IT security: Microsoft claims "takedown" of Waledac botnet
The Waledac botnet has been the bane of the lives of millions: having lodged itself deep in the operating system of computers running its Windows operating system, often without the knowledge of the operators of the computers, and use them as slaves to send out millions of spam e-mails including frauds, phishing and other dubious practices or even to mount denial of service attacks.
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