A zombie computer refers to a computer that connect to the Internet and is controlled by unauthorized third party without permission and awareness of computer's user. Hacker can use zombie computer in many ways, for example Zombies can be used to conduct distributed denial of service attacks or to send spam email.
Furthermore hackers have full access to data on a zombie computer ,and they can copy ,corrupt change or even delete entire of hard copy .Also they can install a software on a zombie computer which help them to get the user name, password , and even financial information such as credit card number and bank account.Hacker can use this information to commit fraud.
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