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Demonoid Resurrection Dismissed As Malware Was Legitimate

Posted by timothy on from the not-exactly-intuitive dept.

wo1verin3 writes "Previously reported on Slashdot was a story about a malware attempt masquerading itself as a Demonoid resurrection. It turns out this really was Demonoid making a comeback. With the site now back online with a new host, TorrentFreak caught up with its admins who tell us they have no malicious intent and simply want to bring a community back to together. While there is still uncertainty, one thing is absolutely clear – they do have the old Demonoid database."

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  1. Okaaaay... by SeaFox · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So the Demonoid that was distributing malware was not a fake... so the admins really were sending malicious code to people in an effort to "bring a community back to together"?

    And now they want people to trust them?

    1. Re:Okaaaay... by Rob_Bryerton · · Score: 4, Insightful

      So: Deal with it. Cause it's not going away. Malware in ads is to be expected. Always.

      Or to put it another way, ads *are* malware, and as such, need to be blocked. Just as its standard fare to run AV on (Windows) PCs, all PCs regardless of OS should be running adblockers. Until the online advertising industry cleans up its act (don't hold your breath), everyone should be blocking their trojan-infused crap.

      Some may call this a dishonest justification for blocking ads; I call it safe and smart computing.

      Anybody have a car analogy? I couldn't come up with one. Extra points for working Natalie or Soviet Russia into the car analogy :)

  2. Confusing Headline by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I interpretted this as:

    The demonoid resurrection was dismissed
    because
    the malware was legitimate.

    Even after reading the summary I was stilll completely lost for about 5 more passes.

    Please write your headlines more clearly.

  3. Not even making sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What the fuck does "as soon as I logged in I was phished" mean? Do you even fucking understand what "phishing" means? How do you even decide you've been phished if this is your only place with this user and pass? (well, no, last one might get you a notice for failed attempt to log in to your mail box, though I don't think I've seen those from many services)

    tl;dr: parent's seemingly shilling for some shitty "very useful program", Go away and come with proper MyCleanPC success story.

  4. Re:It's a trap? by dissy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hopefully it's not a password you have used anywhere else.

    These people definitely have a copy of the old database, and thus salted password hashes.
    Anyone logging in right now is also providing their clear-text password and confirmation if it is the correct password, as well as their IP.

    Between the two facts that the government would have spent the time cracking the hashes without much concern over the cost, plus the banner ads that would complicate a sting type operation, it's looking less like a government honeypot.

    Still, we know very little about these new admins.
    We know the original admins are aware of this and do not approve, and we have been told (by the new admins) that they were given a backup of the database and website for safe keeping in case the original admins needed it to resurrect the site, which has not been disputed by the original admins.