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Profile of the Mind of a Virus Writer

Posted by timothy on from the read-on-empty-stomach dept.

zdburke writes "Clive Thompson, writing for the NY Times, has profiled several young computer virus writers around the world. A young Austrian wrote a Batch Trojan Generator which has simple options for constructing your next virus: fomat drive C? Overwrite every file? It's very well written by an author who clearly knows his stuff."

12 of 310 comments (clear)

  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, once again!

    - DT

  2. First Post ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post !

  3. Quantum, is that you? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Doesn't sound like it.

  4. The Dupe Post Generator by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dupe DUPE dupe DUPE dupe

  5. Re:Jesus=Gay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is utter nonsense. Jesus is the SON OF GOD.

  6. In Soviet Russia... by dj245 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The trojans profile you!

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    Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
  7. Huh by sw155kn1f3 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Once again that naked boy... I had enough...

    It should be The Matrix failure or slashdot's dupe...
    Oh wait...

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    - Arwen, I'm your father, Agent Smith.
    - Well, you're just Smith, but my father is Aerosmith!
  8. URGH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    IF THERE IS another DUPE this week I WILL PERSONALLY kill the editors. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

  9. Firefox 0.8 by jedrek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So, I'm reading this using Firefox 0.8 (browser formerly know as Firebird and Phoenix) which was released a couple hours ago. Right next to it (on my screen) is Thunderbird 0.5, released a touch before Firefox. Yet, the story I'm commenting on is few days old - but it's news to the Slashdot editors.

    Again.

  10. Re:Hmmm. by futuramarama · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe the editors could scan and sort for emails with something like 'dupe' in the title .. and act appropriately.

    On the plus side, a duplicate article saves me from thinking new thoughts ... its sort of like a re-run of an old, dog-eared sitcom

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    "And that solves the mystery of the missing ring" - Bender
  11. Re:Jesus=Gay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Isn't God just an overhyped David Blaines?

  12. Re:Jesus=Gay by mo^ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    at risk of replying to a troll.. Mary Magdalene was a hooker. the fact they had sex seems to be pretty well accepted. I got no probs bashing religion, but if you will do it, at least try to do it without sounding like a bigger idiot that those who believe the shit

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    bah!*@%!