Have you read any of Frederick Cohen’s books on computer viruses? I for one have read his “Computer Viruses”, (the title here is taken from the Romanian translation of the book) and was henceforth fascinated by the idea of creating an operating system immune to viruses. The idea was by no means new. Dr. […]
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Are "Good" Computer Viruses Still a Bad Idea?
A great article by Mr. Vesselin Bontchev, a renowed virus researcher.
Vesselin Bontchev, research associate Virus Test Center, University of Hamburg Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30, 22527 Hamburg, Germany bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de
During the past six years, computer viruses have caused unaccountable amount of damage - mostly due to loss of time and resources. For most users, the term “computer virus” is […]
Virus Trek V - The Java Virus, Part III
As explained in my previous post on the subject of my Java class file parasitic infector, I had to tackle three important problems: loading the virus code, locating hosts to infect and infecting a host. The latter required extensive knowledge of the class file format, and I already gave a quick rundown of the solutions […]
Virus Trek IV - The Java Virus, Part II
The Java virus came as a confirmation that all my craft is still well and functional. This entry in the series is a bit more technical than the introduction. You will need some proficiency in understanding the Java bytecode and the class file format. The class file format is available from Sun Microsystems as an […]
Virus Trek III - The Java Virus, Part I
The Java virus. Yes. It’s true. It’s out. I’m not the first to have written a Java virus, but I’ve definitely written one of my own.
When it came about, Java was a leap forward from previous technologies. Not to say the ideas in Java were new–Xerox PARC had pioneered a lot of the ideas and […]