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Re:Hiding malware in Windows: The basics of code injection by cryogenic_soul on Friday September 21, 2018 @12:23PM (#18040782)
Bit off topic, but in some sense, I really miss old DOS/Windows virus scene. A lot of people was writing viruses just for fun, and they were inventing very clever technics, such as polymorphic/metamorphic code or advanced anti debugging/disassembling tricks (which nowdays you can find in Denuvo :D ). Nowdays most of the malware are just money grabbers without any art in them, as a proof of my words - till now nobody were able to beat Z0mbie's "Zmist" from 2002

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zmist

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Re:Hiding malware in Windows: The basics of code injection by stevekemp on Friday September 21, 2018 @01:19PM (#18041185)
Reading that reminds me of "The Whale":

> The Whale virus is a computer virus discovered on July 1, 1990. The file size, at 9,216 bytes, was for its time the largest virus ever discovered. It is known for using several advanced "stealth" methods.

From:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_(computer_virus)

At the time, as the wikipedia page says, I was amazed at the size of the thing! I got a couple of my own (academic) creations included in various lists, and at the time I was completely amused that they often had such gems as "Origins: Romania".

I was never terribly invested in the scene, but I did read a lot of the zines, 40hex, and similar, and because I was interested in low-level coding I would often decompile virus-samples and experiment with similar techniques, especially when the polymorphic engines started to appear.

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Re:Hiding malware in Windows: The basics of code injection by AdmiralAsshat on Friday September 21, 2018 @12:35PM (#18040865)
https://archive.org/details/malwaremuseum
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