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Everyone keeps saying how the “adware” guys are reforming- cleaning up their act or at least trying to reign in their rogue affiliates. Perhaps a few are making turns in the right direction, but the latest evidence at SpywareGuide paints an entirely different story.

The latest fun trend has been movies and this time you, the gentle watcher, are in luck. We have 28 megs of incredible movie goodness for you to take-in. While not complex as pulling apart kicking and screaming Spazbox you will notice many of the same actors and even some new rising stars- I use that term loosely.

Want to know where your traffic is coming from?
Curious as to what those crazy distribution partners are up to?
Can’t wait for the The Hobbit? Or perhaps like some merchants you really don’t want to stick your head down too deep for fear of what you might find.

Either way- we have you covered and the film rights. Next time we might even have sound. The catch to this stream of “value-added consumer goodness” is that it didn’t come from the web, it didn’t come from P2P, it didn’t come from BitTorrent- it came from good ‘ole fashioned Instant Messenger.

The anti-spy unit of the FaceTime Team uncovered only what I can call the “gory install of the month” and the results are not only crippling but in terms of economics sort of bizarre. So bizarre when I return from my glorious 10-day vacation I intend a follow-up with some hard core analysis on this piece of madness in hopes of sorting out the economics behind the deals.

For now View Greynets- IM Opens Malware Flood Gates

Film Credits Starring in no particular order.

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A smart team of analysts on the anti-spy unit of the FaceTime Team uncovered only what I can call the “gory install of the month” and the results are indeed bizarre. So bizarre that when I return from vacation I intend a follow-up analysis on this piece of madness to sort out the economics behind the deal.

If you can’t stomach watching the whole install PaperGhost has reduced its essence to a short flash animation that captures the essence of Operation Glass.

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