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   From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:04:14 GMT, poison wrote:   
      
   > HI! i think its a good idea for one to know how to write virus   
   > programs as u might be intuitively aware, the world is tending   
   > towards internet and computer terorism so one will need to   
   > adequately arm one"s self with this knowlege so as to prevent&   
   > correct attacks.please how and where can i start learning to write?   
   > also what programming language will i need to learn. thank you.   
      
   To prevent a "virus attack", do not run any program that didn't come   
   with your OS, and never connect to the Internet. Failing that, make   
   sure you have an up-to-date antivirus program with current defs. A   
   firewall (preferably a hardware fw, on a separate machine between you   
   and the rest of the world) is also important.   
      
   You can write malware in *pretty much* any language you choose. I've   
   seen examples in Pascal, C, various flavors of Visual Basic, and   
   Assembler. There are probably more languages at home on my biohazard   
   machine, but I haven't looked recently. If *I* were to write one, I'd   
   use asm. (*Knowing how* and *actually writing one* are two different   
   things. Releasing malware (virii, worms, trojans, etc.) into the wild,   
   especially something that the press notices, *will* land you in jail   
   if you are caught.)   
      
   Some languages would present certain difficulties to get around,   
   especially interpreted languages where the target(s) can read through   
   the source code and stands a chance of recognizing it as malware.   
   (There is a contest, similar to the IOCCC, where the goal is to write   
   code that, at first glance, is harmless, but when run is anywhere   
   from "wtf" to "disastrous". Sorry, I don't have a link.)   
      
   > auric! keep quiet or say something favourably reasonable.   
      
   "Abandon all sanity ye who enter here."   
      
   Most of what I write is fairly reasonable.   
      
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