The number of spam e-mail messaging will he significantly reduced? As part of Operation "B107", Microsoft announced on Thursday, March 17, as one of the networks of infected computers' best known and most complex "had been disabled. The operation culminated with the intervention of U.S. authorities, who could take control of computer servers located in the State of Washington. On Wednesday, the connection between servers and infected computers has been broken, according to the head of Microsoft.
Computer networks robots (or "botnets" in English) consist of thousands of machines by a computer virus corrupted and controlled remotely. Typically, botnets are used to disseminate massive spam, these junk mail. Rustock, which appeared in November 2005, had, according to security firms, about 1 million infected computers and was able to send billions of spam messages per day, containing advertisements for counterfeit pharmaceuticals for example.
"Last year, Rustock was the main source of spam in the world, representing, in December 2010, 47.5% of all of these messages," explains Symantec. To infect computers, "Rustock was able to hide its files and its activity deep into the Windows operating system," says SecureWorks also, making it difficult to detect anti-virus programs.
Computer networks robots (or "botnets" in English) consist of thousands of machines by a computer virus corrupted and controlled remotely. Typically, botnets are used to disseminate massive spam, these junk mail. Rustock, which appeared in November 2005, had, according to security firms, about 1 million infected computers and was able to send billions of spam messages per day, containing advertisements for counterfeit pharmaceuticals for example.
"Last year, Rustock was the main source of spam in the world, representing, in December 2010, 47.5% of all of these messages," explains Symantec. To infect computers, "Rustock was able to hide its files and its activity deep into the Windows operating system," says SecureWorks also, making it difficult to detect anti-virus programs.
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