Writing Viruses for Fun and Profit 172
JMPrice writes "There's a short
article over at zdnet that explores a future synergy between viruses and spam, i.e. international crackdown on spam and open relays makes spammers opt to use infected computers instead as relays, and speculates a relationship between the virus writers and spammers."
Uhh... (Score:1, Funny)
Market speak! (Score:4, Funny)
future synergy between viruses and spam
Sounds like something out of Dilbert... time load up the Bullfighter [dc.com].
Soblig (Score:3, Funny)
Random email: "Please see the attached zip file for details."
Should I expect to find "herbal remedies" in this zip file?
Like _I_ can be more sarcastic!
Good! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Uhh... (Score:1, Funny)
First "Why is this news?" post!!
Re:write me a (favourable) story (Score:0, Funny)
There are millions of infected fools out there right now. How can you foolproof against fools of that magnitude?!
Re:Good! (Score:2, Funny)
future README.TXT (Score:5, Funny)
This will allow you to have a high speed, reliable, DRM'd Microsoft Email eXPerience! (tm)
Idiocy (Score:4, Funny)
surprised (Score:3, Funny)
Re:foist powst (Score:1, Funny)
2) Fun
3) PROFIT!
Guess this gives a new meaning to... (Score:3, Funny)
Of Course Not (Score:3, Funny)
Obviously, you shouldn't treat a suicide bomber or a person who flies planes into buildings the same way you should treat a spammer. Being staked to a red ant hill under a desert sun would have no real effect on (the remaining itty bitty pieces of) the former.
Then... (Score:3, Funny)
In Other News.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What cash flow? (Score:2, Funny)
But you do have a point. Besides, the difference between Outlook and a virus is that a)corporations make you use it b) you have to pay for it c)it's more widespread d)it does more damage.
Also, most 13yo kids I know hate spam enough not to send any. Not that they have any programming experience