I understand there are people that play with them to learn from them, but most people that say "I want a keylogger cause my daughter may be using the computer for bad things." really want it for another reason--how are we, as a group supposed to differenciate? When I see someone throw together a message like the one here, script kiddy automatically pops to the forefront.
----- Original Message ----- From: John Gaughan To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [c-prog] virus Thomas Hruska wrote: > piyush_4love_4ever wrote: > >> hi everybody, >> i want to see a simple source code of a virus in C. can anyone help >> me? >> > Surely you have better things to do with your time. Go do something > constructive and beneficial for those around you. > I have often wondered about viruses as well. Not because I want to ruin people's days, but because viruses solve interesting problems even if for malicious ends. Viruses are typically very small, making every byte count: they piggyback on other content (usually) without interfering with its normal operation. Although very small and simple examples, I think some viruses are interesting projects that touch on areas such as AI, embedded computing, and networking. Always look for the silver lining. Dissecting a modern computer virus has been on my todo list for a very long time, because I want to learn more about those topics. From an ethical perspective I would never use my computer expertise to cause harm to others: however, I can understand skepticism directed toward a newcomer to the group with questionable motives and poor language skills. -- John Gaughan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
