Microsoft disrupts online fraud botnet ZeroAccess

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 20:01

The botnet is a network of computers infected with malware that hijacks web search results and redirects users to potentially dangerous sites to steal their details.

Microsoft disrupts online fraud botnet ZeroAccess

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 12:30

Microsoft and law enforcement agencies have reportedly disrupted one of the world`s largest botnets, ZeroAccess that triggered online fraud.

Microsoft leads attack on search traffic thieves

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 18:38

Microsoft announced it worked with police in Europe and the United States to disrupt a "dangerous" army of virus-infected computers used to hijack searches at Google, Bing and Yahoo.

`India has third highest infection rate of ZeroAccess botnet`

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 18:10

ZeroAccess, which is one of the largest known botnets in existence, has infected more than 1.9 million computers globally on a given day in August this year with India having the third highest infection rate after the US and Japan, cyber security firm Symantec has said.