Zeus Botnet Shutdown By Operator

Category: Bugs / Virus
Posted: May 8, 2009 01:46PM
Author: CheeseMan42

100,000 PCs infected with the Zeus family of malware were recently hit with the dreaded BSOD. The writers of the malware included a command that would allow them to corrupt the operating system of the host computer. Opinions as to why the operators of the botnet issued the command are varied. Some believe that the operators wanted more time to put their stolen information to work, while others believe that the botnet was hijacked by other cyber criminals. The damage done to the operating system doesn't appear to have affected the registry or Trojan that is used to infect the systems.

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