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First IA64 Windows Virus Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-didn't-take-long dept.

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."

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  1. Proof of concept viruses not terrible by crawdaddy · · Score: 5, Informative

    To all those saying that a proof-of-concept virus is still a virus and that this guy is doing a disservice to the world by writing one, I'd like to give an alternate way of viewing it. Writing proof of concepts that aren't spread in the wild (like the other viruses mentioned in the second link) help anti-virus groups in advancing knowledge on current/new techniques that may not have been known about or considered in the past.

    IANAVWOAVG, though (I Am Not A Virus Writer Or Anti-Virus Guy)