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The first known polymorphic virus was written by Mark Washburn. The virus, called 1260, was written in 1990. A better-known polymorphic virus was created in 1992 by the hacker Dark Avenger as a means of avoiding pattern recognition from antivirus software. A common and very virulent polymorphic virus is the file infecter Virut.
ARCV-n is a large family of viruses authored by the Association of Really Cruel Viruses (ARCV) group through October - November 1992. and polymorphed [clarification needed] with the PS-MPC virus generation tool (hence they are very similar). A polymorphic virus mutates itself to avoid detection by traditional antivirus and antimalware software. [1]
OneHalf is a DOS-based polymorphic computer virus (hybrid boot and file infector) discovered in October 1994. [1] It is also known as Slovak Bomber, Freelove or Explosion-II. [ 2 ] It infects the master boot record (MBR) of the hard disk , and any files with extensions .COM , .SCR and .EXE . [ 3 ]
A polymorphic engine (sometimes called mutation engine or mutating engine) is a software component that uses polymorphic code to alter the payload while preserving the same functionality. Polymorphic engines are used almost exclusively in malware , with the purpose of being harder for antivirus software to detect.
Sporcle is a trivia and pub quiz website created by trivia enthusiast Matt Ramme. [1] First launched on April 23, 2007, the website allows users to play and make quizzes on a wide range of subjects, with the option to earn badges by completing challenges. The name Sporcle is a portmanteau of sports and oracle.
1260, or V2PX, [1] [2] was a polymorphic computer virus written in 1989 by Mark Washburn. Derived from Ralf Burger's publication of the disassembled Vienna Virus source code, the 1260 added a cipher and varied its signature by randomizing its decryption algorithm. Both the 1260 and Vienna infect .COM files in the current or PATH directories ...
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