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Botnets have become a growing threat to networked operations in recent years. They disrupt services and communications of vital systems. This paper, gives an overview of the basic anatomy of a Botnet and its modus operandi. In this paper, we present a Proof of Concept of how Google gadgets may be exploited to achieve these basic components of a Botnet. We do not provide a full fledged Botnet implementation but merely to mimic its functionality through Google Gadget API. Our goal was to have Google act as proxy agent to mask our attack sources, establish Command and Control structure between Bots and Botherders, launch attacks and gather info while at the same time maintaining some degree of stealth as to not be detected by users. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]