Security hacker laws against computer hacking. Neal Patrick testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on September 26, 1983, about the dangers of computer hacking, and six bills concerning computer crime were introduced in the House that year. As a result of these laws against computer criminality, white hat, grey hat and black hat hackers try to distinguish themselves from each other, depending on the legality of their activities. These moral conflicts are expressed in The Mentor's "The Hacker Manifesto", published 1986 in "Phrack". Use of the term hacker meaning computer criminal was also advanced by the title "Stalking the Wily Hacker",
Internet Optimizer Internet Optimizer Internet Optimizer, also known as DyFuCA is an adware and a spyware program, which first appeared in 2003. It typically redirects Internet Explorer error pages to advertising pages. It may be installed as a drive-by download via an ActiveX component, usually via nuisance affiliate porn webpage popups. Users suspicions are lulled by it's installer title as "Internet Optimizer" under the guise of the name of the otherwise unrelated Moneytree, while the C&C domains accessed were usually named with the prefix ""mtree"". When users follow a broken link or enter an erroneous URL, instead of the browser's internal default