Microsoft teamed up with Symantec to take down a nasty malware affecting thousands upon thousands of PCs. Bamital botnet hijacked people’s search experiences and redirected victims to potentially dangerous sites that could leave them vulnerable to other online threats and steal their personal information. Microsoft research shows that Bamital hijacked more than 8 million computers over the past two years. Microsoft says that the botnet affected many major search engines and browsers including Bing, Yahoo, and Google offerings. It was the sixth time that Microsoft has obtained a court order to disrupt a botnet since 2010.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/02/bamital-botnet-servers-seized-by.html