> I was on a team that created an anti-bot-net which would reinfect, secure, and alert of the already infected machin While I'm sure your intention was benevol

> I was on a team that created an anti-bot-net which would reinfect, secure, and alert of the already infected machin While I'm sure your intention was benevolent, I'm pretty sure that's illegal under current laws. There's probably a reason that reputable AV vendors don't use that practice; I would hate to have unknown entities helpfully "patch" my machine.