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Re: "hundreds of thousands of computers...1.5 billion spam emails per day"

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____/ nessuno on Thursday 25 Feb 2010 15:27 : \____

> <Quote>
> Waledac is estimated to have infected hundreds of thousands of
> computers around the world and, prior to this action, was believed to
> have the capacity to send over 1.5 billion spam emails per day. In a
> recent analysis, Microsoft found that between December 3-21, 2009,
> approximately 651 million spam emails attributable to Waledac were
> directed to Hotmail accounts alone, including offers and scams related
> to online pharmacies, imitation goods, jobs, penny stocks and more.
> </Quote>
> 
> http://blogs.technet.com/microsoft_blog/archive/2010/02/25/cracking-down-on-botnets.aspx
> 
> The part I'm quoting lies underneath the Silverlight advertisement.
> You can read it here without having to download Silverlight.

So Microsoft fought against Microsoft (botnets). Well done.

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