How Microsoft Appointed Itself Sheriff of the Internet

Re:How Microsoft Appointed Itself Sheriff of the Internet by SG- on Thursday October 16, 2014 @11:19AM (#8465365)

What I don't understand is how a botnet could negatively affect Microsoft other than showing the world through news articles how it infected vulnerable Microsoft software?

Is the bad press basically the reason and justification?

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Re:How Microsoft Appointed Itself Sheriff of the Internet by oconnor663 on Thursday October 16, 2014 @12:18PM (#8465706)

Botnets are responsible for lots of (most?) spam and DDOSs. Those hurt everyone on the internet, not just Windows users.

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Re:How Microsoft Appointed Itself Sheriff of the Internet by SG- on Thursday October 16, 2014 @08:36PM (#8468760)

I understand that, and they should be taken down. But Microsoft is using justification that it's hurting their business in order to take over other businesses and shut them down.

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Re:How Microsoft Appointed Itself Sheriff of the Internet by bayesianhorse on Thursday October 16, 2014 @12:15PM (#8465679)

The conficker worm did cause significant harm for Microsoft's customers and Microsoft's direct or indirect costs associated in fighting the worm will have been considerable.

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