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First IA64 Windows Virus Released
NinjaPablo writes "W64.RugRat.3344 has been released as a proof of concept virus. It is the first virus which will only run on Windows on the IA64 platform, and uses APIs from 3 native DLLs to avoid crashing applications. It infects files that are in the same folder as the virus and in all subfolders. The author of the virus has also written other concept virii in the past."
Here's to a long and fruitful future for Win64 viruses...
Now we hunt him down and execute him, right?
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1) The virus uses native DLLs - it should've used .NET managed code to avoid common memory leaks and other mistakes
2) The virus does not run on 32-bit platform - so no chance of getting "Windows XP Compatible" logo.
3) The virus does not take advantage of the latest Longhorn, Avalon and Indigo features.
Overall, the work is impressive, but I am waiting for more robust and efficient viruses.
Iii neverii getii anyii virii. Itii mustii beii painfulii toii runii windowii.
that 64 bit viruses are twice as powerful as 32-bit ones?
guns kill people like spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat.
Argh.
To try to stall everyone's almost certain flamewars regarding the correct plural form of virus, let me propose a new word.
Virusesii.
There, now everyone can use it, okay?
IA64 Windows was the first. (Someone had to say it)
a hole in the "people write virii for it because it's the biggest target" argument for the proliferation of Windows virii?
That which does not kill her only prolongs my agony.
Yes! You're no longer limited to slowing your computer by simulating an architecture you don't have--you can run their viruses, too!
Then that 64 bit OS might actually get out the door sometime this decade.
Free Mac Mini Yeah, it's
I apologize for my horrid use of the word 'virii', and accept the standard and proper word, 'viruses'.
Must not have had enough coffee when I submitted that...
SmashTech - No smashing of tech involved
I'm still waiting for the fabled Open Source Cross Platform Virus that can be deliever to all mail system. Sure it require the recipient to uncompress and compile the virus, but it can hit ALL platforms.
Actually, it is a Latin phrase which means "You are a fucking moron".
The release is followed by a proof of concept jail sentence ;)
Of course I'm referring to total amount of Itanium users out there.
Sure. Next you'll tell me that the plural of box isn't boxen. It has to be. English is a totally consistent language and the plural of VAX is VAXen.
It is well known that the pluralizing of nouns in english is well defined:
ouse -> ice.
eg. house -> hice.
ata -> atabase.
eg. data -> database.
ink -> egnancy.
eg. drink -> pregnancy.
That one is a little tricky because it requires a change in the base word.
outer -> 0,000
cisco router -> $450,000
See previous example.
Just a thought.
Boxen is annoying too. It's fucking boxii.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
aha! So that's what delayed the release of windows for amd64: it was not compatible with old viruses. Now that this obstacle has been overcome, how long until the release?
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If you think big enough, you'll never have to do it.
Um, no.
It's 'Boxi' -- second delclension plural as follows:
N: boxi
G: boxorum
D: boxis
Ac: boxum
Ab: boxis
Eunuch boxum Unix laudat.
("The eunuch praises Unix boxes.")
Something like that.