RUBotted
July 8th, 2010Every once in a while (last July, for example) I post about some of the superb free services out there that help you run a clean and trouble-free computer without having to bloat your system with software from McAfee or Norton.
I have a new recommendation to add to the list: RUBotted. All you need to do is run a search on “botnets” or “zombie computers” to see the problems that exist. It’s likely that someone you know — maybe you — is working on a computer that’s part of a botnet without realizing it.
RUBotted helps you realize it. It’s free, it’s fast, it’s safe and it’s worth downloading and adding to your protection suite … and that green checkmark makes you feel better about hearing your hard drive grind away, knowing it’s working on something other than sending spam for someone thousands of miles away.