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== Positive botnet application? ==
I would not call a company using its own PCs for testing a "botnet", but this Computer World story does:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9174539/Microsoft_runs_fuzzing_botnet_finds_1_800_Office_bugs

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Positive botnet application?

I would not call a company using its own PCs for testing a "botnet", but this Computer World story does: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9174539/Microsoft_runs_fuzzing_botnet_finds_1_800_Office_bugs