| Malware Licensing |
[Apr. 28th, 2008|10:58 am] |
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In a bizarre twist, the folks at Symantec discovered a copyright statement in the malware package "Zeus".
The spyware writers put in one particularly intriguing statement: "In cases of violations of the agreement and being detected, the client loses any technical support. Moreover, the binary code of your bot will be immediately sent to antivirus companies." So, if you rip off the virus/trojan writers' code and they find out, they'll send your stuff to Symantec. I wonder if software piracy is making it unfeasible to be a virus/trojan writer?
Of course, the best comment I saw about this online was the guy who pointed out that the "Terms and Conditions" statement the spyware authors put in there says "2. The Client... Does not have the right to distribute the product in any business or commercial purposes not connected with this sale." Doesn't spyware "freely distribute" itself anyway, by definition? Seems like shaky, er, "legal" ground... |
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