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He has received his final kick.
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It seems this article C++ Runtime Crypter[^]
serves no purpose except to provide a means to beat antivirus programs.
from: Thesculptor - Professional Profile[^]
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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The solution could be used as an obfuscator, but it appears that the article writer's main purpose is to defeat anti-virus programs.
The question is - does CP want to allow articles that describe "dual-use" technology of this kind?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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In my personal opinion it is better if the article remains as it caould serve as a basis for members to improve on detection of virus. Wether we like it or not these technologies will be explained and this knowledge will be shared - only it will be done on the less savory sites, where you are guaranteed that the members will only be interested in its malicious uses.
I like to think that here on CP (and in the world) there is mostly decent folk and while this knowledge could be used for malicious purposes this is a trait with all knowledge: an accomplishe mechanic can very well sabotage a car to kill a person, a good locksmith can definetely crack a lot of locks, a medic has the knownledge that enables him to kill and poison people without getting caught, a policeman has both the training and the weapons to make a fine robber and so on so forth.
* CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
* GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
* Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
* I'm a puny punmaker.
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It's a fair call. However my guess is that there are many more people searching the internet for how to create viruses than there are people looking for ways to create anti virus software. The article should in that case stick to the beneficial aspects of the technique and not mention evading anti virus software at all.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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Reopening a solved 2012 question to post his (irrelevant to the question) link: Marc Le Douarain - Professional Profile[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
modified 6-Mar-17 15:07pm.
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Quote: The hamster grips his cold-steel beauty for the ultimate head-shot to another one of Black Bart's gang carrying a bag of bottled skin pills
@donathanhutchingsgmailcom - The Lounge[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Good catch!
Initially, I thought it was just the image, but ... search both for "During the development process, developers and designers can work more independently and concurrently on their components." and "The designers can concentrate on the view, and if they are using Expression Blend, they can easily generate sample data to work with, while the developers can work on the view model and model components." and it's obvious.
5 years. And that's the best he can do? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That first sentence was exactly my first search, where I caught it! Spotting the image only reinforced the conclusion.
Cheers,
Mick
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Plagiarist terminated.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Ok, I trust in your recommendation. But it is a little bit questionable to clear a six year member without given him a second chance.... 
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Spam is spam. And the longer he has been a member, the more he should understand that.
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Yes, that is also a view 
Sometimes I think members are cleared to fast. But yes, spam seems not f(member since) 
Thanks for your comment.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Spam is spam.
I am not sure I agree with that. The Live Streaming, Escort Services, Movers, etc. is truly spam, but this is a development tool and there is a free edition. If this was an established product like Xamarin, we would let the article through - well, we would not really let it through since the content is too thin, but we would not flag it as spam.
Anyway, it's not like I will be kicking and screaming if our community decides this is spam. And even though the member profile is 6 years old, it has made zero posts prior to this submission, so it will not be a great loss if the account is closed.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I'd disagree - there is a free trial version, but the purpose of the article is to drum up trade and feed people to the paid version. That's OK, but ... the site runs on adverts. They pay the staff, they pay the enormous sunflower seed bills, they pay for the servers. And if we let free adverts through, that undermines the revenue stream which pays for the whole site - because why should advertisers pay Chris and co to post ads if they can get the same effect for free? Too much of that, and the site closes...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: there is a free trial version,
And that's exactly what I usually check.
If it is a free version, fully functional (it might have less functionality, but at least what it offers works fine) and no time limitation... then I think it is ok.
If it is a free trial version... no way. Let's show them where the exit is
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Well, in this case it's actually not a "free trial version", it is a "free edition". Based on the content of their/his website, I am not sure that the paid edition will ever take off.
Anyway, I think it is fair to label the Zontroy article as spam because, as you say, it is trying to drum up business by introducing the product with a link to their web site.
In my mind I was really seeing this in a different/naive way - a developer that had built a tool and wanted to show it off with a fancy web site, but took that too far by shoving the "Enterprise Edition" in there. I just don't see it as a company.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Bruno was suggesting that we accept the article as the user account had existed for ~6 years. My point was that length of membership has no bearing on what the member posts.
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Fully agree on that, I am however weighing in eventual previous contributions.
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