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- Virus Busting, the Leprechaun way!
- +--------------------------------+
-
- Well I thought I might call Leprechaun's BBS (company which releases
- the anti-virus product "Virus Buster") and capture a chat with the
- sysop there and then publish it in issue #2 of the magazine, well here
- it is! Not much really as I'm not the most convincing chatter and I
- have talked to him once before but hey.. here it is..
-
- The dude I talked to was "John" and it seems he's responsible for
- a fair amount of the work that goes on at Leprechaun, ah well.. his job
- is worthless with people like us around haha
-
- M:Metabolis
- J:John
- [comments from me!]
-
- ------------------cut here!--------------------------------------------
-
- M:hi there, how's life treating you
-
- J:Hard .. too much work ... too little money .. you know the story ...
- [I can associate with this..]
-
- M:well I'm trying to write as many viruses as possible to help you
- along the way :) heh
-
- J:thanks ....
- [You can see he's really appreciative of our help]
-
- M:not a problem.. heh.. so, do you have a copy of our magazine?
- [He has our Aussie dist site number]
-
- J:no, wasn't able to get a connect ... all I got was a blank screen ..
- [Ain't that convenient? :) ]
-
- M:oh bummer.. heh.. ah well! life goes on.. works for me.. strange
-
- J:probably some modem / comms stuff up
-
- M:heh that's ok.. gives ppl a little more time to do their job of
- moving the nasties around
-
- J:oh ta ... I appreciate that one ...':
- [now he appreciates it!]
-
- M:well we know it's illegal to purposely distribute them.. ppl just
- compile them debug scripts and do it for us.. safer that way :)
- [the old "I'm sorry officer" speech hehe]
-
- J:ha ha ... a little easier / safer for you maybe ...
- [as I said.. safer for us.. repetition!]
-
- M:yep.. and it's all one big game to be played as wise as possible
- anyway.. very soon you should get a copy of a new virus with hmmm
- 7 constant bytes, my polymorphism isn't that good but that'll stuff
- up some wildcards :)
- [Brag/toss off time.. ah well hehe.. had to be done and this guy
- thinks I write the viruses! Me lamer!]
-
- J:We have the technology to defeat you (paraphrasing $6M man)
- [Sounds impressive! What does he mean?]
-
- M:heh what is it about "fuzzy logic" I heard in VB?
- [A rumour I heard about their software]
-
- J:Just a bit of code I whipped up to make my life easier and yours
- harder ...
- [I'm hurt]
-
- M:hehe.. hmmm is it something like heuristics?
- [hey.. I don't know what it is!]
-
- J:That'd be telling ....
- [ooh industrial ToP SeCReT iNFo]
-
- M:well I could always call the local k-rAd c0oL bbs and get meself
- a copy :) haha
- [not that I could.. I'm no \/\/aReZ d00d :) ]
-
- J:oh ... you could always send us a cheque and get a legal copy ...
- [as if!]
-
- M:heh :) I'd like to promote local industry but I have a slight pennie
- problem (i.e. they don't exist) as you may be able to associate with
-
- J:right ....
-
- M:yer, you mentioned something of a news reported last time we
- talked hmmm
- [trying to get him to say something cool for this article :) ]
-
- J:yes, a national media guy wants to write an article on viruses, etc.
- [well after the last local media virus thang I can surely say fuck
- off to this idea! ]
-
- M:the media don't do very well when covering viruses.. it seems they
- all like to go for the scare tactic/make virus authors look like
- shit/murderers
- [actually the murderer part is mostly confined to fidonet haha
- Edwin Cleeton/Jeff Cook.. bite me!]
-
- J:them's the breaks ... one other thing, if you're short of pennies,
- how do you pay for the STD call from Melbourne?
- [obviously pressing me for info, he obviously thinks the number of
- the dist site is where we come from! Well the number is in Perth
- anyway! ]
-
- M: :) .. never you mind! haha
- [had to sound elite.. a matter of principle heh]
-
- J:Telecom would be interested in that one ...
- [scare tactics?]
-
- M:I'm sure it would but I'm calling from my mum's workplace so you
- can have fun trying to get something done about it :)
- [bullshit story to give him his jollies]
-
- J:Thanks for the info .... :)
- [ooh he now can bust me for phreaking]
-
- M:pleasure, you now know I have a mother.
- [I'm busted for sure now! I mean it's not as if having a Mother is
- usual or anything]
-
- J:Is that just a mother or a mother......
- [is that a cryptic question?]
-
- M:hmmm well she's a good mum.. lets me use the phone.. heh
-
- J:Some people can get away with anything .... :)
- [I like to think so]
-
- M:fair enough.. hmmm the tafe I go to .. they had a taste of no
- frills hehe.. such ancient things eh?
- [reminding him of his most favourite virus author and giving him
- some info to mislead him totally]
-
- J:and badly written too ..
- [I don't think so.. one of the most prolific spreaders around
- Australia to date]
-
- M: :) .. better than mine
- [too true]
-
- J:got some samples ?
- [as if!]
-
- J:care to upload them?
- [sure I will!]
-
- M:duh.. ok (no way :)
-
- J:ok, got to go and think up new ways of making my life easier ...
-
- ------------------cut here!--------------------------------------------
-
- Do you feel enlightened as to the lameness of Leprechaun? I do.
- Nope, at one stage they were right on top of the virus scene in
- Australia.. it caught nearly everything in Oz, but lately they have
- definately gone into a demise. They haven't submitted their product
- to VSUM lately I wonder why.. (not that it means shit).
-
- Ah well, I still use Thunderbyte.. not that it picks up most of
- our stuff but it does the job ok. If only it had the virus comments
- that F-Prot does.. be great to scan my collection with :)
-
- Metabolis/VLAD
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