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Screenshot of Wikibooks' login page using a CAPTCHA defense against the creation of accounts by bots
A spambot is a computer program designed to assist in the sending of spam. Spambots usually create accounts and send spam messages with them.[1] Web hosts and website operators have responded by banning spammers, leading to an ongoing struggle between them and spammers in which spammers find new ways to evade the bans and anti-spam programs, and hosts counteract these methods.[2]
E-mail spambots[edit]
E-mail spambots harvest e-mail addresses from material found on the Internet in order to build mailing lists for sending unsolicited e-mail, also known as spam. Such spambots are web crawlers that can gather e-mail addresses from websites, newsgroups, special-interest group (SIG) postings, and chat-room conversations. Because e-mail addresses have a distinctive format, such spambots are easy to code.
A number of programs and approaches have been devised to foil spambots. One such technique is address munging, in which an e-mail address is deliberately modified so that a human reader (and/or human-controlled web browser) can interpret it but spambots cannot. This has led to the evolution of more sophisticated spambots that are able to recover e-mail addresses from character strings that appear to be munged, or instead can render the text into a web browser and then scrape it for e-mail addresses. Alternative transparent techniques include displaying all or part of the e-mail address on a web page as an image, a text logo shrunken to normal size using inline CSS, or as text with the order of characters jumbled, placed into readable order at display time using CSS.
Forum spambots[edit]
Forum spambots browse the internet, looking for guestbooks, wikis, blogs, forums, and other types of web forms that they can then use to submit bogus content. These often use OCR technology to bypass CAPTCHAs. Some spam messages are targeted towards readers and can involve techniques of target marketing or even phishing, making it hard to tell real posts from the bot generated ones. Other spam messages are not meant to be read by humans, but are instead posted to increase the number of links to a particular website, to boost its search engine ranking.
One way to prevent spambots from creating automated posts is to require the poster to confirm their intention to post via e-mail. Since most spambot scripts use a fake e-mail address when posting, any email confirmation request is unlikely to be successfully routed to them. Some spambots will pass this step by providing a valid email address and use it for validation, mostly via webmail services. Using methods such as security questions are also proven to be effective in curbing posts generated by spambots, as they are usually unable to answer it upon registering.
Twitter spambots[edit]
A Twitterbot is a program used to produce automated posts on the Twitter microblogging service, or to automatically follow Twitter users.[3][4] Twitterbots come in various forms. For example, many serve as spam, enticing clicks on promotional links.[5] Others post @replies or automatically 'retweet'[6] in response to tweets that include a certain word or phrase. These automatic tweets are often seen as fun or silly.[6][7] Some Twitter users even program Twitterbots to assist themselves with scheduling or reminders.[8]
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References[edit]
- ^'Tinder Is Being Taken Over by Spambots Posing as Humans'. news.com.au. 21 January 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^Temperton, James (31 March 2015). 'Tinder Cuts Sexy Spambot Traffic by 90 Percent'. Wired. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^Jason Kincaid (January 22, 2010). 'All Your Twitter Bot Needs Is Love'. TechCrunch. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
- ^Kashmir Hill (August 9, 2012). 'The Invasion of the Twitter Bots'. Forbes. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^Dubbin, Rob. 'The Rise of Twitter Bots'. The New Yorker. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ abMartin Bryant (August 11, 2009). '12 weird and wonderful Twitter Retweet Bots'. TNW. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^Christine Erickson (July 22, 2012). 'Don't Block These 10 Hilarious Twitter Bots'. Mashable. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ^David Daw (October 23, 2011). '10 Twitter Bot Services to Simplify Your Life'. PCWorld. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
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In this post, we will see how to detect and find out if your Windows computer is Bot infested and remove Botnet infection with these Botnet Removal Tools and Software, available as free downloads, from Microsoft and other well-known security companies.
We have already seen what are Botnets. Botnets are networks of compromised computers, controlled by remote attackers in order to perform such illicit tasks as sending spam or attacking other computers. So you need first to detect if your computer is a part of some Botnet.
Botnet detection
The methods for detecting bots include Static Analysis by checking a computer’s characteristics against a list of known threats, and Behavioral Analysis by monitoring communications in a network for behaviors that are known to be exhibited by botnets.
Botnet Removal Tools
If you think your Windows 10/8/7 system may be infested with Bots and be a part of a Botnet, here are a few Botnet removal tools that may be able to help you.
- Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Phrozensoft Mirage Anti-Bot
- Trend Micro RUBotted
- Norton Power Eraser
- BotHunter
- Avira BotFrei
- Kaspersky DE-Cleaner
- Bot Revolt
- Quick Heal BOT Removal Tool.
1] Malicious Software Removal Tool
The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool removes specific, prevalent malicious software families, including select Bots, from computers running compatible versions of Windows. Microsoft releases an updated version of this tool on the second Tuesday of each month, as needed to respond to security incidents. The version of the tool delivered by Windows Update runs in the background and then reports if an infection is found. But you can also download and use it whenever you feel the need.
2] Phrozensoft Mirage Anti-Bot
Phrozensoft Mirage Anti-Bot has a list of such malicious websites. If your computer requests any such BOT-spreading malicious website, Phrozensoft Mirage Anti-Bot won’t let the computer process such request by blocking those sites and also the sites that you put in the restricted sites list.
3] Trend Micro RUBotted
RUBotted from Trend Micro includes strong known Botnets and detection of unknown versions of bot clients and better cleaning capabilities for infected machines. It is compatible with other antivirus products and allows for seamless integration. You need to have a working Internet connection as it will use HouseCall to remove the botnet client if any is found.
4] Norton Power Eraser
Norton Power Eraser removes deeply embedded and difficult to remove crimeware that traditional virus scanning may not always detect.
5] BotHunter
BotHunter is a network-based Botnet Diagnostic Tool for Windows, Unix, Linux, and Mac OS that helps correlate the two-way communication between vulnerable computers and hackers. This tool appears to have been taken down.
6] Avira BotFrei
BotFrei from Avira is another free Bot remover that will detect and remove Bot infection from your system.
7] Kaspersky DE-Cleaner
DE-Cleaner powered by Kaspersky is also called as Kaspersky Anti-Botnet. You can download it from Chip.de. But mind you, the interface is in the German language.
8] Bot Revolt
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Bot Revolt works deep inside the networking code on your computer and inspects everything that flows past it. It continuously monitors all inbound communication to your computer. The software scans automatically every .002 seconds looking for any suspicious or unauthorized communication, to prevent cyber attacks from hackers or bot attacks to your computer.
9] Quick Heal BOT Removal Tool
Quick Heal BOT Removal Tool helps you detect and remove Botnet infections from your Windows computer. It is a portable software, and thus you can run it on your system from an external drive. Simply download it from its official download page and run the tool.
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These Botnet Trackers will help you keep a track on Bot activity globally. You may want to also check out NoBot.
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