zombie computer

English

Noun

zombie computer (plural zombie computers)

  1. (computing, networking) A computer connected to the Internet that has been compromised by a hacker via a computer virus, computer worm, or Trojan horse program and can be used to perform malicious tasks under the remote direction of the hacker.

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