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[JimH]

A pirated copy of Windows 7 is being used to build a botnet, according to CNET:

A pirated version of Windows 7 Release Candidate infected with a Trojan horse has created a botnet with tens of thousands of bots under its control, according to researchers at security firm Damballa.

The software, which first appeared on April 24, spread as quickly as several hundred new bots per hour, and controlled roughly 27,000 bots by the time Damballa took over the network's command and control server on May 10, the firm said Tuesday.

The pirated software was spread via popular piracy sites and online forums, Damballa said.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10240643-83.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

[gappie]

those pirates are not the smartest.. what would work better is:
"download your free copy of windows 7 here and become an exclusive participant of our botnet"
guess enough people think they won the prize..

[Doof]

I guess I just don't understand the concept of a "pirated" piece of software that was given out for free.  Why not just wait the extra week and a half and get it from the official source? Some people truly deserve what happens to them.

[MrC]

... Some people truly deserve what happens to them.

Concern is not for the people that download the pirate-ware, but for all the innocent people on the receiving end of a botnet-driven phishing or DoS attack.