旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿔ntroduce yourself.� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� I'm Buz, 31337 virus writer extraordinaire, shock trooper of the information war. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿓ow did you first get started with computers and programming?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� I've had a C64 since age 8, and did bits of art in BASIC, pushing its 64k of glorious memory to where no 64k of memory have been. The number of BASIC commands I remember today I can count on the fingers of one hand, though :P 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿥hat was your first experience with viruses?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 I was always fascinated with viruses, but didn't know where to start. I first got hit with Exebug, which eventually formatted my hard drive. It used the most brilliant stealth algorithm though, which inspired me. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿥hy did you start coding viruses?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Thank the author of Exebug. I was smart enough to know the difference between a well-written virus and a poorly written virus before I ever started programming. I started writing viruses for the sake of creating one that had a stealth algorithm better than Exebug's, and continued on because it was a great challenge, especially before I came on the VX scene. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿥hat is your personal opinion about harmful payloads, and your ethical� 쿽pinions around viruses? � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 The public are grossly misinformed on this subjects. I say destructive payloads don't matter either way because the greatest damage the virus causes is always psychological. Writing a virus that's hard to detect and/or remove is far more devastating psychologically than one that wipes your hard disk. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿧ou think the public is "grossly misinformed" due to the actions of the av, � 쿽r the myths and the fear of the unknown? � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 The public's information is half urban myths and half irresponsible advertising. In other words, yes. ;) 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿏id you ever wind up with a job because of your experience with computers in� 쿲eneral? � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 I wish. If anyone wants to hire the world's most hardcore virus writer, don't hesitate to contact me. Serious inquiries only, please. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿓ave you had any direct contact/conflicts with the av? What's your ethical� 쿽pinion about the av in general? � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 They're programmers with more business sense than us. They get to wear white shirts, sweat 9 to 5 in their cubicles and dedicate their lives to being scam artists and employing all the charm of cartel propaganda. Like any commercial organisation, they are dedicated to providing a semblance of a service for the sake of their own profit, which is morally dubious to me. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿥hat is your view on vx groups?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Groups are great socially. Where else can you be interviewed for hanging around on IRC all day? 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿌re any of your creations in the wild?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 I suspect so, but I haven't confirmed it yet. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿥here do you think the technical aspects of virus code, the AV, and the� 쿯uture of viruses in general are headed? � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Well, seems that the software industry is trying to force assembly language out of programming. I'm guessing that despite that, assembly language will persist so long as Intel architecture is backwards-compatible. I've heard a rumour that Office 2000 is going to remove macros. Goodbye macro viruses? As for the AV, they're going to be led wherever we choose to take them. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿓ave you ever coded or had any interest in macro viruses?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Sure. I looked at a bunch of tutorials about macro viruses when I first came into the scene. This was after long isolation from other virus writers, so I had to catch up. Didn't excite me that much. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿏o you have any favorite virus writers/groups? Who and why?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Terminator Z - I learnt from his code. There's still a strong TZ influence in my style. It's very compact and clean. Vyvojar - heavy impact code with a noticeable lack of bugs. One_Half was one of the most viable in-the-wild viruses of all time. Ender, Terror-6 - a very fresh approach to coding, and some awesome viruses. Both coders rethought the idea of polymorphism to create a new direction. Priest, Neurobasher - those guys wrote complex viruses that worked very well, which is no trivial task. It's like they had a point-by-point plan for writing superviruses, which they stuck to. Wai Chan - hey, if you read this, mail me and tell me how the hell Byway is supposed to work. Confused the fuck outta me. ;) VirusSoft Corp. - greets to you crazy Bulgarians! The code is great just to look at for its weirdness value. Like someone got locked in a room with a copy of debug, a computer and a DOS manual. Chicago 7 - Cyber Riot rocked ass back in its day. TridenT - big ups to them, some great viruses. Pioneers of a lot of virus code. Phalcon/SKISM, VLAD - thanks for the inspiration. iKx - hi-tech code, looking forward to more from you guys. Eastern Bloc coders - the kick-start to the whole VX scene. We wouldn't be here without those guys. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿓ave you ever considered making things like a polymorphic engines or creation� 쿸its? � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Yup. Polymorphic engines are about as hard to detect as they are to write, virus creation kits have been done to such a degree than noone really needs another one employing the same approach of generating chunks of fixed code. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿌nything else you want to say to VX coders young and old? The AV community?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� To the VX - keep going with whatever you do. Viruses aren't hard, they just take practice. To the AV - you guys have any openings for a highly paid assembly language programmer? :P 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿌ny other comments?� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Greets to all my friends in the scene, to ex-Invaders and to FS ;)