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Microsoft Takes Down the Waledac Botnet
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2010, 12:00:38 PM »
Microsoft Takes Down the Waledac Botnet
25 February 2010, 9:34 am

Microsoft has taken down one of the 10 largest botnets in the United States and a major source of spam globally. Tim Cranton, Microsoft associate general counsel, made public the results of the initiative referred to internally as Operation b49 on February 24th, after the company made sure that the actions it has taken against the Waledac botnet were succ... (read more)

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