How to Stop a Zombie
Here’s your chance to make a difference … tool up and kill a zombie. 
What … what are you doing? Put down that baseball bat and chainsaw!
I’m not talking the living dead kind of zombie here, I’m talking about the silicon kind that are used by cybercriminals to send spam, distribute malware, and commit identity theft.
A zombie computer. What’s a zombie computer?
It’s a computer that is infected with malware to bring it under the control of the cybercriminals as part of a botnet.
Billions of spam emails are sent daily, and 99% of these are sent using zombie computers.
How can you stop the zombies?
- Scan your computer and those of your friends (ask permission first!) with an up-to-date anti-virus program. If you don’t already have an anti-virus you can always buy one form any computer store. TC-TEKS recommends AVG or Kaspersky Internet Security.
- Keep your operating system and programs up-to-date with the latest security patches, and run a firewall.
- Spread the word on Twitter and Facebook by liking and spreading this email using the share buttons at the top, make sure that your friends know they also need to help kill a zombie.
- If you are still not sure if your computer is a zombie get it in to your local computer repair shop ASAP to stop the spread of the infection!