Spam-Bot Intrusion Caught — Now What?

An anonymous reader wonders: "I've recently detected and halted an intrusion on my home computer, taken some actions to prevent further intrusions, and located the software that was running a bot agent. Cursory examination showed that the bot software is intended for acting as an agent for spamming. Configuration files distinctly point at the user/host/domain of several bot-herders — damning evidence. Nothing would please me more than to see this botnet to be caught and disassembled, I'm sure much of the internet-using community would support this. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. So, to whom should I disclose this information for appropriate investigation, follow up, and countermeasures? "

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[thegrassyknowl]

Learn from your mistake. You got a spambot because you messed up your 1337 sysadmin skills. You need to figure out what you did wrong and how not to do it again.

Then, you need to stay on top of security issues. You run appear to run Windows so you'l have to work 10x as hard to do that. windows is a big steaming pile of goats shit when it comes to security. All the sh1t that MS claim protects you does nothing more than inconvenience normal users and slow their boxes down to buggery.

You're not likely to catch em so don't bother. Make some notes and learn for next time!!!