Microsoft says Kelihos botnet has not crawled out of the grave, Microsoft said last week. But the company acknowledged that a new botnet is being assembled using a variant of the original malware. The appearance of a KelihOS-like botnet illustrates the difficulty researchers, software vendors and authorities have in exterminating a botnet, experts say. Microsoft: “Taking down a single threat has never been Microsoft’s ultimate goal in our fight against botnets” The ideal solution is to find the botnet makers, but that’s not easy to do, says one expert.”]
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