chiawaikian Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Let's face facts. We knew this was coming for years, we just didn't want to admit it to ourselves. Virus programmers?the real kind, not the script kiddies?are far too competent at what they do to have remained noncommercialized forever. No longer merely an ugly toy for troublemakers, the 21st century virus is poised to climb the economic ladder and establish itself as a commercial tool of choice for identity thieves and financial fraudsters. Engineers at Panda Software, while in the process of researching a new trojan, uncovered evidence this week that led them to a web site touting custom-built viruses for sale. For the low, low price of only US$990, a user gets his or her own pet trojan horse, complete with tech support. If the file is discovered?as this current model was?the designer provides a guarantee to alter it so that it may continue to avoid detection in the face of updated antivirus software. Source: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060225-6264.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokoike Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Hmm... I wonder if this "guarantee" also compensates the customer assuming they get hit by the virus they bought?! Save a tree, eat a beaver. Save a tree, wipe with an owl. Every time a bell rings, a thread gets hijacked! ding, ding! Give Andavari lots of money and maybe even consider getting K a DVD-RW drive. If it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Call the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) ! Now any executable can contain a new undetected virus? Only use software that comes with source code that you can compile yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokoike Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Call the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) ! Now any executable can contain a new undetected virus? Only use software that comes with source code that you can compile yourself. I doubt that most users (myself included) are going to want to compile every single application before they run it. Just make sure you download from trusted sources. Save a tree, eat a beaver. Save a tree, wipe with an owl. Every time a bell rings, a thread gets hijacked! ding, ding! Give Andavari lots of money and maybe even consider getting K a DVD-RW drive. If it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krit86lr Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I doubt that most users (myself included) are going to want to compile every single application before they run it. Just make sure you download from trusted sources. I have found that trusted sources is very important. But that doesn't mean you're 100% safe from getting hit. Windows Pro Media 8.1 x64 | 8GB Ram | 500G HDD 7200 RPM | All that I know about my graphics is that it's Intel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldmannen Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Yeah, I wouldnt like to compile everything myself either. I download most of my stuff from SourceForge.net; * http://sourceforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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