CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The Kelihos botnet , also known as Hlux , is a botnet mainly involved in spamming and the theft of bitcoins . [1] 1 History 2 Structure, operations and spread 3 See also 4 References History [ edit ] The Kelihos botnet was first discovered around December 2010 . [2] Researchers originally suspected having found a new version of either the Storm or Waledac botnet, due to similarities in the modus operandi and source code of the bot, [3] [4] but analysis of the botnet showed it was instead a new, 45,000- infected -computer-strong, botnet that was capable of sending an estimated 4 billion spam messages a day. [5] [6] In September 2011 [7] Microsoft took down the botnet in an operation codenamed "Operation b79". [5] [8] At the same time, Microsoft filed civil charges against Domin...