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June 6, 2011 08:06 pm GMT
As you may be aware, nearly two months ago Microsoft and federal law enforcement agents cracked down on the infamous Rustock botnet, which was responsible for a lot of the spam you hopefully never receive. This morning, the Redmond software giant posted a status update on its company blog, positing that Rustock is still "dead and decaying".Microsoft also surprised with the announcement that it is placing quarter-page advertisements in two mainstream Russian newspapers "to make a good faith effort to contact the owners of the IP address and domain names that were shut down when Rustock was taken offline".
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Microsoft Says Rustock Botnet Still Dead, Advertises In Russia To Notify Culprits
As you may be aware, nearly two months ago Microsoft and federal law enforcement agents cracked down on the infamous Rustock botnet, which was responsible for a lot of the spam you hopefully never receive. This morning, the Redmond software giant posted a status update on its company blog, positing that Rustock is still "dead and decaying".Microsoft also surprised with the announcement that it is placing quarter-page advertisements in two mainstream Russian newspapers "to make a good faith effort to contact the owners of the IP address and domain names that were shut down when Rustock was taken offline".Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/MFWpQEtqW3s/
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