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Story: Virus writers get stealthy

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Posted by: Anonymous (Tuesday 7 June 2005, 3:26 PM)

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As a former member of an escalations team assigned to deal with the about:blank hijacker, I have found that click-through and marketing data are sources of revenue for hackers...That is where the money comes from.

Fortunately, these hackers are in it for a profit. There are worse tactics they could use than we have seen outside of the zoo.

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