Europol's cybercrime team has dropped the RAMNIT botnet, which has infected 3.2 million computers worldwide.
The NCA (National Crime Agency) teamed up with the corresponding departments in the Netherlands, Italy and Germany to close down the command and control servers used by the botnet.
The RAMNIT was responsible for spreading malware through seemingly innocent phishing links emails or social networking sites. It was used by fraudsters mainly to steal money from their owners users of Windows.
“This malware essentially gives criminals a backdoor so they can take control of your computer, have access στις εικόνες σας, τους κωδικούς πρόσβασης σας ή άλλα privacy. They still use it to send out further spam messages or launch illegal attacks on other websites," said Steve Pye of the NCA.
Today, servers are being analyzed and research is under way, the NCA said. Please note that Europol has been notified of the existence of RAMNIT by Microsoft.
