A botnet is:
A)a collection of a few hundred hijacked Internet computers that have been set up to forward traffic,including spam and viruses,to other computers on the Internet.
B)a piece of software code that inserts itself into a host or operating system to launch DOS attacks.
C)a piece of code in a worm that spreads rapidly and exploits some known vulnerability.
D)a coordinated network of computers that can scan and compromise other computers and launch DOS attacks.

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A botnet is a coordinated network of compromised computers, often used to perform malicious activities such as scanning, compromising other computers, and launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

A Botnet Is