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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.)"

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  1. 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

  2. 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
  3. 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!
  4. 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
  5. 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?

  6. 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?