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How Microsoft killed off a massive botnet, with trademark law

• lanstein 13y ago
  Along with FireEye and Pfizer: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_26/b4234072712001.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_26/b42340727... Disclaimer: Alex Lanstein is my brother
  • lanstein 13y ago
    Note: We do not actually have a 65" computer monitor in our living room
    • jimueller 13y ago
      I'm really curious why the article states that. So many questions. Do you not have a 65" monitor or is it just not in the living room?
      • bitwize 13y ago
        I would hazard a guess that it's an HDTV, and Alex just hooked his laptop up to it for awesomeness purposes when the reporters were over.
        • lanstein 13y ago
          Correct :)
• betterunix 13y ago
  Fantastic but I am a bit concerned here. You seize my equipment if it is being used to violate some trademark? This may have been used good in this case but I shudder at the thought of how it might be abused.
  • nolok 13y ago
    They seized the c&c servers, not the infected bots/clients