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Title: what up!!!!
Post by: rager on February 25, 2006, 02:17:57 PM

hey guys...im new here

i was wonderin something...does any1 know anything abot the SCA virus??
plz tell me if u do coz i wana c how viruses started off and why they were written...

Title: Re: what up!!!!
Post by: Piru on February 25, 2006, 02:25:03 PM

Wikipedia: SCA virus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCA_virus) - not much there though

There are disassembly listings of the virus available, but depending on your local legislation they are probably illegal to obtain. I disassembled it personally while it was still legal in finland.

Here is Amiga Virus Encyclopedia (http://www.vht-dk.dk/vhtdk/amiga/desc/all.htm)

Title: Re: what up!!!!
Post by: rager on February 25, 2006, 02:27:42 PM

shot dude...
yeah i found that site..what im really looking 4 is why and how it was made... but shot anyway..really....

(i was browsin for a {bleep} long time and came out with goose-egg)

Title: Re: what up!!!!
Post by: Piru on February 25, 2006, 02:32:53 PM

Why is anyone's best guess. I'd say "because it was possible".

How... That gets to the legal grey ground, and I cannot go into that due to legal reasons (finnish law), and I doubt US law is any more permitting about it either.

Title: Re: what up!!!!
Post by: rager on February 25, 2006, 02:48:44 PM

i hate the ppl that started makin viruses that corrupt your pc...coz i haf hadta format my pc so many times even tho i haf regular scans each week on norton and i update every week...it just doesn seem 2 enough :P..

but then again formattin has become more of a pass time these days  :(...


damn i need 2 find out how....2 b honest its for a school proj :P..lol

Title: Re: what up!!!!
Post by: countzero on February 25, 2006, 02:49:00 PM

just out of curiosity, why is it illegal to disassemble a virus ? Sounds like a breach of civil rights.

Title: Re: what up!!!!
Post by: rager on February 25, 2006, 02:51:31 PM

hahahahah is that true??? oms!!!

that's almost as bad as this law from somewhere in the USA (cant rememba where) "no car without a driver may exceed the speed limit"...that's so bloody retarded

Title: Re: what up!!!!
Post by: Piru on February 25, 2006, 03:03:00 PM

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just out of curiosity, why is it illegal to disassemble a virus ?

Because our legislation says so. Creating and distribution is made illegal in the criminal law chapter 34 - section 9a - Criminal computer mischief (951/1999) (The Penal Code of Finland, page 78 (http://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/1889/en18890039.pdf)). My understanding is that the law is interpreted in a way that studying (for personal use) is considered offensive aswell (some other chapter of the law might be involved, IANAL). The only legal way to dissect viruses is for special studies and work (anti-virus companies). Even then you're not to break the law obviosly, so you can't distribute anything.

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Sounds like a breach of civil rights.

That hasn't been the concern around here lately. It's even illegal to have organized discussion about breaking copyright protection (http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6893.cfm).