'Stealth' Worm Hinders Sandbox Analysis 461
Tuxedo Jack writes "The Register reports that the new Atak worm cannot be analyzed or debugged by antivirus companies without quite a bit of work, due to the author being sloppy with his or her code. Windows machines, as per the norm, are the only vulnerable ones, and it still requires user intervention to infect. Perhaps future worms will start including this 'bug' in their releases. We can only hope not." It doesn't sound like a bug at all, from the virus writer's perpective.
Re:Okay...? (Score:3, Funny)
Since they claim it requires user intervention, that would make it a virus, since worms are self-propagating.
Of course, given the accuracy I've come to expect from Slashdot summaries, it could be a new version of MS IE...
Interesting Concept (Score:3, Funny)
Would that make this worm a 'night crawer'?
Badum Ching!
Easy way to be safe (Score:5, Funny)
The 2nd oldest trick in the book (Score:5, Funny)
Makes for better AV companies (Score:5, Funny)
Ahh, its 1999 all over again
geez! (Score:3, Funny)
You know something's wrong with the world, when the malicious software itself is flawed..
Re:Script kiddies becoming worse? (Score:5, Funny)
Strippers writing viruses? Sounds like a Fox special. And, being your typical Slashdotter without a girlfriend, I have to ask, do you have pictures?
Re:Okay...? (Score:1, Funny)
"HER" code? (Score:4, Funny)
Sound familiar? (Score:5, Funny)
Elementary, my dear Watson... (Score:5, Funny)
It shouldn't be hard to find the author, he obviously works at Microsoft.
obscurity (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hex it? (Score:1, Funny)
Can't they break it down with a hex editor and see what's under the hood?
You've watched Hackers way too many times.
Dade: This isn't a virus. It's a worm!
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
This content author has villified every artist who has ever had their work reverse engineered.
This is a great day for copyright, authors, and those downtrodden by IP terrorists!
Hex Value Analysis (Score:2, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Strange (Score:3, Funny)
Not on Microsoft Windows, it seems. From the article it's even better if the virus writer is sloppy.
Re:Makes for better AV companies (Score:5, Funny)
EULA (Score:5, Funny)
- You may execute this virus 'as is'.
- We accept no claims of any kind of any or all damage done by this piece of software.
- You are responsible for the consequences of executing this software.
- You are NOT allowed to disassemble the code (DCMA).
- etc, etc..
Re:Okay...? (Score:4, Funny)
--
This sig is inoffensive.
Re:Strange (Score:3, Funny)
Empowering amatuers with sysadmin capabilities since 1993!
Where would you like script kiddies to joyride your computer to today?
Simpson's adaptation (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Strange (Score:1, Funny)
The creator of the Melissa virus left his email address in a comment. What sort of very good programmer uses comments?!?
Re:Clarification, there are 2 issues (Score:5, Funny)
The Bad news: You can't download these patches, you have to wait for them to self-install onto your system.
Re:Strange (Score:1, Funny)
I knew it! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More damaging. (Score:3, Funny)
Read the Result! (Score:1, Funny)
Attachment: result.zip
Re:Strange (Score:5, Funny)
The guy who framed that poor patsy for creating Melissa, that's who.
Sloppy code? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:not (Score:1, Funny)
vindication (Score:5, Funny)
See, this is what I've been trying to tell my boss: I'm not writing sloppy code, I'm trying to prevent people from reverse engineering our product!
We visionaries are always persecuted.
TurboTax like virus? (Score:4, Funny)