Editing Botnet (section)

===Zombie computer===
In [[computer science]], a [[Zombie (computer science)|zombie computer]] is a computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a [[hacker]], [[computer virus]] or [[Trojan horse (computing)|trojan horse]] and can be used to perform malicious tasks under remote direction. Botnets of zombie computers are often used to spread [[Email spam|e-mail spam]] and launch [[denial-of-service attack]]s (DDoS). Most owners of zombie computers are unaware that their system is being used in this way. Because the owner tends to be unaware, these computers are metaphorically compared to [[zombie]]s. A coordinated DDoS attack by multiple botnet machines also resembles a zombie horde attack.<ref>{{cite web|author=Teresa Dixon Murray|title=Banks can't prevent cyber attacks like those hitting PNC, Key, U.S. Bank this week|url=http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/09/banks_cant_prevent_cyber_attac.html|publisher=Cleveland.com|access-date=2 September 2014|date=28 September 2012|archive-date=25 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725071548/http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2012/09/banks_cant_prevent_cyber_attac.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The process of stealing computing resources as a result of a system being joined to a "botnet" is sometimes referred to as "scrumping".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Arntz|first1=Pieter|title=The Facts about Botnets|url=https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2015/02/the-facts-about-botnets/|website=Malwarebytes Labs|access-date=27 May 2017|date=30 March 2016|archive-date=17 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717100925/https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2015/02/the-facts-about-botnets/|url-status=live}}</ref>