Once installed in the router's memory, the bot blocks remote communication ports and begins to scan the network for other vulnerable machines.

这种病毒是安装在目标设备的内存中的，一旦病毒在目标设备中安装完成，病毒会马上屏蔽设备的远程通信端口，并开始扫描网络中其它可攻击的目标。

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Peer-to-peer is difficult because it's not a centralized network, each bot can send commands on its own.

点到点难在它不是一个集中式网络，每台僵尸电脑可以自可以僵尸网络己发送命令。

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The Mega-D bot was shut down last year by FireEye network security after identifying it as a mega-source of spam.

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Although there have been malicious bots around for some time instant messaging, security firm IMLogic believes that this is the first time someone has tried to use bot code to help spread a worm around an IM network by pretending to be a legitimate user.

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Unlike a typical bot-net, which hijacks PCs with malicious software, that network of unwitting proxies wouldn't leave anything behind on victims' machines, making the attack harder to trace.

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