Cyber-criminals create specialized search engines

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Cyber-criminals create specialized search engines

#1 garmanma

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Posted 09 May 2009 - 01:38 PM

http://www.pandasecurity.com/emailhtml/oxy...0909_ENG_in.htm

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#2 Layback Bear

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Posted 16 May 2009 - 09:16 AM

Thanks garmanma for the information. If the people that start things like that put there brain on doing things that were legal they would be rich.

#3 m0le

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Posted 16 May 2009 - 12:31 PM

Crikey, one of those screenshots is a bit fruity. :thumbsup:

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#4 MadDawg

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Posted 16 May 2009 - 12:33 PM

Layback Bear, on May 16 2009, 09:16 AM, said:

If the people that start things like that put there brain on doing things that were legal they would be rich.

Agreed. They could program their own legit software and sell it, instead of trying to steal money and/or break others' computers.

Thanks for the info, garmanma.

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