This is huge. ZeroAccess is one of the more prolific and virulent infections on the Internet, causing all sorts of damage and enabling many different fraud schemes. Taking down a botnet is no easy task given how widespread and resilient they are. Of course there are more that will crop up – but this is a big win for the White Hats…


Microsoft and partners take down ZeroAccess botnet
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Microsoft, in conjunction with Europol and the FBI, have successfully taken down the click fraud servers used by ZeroAccess, disrupting one of the world's largest and most resilient botnets.