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Microsoft, Symantec take down Bamital click-fraud botnet

2013-02-07 13:58:56| InfoWorld: Top News

Microsoft and Symantec have dismantled a botnet that took over millions of computers for criminal activities such as identity theft and click fraud. The Bamital botnet threatened the $12.7 billion online advertising industry by generating fraudulent clicks on Internet ads, which fund many of the free online services available to consumers, the companies said.

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