Attack of the Botnets

By Robert Kaye and Hector Cisneros

Photo Credit: arlnow.com

Ever wonder how Google knows what’s on your website? Have you ever been infected by malware or a computer virus? Ever pondered how these spammers got your email address? I have one word for you: BOTs! The World Wide Web is crawling with them.  Spider bots to index your website, evil bots that can make you wish you never had a computer, bots that scrape the web for ID information, and bots that you can buy ― but unfortunately break search engine rules ― which then render your domain as an outcast in a sandbox kingdom that no one can find.

How to Stop Sir Spamalot

By Carl Weiss

Courtesy of Pixabay

Do you remember Monty Python's 2005 musical comedy "Spamalot," along with its irreverent send up of the Arthurian legend?  Directed by Mike Nichols, the Broadway production garnered three Tony Awards and grossed more than $175 million..  Fast forward: Nearly ten years and that term is being applied a lot, only this time without actors clapping coconut shells, substituting for horses or the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.  What I am referring to is online spam.