Botnet Shut down By Microsoft and Symantec

Finally Microsoft and Symantec Bamital botnet control servers that have disrupted an international cyber crime is operated. Microsoft made it clear that the move to the infected computers worldwide internet temporarily impossible to find. Meanwhile, the two software giants download, free tools offered messages automatically affected were pushed out by PC clean computer.

After receiving a court order, two organizations with corporate techies U.S. Federal Marshal in New Jersey and Virginia, raided data centers.
Assistant general counsel with Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, Richard Boscovich, according to experts both companies took control of a server in New Jersey and Virginia data center operator in their Netherlands parent company to the server for a celebration 's.

Software jinn is estimated that between 300,000 and 1,000,000 worldwide computers are infected with malicious software Bamital. Search results kidnapping and other projects botnet, which Microsoft said ad clicks for Internet fraud charge is engaged in business. In addition, its owners take control of infected computers, and other types of malware can install engaged in identity theft, the network can be attacked and recruitment sites computer.



Microsoft reminds the 6th time since 2010 that the company obtained a court order to disrupt a botnet is. Well, one was slightly smaller than the previous takedowns. As for security software maker, Symantec contacted Microsoft about a year ago, that collaborate on efforts Bamital operation. The servers can be analyzed, Symantec learn more about the size of the operation.

Servers have been registered under fake names and Bamital redirect Google, Yahoo and Bing botnet creators of the web site with the search results include financial relations.