A fresh botnet has been uncovered which researchers on Internet safety are apparently working towards shutting down. States Unveillance a security company that's working for the feat, the latest botnet is infecting PCs across 172 or more countries some of which are Russia, the U.S, UK, Brazil, Iran and China. SoftPedia published this on July 5, 2011.
A certain PC virus named Palevo is the malicious program that's energizing the botnet. It (Palevo) proliferates by typically abusing security flaws in Windows; making its own replicas on network shares and detachable storage devices; and dispatching itself through peer-to-peer file-sharing networks and instant messages.
Recently, during early June 2011, reports from news outlets in Eastern Europe indicated that an investigation by law enforcement led to two men getting arrested over accusation that they stole hundreds of thousands dollars via running a botnet. The arrests were the result of a combined initiative called "Operation Hive" among the Interpol, FBI, the Slovenian Police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia.
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