Hi Stephen,
Stephen Shoesmith to Eric Adams, 21 Dec 97 19:51.
 SS> polymorphic virii are hard to make, IMO, as in effect you're actually
 SS> fringing on programming Artificial Intelligence.
That depends. Something like, for example, SMEG, has billions of 
combinations, but it's nothing near AI. 
 SS> other are (i.e. which ones can be combined and in what way to produce
 SS> a desired effect).
It uses this, instead. :) 
 SS> from its set of commands which would be best to execute now based on
 SS> what the system (and user) are currently doing.
Doesn't do that, though. The basic model is to pick a set of registers, set 
them aside, and then treat all the others as "garbage" - you can do whatever 
you want with them. 
 SS> not like anything running on my system that I don't know about.  So in
 SS> that light, there could be no "good" virii.  On the other hand, "good"
 SS> could be interpreted as a virus that serves to entertain and does not
But that could all be done with a non-virus program.
(It's viruses, by the way, not virii.)
  Paul              (p.r.walker@warwick.ac.uk)                 
... Bother, said Pooh as Vader tried to turn him over to the Dark Side.
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