FBI ‘takes down’ botnet infecting more than 700,000 computers

Qakbot is a dangerous malware that made its way into over 700,000 computers across the world. According to the FBI, a multinational effort has taken down the malware that was infecting a wide network of computers. To take down the network Qakbot was routed through FBI-controlled servers.

In a blog post, the security agency explained how it instructed infected computers in the US and elsewhere to download software that uninstalled the Qakbot malware. The installer also separated infected computers from the botnet, “preventing further installation of malware through Qakbot.”