Microsoft, Symantec and U.S. marshals take down C&C servers.
Technicians and U.S federal marshals served warrants at data centers in Weehawken, New Jersey, and Manassas, Virginia, on Wednesday, taking aim at servers that send commands to zombies that were zapped into the Bamital botnet. They seized control of one server at the New Jersey location, and persuaded the Virginia data center ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by megadunderhead: and if microsoft did there job and checked there code they wouldnt have this problem to begin with
Not exactly accurate. Malware isn't mostly delivered through Windows bugs at all, it is delivered through web browsers and so on. There's not a whole lot you can do about that, if you are Microsoft, as they have designed the operating system to be open to third party code entirely unverified (well, device drivers in 64-bit Windows and some other examples are a different story, for a good reason). Combine that with the fact that Windows is the consumer OS of choice for PCs and you have also then got the investment in developing malware for it.
Originally posted by megadunderhead: and if microsoft did there job and checked there code they wouldnt have this problem to begin with
All code has holes no matter who writes it or how much fanboys defend it. The problem with your statement is that Windows is just as secure as the other OSes and is updated regularly. The malware of today usually comes in through an insecure 3rd pary add on like Java or Flash. Most people ignore the update notifications and I have tracked most Malware infections I have fixed over the past couple years to a Java exploit that allowed in some sort of Malware program that opened the door for more trojans and viruses to get in.
Microsoft seems committed to doing everything they can to track these malware criminals down and for that I commend them and I can honestly say if you practice safe browsing habits and kee your computer maintained and up to date with patches for both the OS and 3rd party software you will remain infection free. I guess that is why I have not had an infection on any of my PCs since Windows 98 where I learned my lesson.
Forget accusing the OS creators like Microsoft and so forth that's like the dog biting his tail. Force these companies to offer free cures for these infections. No more charging for these services. Make them stop creating software just to find license cracks also.
I was going to blast "megadunderhead's" inanely dunderheaded post but you guys did a good enough job already, so I'll just say Good Job MS, Symantec and the US Marshall service!!
