Re: [Full-Disclosure] Cool Web Search

From: Andrew Clover (and-bugtraq_at_doxdesk.com)
Date: 07/30/04

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Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:13:43 +0900

    Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:

    > Not really "new", in the scheme of things. Over 30 years ago, some bored
    > prgrammer wrote something for one of the mainframes of the day (ICL?
    > IBM? Burroughs?) called "Robin Hood and Friar Tuck".

    Yeah, I was aware of this story; the Jargon File attributes it to Moto
    staff working on Xerox CP-V. A few Win32 viruses copied the idea
    (notably Gemini, see Virus Bulletin Sep02); this is what I meant by
    parasite vendors stealing ideas from VXers.

    The first parasite I saw using this trick was CommonName/Comwiz, but the
    recent HuntBar/WinTools takes the biscuit by installing two processes,
    one service and one BHO, all looking out for each other. Charming
    behaviour for software purporting to be a search enhancer from a
    'legitimate' company, eh?

    I preferred viruses. You knew where you stood with viruses. They printed
    a quote from a TV show and wiped your discs, you laughed at the funny
    gag and reinstalled, everyone was happy. (Well, ish.)

    Malware attaching its tentacles onto your machine to make a few dollars
    from advertising and spam is just so much more offensively sleazy. 

    -- 
Andrew Clover
mailto:and@doxdesk.com
http://www.doxdesk.com/
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