The National Crime Agency says the suspects from Colchester, Essex have been bailed until February.  Word on the street is that they are married. 

The refud.me service allowed VXers to test their malware against antivirus tools for free and made cash through encryption services.

Malware writers paid between $20 -$100 a month for the Cryptex crypting services.

Operators, one known as Killamuvz, sold the service under the guise of a service for developers to protect their code.

According to forum posts, the service was much loved by the malware-writing community and the couple were seen as very professional.

Those customers are now fretting with some urging thinking that they have to destroy all the evidence on their PCs before the cops show up.

" Damn I smell a fed raid, that is usually what happens when the NCA joins in. Former clients are raided. I would be wiping my hard drive RIGHT NOW. Will save you a lot of court $$$. All former Cryptex clients WIPE YOUR DRIVES NOW!!"

The pair were captured after an investigation by Trend Micro who said that the couple’s encrypting tool had undergone "several major updates" since it was first sold October 2011.

"These tools saw frequent version updates to counteract new improvements in antivirus engines," company researchers say.