Writing Viruses for Fun and Profit

JMPrice writes "There's a short article over at zdnet that explores a future synergy between viruses and spam, i.e. international crackdown on spam and open relays makes spammers opt to use infected computers instead as relays, and speculates a relationship between the virus writers and spammers."

Comments

Re:The problem

[Ultra64]

Karma: Positive (probably because of superiour intellect)

You would think with your "superiour" intellect you would know how to spell superior.

Re:The inplications go WAY beyond that

[I.A.N.A.T.]

This is the dumbest idea from a spammers viewpoint I've ever read.

Ok, like...what part of "this is speculation" did you not understand? Or did you not even read the article? Or did you read it, but find yourself unable to process the many syllables of the word "speculation?"
I admit, it's refreshing for a "journalist" to cop to speculating, but that's still a good indication that he needed a pyacheck and couldn't think of anything WORTHWHILE to write about...and of course, if it's useless and speculatory, slashdot is all over it.

Re:Really?

[I.A.N.A.T.]

Since most spammers advertise and sell a product, spammer can't be anonymous.

Hey there idiot...why don't you name for me the advertising agencies behind your favorite products? I'll tell you why, because even though they "sell a product," they aren't the MANUFACTURERS you fucking retard. Spammers don't PRODUCE the shit they email about. And sure, maybe they can identify the prime vector of a virus, but if it's the programmer's home computer he's a stupid fuck that deserves to be caught. In fact, he'd be only slightly smarter than you are.

Willfully spreading viruses is not something you can get away with.

This is quite possible the dumbest thing anyone has ever said. Ever. In history. Congrats, retard.

Graffitti=Urban Art = hackers=spammers

[adzoox]

ok, i'll bite:

Spammers DO HACK my mailbox= hackers

Graffitti IS urban art - something I'm sure you aren't as talented with a spray can as they are!!!

Who modded you? You apparently didn't read fr comprehension. I ststed that I wasn't really comparing the two; more contrasting the two. Back up your statement that a spammer is NOT a hacker. I gave a specific example.

Re:What cash flow?

[Master of Transhuman]

$1K/week is "serious cash"?

You on Welfare?