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Russian Firm Pays to Infect PCs with Adware

Posted by timothy on from the that's-pleasant dept.

Jaidev writes "Information week is reporting that a Russian site (IframeDollars) is paying web developers 6 cents for each machine they infect with spyware or adware. One security expert estimates that iframeDollars could collect as much as $75,000 annually from the adware it placed on the infected machines during the third week of May, which cost approximately $12,000 in payments to place"

17 of 266 comments (clear)

  1. never a better time NOT to RTFA by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never know if the article publisher itself is an affiliate ;)

    --
    liqbase :: faster than paper
  2. MS putting food on other peoples table once again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eat this, open source zealots.

    This story proofs once againe that MS is delivering an infastructure on which other companies can thrive.

    Thank you MS!

  3. Hey, Microsoft can spin this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is Microsoft enabling yet another business to succeed in the ever changing technology marketplace.

  4. They've got me! by nyxon · · Score: 5, Funny

    They've already infected my machine! I keep getting pop-ups for penis enlargements! Help!

    1. Re:They've got me! by cr3ative · · Score: 5, Funny

      The good old targeted advertising must be working then ;)

    2. Re:They've got me! by MMMDI · · Score: 2, Funny

      A peice of plastic with a pump attached to it. [snip] It sucked. Sounds like it did its job, eh?

  5. in soviet russia by maharg · · Score: 3, Funny

    spyware pays you to infect it

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    $ strings FTP.EXE | grep Copyright
    @(#) Copyright (c) 1983 The Regents of the University of California.
  6. Amateurs! by serutan · · Score: 5, Funny

    6 cents per machine? Hah! Our outsourcing group could get it done for 4 cents.

    1. Re:Amateurs! by John+Seminal · · Score: 5, Funny
      6 cents per machine? Hah! Our outsourcing group could get it done for 4 cents.

      But your help hotline would be in India. No thanks!

      Spammer: Hello, this is 30 year old shit in parents basement calling. I have infected 4,000 machines but only credited with 500.
      CallCenter: One moment, very sorry, read off sheet. Okay. Thank you so very much for using SpamInfect. We can help you.
      Spammer: Okay, about those machines I was not credited with.
      CallCenter: So very sorry. Very, very, very sorry. I sure it fixed soon.
      Spammer: So, are you going to credit my account or what?
      CallCenter: Yes, we credit right now. Right now. All better. Now you go to www.infectspammertoo.com for your reward.

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      Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."

    2. Re:Amateurs! by Florian+Weimer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, it's pretty amateurish because they don't have a WebTrust seal, unlike MarketScore.

  7. So much for our time by AtlanticGiraffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    The price of your hours spent trying to get rid of that annoying adware from your mother's WinXP box:

    6.1 cents.

  8. Get the Firefox users! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    1. Code up a cool extension
    2. Throw in some code for this
    3. Spread it around
    4. Profit!

  9. Re:When spreading malware becomes this obvious by swschrad · · Score: 4, Funny

    the russians will understand your post.

    nobody else will accept it as a viable option.

    we need a compromise here... perhaps on the order of "kill all the spammers, but pray for their souls."

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    if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
  10. Re:They've got me! - or maybe.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I keep getting pop-ups for penis enlargements! Help!

    Are you sure that aint your girlfriend sending you messages again? Oh wait this is slashdot... oh never mind!

  11. I will pay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will pay 6 cents for every employee of this Russian company you murder.

  12. Re:When spreading malware becomes this obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > kill all the spammers, but pray for their souls.

    Spammer's have souls?

    http://evil-guide.tripod.com/career.html (at bottom)
    http://evil-guide.tripod.com/

  13. Re:Honeypot browser by DurendalMac · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just signed the bastard up for newsletters from fistmyass.com and sheshuge.com. Let's see how he likes tubby bitches and gaping cornholes.