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I’m ignorant to such optimizations—-is the idea just to be small enough that your presence isn’t noticed stuffed into a exe/pdf file or are there other reasons
by jazzyjackson 5y ago
I’m ignorant to such optimizations—-is the idea just to be small enough that your presence isn’t noticed stuffed into a exe/pdf file or are there other reasons a virus designer would want to create such small executables?
- userbinator 5y agoYes, that's correct. Being able to infect without increasing the length of infected files is an important point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_cave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_cave
- jandrese 5y agoSome had to fit in a 512 byte bootsector. Size optimization was always a concern when dealing with floppy disks.