Slashdot Mirror


Profile of the Mind of a Virus Writer

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."

5 of 310 comments (clear)

  1. Jesus=Gay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    1. His best friend was female(Mary Magdalen) 2. He hung around with 12 men 3. He was really interested in sailors 4. He got impaled by 2 Roman soldiers 5. He cried "My God, my God" when it happened 6. Pontius Pilate ordered him to be nailed on a cross 7. He wore robes 8. He had long hair 9. He kissed Judas Iscariot 10. He never got married or had sex with a woman Jesus=blatant homosexual "suffer unto me the little children" Jesus=predatory gay paedophile

  2. Dupe... by Cornelius+Chesterfie · · Score: -1, Troll

    This was posted like 3 days ago. Unfortunately the Search feature is gone from the front page so I can't find it.

    I remember all the jokes about how the guy looked and his lack of clothing...uh...as well as all the many insightful and informative comments, of course.

  3. Re:In Soviet Russia... by hennie · · Score: -1, Troll

    The trojans profile you!
    So, in the rest of the world too...

  4. Re:Stiffer punishment by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 1, Troll

    As to the issue of punishing minors as adults, I will accept this only at such time as the legally defined as adults. To deny a person of youth the franchise as a full citizen because he is too young, ignorant and immature, but hold him responsible, without the proper rights and benfits of full citizenship and representation, because he "is old enough to know the difference between right and wrong" is hypocritical, unjust and undemocratic.

    in some cases, it is warranted. Consider this 'kid':
    Steals his first car at 14
    Minor crack posession at 15
    A couple of muggings at 16
    Armed robbery at a liquor store at 17
    Fathers a couple of kids along the way.
    His parents haven't seen him for a year and a half. He spends several periods in juvenile detenion along the way.
    Finally, at 17 1/2, he mugs and beats an old woman, and she dies as a result.

    Would you consider him still a 'child', simply because he is a few months away from the magic age of 18?

  5. Re:Don't believe a word of it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    your so full of shit, you probably work for the russian mafia yourself.

    these guys are the real thing and i hope their virus trashes your disk, dickhead.

    i for one worship our virus writing overlords.