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Malware criminal gets caught and the nature of the...

Started by fleamailman , Apr 06 2006 01:01 PM

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fleamailman

Posted 06 April 2006 - 01:01 PM

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Hi, a lot of victims just see their own comp compomised, here in a way explains a bit more about why and how:

http://reviews.cnet....-1.html?tag=txt

Edited by fleamailman, 06 April 2006 - 01:03 PM.

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Johanna

Posted 06 April 2006 - 07:29 PM

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This kid lived with his parents and they didn't notice a $60K surge in his income? The only reasons he even got caught were carelessness and greed.

I have heard talk of pending legislation that makes it the user's responsibility to secure their computers and networks or face charges, even if they are ignorant of the adware/spyware the computer is infected with. If your computer is a zombie, you can go to jail. Think about Grandma going to jail when all she wanted to do was get email and look up recipes? I say send the kid who wrote the stuff and sold it, not Gram.

Johanna