is it possible?

i recently read an article in a magazine about botnets.

the writer made a suggestion that people should make bots that install folding@home on the target machines.

the second suggestion is that the bot install tor and turn the computers into tor server nodes

even though it sounds cool, do you think i can do it by coding an irc bot?

I donno, but it kinda seems like a waste of time. I'm just not sure that you could do it invisibly, but sure it can be done no question. Why you would want to do the whole folding@home though is beyond me, sure it can be done.

Yes, HEAPS of botnets are controlled via irc.

The problem is that you are kinda FORCED to leave tracks.

richohealey wrote: Yes, HEAPS of botnets are controlled via irc.

The problem is that you are kinda FORCED to leave tracks.

Leave tracks where? The IRC server? You could always set up an IRC server yourself, one that automatically prunes/doesn't keep any logs.

well, the idea is a bit like this.

a good number of people have fast internet connections and powerful computers, and a good number of these computers are windows pcs.

but projects such as folding@home and Tor, are not really taking off since participation is largely voluntary.

so the idea is, the bots install a folding or tor client on the computer, and help the projects take off.

it sounds like a good idea to me.

slpctrl wrote:

Leave tracks where? The IRC server? You could always set up an IRC server yourself, one that automatically prunes/doesn't keep any logs.

…. you don't think the IP of the IRC server you set up counts as tracks?

yes, that count as tracks all right :)

richohealey wrote: [quote]slpctrl wrote:

Leave tracks where? The IRC server? You could always set up an IRC server yourself, one that automatically prunes/doesn't keep any logs.

…. you don't think the IP of the IRC server you set up counts as tracks?[/quote]

If you program your bot right, you can delete the executable on all computers and reboot to remove that too right?? :) All you'd have to do was be able to pass shell commands through all nodes and I think that's pretty standard on botnets.