Court case
Microsoft Corporation v. John Does 1-11 Controlling a Computer Botnet Thereby Injuring Microsoft and Its Customers
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Docket 2:11-cv-00222.
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- 2:11-cv-00222
- Linked takedowns
- 1
- People named
- 0
Case record
- Court
- United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Docket number
- 2:11-cv-00222
- Status
- Civil action filed 2011-02-09 before Judge James L. Robart; Second Amended Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order and Seizure Order issued 2011-03-09 and executed 2011-03-16; docket terminated 2011-09-13.
- Status verified
- August 23, 2026
- Dataset id
- case_msft_v_does_rustock
The status line was checked against the public record on August 23, 2026. Proceedings may have moved since.
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Sources for this entry were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026.
Takedowns linked to this case
1 takedown record in this index is linked to this case.
- Rustock botnet takedown . Malware and botnets, March 2011
People named in this case
No person in this index is recorded as named in this case.
Sources
2 sources support this entry. Each one is listed with the role it was relied on for.
- Microsoft Corporation's Status Report re Preliminary Injunction, Microsoft Corporation v. John Does 1-11, No. 2:11-cv-00222 (W.D. Wash.), Dkt. 43 , Primary source . United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, April 4, 2011 . https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.173532.43.0.pdf
- Microsoft Corporation v. Does, No. 2:11-cv-00222 (W.D. Wash.) docket record , Supporting source . CourtListener RECAP . https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v4/search/?q=%22Rustock%22&type=r