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In the early 1990’s, malware was pretty simple. Unsophisticated, even. It was spread primarily through infected floppy drives (remember them?) and dodgy shareware sites. When a machine was infected, the damage that could be done was relatively limited. That changed when criminals realized that they can make money out of malware. It stopped being an expression of academic curiosity and interest, and became something designed to extract the most profit. Think ransomware, or spambots. Which is why this recently-discovered trojan for Windows is so strange, as it acts (and looks) like some of the digital nasties you might have seen in the early 90’s.…

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