Botnet 

Botnet is software, or parts of software, that runs on your computer to other's advantage without your consent, usually in the form of data collection.

Commercial software often has built-in data collection to the company and/or affiliated 3'rd parties' advantage, sometimes without your knowledge or consent, in which case it may be called botnet.

"Have you upgraded yet?"
"Nah man, Windows 10 is botnet"

Botnet by FeckOffCup July 3, 2016

botnet 

Botnets (network of bots / zombie computers) are computers infected by worms or Trojans and taken over surreptitiously by hackers and brought into networks to send spam, more viruses, or launch denial of service attacks.

a group of zombie computers is known as a botnet

the botnet is just too big to stop this ddos attack

i got 400 viagra emails from a botnet today

botnet by babyb September 24, 2004

botnet 

Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, which run autonomously. This can also refer to the network of computers using distributed computing software.

While the term "botnet" can be used to refer to any group of bots, such as IRC bots, the word is generally used to refer to a collection of compromised machines running programs (usually referred to as worms, Trojan horses, or backdoors) under a common command and control infrastructure. A botnet's originator can control the group remotely, usually through a means such as IRC, and usually for nefarious purposes. Individual programs manifest as IRC "bots". Often the command and control takes place via an IRC server or a specific channel on a public IRC network. A bot typically runs hidden, and complies with the RFC 1459 (IRC) standard. Generally, the perpetrator of the botnet has compromised a series of systems using various tools (exploits, buffer overflows, as well as others; see also RPC). Newer bots can automatically scan their environment and propagate themselves using vulnerabilities and weak passwords. Generally, the more vulnerabilities a bot can scan and propagate through, the more valuable it becomes to a botnet owner community

i'll send my botnet on your server and mess u up

botnet by Rene Estrada May 31, 2006

botnet 

Originally meant to denote virus trojans acting in a network, it also means excessive use of telemetry and other privacy violating features of searingly legitimate software?

Did you see that botnet that Windows 10 installed? Yeah, that was a ludicrous display.

botnet by sdfw2 July 2, 2018

botnet 

A computer that has been infected and taken over by a hacker by using a virus/trojan/malware.

Holy shit, did you hear about tom in our computer class who downloaded a trojan and his PC turned into a botnet?

botnet by filter2700000 April 20, 2008

Botnet 

A group of non malicious artificial intelligence computers which are assigned Identification numbers and allocated a standardized list of consumer denominated attributes which would equate to perfect financial citizens from a global aggregated viewpoint.

In the botnet each computer receives a bank account, employer and tasks which would otherwise be allocated to human users to stem unemployment and over population flows into public and private space thus not upsetting the balance of the workforce and the offspring of future generations.

Botnet by Patrick the Starfish001 June 13, 2021

botnet browser 

(Noun) Internet slang for the web browser Google Chrome. Derogatory insinuation the web browser application replicates behaviors similar to malware in a botnet. Application behavior can include transmission of an inappropriate amount of browsing data to the company, update policies and difficulty in fully removing the application after uninstalling reminiscent of PUPs.

Additionally alludes to inappropriate integration of company services, i.e., past injection of advertisements in personal email through the gmail service based on key words and forcing You Tube patron to use their real name while integrating with Google +.

I couldn't install Arch last night on my Chromebook, so now I'm stuck with botnet browser.

botnet browser by numbing_agent January 14, 2015