Microsoft and Symantec "take down" Bamital clickfraud botnet

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Three-year investigation to smash $1m clickfraud ring that PCs infected with malware

Software vendors Microsoft and Symantec have "taken down" the Bamital botnet following a joint investigation lasting more than three years. The operation involved shutting down servers that were...

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