From: mike 

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:07:27 +1200, black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills) wrote:

>In article ,
>mike  wrote:
>>
>>Geo. was right, how long before a virus triggers Windows Product
>>Deactivation for Windows installations?
>
>Who would want to do that? Not botnetters, for sure. They'd want to
>inoculate their zombies against such a virus. And companies with KMS
>*should* be OK, it's no bigger a threat than any they face already.
>
>So although someone may do it because it can be done, where's the profit
>motive needed to make it a widespread problem?

Where is the profit motive in launching a DoS against a server?  Profit
does not drive everything.

However, you are correct that the botnet owners will try to assure their
zombies are inoculated.  There is already evidence that the zombies are now
using malware scanners to keep the competition off their turf.

 /m

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