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Trojans and Popups and Slimeball Business

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the remember-when-the-net-was-polite dept.

Selanit writes "Salon.com is reporting on a company which exploited a vulnerability in an old but common version of Internet Explorer's Java engine to install spyware on the visitor's machine. " It's a pretty in depth story showing the lack of respect that some companies have. My favorite part is that the guy who denies any knowledge of the trojan popup is named 'Frank Bigott'.

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  1. r-e-s-p-e-c-t by resonator · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    It's a pretty in depth story showing the lack of respect that some companies have.


    Are you refering to the lack of respect Microsoft has for those who use their products? :)

  2. 'scuse my language, but by eples · · Score: 4, Flamebait
    From the article:
    • Flowgo
    • eUniverse
    • IntelliTech Web Solutions
    • KoolKatalog
    • Volton Technologies


    WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE?! Never heard of a single one of them - figures they'd be polluting the Internet.
    Shouldn't these shitty companies have DIED last year?!
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  3. Instability in their systems. by Restil · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    People first discovered the virus when they noticed crashing and instability in their systems. So THAT'S what causes it. And all this time I just thought it was crappy software.

    Yes.. I know... this is Microsoft Bashing. Mod me down.

    -Restil

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  4. Re:Microsoft, security and Java... by newerbob · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Of course, if you're going to explot something, you'd want to write an exploit for the most popular version of the software. Like it or not, the Microsoft VM was the most popular.

    While I'm not a Java developer (because I'm not a pedophile -- most of you know that Java was developed by admitted pedophile Patrick Naughton to find pictures of little girls on the Internet), I've found that the Microsoft VM was better.

    In fact there are TONS of Sun VM security holes.

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