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Microsoft wins court nod to topple botnet
WASHINGTON: Software giant Microsoft Corp. has won a US court approval to deactivate a global network of computers that the company accused of spreading spam and harmful computer codes, the Wall Street Journal said.
Microsoft wins court nod to topple botnet
WASHINGTON: Software giant Microsoft Corp. has won a US court approval to deactivate a global network of computers that the company accused of spreading spam and harmful computer codes, the Wall Street Journal said.
A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, granted a request by Microsoft to deactivate 277 Internet domains, which the software maker said is linked to a “botnet,” the paper said.
A botnet is an army of infected computers that hackers can control from a central machine.
The company aims to secretly sever communications channels to the botnet before its operators can re-establish links to the network, the paper said.
Microsoft on Monday filed a suit that targets a botnet identified as Waledac, the paper said.
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