<br><div><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20112289-245/microsoft-halts-another-botnet-kelihos/?tag=topStories">http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20112289-245/microsoft-halts-another-botnet-kelihos/?tag=topStories</a></div>
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</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Kelihos, also known as "Waledac 2.0" after a previous botnet that <a title="With legal nod, Microsoft ambushes Waledac botnet -- Thursday, Feb 25, 2010" href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10459558-83.html" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; ">Microsoft shut down</a> last year, comprised about 41,000 infected computers worldwide and was capable of sending 3.8 billion spam e-mails per day, according to Microsoft.</font><br>
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</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="georgia, serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">At least it does not infect as far as is known, Linux machines.........</font></font></div>