"Interestingly, there is one other theoretical option to ultimately get rid of Hlux: we know how the bot’s update process works. We could use this knowledge and issue our own update that removes the infections and terminates itself. However, this would be illegal in most countries and will thus remain theory."

It’s 2011. We live in a world where armed drones can, apparently legally, bomb buildings - but sending a suicide command to a botnet is unthinkable.

(Source: threatpost.com)