E-book: The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses

E-book: The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses

• Title Page
• Copyright Information
  
• Preface to the Electronic Edition
• Introduction
• The Basics of a Computer Virus
  
  • Types of Viruses
  • The Functional Elements of a Virus
  • Tools Needed for Writing Viruses
• A Simple COM Files Infector
  
  • Some DOS Basics
  • An Outline for a Virus
  • The Search Mechanism
  • The Copy Mechanism
  • Data Storage for the Virus
  • The Master Control Routine
  • The First Host
• A Sophisticated Executable Virus
  
  • The Structure of an EXE File
  • Infecting an EXE File
  • A Persistent File Search Mechanism
  • Anti-Detection Routines
  • Passing Control to the Host
• A Simple Boot Sector Virus
  
  • Boot Sectors
  • Necessary Components of a Boot Sector
  • Gutting Out the Boot Sector
  • The Search and Copy Mechanism
  • Taming the Virus
• A Sophisticated Boot Sector Virus
  
  • Basic Structure of the Virus
  • The Copy Mechanism
  • The Search Mechanism
  • The Anti-Detection Mechanism
  • Installing the Virus in Memory
  • A Word of Caution
• Appendix A - H:
  • The TIMID Virus Source
  • The INTRUDER Virus Source
  • A Basic Boot Secto
  • The KILROY Virus Source
  • The STEALTH Virus Source
  • The HEX File Loader
  • BIOS and DOS Interrupt Functions
  • Suggested Reading
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