Historical List of Botnets
| Date created | Date dismantled | Name | Estimated no. of bots | Spam capacity | Aliases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 (May) | 2010-Oct (partial) | BredoLab | 30,000,00030,000,000 | 3.6 billion/day | Oficla |
| 2008 (around) | 2009-Dec | Mariposa | 12,000,000 | 0 ? | |
| 0 2008 (November) | Conficker | 10,500,000+ | 10 billion/day | DownUp, DownAndUp, DownAdUp, Kido | |
| 2010 (around) | TDL4 | 4,500,000 | 0 ? | TDSS, Alureon | |
| 0? | Zeus | 3,600,000 (US Only) | -1n/a | Zbot, PRG, Wsnpoem, Gorhax, Kneber | |
| 2007 (Around) | Cutwail | 1,500,000 | 74 billion/day | Pandex, Mutant (related to: Wigon, Pushdo) | |
| 2008 (Around) | Sality | 1,000,000 | ? | Sector, Kuku | |
| 2009 (Around) | 2012-07-19 | Grum | 560,000 | 39.9 billion/day | Tedroo |
| 0? | Mega-D | 509,000 | 10 billion/day | Ozdok | |
| 0? | Kraken | 495,000 | 9 billion/day | Kracken | |
| 2007 (March) | Srizbi | 450,000 | 60 billion/day | Cbeplay, Exchanger | |
| 0? | Lethic | 260,000 | 2 billion/day | none | |
| 2004 (Early) | Bagle | 230,000 | 5.7 billion/day | Beagle, Mitglieder, Lodeight | |
| 0? | Bobax | 185,000 | 9 billion/day | Bobic, Oderoor, Cotmonger, Hacktool.Spammer, Kraken | |
| 0? | Torpig | 180,000 | -1 n/a | Sinowal, Anserin | |
| 0? | Storm | 160,000 | 3 billion/day | Nuwar, Peacomm, Zhelatin | |
| 2006 (Around) | 2011 (March) | Rustock | 150,000 | 30 billion/day | RKRustok, Costrat |
| 0? | Donbot | 125,000 | 0.8 billion/day | Buzus, Bachsoy | |
| 2008 (November) | 2010 (March) | Waledac | 80,000 | 1.5 billion/day | Waled, Waledpak |
| 0? | Maazben | 50,000 | 0.5 billion/day | None | |
| 0? | Onewordsub | 40,000 | 1.8 billion/day | 0? | |
| 0? | Gheg | 30,000 | 0.24 billion/day | Tofsee, Mondera | |
| 0? | ?? | 20,000 | 5 billion/day | Loosky, Locksky | |
| 0? | Wopla | 20,000 | 0.6 billion/day | Pokier, Slogger, Cryptic | |
| 2008 (Around) | Asprox | 15,000 | 0 ? | Danmec, Hydraflux | |
| 0 | Spamthru | 12,000 | 0.35 billion/day | Spam-DComServ, Covesmer, Xmiler | |
| 2010 (January) | LowSec | 11,000+ | 0.5 billion/day | LowSecurity, FreeMoney, Ring0.Tools | |
| 0? | Xarvester | 10,000 | 0.15 billion/day | Rlsloup, Pixoliz | |
| 2009 (August) | Festi | 0 ? | 2.25 billion/day | none | |
| 2008 (Around) | Gumblar | 0 ? | 0 ? | None | |
| 2007 | Akbot | 1,300,000 | 0 ? | None |
- Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara took control of a botnet that was six times smaller than expected. In some countries, it is common that users change their IP address a few times in one day. Estimating the size of the botnet by the number of IP addresses is often used by researchers, possibly leading to inaccurate assessments.
- All botnets listed here affect only Microsoft Windows systems.
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