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Posted By: Andrew | 1 Replies | Last Reply On: May 17, 2017 03:22:36

How does ddos work?  How do they do it? 

Psychz - Adam

Votes: 0Posted On: May 17, 2017 03:22:36
 

DDoS or Distributed Denial of Service is a cyber attack in which a particular server or group or servers are targeted by malicious users. This is accomplished by installing software called bots into computer systems.

Please refer to our article on DDoS attacks for a better understanding of DDoS attacks.

https://www.psychz.net/client/question/en/what-happens-during-a-ddos-attack.html   

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