Analysis of Spyware

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Analysis of Spyware 246

Posted by timothy on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:37AM from the incompatable-with-my-OS dept.

scubacuda writes "What actually happens when you install adware/spyware/malware? Follow the Bouncing Malware examines what's downloaded, redirected, and obfuscated. A fascinating read. (Part two was postponed in order to cover a new My Doom variant.)"

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HAH!!! (Score:1, Funny)

by tekiegreg ( 674773 ) * writes: <tekieg1-slashdot@yahoo.com> on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:40AM (#9908605) Homepage Journal

Bow before me Spyware infested site, for I have Mozilla 1.7 and the latest Linux Kernel, you puny scum!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Admit it, many a slashdotter is feeling that way right now...

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Slashdotted Already!? (Score:1, Funny)

by mungeh ( 663492 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:41AM (#9908614) Homepage

...or maybe the malware guys got to them first?

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Re:HAH!!! (Score:3, Funny)

by Nogami_Saeko ( 466595 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:42AM (#9908616)

So... Security through obscurity then? :P

(runs away)

N.

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In other news (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:42AM (#9908619)

Ive heard that MyDoom 3 has just been released too... a much darker scarier variant which seems to have originated on mars

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What happens? (Score:5, Funny)

by Rosco P. Coltrane ( 209368 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:43AM (#9908621)

What actually happens when you install adware/spyware/malware?

I'm not sure. Let me ask BonziBUDDY...

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Re:HAH!!! (Score:5, Funny)

by Eudial ( 590661 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:45AM (#9908631)

Nah, i feel more like

Mua ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Inferior beings! I run an antiquated version of SPARC solaris, and NOTHING is compatible with SPARC solaris! Not even spyware!

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Re:HAH!!! (Score:3, Funny)

by tekiegreg ( 674773 ) * writes: <tekieg1-slashdot@yahoo.com> on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:47AM (#9908652) Homepage Journal

ok I can one up that....my Netscape for abacus's owns your puny spyware infested site!!!!

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Re:What happens? (Score:2, Funny)

by accidental_1 ( 774756 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:52AM (#9908663)

What did it say?
It told me i need viagra.

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Re:What happens? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @11:59AM (#9908684)

What did it say?
It told me i need viagra.

Well, it didn't tell me much, but it did reset my homepage to www.bonzi.com [bonzi.com], just in case I needed to know more about purple gorilla manufacturers. How nice of him...

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Re:Mozilla Firefox - it solves most problems.... (Score:5, Funny)

by Rosco P. Coltrane ( 209368 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @12:02PM (#9908691)

Those poor soles running Internet Explorer (like ME until recently)

Jesus, it's about time you upgraded from ME, I'd say...

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Re:I guess you missed the memo... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @12:17PM (#9908757)

You know, you are absolutely right! I am going right back to IE.

After all, just this one vulnerability makes it just as insecure as IE's 1035.

New one just in: now 1036...

another: 1037...

another: 1038...

Shit! I'm not gonna keep this up all day!

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Re:firefox testimonial (Score:4, Funny)

by TheHawke ( 237817 ) writes: <rchapin.stx@rr@com> on Saturday August 07, 2004 @12:30PM (#9908816)

Eeek! This guy just upstaged me! Now i'll go sulk for a week then get EVEN!

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Re:A lot of people don't care (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @01:08PM (#9909019)

You wouldn't happen to know the URL for that dancing girl, would you?

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Re:Even Sevens (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @01:20PM (#9909068)

Covenants, without the sword, are but words, and of no strength to secure a man at all -Hobbes
So what did Calvin say to that?

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How about fixing the user... (Score:3, Funny)

by Phil John ( 576633 ) writes: <philNO@SPAMwebstarsltd.com> on Saturday August 07, 2004 @01:25PM (#9909106)

...since it's always the same one beat it into him with a clue-by-four.

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Re:There's a simple solution to this.. (Score:4, Funny)

by nyseal ( 523659 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @01:27PM (#9909119)

"Just don't use Windows or IE"......now THERE'S something new for slashdot. Sheesh

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Re:HAH!!! (Score:4, Funny)

by anynameleft ( 787817 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @01:51PM (#9909234)

"run an antiquated version of SPARC solaris, and NOTHING is compatible with SPARC solaris! Not even spyware!"
You know that your C compiler might well be infected [acm.org] to compile some spyware and backdoors into itself and applications it compiles?

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Re:firefox testimonial (Score:4, Funny)

by Donny Smith ( 567043 ) writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @02:01PM (#9909279)

Oh, I get it now - Microsoft makes shitty OS and then secretly invests in anti-virus companies to make money!

Shiiit, maybe I should have put this in the slashdot-user-friendly format with little numbers as in:
1. Write shitty OS
2. Invest in A/V vendors
3. Profit

What a bunch of bullshit.

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Re:Even Sevens (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Saturday August 07, 2004 @02:22PM (#9909371)

The RIAA is not 'the authorities'.

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HAH!!! (Score:1, Funny)

Slashdotted Already!? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:HAH!!! (Score:3, Funny)

In other news (Score:4, Funny)

What happens? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:HAH!!! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:HAH!!! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:What happens? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What happens? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Mozilla Firefox - it solves most problems.... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I guess you missed the memo... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:firefox testimonial (Score:4, Funny)

Re:A lot of people don't care (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Even Sevens (Score:1, Funny)

How about fixing the user... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:There's a simple solution to this.. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:HAH!!! (Score:4, Funny)

Re:firefox testimonial (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Even Sevens (Score:1, Funny)

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