Friday, December 6, 2013

Microsoft dismantles ZeroAccess, the network of zombie computers - The País.com (Spain)

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ZeroAccess has been removed by Microsoft, the FBI and Europol, among others, as reported by the software company.

ZeroAccess was

networks botnets largest Internet. Through websites visited, was introduced to computers and people are doing with your data or using your computer to click on ads and get revenue from visitors who actually were false. For this system, according to Microsoft, advertisers paid more than one million computers these ghost.

Microsoft has reported that authorities gave permission to access incoming and outgoing communications of infected computers, which enabled him to trace the original address fraud, about 18, plus take control of other 49 domains ZeroAccess associated.

According to Microsoft, acted a day more than 800,000 infected computers ZeroAccess. “Because of its architecture, is one of the ZeroAccess botnets more solid and durable in operation.”

Earlier this year, security firm Symantec said it had disabled nearly 500,000 computers infected with ZeroAccess, an open system in 2011 and that affects Windows computers.

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