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The distribution and installation of malicious and unauthorized software has evolved consistently throughout the 21st Century. The evolutionary path from annoying viruses, to destructive malware and on to financially driven crimeware, is well documented and can even be traced through the parallel evolution of technologies designed to counter each aspect of the then contemporary threat.

While the individual technologies embedded within crimeware have evolved incrementally – and some people argue today that the rate of innovation has slowed down over recent years – the diversity in which these technologies are applied to fraudulent and criminal ventures has accelerated. Or, to put it another way, professional cyber criminals have been increasingly inventive in ways in which to apply a “standard” toolset of malware features to the way they conduct their criminal ventures.

This paper examines the advancements of legacy malware installation techniques and those currently employed by professional cybercriminals.