As reported by Reuters earlier today, the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, in collaboration with Symantec, has taken down the dangerous Bamital botnet which hijacked people’s search results and took them to potentially dangerous websites that could install malware onto their computer, steal their personal information, or fraudulently charge businesses for online advertisement clicks.
As much flack as these 2 companies get this is pretty cool that they are fighting the bad guys on behalf of their customers. Also, who knew that Microsoft had a Digital Crimes unit.
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