Waledac

Microsoft seizes 270+ domains to deactivate botnet

“Three days into the effort, Operation b49 has effectively shut down connections to the vast majority of Waledac-infected computers, and our goal is to make that disruption permanent. But the operation hasn’t cleaned the infected computers and is not a silver bullet for undoing all the damage we believe Waledac has caused. Although the zombies are now largely out of the bot-herders’ control, they are still infected with the original malware.”

Well, I’m glad that everyone is celebrating such a pyrrhic victory. Has anyone every stopped and wondered why Microsoft is busy trying to stamp out botnets, instead of making their systems more secure?

Because They Can’t