Oh, they're still botnets. We just look the other way because they're useful.
And they're pretty tame as far as computer fraud goes - if my device gets compromised I'd much rather deal with it being used for fake YouTube views than ransomware or a banking trojan.
You can make a little bit of cash on the side letting companies use your bandwidth a bit for proxying. You won’t even notice. $50/month. Times are tough!
Of course the risk here being whatever nefarious or illegal shit is flowing through your pipes, which you consented to and even received consideration for.
