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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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Microsoft, Symantec shutter another botnet
2013-02-07 00:20:36| CNET News.com
Symantec and Microsoft join forces to stop a botnet, but for the first time they provide clean-up tools directly to people with infected computers. [Read more]
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U.S. is home to greatest number of botnet servers, says McAfee
2013-01-24 17:33:55| CNET News.com
With 631 active command and control servers, the U.S. far surpasses any other country, says the antivirus vendor. [Read more]
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