NPM package deletes all files when detects Russian IP

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[–]asterias 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

This kind of thinking has been around since the nasty author of cdrwin had coded his software to destroy your files when it thought you had a pirated copy. He had some bastards who claimed to be "cd authorities" shilling his software while hiding all those traps and other bugs that were unacceptable for such an expensive piece of software.

[–]hej 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There is a program called LANViewer, it was given away on giveaweay sites a lot, well it would take screenshots of your desktop and send them to the dev. I caught it using an advanced HIPS firewall.