Users need beware and continue to lookout for botnets and to ensure our PCs are not infected by updating and running antimalware and antivirus scanners, the more the better. Several legitmate malware scanners and antivirus scanners that can run independently will significantly reduce the numbers of malware.
The U.S. Government stepped in to dismantle the malware installed on U.S. citizens which appears to be unprecedented according to an article on Wired.com. It appears that ISC.org took controls over from the originating server to mimic them and then send a "shutdown command" to all the client/individual PCs over the internet.
According to Wired.com, the infected owners of the offending computers will be notified of the infection and removal instructions.
PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Computer Repair recommends the following to get rid of the botnet worm/malware by downloading, updating and scanning with:
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