Microsoft is offering reward up to $250K

[botnet]

Microsoft is offering up to $250,000 for new information that leads to the arrest and conviction of operators of the Rustock botnet, a collection of computers programmed by malware to send out spam email.

In March, Microsoft said it had brought down Rustock, an international botnet the company says was responsible for sending billions of spam messages with pitches for Viagra and other prescription drugs. At its peak, the botnet was capable of sending out 30 billion spam emails a day.

Microsoft has filed a civil suit in Russia, and as part of that effort, "we decided to augment our civil discovery efforts to identify those responsible for controlling the notorious Rustock botnet," it said.

The March take-down of Rustock involved seizing computers at Internet hosting facilities in the Seattle area and several other U.S. cities. But, Microsoft said, "there are still hundreds of thousands of infected computers around the world yet to be cleaned of the botnet malware."

Microsoft also alleges the botnet "was responsible for a number of other crimes as well, including advertising counterfeit or unapproved versions of pharmaceuticals, and violating the trademarks of the pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer Inc. and Microsoft."

The last time Microsoft announced a reward for information leading to an arrest and prosecution of malware was in 2009 when it offered $250,000 to stop the spread of the Conficker worm.

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botnet Reviewed by botnet on 18th Jul 2011. Microsoft is offering reward up to $250K Microsoft is offering up to $250,000 for new information that leads to the arrest and conviction of operators of the Rustock botnet, a collection of computers programmed by malware to send out spam email. In March, Microsoft said it had brought down Rustock, an international botnet the company says was responsible for sending billions of spam messages with pitches for Viagra and other prescription drugs. At its peak, the botnet was capable of sending out 30 billion spam emails a day. Rating: 5

[Daniel]

They have so much money that they don't know what to do with them.

[ShareShiz]

They have so much money that they don't know what to do with them.

MS should give me money so i can get a seedbox to make all the windows 8 leaks available for testing

fuck malware.. theres an app for that

[maloxi]

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[DEViANCE]

MS should give me money so i can get a seedbox to make all the windows 8 leaks available for testing

fuck malware.. theres an app for that

All the windows 8 leaks are available for testing on the BetaArchive FTP.

[QuickSand]

lol shiz failed

[botnet]

botnet, are they searching for you?

.., catch me & you"ll get $250K.