RE: FBI: 'Bot Roast II' Nets 8 Individuals

[<Toralv_Dirro () McAfee com>]

> > > Maybe cleaning the infected machines would be a good idea 
> as well..
> > You win today's "That's just crazy talk" award. ;)
>
> Couldnt we pass legislation saying they could install a 
> bot-removal-and-patching into the botnet as part of their takedown?
> Reduce the sentence if the botmaster helps clean up his mess?

And that legislation authorizes a federal US entity to mess with the
computers of people living in different countries with different laws
and privacy legislations?

Giving it a second thought, such a legislation probably exists
already...


cheers,
Toralv













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