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From www.zdnet.com - September 27, 2011 4:29 PM
Microsoft kills botnet that hosted MacDefender scareware

 

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has shut down a botnet that was investigated for hosting the MacDefender scareware that preyed on Mac OS X users.

 

The botnet contained about 41,000 computers worldwide and was capable of sending 3.8 billion spam e-mails per day.