Botnets are computers configured with specific vulnerabilities so they can attract different varieties of malware in the wild, study their properties, and find out who started them.

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Botnets are not computers pre-configured with vulnerabilities. They are networks of infected computers that are controlled remotely by a malicious actor. The computers may have vulnerabilities that allow them to be infected, but the botnet itself is not pre-configured with vulnerabilities.

Botnets Are Computers Configured with Specific Vulnerabilities So They Can