'Zombie' Pcs Do Bidding of Spammers

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There's a new front in the war against junk e-mail, and it's not about defending your inbox.

Instead, the spam-fighters are focused on your outbox. That's right - your outbox, because you might be an unwitting spammer.

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'Zombie' Pcs Do Bidding of Spammers

Over the past year, computer viruses have turned thousands of ordinary PCs into "zombies" - machines that can be manipulated into sending out come-ons for bigger body parts or lower interest rates.

The problem has gotten so bad that an engineer for Comcast, the nation's largest broadband Internet provider, told CNET News.com, ...

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