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Back in January 2012, Microsoft officially named Russian national Andrey N. Sabelnikov as one of the individuals involved in the Kelihos botnet case. Now, the Redmond company and the programmer have come to an agreement and the civil case was closed. The Kelihos botnet was disrupted back in September 2011 by Kaspersky, Microsoft and Kyrus Inc. Ever since, Microsoft has been trying to locate the individuals responsible for running the botnet and bring them to justice. Sabelnikov has denied being involved in operating Kelihos right from the start, but last week he also managed to convince the company as well. “Microsoft and St. Petersburg software programmer Andrey Sabelnikov have entered into a Settlement Agreement in the matter of Microsoft v. Sabelnikov,” the joint statement reads. It continues, “During the negotiations, after reviewing the evidence provided by Microsoft and engaging in discussions, the parties have come to an understanding that Mr. Sabelni...