6 December 2013 Last updated at 01:46 ET ZeroAccess, one of the world's largest botnets - a network of computers infected with malware to trigger online fraud - has been disrupted by Microsoft and law enforcement agencies. Continue reading the main story "Start Quote Due to its botnet architecture, ZeroAccess is one of the most robust and durable botnets in operation today and was built to be resilient to disruption efforts". The ZeroAccess botnet relies on waves of communication between groups of infected computers, instead of being controlled by a few servers. "Due to its botnet architecture, ZeroAccess is one of the most robust and durable botnets in operation today and was built to be resilient to disruption efforts," Microsoft said.
Source: BBC
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