Court Gives Microsoft License to Kill Botnet

Microsoft won court approval to pursue cybercriminals infiltrating its supply chain as part of an ongoing investigation into malware-infected computers. The company's Digital Crimes Unit bought computers from PC malls in China only to find brand-new laptop and desktop computers infected with preinstalled malware that may have spread to millions of PCs around the world. Some of the devices contained counterfeit copies of Windows XP or Windows 7 with inactive malware. Another, though, was infected with the Nitol virus, which can open up a device to be used in a botnet attack.

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