Guy buys truly hideous 1957 prototype car from junkyard, restores it to gleaming unsightliness. Conne_ticut?

UK tops Zombie PC list

UK tops Zombie PC list 03/22/2005 04:23 PM

I came across an article to day at article

P-cube goes hunting for zombie PCs

P-cube goes hunting for zombie PCs 09/22/2004 10:33 AM
Night of the living spam

Zombie PCs.... not just for mail spam
any more

Zombie PCs.... not just for mail spam
any more 06/14/2004 07:39 PM
Nope, looks like they're used for blog spam now too. At least it looks that way from my MT logs, as I look at all the stuff that MT-Blacklist has blocked. (Mmmmm, MT-blacklist goodness. Regardless of whatever happens with MT 3.x's license, code, or fortune cookies, there's no way in hell I'm switching from the MT2.661 setup I have now if there's no blacklist equivalent for it) Dunno whether they're generic web proxies, or blog-spam-specific things. Since the wave hit more than a week ago it's tough to tell for sure, since dynamic IP addresses for dialup machines and whatnot'll...

Zombie Network Pricing

Zombie Network Pricing 09/08/2004 08:51 AM

Going price for network of zombie PCs: $2,000-$3,000: Here's a look into the economics of spam hackers.

One indication of the going rate for zombie PCs comes from a June 11 posting on SpecialHam.com, an electronic forum for spammers. The asking price for use of a network of 20,000 zombie PCs: $2,000 to $3,000. Such networks typically are used to broadcast spam and phishing scams and to spread e-mail viruses designed mainly to create yet more zombies.

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How to Survive a Zombie Attack

How to Survive a Zombie Attack 04/19/2005 03:40 AM
I finally saw Dawn of the Dead (2004), and I just have to wonder, did these people even think about how they would survive a zombie attack? Since we've had a rash of zombie movies lately - 28 Day, Shaun of the Dead - I think someone needs to publish a zombie survival guide to help these people out. And that someone is me, because I for one don't welcome our new zombie overlords.

Would you like a cherry Bagle with your
zombie PC?

Would you like a cherry Bagle with your
zombie PC? 04/26/2004 03:53 PM
More viral shenanigans

Revenge of the Zombie Bloodsucker PCs

Revenge of the Zombie Bloodsucker PCs 06/02/2004 05:20 AM
It was five years ago today... 2 June 1999

Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam

Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam 06/04/2004 08:38 AM
Migmaf, SoBig et al power junk mail tsunami

Comcast Admits Their Zombie Problem

Comcast Admits Their Zombie Problem 05/24/2004 02:27 PM
People have been talking about the problems of zombie machines spewing spam for a while. One of the biggest issues is how to get the broadband providers to do something about it, and to help stop the flow of spam from the computers of users who have no idea they're sending out spam. One of the biggest targets in this discussion is Comcast - who, by their sheer size in the market, appears to have the most subscribers with compromised machines. In fact, last week, they admitted that they were, technically, "the biggest spammer on the internet." They say that Comcast users send out 800 million messages a day - and 700 million of them are spam from zombie machines. Many have complained that Comcast hasn't taken the situation seriously, but that seems to have changed lately. Over the last few months they've been a lot more proactive in letting subscribers know that their machines have been taken over - but it still takes a while, and end-users who end up getting cut off are often not savvy enough to understand what's happening or how to fix it. One potential solution is to block port 25 - something that many other ISPs do - but Comcast has rejected that plan, knowing that the complaint and support costs would be overwhelming. Instead, it sounds like they've come up with a fairly creative method of dealing with the problem. They're going to monitor overall usage, and if they become aware of a problem, they will remotely adjust only that user's modem to block port 25. While this may still cause an occasional headache for some users, the overall impact should be much lower, and the non-tech-savvy zombie-fied customer will have the problem they didn't know about solved without them knowing about it as well.

Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass

Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass 09/10/2004 01:44 AM
Usatoday.com - Thu Sep 9, 08:52 pm GMT

Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam | The
Register

Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam | The
Register 06/05/2004 07:22 AM
machines hijacked by Trojan-horse infections .. Zombie PCs spew out 80% of spam

theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/trojan_spam_study
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Symantec: Zombie-PC Army Growing

Symantec: Zombie-PC Army Growing 09/21/2004 05:05 AM
eBCVG.com Sep 21 2004 9:24AM GMT

Thousands of zombie PCs created daily

Thousands of zombie PCs created daily 09/20/2004 01:27 PM
New Scientist Sep 20 2004 5:41PM GMT

Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass on the
sly

Zombie PCs phish, spam, harass on the
sly 09/09/2004 07:05 AM
USA Today Sep 9 2004 11:36AM GMT

Zombie PCs generate 80 per cent of spam

Zombie PCs generate 80 per cent of spam 06/04/2004 05:57 AM

Going price for network of zombie PCs:
$2,000-$3,000 (USATODAY.com)

Going price for network of zombie PCs:
$2,000-$3,000 (USATODAY.com) 09/08/2004 07:08 AM
USATODAY.com - In the calculus of Internet crime, two of the most sought-after commodities are zombie PCs and valid e-mail addresses.

Korgo raises zombie PC army

Korgo raises zombie PC army 06/03/2004 06:48 AM
Russian Hangup Team fingered in release

Zombie Networks for Rent

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