A U.S. court has granted Microsoft the permanent control of 276 Internet domains Waledac botnet used to send instructions to their computers compromised.
The victory began in February, when the judge accepted the nearly 300 domains off temporarily to decide who would control them. Microsoft says that since then Waledac activity has stalled.
Microsoft's request was risky because it had been identified by cybercriminals botnet, so the accused could not defend against the allegations, a very important duty to ensure that the legal process is fair .
Still, the judge ruled that Microsoft would be appropriate to make permanent the new owner of the domain, including pages . Com,. Net,. Biz and. Org.
But to win the war against Waledac, Microsoft should work with Internet providers and security groups to notify owners of the 58,000 compromised systems and help them get rid of the infection.
Microsoft does not believe that the defense issue any appeal, but says that criminals have already shown their displeasure as best they know how: by launching denial of service attacks to his legal team.
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