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To: Swordmaker

Yep, it could be the most effective malware vector since BitTorrent.


30 posted on 08/02/2015 8:05:16 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (I don't run; if you see me running, you should run too.)
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To: Squawk 8888; Swordmaker
> ...the most effective malware vector since BitTorrent.

This could make BitTorrent look like the Virus Distribution Amateur Hour. All somebody has to do is mess with the MD5 sums (or whatever digest Microsoft uses to validate the updates) and they have a distribution network that prior generations of virus hackers could only dream about.

41 posted on 08/02/2015 9:56:10 PM PDT by dayglored (Meditate for twenty minutes every day, unless you are too busy, in which case meditate for an hour.)
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