A study by McAfee claims that "at least 12 million computers around the world (are) compromised by botnets." The study doesn't explain how they derived that figure, so I'll leave that to the statisticians to debate. But if it's true, or even close to true, the botnet operators are controlling a population rougly the size of Guatemala. In fact, the number of infected systems would place it at about 70 out of 230 sovereign states and territories. More than Greece, bigger than Hungary, Belgium, Portugal or Cuba, and just a million behind Zimbabwe and Ecuador. The Czech Republic, Bolivia, Sweden, and the Dominican Republic would also be smaller.
Scary, huh? ~ Are You in a Botnet? ~