Yo, dudez and girl (yes gigabyte, this is you :) here is goes. After looong period of time, lot of announced release datez the day of the dayz is here. A small big Xmas present for all you affearing y2k breakdown, windoze NT security-holes-programers (like M$'s), avers whose terror of viruses raises from day to day, cut'n'paste coders, reverse engineers, and of course you - virus coderz.
At first we have to appologize of late (really late) issue mainly due to undelivered stuff already promissed (not mentioning our lazyness and busyness). But we think a two and half years is just the right period for releasing mags. Sure not. But we are going to change our policy and for this reason most probably this is our second and last(!) mag released. We are not quitting but watch and be nicely surprised. (at least we hope ;-)

As in the first issue we aren't aimed on quantity but on quality. So there aren't many viruses but a quality of articles and presented viruses will compense it excelently.

How to contact us
To get in touch with us, you can contact us by e-mail on asterix_zine@hotmail.com - all your email containing suggestions, questions or support are welcomed. Of course, you can contact us directly and/or presonally, if you know us :) Because we don't.
For secured communication please use this pgp key - as you know - enemies are everywhere, do not trust anyone. But you can trust us. Secret government agencies are watching all around (echelon, for example), like these messages. So don't be trapped by some of them, take a apropriate countermeasures.

Our crew

Article gathering/maitanance ............ Flush, Navrhar, MGL/SVL
Graphics'n'design'n'mastering ................... Flush

Notes to first issue
I really wondered that noone was able to solve puzzle in out first issue and didn't contacted us even with a note he read the "secret message". In fact, it wasn't quite secret - it is vissible on the main page, yes it is a hex-dump above the PCB. There are no cpu instructions but a message in hacker-sript.

Greetz

- Virus scene

Benny / 29A - | calm down dude and don't get busted, & thx 4 help. btw: how about not focusing on unimportant features on your page, but tu supply a real stuff (nothing in there now)
Prizzy / 29A - | no matter how greatfully it sounds, but what it actually does :) (yer crypto thingy)
Duke / [SMF] - | changed to av side ??? good idea - you can make fortune from removing .bat viruses ;-)))
Lord Julus - | nice educational work, you outrunned us ;-)
Metabolis - | QuantumG, Qark - its usual to greet VLAD members :)
VicodinES - | good luck and take some books to shorten the time at holidays
Chris Pile - | tell to Vic how it goes
Virogen - | put your page up again
Recoder - | what is updated on your vx page?
Cicatrix - | keeep VDAT up to date .... go on with your work
VirusBuster - | r u henpecked? publish some details! :)
Vecna - | congratz, Babylonia rules (but still some important things missing that beats you up) .... what 'll you bring as next?
RAID - | definatelly, you should learn ASM :-P
Peon - | you've completelly missed idea of Navrhar. That's why your disassembly is just nothing. sorry ;-)
Kevin - | welcome back soon

- Antivirus scene

dark_wade / Lynx - | wondering how a antivirus reseller (whose company was intented to bust vyvojar, for example!) can be opped on #virus ?!
????????? / ?????? - | thanx for interview
l- - | aren't u too old for thing all around today?
Eugene Kaspersky / AVP - | if you wanna be a NAI rival, don't you need a banner on our site as well?
Vesselin Bontchen / F-Secure - | are u still alive? there is nearly noone now who can quarrel guys on av scene