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Hexfiles Issue 4 File 001
HEX-FILES No. 4 File 001
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The Virus Writer's Resume
by
N.O.Phoenix
Virus Writers are not at all different from you or anybody else. In a
pool of Virus Lovers, the only difference that I could think of is
the mere and obvious fact that they have already coded, compiled and
run their own computer virus or viruses.
Hey! Everybody has to start somewhere and being a Virus Lover is an
edge and if you dream to become a virus writer yourself then stop
reading this article and go practice.
The best tools a person could really have to achieve his/her goal is
not in the kind of software or computer language to use but rather
CURIOSITY and PERSEVERANCE. Without these two, then you cannot even
go a step farther from where you are. A person has to learn to accept
failures and face the fear for new ideas. To become a virus writer is
not a TALENT but a hard earned TROPHY for those long sleepless nights
of tedious coding, researching, trials and errors, then the only
evidence of your success is your creation itself, i.e. Your Virus.
A Computer Virus in plain sense is just a computer program. But
looking at it deeper you see not the things it can actually do but
rather the character, creativity, motives, ideas, intents, how much
time the author has put into it and as much as everything the Author
sees or thinks during the actual process. This explains why some
viruses are as destructive as overwriting data and as complex and
convoluted as those that goes almost invisible in an infected system.
Some Virus Writers do this things just for the mere reason of "DOING
IT"; some for FAME and have their work included in some popular
antivirus software; some for revenge and some for practical jokes,
some to prove a virus' worth as a useful tool as the case of the CARA
virus (AN ANTI-VIRUS VIRUS.)
There are a lot of reasons or motives for a person to write a virus
and that makes each VIRUS unique and writing one is a wonderful and
irresistible endeavor to take.
Throughout my computer career, I have seen as many virus as I have
seen legit programs. Being a virus lover and writer, I have learned
to appreciate much of the locally made ones like June12, PEMPE,
POSSESSED, OGGO, SAMPO, MATTTHEW and many others. As I have said, I
like these viruses not for what they do but more on the character
behind them. Each of these viruses is a programmer who spent wee
hours in the morning tweaking just to give birth to his creation.
The June12 virus in my own interpretation was not created for the
bare reason of NATIONALISM because of the National flag and anthem it
displays but of a unique and creative mind to do something different
and was not done at that time.
The Possessed virus, also a unique product of a curious and creative
individual who may have gotten the idea due to rising popularity of
the news that a computer can be stricken ill during those years of
virus awareness. Showing the DEVIL'S FACE on the screen of an
infected system vividly displays this fact.
The Pempe Virus is one example of a virus that could have been
written for revenge as alleged by one student of the opposite camp,
The virus displays on the screen the word PEMPE and AMACC which they
say stands for AMA COMPUTER COLLEGE.
The OGGO virus could have been written as an attempt to race in the
annals of VIRUS WRITERS during those years and a text included in its
message shows OGGO VIRUS by the PALPAK GROUP of ADU.
The SAMPO virus, a boot sector virus is a product of the University
of The East, its origin and name was based from the displayed text
that goes "SAMPO PROJECT X ... University of the East." This virus
could been written as a challenge to write a boot sector virus as
this type of virus are quite rare in the Philippines.
Among others, The MATTHEW virus became the center of my interest. As
unique as it could be, it actually displays a BIBLE passage and
believe to have originated from BAGUIO city. It contains the text
"RMO", "SW&SH", "the bible passage from mat." And some other stuff.
Basing it from a date I found inside the virus body I remembered a
friend from Baguio City and called him up to give me some info
regarding this virus.
According to him the program, including its variant, was written by a
guy named "RAYMOND M. ORDONA" and his not a teacher as the case for
the HERMELITO GO virus but he (Ordona) was a co-student during those
days in SLU.
They were as I remember one of the first batch of Comp-Sci students.
As the virus de-mystify in one phone call, the text "RMO" became
clear as it actually came from the Author's initials and the "Bible
Passage" was obviously an influence of the school itself as SLU is a
Catholic School handled by Italian priests. The "SW&SH" actually
stands for "SWORD and SHIELD". My friend could not tell what or where
Ordona got this but it is believed to be a student body in SLU.
Looking closely at the Author, he was said to be a book worm,
mathematician, in short a genius. He worked here in Manila for some
time and went to the United States. At present, he works at (name of
a big database company) as a computer consultant.
You as a programmer with great zeal to learn and experiment could be
one of these individuals who have made it to the halls of virus
writers, all it takes is being yourself and putting character to your
work. Be unique. Don't just copy or revise other's work but learn
from them and formulate your own way to achieve a much better result.
Start slow. Try to absorb the essentials then go for more complex and
serious stuff.
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I removed the name of the company where Ordona works at the last
minute.
If you are interested in getting in touch with N.O.Phoenix, you can
pass it through me. Sorry, but he is not ready to face the world
himself. I guarantee that he would get your message. If you still do
not know it, my e-mail address is phvx@hotmail.com
PsK
-=<{[* HF4 *]}>=-
