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Tools Needed for Writing Viruses

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Viruses are written in assembly language. High level languages like Basic, C, and Pascal have been designed to generate stand-alone programs, but the assumptions made by these lan- guages render them almost useless when writing viruses. They are simply incapable of performing the acrobatics required for a virus to jump from one host program to … Read more

The Functional Elements of a Virus

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Every viable computer virus must have at least two basic parts, or subroutines, if it is even to be called a virus. Firstly, it must contain a search routine, which locates new files or new areas on disk which are worthwhile targets for infection. This routine will determine how well the virus reproduces, e.g., whether … Read more