Zeus Botnets

If you read this website, chances are you are familiar with the concept of a botnet. It's a series of PCs that are all infected with malware and are use by the software's creators to mostly spam emails to others. Microsoft has made a big effort to stamp out PC botnets. In fact, it announced just this week that it named two defendants in its takedown of the Zeus botnet.

Now a Microsoft engineer named Terry Zink has announced he may have discovered a new botnet, but it's not

Microsoft try to take down Zeus Botnets

Reports indicate that Microsoft, with an escort of U.S. Marshals seized control of command and control servers on Friday in two states in America. This is an ongoing campaign by Microsoft to take down botnets involving 13 million computers infected with the Zeus Malware.

Microsoft announced  that “some of the worst known Zeus botnets were disrupted by Microsoft and our partners worldwide.”

They added “In our most complex effort to disrupt botnets to date, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit – in collaboration with Financial Services – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association, as well as Kyrus Tech Inc. – has executed a coordinated global action against some of the worst known cybercrime operations fueling online