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Interview with a Botmaster
An anonymous reader writes "The Washington Post is running a fascinating feature profiling a couple of botnet operators who make thousands of dollars each month installing adware on machines they infect. This is by far the most detailed examination of this issue I've seen so far -- and includes an interview with the CEO of 180Solutions, as well as interviews with some of the botmasters' victims. From the story: 'Most days, I just sit at home and chat online while I make money,' 0x80 says. 'I get one check like every 15 days in the mail for a few hundred bucks, and a buncha others I get from banks in Canada every 30 days.' He says his work earns him an average of $6,800 per month, although he's made as much as $10,000. Not bad money for a high school dropout.'"
It will be in jail !!!!
the way i kinda see this as, its just the excrement of microsoft software. they are the ones who alow it and do not FIX this problem..
so for me i say good for him..
microsoft is alowed to rip millions and billions of people off.. why cant he..
you dont like adware spyware virus's stop complaining about the people who make money from it and use the linux kernel or bsd suport oss.
my $0.02