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Microsoft Files Suits Against "Malvertisers"
eldavojohn writes "Reuters is bringing us news of five civil lawsuits filed by Microsoft against 'Soft Solutions,' 'Direct Ad,' 'qiweroqw.com,' 'ITmeter Inc,' and 'ote2008.info' that allege they 'used malvertisements to distribute malicious software or present deceptive websites that peddled scareware to unsuspecting Internet users.' Microsoft's Tim Cranton outlined the suits and provided links to all the filings for download. 'Cranton added that names of specific individuals behind these activities were not known and the lawsuits were being filed to help uncover the people responsible.'"
Shatnerian... levels... of... confusion...
Who... to... root... for... or... against...
Microsoft... or... the... malware... people...
I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
The enemy of my enemy?
Nah!
I wish them joy of each other!
No sig for the moment.
I suspect the main hurdle here will be the court clerk reading "qiweroqw.com" aloud.
He gets cranky.
One of them has some legal business, the other is purely illegal and harmful.
Choose the lesser evil.
Yeah, but I still have a hard time supporting the malware vendors.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Less malware = less infected Windows boxes = less useless traffic on the internet.
Linux users should applaud this too.
Of course BSD users can't applaud, because Netcraft confirmed they're dying.
wish them joy of each other!
Anger is an aphrodesiac. The Malware companies have been seducing Microsoft for all this time, and now Microsoft has finally broken the ice. It's tsundere approach only quickens the heartbeat of the malware companies. Once Microsoft has them in court, the judge is throwing the book at them, the Malware companies will look up to Microsoft and say "You have me where you want me, now what do you want to do with me?"
At which point, Microsoft will smile, the fade of anger will reveal the flush of lust behind it. From the conjoining of these two, sweaty bodies of software production will emerge the glow of new life -- Microsoft Windows Lovechild.
The spawn of Microsoft and Malware will install itself upon any computer it comes in contact with. Lovechild (or MWL for short) will ask the user "You really want this installed on your system don't you?" If you type "N" it changes the background color to an alluring pink and says "Sometimes, when a user is scared, when they say 'no' they mean 'yes'" and then it proceeds to install itself upon your system.
I am the richest astronaut ever to win the superbowl.
*backs away slowly*
I've lost all my marbles except one & It's fun to test angular & centripetal acceleration in my skull
Hang on a minute... I want to comment but the original article is scanning my hard drive for viruses and I'm afraid of what might happen if I press back... better let finish to be safe.
"since microsoft can not (or will not) build secure operating systems"
MS could build a more secure OS than Windows but nobody would buy it because they want to run Windows apps.
I could not be more tired of phone calls from family, friends, and even colleagues that begin with a breathless version of "Hey I need your help I think my computer is totally virus infected I got this warning the other day that I had 2342384 viruses in all these folders and did I want to install a free tool to clean them up and I said okay and it installed but I think I was too slow because now my computer is really slow and keeps doing strange things and I get all of these porn popups?!?! I wish I had clicked yes to automatically download and install it faster, but I clicked yes as fast as I could what should I do now nothing is working and these naked lady popups just keep coming!!!!!?"
STOP . AMERICA . NOW
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Thank You.
Chairman, Bill Gates
and "Flying Chair Man", Steve Balmer
if MS stopped working on superfluous bullshit
Bullshit is not superfluous to MS.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire