FYI...
- http://www.darkreading.com/shared/pr...leID=217400548
May 12, 2009 - "A pirated version of the new Windows 7 operating system release candidate that has been circulating around the Internet is also building out a botnet. The rogue OS, which is rigged with a Trojan downloader*, at one point had around 27,000 bots in its control as of May 10, when researchers took over the command and control server that communicated with the bots and served them additonal malware. At the height of the botnet buildup, the botmaster was recruiting over 200 machines an hour... Damballa researchers on Sunday grabbed control of the C&C domain, but they say this is likely just one of many versions of rogue Windows 7 OS... Damballa's Cox says most traditional antivirus software is unable to detect the pirated Windows 7 Trojan because the OS itself is infected and most AV solutions don't yet support Windows 7..."
* http://blog.trendmicro.com/cybercrim...-windows-7-rc/