Microsoft to topple botnet
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 newspaper said.
A botnet is an army of infected computers that hackers can control from a central machine.
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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 newspaper said.
A botnet is an army of infected computers that hackers can control from a central machine.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.asianage.com
Labels: botnet, internet addresses, internet domains, Microsoft, spam, US court
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