Anatomy of a malware scam

[Clark]

Dustin Cook wrote:
> "Clark" <Clark_throwaway@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:rZTrk.13097$Is1.11858@newsfe04.iad:
>
>> siljaline wrote:
>>> The evil genius of XP Antivirus 2008
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08...omy_of_a_hack/
>>>
>>> Silj
>>
>> I love XP Antivirus 2008, This thing is everywhere, I have been
>> getting calls to remove it two three a day on a good week.
>> Well it is good for me but bad for my customers, I did not read the
>> whole article but, this thing comes in a few variations.
>> some are easy and just are removed with a scan in safe mode, others,
>> disable regedit, task manager, system restore, Windows update and
>> control panel. The latter is usually a 90 min removal, but only
>> because most of my customers have sub $800.00 PC's and they tend to
>> be slow. I charge $60.00 an hour, (around here that is almost half
>> the charge of the other local computer repair shops..
>> It is very easy to get infected with this one...
>> Clark...
>> WCFP.
>
> 90 minute removal? Malwarebytes AntiMalware can cut that down for
> you. Of course, you wouldn't be able to exploit people so easily
> then...

OH by the way thanks for accusing me of exploiting my customers, no wonder
folks don't like you...

Clark...

[Dustin Cook]

"Clark" <Clark_throwaway@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:%EUsk.19942$9u1.9114@newsfe09.iad:

> Dustin Cook wrote:
>> "Clark" <Clark_throwaway@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> news:rZTrk.13097$Is1.11858@newsfe04.iad:
>>
>>> siljaline wrote:
>>>> The evil genius of XP Antivirus 2008
>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08...omy_of_a_hack/
>>>>
>>>> Silj
>>>
>>> I love XP Antivirus 2008, This thing is everywhere, I have been
>>> getting calls to remove it two three a day on a good week.
>>> Well it is good for me but bad for my customers, I did not read the
>>> whole article but, this thing comes in a few variations.
>>> some are easy and just are removed with a scan in safe mode, others,
>>> disable regedit, task manager, system restore, Windows update and
>>> control panel. The latter is usually a 90 min removal, but only
>>> because most of my customers have sub $800.00 PC's and they tend to
>>> be slow. I charge $60.00 an hour, (around here that is almost half
>>> the charge of the other local computer repair shops..
>>> It is very easy to get infected with this one...
>>> Clark...
>>> WCFP.
>>
>> 90 minute removal? Malwarebytes AntiMalware can cut that down for
>> you. Of course, you wouldn't be able to exploit people so easily
>> then...
>
> OH by the way thanks for accusing me of exploiting my customers, no
> wonder folks don't like you...

Heh, some folks don't like me due to my past activities; and if it took
you 90 minutes to deal with a trojan, You'd really be screwed and out of
your league dealing with ANY of my former work.

And yes, As far as I'm concerned; and by your own post, You are
exploiting people. Personal Attacks aside. You remind me of one of those
punk ass college educated doesn't know a ****ing thing outside the
classroom technician that I once had to train to reload windows without
formatting the ****ing hard disk....

Seriously dude, if a trojan can beat you, your in the wrong field.


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Dustin Cook, Author of BugHunter
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