What is the meaning of Zombie in english?

Answer: Zombie

A zombie may refer to any of the following:

1. Zombie is a term used to describe a process that is doing nothing but using system resources. A zombie process often OCCURS when a process is abandoned by a previously running program.

2. With chat or IRC, a zombie (ghost) refers to a user who lost connection, but their user is still logged in to the chat server. Eventually, the zombie should timeout.

Note

If you get back on the server before your zombie TIMED out, you cannot USE your username until the zombie disconnects.

3. A zombie is a computer maliciously set up to do the work of another program or user. A zombie computer is often used to help a malicious user perform a DoS (Denial of Service) or DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service). For example, a typical PERSON cannot do a DoS attack with a single computer because it can be easily blocked. However, if the person had access to hundreds or thousands of zombie computers, it would be more difficult to block.

How to tell if my computer is a zombie

To determine if the computer is infected with malware, including SOFTWARE that makes your computer a zombie, run an antivirus or malware scan. Other signs could be high hard drive activity causing the computer to run slow or an increase in Internet usage causing the Internet to run slow, or an increase in bandwidth costs.

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