Unclean

Y'know, it's strangely tempting to write a devastatingly pervasive all-rounder virus/worm hybrid with some kind of vaguely internet-crippling payload.

Why? The intellectual challenge, I suppose. It's a try-to-do-better-than thing. The majority of new nasties seem to be fairly lame - with the occasional exception, they're buggy, or they're strong in certain areas but very weak in others. And decent polymorphism appears to have all but died out - the moment Symantec et al get hold of a specimen, the virus is ultimately doomed. A worm that combined the "best" features of many of its predecessors, and then some, tested to the hilt, would be highly likely to survive in the wild.

I wonder if the act of actually writing a virus is illegal yet, or if, as the Dr Solomon told us in his lecture a few weeks ago, you can only be prosecuted if you actually release one.

Either way, I fancy doing some research into "fully" polymorphic executables. Maybe as my third year project. I can't think of any non-malicious applications for such a technology yet, but I'm sure there are some :-)

Posted by pwr (site) at May 21, 2003, 12:15pm. Category: blog. semipermalink

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Unclean

You really have to fuckin' provoke me, don't you. The reason I blasted you, was not because I was sticking up for Dave (he'd be the first person to tell you that I wouldn't stick up for him) but because you insulted the work of myself and others just to get a cheap shot at someone you don't like. I don't put up with that crap, so anymore bullshit out of your mouth sonny, and I will hunt you down, and kick the living shit out of you, I fucking dare you.

Posted by Graeme at May 31, 2003, 3:27am. Category: blog.

Re:^10 Unclean

Then why'd you bother in the first place?

As the kids these day say: O_o

Posted by Dave at May 23, 2003, 1:32am. Category: blog.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Unclean

No, but posting that in the friggin message name box will make me look pretty stupid! Hell, at least I admit it!

lol

Dave

Posted by Dave at May 22, 2003, 10:52pm. Category: blog.

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Posted by Is it going to affect me in any single way in my personal or professional life? No, so who cares?! at May 22, 2003, 10:51pm. Category: blog.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Unclean

Hyuck hyuck, them fish sure are biting today Elroy.

Posted by Sam at May 22, 2003, 6:38pm. Category: blog.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Unclean

And now you both look like muppets in public for falling to someone baiting you. :)

Posted by anonymous at May 22, 2003, 6:27pm. Category: blog.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Unclean

Graeme isn't my boss. Where in the hell did you get that info from? Graeme and me are business partners. Fool.

Posted by Dave at May 22, 2003, 4:49pm. Category: blog.

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Hehe, getting your boss to insult someone on a blog for you :) This has reached a new level of maturity.

Don't you just love the professionalism of some companies these days...

Posted by Sam at May 22, 2003, 2:38pm. Category: blog.

Re: Re: Re: Unclean

Fuck you, ya little shite

Posted by Graeme at May 22, 2003, 12:53pm. Category: blog.

Re: Re: Unclean

Yeah Paul, what are you thinking of...

You need to get out more like Dave says and then maybe one day you too can make a 10-years out-of-date Cannon Fodder clone that is the pride of all of E3!

Sigh, some people don't know how lucky they are...

Posted by Sam at May 22, 2003, 1:44am. Category: blog.

Re: Unclean

Please get out more mate. hehe

Posted by Dave (site) at May 21, 2003, 9:28pm. Category: blog.
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