RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious Adware Trojans

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RIAA/MPAA Contractor Deploys Malicious Adware Trojans

Posted by michael on Friday December 31, 2004 @08:00AM from the gloves-are-OFF dept.

RichardX writes "Overpeer, the organization responsible for seeding many peer to peer networks with damaged, corrupt and fake files has now found a way of hiding spyware and adware inside Windows Media files by using a DRM loophole and is using this technique to further pollute p2p networks." Several readers sent in a PCworld article on the same subject.

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Aahhhhhhh by DisasterDoctor · 2004-12-31 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

High that explains why that Jessica Simpson song I downloaded suddenly made my head explode. :-)
1. Re:Aahhhhhhh by avalys · 2004-12-31 08:04 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  No, those songs tend to do that on their own.
  
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We need to take advantage of this by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-31 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Hack it so that it sends out complaint emails to RIAA and DOSes the RIAA website. Also make it crawl and fill out any RIAA forms on the website. Use random algorithms so they can only statistically cut down on the traffic.
Proof by BrynM · 2004-12-31 08:05 · Score: 3, Funny

This proves once again that you can't out-evil the major recording industry. Do something bad to them and they will do something worse to you. Only now it's the customers at the shit end of the stick and not just artists. Hell, Satan probably attends seminars on reprisal given by these folks.

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Re:vigilante justice by Anonymous Coward · 2004-12-31 08:32 · Score: 1, Funny

Vigilante justice you say? Here's their site.
Re:If spyware/malware is illegal... by robyannetta · 2004-12-31 08:34 · Score: 3, Funny

After all, two wrongs don't make a right, no?
No, but three rights make a left. (Ducks)

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Someday they will show this film by earthforce_1 · 2004-12-31 08:42 · Score: 2, Funny

for laughs in colleges on friday nights alongside "reefer madness" and the more ludicrous "reds under your bed" government propoganda films.

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Re:This could work with other crimes by kirun · 2004-12-31 08:47 · Score: 2, Funny

Cars that breakdown if they go over 65 and require expensive repairwork to fix

You mean that ISN'T a safety feature? That used car salesman will wish he never met me!

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Re:If spyware/malware is illegal... by Geoffreyerffoeg · 2004-12-31 09:26 · Score: 3, Funny

And two Wrights made an airplane.
Bah by zogger · 2004-12-31 09:51 · Score: 2, Funny

Bah, kids nowadays, I never...

seems the youthful art of vigorus protest has been replaced with typing crap on the internet. I blame video games and cheezits myself....

The goons have never given a rats patootie about words, never. It's held up as the sacred thing, the right of speech, well yes and no, speech is only as good as the intentions acts and deeds that backup that speech. If all you have is speech, you've lost, might as well move on and accept defeat.
;)

Back in the day, we protested, both ways, uphill and downhill and it wasn't all via zap comix and underground newspapers, what passed for the internet you have now.

Bah, must be the additives in the junk food or something.
heh heh heh