The fact that it is purple militates against it being a trout.

The most excellent historie of the Merchant of Venice, with the extreme crueltie of Shylocke, the Jewe, towards the sayd merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh, and obtaining of Portia by the choyse of three caskets...

The combination of communication with a known C&C server and botlike activity is usually enough to conclude this is a positive determination of a botnet.

lame. at least do a better job of photochopping.