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Symantec Paws at ZeroAccess Botnet

2013-10-01 23:33:56| TechNewsWorld

Symantec has removed more than 500,000 infected PCs from the botnet created by the ZeroAccess Trojan, which uses a peer-to-peer mechanism -- the latest technique botnet authors have adopted to avoid having their networks taken down by security experts. Symantec used a DNS sinkhole to fight the ZeroAccess botnet. The attack "made a sizeable dent," said Symantec security researcher Vikram Thakur.

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