Malware authors offer subscriptions & technical support

Ice_Czar · Apr 5, 2007

http://computerworld.com/action/art...Name=security&articleId=9015588&taxonomyId=17

Like many just-launched e-commerce sites in the world, this unnamed Web site has a fairly functional, if somewhat rudimentary, home page. A list of options at top of the home page allows visitors to transact business in Russian or in English, offers an FAQ section, spells out the terms and conditions for software use and provides details on payment forms that are supported.

But contact details are, shall we say, sparse. That's because the merchandise being hawked on the site -- no we're not going to say what it is -- isn't exactly legitimate. The site offers malicious code that webmasters with criminal intent can use to infect visitors to their sites with a spyware Trojan horse.

In return for downloading the malware to their sites, Web site owners are promised at least €50 -- about $66 (U.S.) -- every Monday, with the potential for even more for "clean installs" of the malicious code on end user systems. "If your traffic is good, we will change rates for you and make payout with new rates," the site promises.
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the cool thing about this malware business model is likely the guaranteed baseline subscriptions from the legitimate security vendors

lucas1985 · Apr 5, 2007

Incredible

ThunderZ · Apr 5, 2007

If money can be made someone will figure out how. Wonder if it can be shut down legally...or otherwise. Or if it is just a sample of things to come?

Ice_Czar · Apr 6, 2007

well "they" say money makes the world go round but then common knowledge is often wrong
(the lowest common denominator of fiction )
like apparently the article I linked above

Rumors of subscription support for Malware false

There are news wire reports of a site (stat482) that is reported to sell online support subscriptions to Malware. This is not exactly true; there are sales on the site, and service but not full-blown support. At least, not for any other Malware but their own, you see this site isn’t offering support for Malware this site is a business.

“It's really yet another slimy "affiliate" program. They're not selling Malware with support. They're buying traffic to install their Malware via drive-by installs. That's not exactly new. CometCursor, BonzaiBuddy, and Zango come to mind,” said one online comment.
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