Criminals Try to "Copyright" Malware

[Osiris]

How idiotic is this? Virus writers are trying to copyright malware by adding a licensing agreement to the virus tools they are selling online. Read the licensing agreement below and you will finally understand the saying “no honor among thieves.”

The customer can't resell the product, examine its underlying coding, use it to control other bot nets or submit it to antivirus companies and agrees to pay the seller a fee for product updates. The threat: Violate the terms, and we'll report you ourselves to the antivirus companies by giving them information about how to dismantle your bot network or prevent it from growing bigger.

[H]ard|OCP - www.hardocp.com

[yosa]

If the virus acts as a worm, i hardly care the law it infringes on, across a border makes it federal, jail is bad.