FYI...
TDL-4 botnet - 4.5 million...
- https://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...7&pageNumber=2
June 29, 2011 - "... Kaspersky* estimated that the TDL-4 botnet consists of more than 4.5 million infected Windows PCs. TDL-4's rootkit, encryption and communication practices, as well as its ability to disable other malware, including the well-known Zeus, makes the botnet extremely durable... TDL-4's counter-attacks against other malware was another reason it's so successful... TDL-4's makers use the botnet to plant additional malware on PCs, rent it out to others for that purpose and for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and to conduct spam and phishing campaigns. Kaspersky said TDL-4 has installed nearly 30 different malicious programs on the PCs it controls..."
* http://www.securelist.com/en/analysi...0/TDL4_Top_Bot
- http://www.securelist.com/en/analysi...7/TDSS_TDL_4#7
"... TDSSKiller*... detects not only the latest variant of the malware, but its previous versions as well..."
* http://support.kaspersky.com/faq?cha...&qid=208283363
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=11146
Last Updated: 2011-07-03 00:29:34 UTC