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> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 16:15:39 +0000 (GMT) > From: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > > > > > Erm is it me or are the writers of Bagle and Netsky determined to keep morphing > > > their code to outwit the virus scanners.. is this a new trend in virus writing - > > > beat the systems by evolving your code quicker than the security firms can > > > release updates? > > > > new trend in that it started only a decade ago? > > Perhaps I'm only following this as its affecting us more, but I dont recall a > time previously when I've had so many viruses hitting us and getting thro our > scanners with nothing we can do about it. I dont recall seeing viruses with > variants as high as 'j' before, especially in the relatively short time since > the previous variants were out > > Seriously, drop some references if I'm off-track.. its just my perception and > I'm not an expert at all with viruses... They are getting batter at it, but the WANK worm (1989) used self-modifying code so that no two replicas were the same. (Note: This worm only infected VMS systems running on the global DECNET internet, mostly DOE, NASA, and DEC corporate systems.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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