According to Michael Kassner from TechRepublic bloged on Feb 25, 2010 that the top ten spam botnets are as following:-

1. Grum (Tedroo)
2. Bobax (Kraken/Oderoor/Hacktool.spammer)
3. Pushdo (Cutwail/Pandex)
4. Rustock (Costrat)
5. Bagle (Beagle/Mitglieder/Lodeight)
6. Mega-D (Ozdok)
7. Maazben
8. Xarvester (Rlsloup/Pixoliz)
9. Donbot (Buzus)
10. Gheg (Tofsee/Mondera)

Each of these bots has certain characteristic, check 10 things for more detail.

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