40hex #4 - Dec 1991: The Ultimate Virus Programmer's Toolkit

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40Hex Issue 4 December 1991

The Ultimate Virus Programmers Toolkit

• Turbo Assembler (MASM sucks, and it is slow)

• Turbo Debugger(It rules, what else can I say?)

• Quick Edit (Small, Fast and Turbo-like keys)

• Sourcer 486 ver 4.54(The ONLY real dissembler out)

• Virus Scan by McAffe Asst. (It really is a great tool)

• VSUM (Patti Hoffman is a stupid bitch, but I must admit, this program is the virus underground bible)

• VSAFE from Central Point Anti-Virus (Not as annoying as Flu-Shot)

• Pklite Proffesional(If you don't have it - get it)

• Norton 6.0 (Diskedit alone is worth the d/l time)

• Pc-Backup by Central Point (we all fuck up sooner or later)

• MEMWALK.EXE (great shareware program, like diskedit for memory)

• Teledisk (for boot block virus saves)

• Trunc - by Skism Programming (Electronic file shredder)

• Microsoft Press Quick Reference Series

  • DOS Functions (INT 20 - 26)
  • ROM and BIOS functions (INT 10, 15 - 16)
  • MS DOS extentions (Expaned, extended memory interupts)

• Undocumented DOS or any current text file on the subject-

• 40HEX magazine (Well I do have good stuff here, sometimes)

• Dark Angel's Phunky Virus writing guide (pretty hard to come by. He expalins stuff well)

• The following source code:

  • Leprosy-B(beginers only on this one, none-the-lesss
  • Cancer (well documented, intermediate)
  • Tiny-F (not bad intro to .COM infections)
  • Dark Avenger (well availible and excellent tips on .EXE infection)
  • Stoned II (boot block intro)
  • Secure 2.0 (I got the source to this. It is a virus detection system from the guy who wrote 1260, Mark Washburn. The source has some great examples on debug trapping, TSR skills, and encryption)
  • IBM Scan source (I have this too, it's funny... Kinda like McAfee's SCAN but lamer By David Chess)

• VX-Underground!!!

• Bulgerian Virus Exchange +359-220-4198

• Fido-Nets' virus echo (keep track of your latest score)

• Homebase BBS (408) 988-4004 2400 bps (408) 988-5138 HST 9600 (408) 988-5190 v32 9600 (Tell Areyh I sent ya')

• Scientific Calculator (Hex aint easy)

• Vivaren (Helps you break night, or any other controlled substance)

• Food, smokes, or whatever your vice is...

That'll do it...