Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread Hex dump of the Brain virus, generally regarded as the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by ...
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.
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]
The Rabbit (or Wabbit) virus, more a fork bomb than a virus, is written. The Rabbit virus makes multiple copies of itself on a single computer (and was named "rabbit" for the speed at which it did so) until it clogs the system, reducing system performance, before finally reaching a threshold and crashing the computer. [10]
SevenDust is a computer virus that infects computers running certain versions of the classic Mac OS. It was first discovered in 1998, [1] [2] and originally referred to as 666 by Apple. SevenDust is a polymorphic virus, with some variant also being encrypted. [1] It spreads by users running an infected application program (executable). [3]
The Smeg Virus Construction Kit (or SMEG) is a polymorphic engine written by virus writer Chris Pile, known as The Black Baron. SMEG is an acronym for Simulated Metamorphic Encryption Generator. SMEG is an acronym for Simulated Metamorphic Encryption Generator.