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Internet Gangstas don't appreciate software piracy, either!
http://fraudwar.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ internet-gangstas-dont-appreciate.html
Crimeware salesmen, like most e-commerce types, take a dim view when their creations are knocked-off (pirated). To protect themselves, they warn their customers (Internet criminal types) that if their products are counterfeited, they can and will be reported to the anti-virus companies. Specifically, the verbiage used as reported on the Symantec blog is, "the binary code of your bot will be immediately sent to antivirus companies." The reason reporting reporting the binary code of a bot defeats the crimeware kit in question (Zeus) was mentioned in a previous post on this blog: Known as the "Zeus kit," in honor of the Zeus Trojan, the kit is pretty resistant to computer security programs and has the ability to mask itself using a binary generator.
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