Microsoft Ambushes SpamBots

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With legal nod,
Microsoft ambushes Waledac botnet

With a restraining
order in hand, Microsoft is working to take down the spambot, which has
infected hundreds of thousands of PCs worldwide. 

Thu, Feb 25 06:39:00
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Ian MacCosley Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/05/2007 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 994	Quote Reply Topic: Microsoft Ambushes SpamBots Posted: Feb/25/2010 at 3:08pm
	With legal nod, Microsoft ambushes Waledac botnet With a restraining order in hand, Microsoft is working to take down the spambot, which has infected hundreds of thousands of PCs worldwide. Thu, Feb 25 06:39:00 PST 2010 \| Read full story
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Ian MacCosley Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/05/2007 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 994	Quote Reply Posted: Feb/25/2010 at 3:09pm
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arwendt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/26/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1270	Quote Reply Posted: Feb/26/2010 at 9:31am
	Ian, Love that map in your first post. Kind of give you an idea of where in the world all the computers and internet users are.
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steve Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: Oct/13/2009 Location: so cal Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Quote Reply Posted: Mar/01/2010 at 6:29pm
	I agree with arwendt that the map in the article is interesting, though it makes me wonder if no one lives in Canada... :) How does a person know if their own PC is infected and is one of these spambots? I use AVAST anti-virus and also run malware checks with malwarebytes on a regular basis, so I'm assuming I'm not "contributing" to this problem, but how does one confirm this?
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