The Princeton Packet, a local rag from central New Jersey, has this take on Symantec's numbers citing Princeton as "adbot central". According to Symantec, Princeton (my home town during formative years) accounts for 7 percent of the world's "bot" population; not so surprising until you realize that Princeton is a town of just over 14000 people - or just .00022 percent of the world's population. According to the demographics, Princeton has just over 10000 persons over 17 years of age - if all of them have at least two computers, the town still accounts for less than a thousandth of a percent of the world's computing base. Clearly, not every home machine in Princeton is infected with adbots...
So what the heck is going on over there...
Posted by Ed at October 17, 2005 01:50 PM