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Analysis of Spyware

Posted by timothy on from the incompatable-with-my-OS dept.

scubacuda writes "What actually happens when you install adware/spyware/malware? Follow the Bouncing Malware examines what's downloaded, redirected, and obfuscated. A fascinating read. (Part two was postponed in order to cover a new My Doom variant.)"

11 of 246 comments (clear)

  1. Re:HAH!!! by Nogami_Saeko · · Score: 3, Funny

    So... Security through obscurity then? :P

    (runs away)

    N.

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    "Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence." - Charles de Gaulle
  2. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ive heard that MyDoom 3 has just been released too... a much darker scarier variant which seems to have originated on mars

  3. What happens? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    What actually happens when you install adware/spyware/malware?

    I'm not sure. Let me ask BonziBUDDY...

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  4. Re:HAH!!! by Eudial · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nah, i feel more like

    Mua ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Inferior beings! I run an antiquated version of SPARC solaris, and NOTHING is compatible with SPARC solaris! Not even spyware!

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    GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
  5. Re:Mozilla Firefox - it solves most problems.... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those poor soles running Internet Explorer (like ME until recently)

    Jesus, it's about time you upgraded from ME, I'd say...

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  6. Re:I guess you missed the memo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know, you are absolutely right! I am going right back to IE.

    After all, just this one vulnerability makes it just as insecure as IE's 1035.

    New one just in: now 1036...

    another: 1037...

    another: 1038...

    Shit! I'm not gonna keep this up all day!

  7. Re:firefox testimonial by TheHawke · · Score: 3, Funny

    Eeek! This guy just upstaged me! Now i'll go sulk for a week then get EVEN!

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    First rule of holes; When in one, stop digging.
  8. Re:A lot of people don't care by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You wouldn't happen to know the URL for that dancing girl, would you?

  9. Re:There's a simple solution to this.. by nyseal · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Just don't use Windows or IE"......now THERE'S something new for slashdot. Sheesh

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    [SIG] Remember Mattel handheld games?
  10. Re:HAH!!! by anynameleft · · Score: 4, Funny
    "run an antiquated version of SPARC solaris, and NOTHING is compatible with SPARC solaris! Not even spyware!"

    You know that your C compiler might well be infected to compile some spyware and backdoors into itself and applications it compiles?

  11. Re:firefox testimonial by Donny+Smith · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, I get it now - Microsoft makes shitty OS and then secretly invests in anti-virus companies to make money!

    Shiiit, maybe I should have put this in the slashdot-user-friendly format with little numbers as in:
    1. Write shitty OS
    2. Invest in A/V vendors
    3. Profit

    What a bunch of bullshit.