Meaning of zombie computer | Babel Free

Definitions

A computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker by means of a computer virus, computer worm, or Trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker.

Examples

“The danger is manifested in this version because the hackers are gaining control of as many as thousands of vulnerable zombie computers in order to magnify and direct their full-scale assault against a single victim from all directions.”

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