discuss: virus writing HOWTO
Subject:
Re: virus writing HOWTO
From:
Colin Watson ####@####.####
Date:
11 Mar 2002 11:48:11 -0000
Message-Id: <20020311114731.GB331@arborlon.riva.ucam.org>
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:48:15AM +0100, ####@####.#### wrote:
> I am the author of that HOWTO candidate and I'd like
> to clarify some things.
>
> I don't indent to ship working, infecting assembly code.
> Technology is shown using plain C/C++ code that itself
> can't be attached to other executables.
>
> The (still unfinished) document includes details of
> counter measures, including a heuristic scanner that
> detects my primitive infection.
[...]
Ah, that sounds a lot better. I was unsure that we needed to be
distributing just a Damage-Other-People's-Systems-HOWTO (which was what
it sounded like it was going to be, originally), but this sounds
worthwhile.
--
Colin Watson ####@####.####
