ari@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ari Halberstadt) (08/26/89)
Hello everyone, I've been thinking lately of how to write the ultimate virus, one that would be very hard to identify with pattern matching techniques, though perhaps single stepping through it would work. At any rate, if my ideas are good [for the viruses, not users], I do not want to post them to the world at large. I was wondering who is a trusted expert on the subject who would be interested in hearing my ideas? I've never written a virus, and I do not intend to write one. If I ever felt foolish enough to do so, it would be a benign experiment -- though it may fill up the disk. This is simply a theoretical exercise. Part of the value of dreaming up an ultimate virus is being a step ahead of the virus makers: if we know where they're going, we can beat them to it. - -- Ari Halberstadt '91, "Long live succinct signatures" E-mail: ari@eleazar.dartmouth.edu Tel: (603) 640-5687 Disclaimer: "Live Free or Die" [Ed. I wonder if that's what RTM thought...]
root@sharkey.cc.umich.edu (08/31/89)
> I've been thinking lately of how to write the ultimate virus, one > that would be very hard to identify with pattern matching I'm sure a lot of people have !!! > I've never written a virus, and I do not intend to write one. Ditto! For completeness of thought please do not forget MERVs and CLUSTER bombs. How about one of these self extracting archives that goes and executes the extracted bugs until it's killed ?? Nightmares! ..mibte!ccd700!ron tribble