The creators of viruses went into commerce

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After a couple of years, the list of the most lucrative professions added another. The increasingly in demand in the market are virus: they reward easily hurled competitor viruses, he has stolen trade secrets or exercise spam delivery target audience. In doing so, provide technical support and offer a guarantee: if malware will be neutralized, you return the money.Previously, analysts have reported that non-malicious programs almost disappeared. "In the past year has been found no significant epidemic or widespread malware is not aimed at obtaining pecuniary advantage".The desire to earn malefactors led to the number of new malicious programs in 2007, has more than doubled and continues to grow. Leading the Trojan and classic file viruses targeted at stealing confidential information. Modern malicious programs in addition to traditional means of dissemination and use the services of Web 2.0 (social networks, RSS, etc.).One of the trends of 2008 - the use of social networks to disseminate malicious programs. According to the projections of analysts, account data subscribers services such as Facebook, MySpace, Livejournal, Blogger and others, will enjoy increased interest from intruders. "This will be a dangerous alternative method of placement of malicious software to hack sites. In 2008, many Trojan programs will be distributed through exactly user accounts of social networks, through their blogs and profiles ".At the moment the most dangerous social service in terms of malicious attacks is Orkut, owned by Google. Service is especially popular in Latin America and in India, where a lot of virus. The worm spreads via Orkut, steals access to bank accounts systems.The system operates as follows. The user receives a message from one of his friends, containing a picture. When you click on it happening redirected to the malicious site where the user to install the player flash spots, is actually a Trojan program. "Once you download and run the Trojan downloads from the network to kill a number of its computer components. User Account is used to create new similar messages ". Once a user comes to the site of the bank, included a programme to intercept information entered from the keyboard. The problem of hackers using Web 2.0 networks today has all chances to become the main problem of information security in the near future.Another trend that has spread the fall of 2007 - the emergence of huge numbers of fake antivirus. It should say that this is not about free anti-virus programs that exist officially. They may have installed on your computer and "detect" viruses where there are none, then ask the computer money for treatment.The victims of computer hackers in the near future may become users of Wi-Fi-networks. "There may set up fake access point, disguised under the official. Users of the Internet is provided free of charge, and the whole flow of data passes through the filter offender, who thus receives passwords and other confidential information" At the same time recognise the forgery virtually impossible. If a new invention hackers will receive wide distribution, will need to be, according to the expert, introduce a system of certificates verifying the authenticity of service providers. However, these certificates are now little used and not even supported by some operating systems.Another danger for Internet users - the spread of Trojan programs, specializing in fraud in online games. Virus is gradually moving away from fraud with online-banking and move to safer, but no less lucrative areas. In a world in online games played more than 100 million people. In addition, banks spend huge money to seek out and prosecute the intruders. And in online games fraudsters nobody will not go ". The programmes have been placed on order and with providing support to customers. The case has proved advantageous: often objects and characters in online games are sold for tens of thousands of real dollars.