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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."

8 of 479 comments (clear)

  1. No surprise... by Mz6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It was only a matter of time...

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

    FV?

  3. Re:Viruses, not virii! by leerpm · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, both virii and viruses are now generaly considered to be accepted definitions for the plural of virus.

  4. Re:Critique of the virus by eyeye · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There are no perl interview questions in the link in your sig, contrary to what you state.

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  5. Re:Should we execute him? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no, lets execute some (evil) christians, like bush....

    this guy deserves a nobel prize

    (Especially if he is an evil muslim)

  6. Re:There's no such word as "virii" by darien · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude, your post contains the word "virii."

  7. Re:W32/Shrug by gabacho · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    no.......wait..........Clinton? You were the one in the black dress?

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  8. Re:Who's the retard? by List+of+FAILURES · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Notice how CBG attempts to fob off everyone else as inferior to him? It's just so incredibly lame. Which is why he is on my List of FAILURES. That's where CBG belongs, and where he will stay until he realizes that he is not as wonderful as he may delude himself that he is. There is something called humility, and CBG has none. Truly a MISERABLE FAILURE.

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