Reply to post: Takedown should (in theory) see spam volumes shrink rapidly

Microsoft nukes 9 million-strong Necurs botnet after unpicking domain name-generating algorithm

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Takedown should (in theory) see spam volumes shrink rapidly

I heard or saw such claims before, when other / previous bot networks were shut down. Much fanfare (deserved, no doubt), but about nothing, because spam levels got back to "normal" within weeks, if not days.

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