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Could maybe be useful for malware obfuscation?
by vgel 5y ago
Could maybe be useful for malware obfuscation?
- jandrese 5y agoAs long as you don't need your malware to actually accomplish anything. Also, a chunk of code that is just a long string of MOV instructions is going to be really easy to spot for an antivirus program.
- grawprog 5y agoThat was about the only thing I could think of.
- quietbritishjim 5y agoOr for license check / DRM (I appreciate some might consider one or both of these to be a type of malware). As someone else noted, a large block of mov instructions would be quite easy to spot so you'd have to tie it into a bit of core application / algorithm logic. But that doesn't mean the whole program needs to be written that way.
- teddyh 5y agoAll software which does something that the user (owner of the device) would rather it didn’t do, is malware.
- foldor 5y agoThat's yoo generous of a definition. I would prefer if the software I used didn't crash, or have any bugs, but mistakes get made sometimes. By your definition, that's malware. I would say malware is software who's primary focus is to do things the user wouldn't like. A game checking DRM licenses isn't malware as it's not the primary purpose, just an annoying aspect.
- teddyh 5y agoYou’re right, my definition was too broad; intention should matter. But DRM would still count; it intentionally does something which the user or device owner would rather it did not do.
- Wowfunhappy 5y agoSo every software with a license check is malware? That doesn't necessarily mean it verifies with an external server, it might just locally check a code and use some bits contained therein to print "Registered to XXXX" on the about screen. What about a one-time screen kindly asking for a donation?
- teddyh 5y ago> So every software with a license check is malware? Yes? Obviously? > What about a one-time screen kindly asking for a donation? If it doesn’t have a “don’t show this again” checkbox, then I would have to say “yes”.