BUMP!
"~BD~" <> wrote in message
news:u4CdnQ-...
> Peter Foldes wrote:
>> Dummy
>>
>> Crossposting from here to the test.here newsgroup does not work as
>> crossposting from the test.here to this newsgroup will also not work.
>> Now that will be an issue for you since you love crossposting your
>> irrelevant dribble
>>
>
> Is that so, Mr Foldes? Let me experiment again! 
>
>
> Did you know .......
>
>
> Microsoft leads fight against botnets
> *************************************
>
>
> Recently, Microsoft announced a successful, collaborative effort to
> deactivate a major botnet, called win32/Waledac.
>
> Botnets are networks of compromised personal and business computers
> controlled remotely and secretly by one or more cybercriminals.
> Botnets send massive amounts of unsolicited e-mail messages and they
> are lucrative -- their controllers get rich by scamming people into
> sending money for fraudulent purposes.
>
> Since Microsoft and others joined forces to deactivate Waledac, up to
> 90 percent of previously controlled computers have been released from
> the botnet.
>
> Prior to the botnets deactivation, Microsoft estimated that Waledac
> infected hundreds of thousands of computers around the world and had
> the capacity to send over 1.5 billion spam e-mail messages per day.
> Microsoft also found that between December 3 and December 21,
> 2009,Waledac was responsible for approximately 651 million spam e-mail
> messages directed to Hotmail accounts alone, including offers and
> scams related to online pharmacies, imitation goods, jobs, penny
> stocks, and more.
>
> For more information about the Microsoft effort to take down botnets
> and help reduce spam and fraud, see Deactivating botnets to create a
> safer, more trusted Internet.
>
> http://blogs.msdn.com/securitytipsta...t-botnets.aspx
>
> Or http://preview.tinyurl.com/ydo7tel
>
> --
> Dave - Help/comments welcomed!