Re: A85: Assembly virus

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Subject: Re: A85: Assembly virus
From: Penguin667@aol.com
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 22:00:28 EST
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...and were glad you can't
Gee. I wonder why it hasn't been done before?
Maybe because............................its RETARDED!



>Alright, I know this couldn't possibly work else it would have been done 
>before, but why couldn't someone write code that would use Usgard's TSR 
>calls to attach itself to the system and then wreak havoc with the 
>system somehow.  My thought was perhaps have it increment a 32bit 
>ocation, then read a 16bit location which is the less-significant side 
>of the 32bit value.  If that 16bit value = 00 (basically.. the 256th 
>time Usgard is loaded) then hang the system.  Or delete variables.  Or 
>diddle the first 7 bytes of Usgard so that IT will hang the calc.  Etc.
>
>I don't have the mad skillz to do this, but if I did, I would!
>
>--Matt Cooper

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