Microsoft A Good Guy?

In a recent set of closed door meetings, Microsoft met with Law Enforcement Officials to help solve a rash of crimes. Although Microsoft has generally gotten a bad-wrap for Bullying opponents out of the market place, it seems all that consolidation of resources is finally paying off. They gave a tool to the Officials that allows them to track botnets as they progress! How is this achieved you may ask? By tracking your computer :) Thats right- The Malicious Software Removal Tool is now Identifying you to law enforcement as a part of a global botnet! Oh Happy Day! We don't know exactly what the name is, what technology it uses, or even if it really exists- The Microsoft spokesperson offered this explanation: " Although Microsoft is reluctant to give out details on its botnet buster -- the company said that even revealing its name could give cyber criminals a clue on how to thwart it "

All my indicators went off at that comment- It seems that Microsoft is now engaging in the Propoganda market. We know who you are but we aren't going to do anything! Okay.

From a Microsoft White Paper:
With regard to phishing and spam, for example, it engaged in broad consumer education campaigns and worked on developing technological solutions such as phishing filters and SenderID. For both phishing and botnets, Microsoft began working more extensively with law enforcement to identify phishers and botnet herders in an attempt to create deterrent to such activity, even though the deterrent effect is limited by the current environment because it is hard to find offenders, and criminal penalties may be applied without sufficient force.