General discussion

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Why? Whats the point?

Why do people/companies make sites to distribute malware/spam? Why? To annoy us? To take satisfaction? Bored? Why? What's the point?

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money .......

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Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group / hpHosts
it-mate.co.uk / hosts-file.net

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that can have various reasons. we had a topic about that before, so you can probably find it with the search feature.

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Per aspera ad astra

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Yeah, maybe. Maybe it's just

Yeah, maybe. Maybe it's just money.

I'll have a look tommorow.

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History

At one time, it was just a "contest" between "script kiddies" to see who could create the most damaging exploit, but now it is big business for, as MysteryFCM said, money. Thus it is no longer an idle past-time for bored youngsters, but serious business for con men.

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money and...

The chance to infiltrate or test power.

~DragonMaster Jay, malware researcher,
Admin, helpmyos.com

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Echo

It's for money, or power. But not for publicity.
Modern vira like to operate in the dark,
without disturbing the surface...

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Please

Obviously they do it for the women.

Women love men who run malware sites.

first you get the malware
then you get the money
then you get the women

How malware distributors see themselves:

What an actual malware distributor might look like:

QED

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Good one

My compliments.

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upon seeing the actual malware distributor

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Rofl. It's true. All of it.

Rofl. It's true. All of it. :)

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money terrorist...

money terrorist...