The Unique Challenge of Spyware

[~BD~]

Aardvark wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:47:11 +0000, ~BD~ wrote:
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>> SNIP
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> Got a point?
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>

Linux is good for you! ;-)

[FromTheRafters]

"~BD~" <~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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> Introduction
[...]
Synopsis - apples are like oranges except for where there are
differences between them and apples may be preferred if you are baking a
pie or selling the ingredients needed for an apple pie recipe they tell
you that you *must* have as if you have no choice.

> Ref: http://www.webroot.com/shared/pdf/Sp...VS-Viruses.pdf

Haven't read it yet, but I suspect a similar scenario.

Could they explain how cryptovirology is not financially motivated, or
how stand-alone application malware can be harder to detect than a
polymorphic file infector is? Perhaps I'll find out by reading that
nifty PDF file.