Mephistopheles' Viral Programming Guide
[Largely unfinished]
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Viral Programming
1.1
Introduction
1.2
Choosing a Language
1.3
Types of Viruses
1.4
Problems With Windows
Chapter 2 - .COM File Infection
2.1
.COM Program Execution
2.2
Delta Offsets
2.3
Ways to Infect
2.3.1
Infecting by Appending
2.3.2
Infecting by Overwriting
2.3.3
Infecting by Prepending
2.3.4
Infecting by Random Location
2.4
Restoring the Host
2.4.1
Restoring after Appended Infection
2.4.2
Restoring after Prepended Infection
2.4.3
Restoring after Random Located Infection
2.5
COMMAND.COM Problems
2.6
Reinfection Problems
2.6.1
Avoiding Reinfection by Date/Time
2.6.2
Avoiding Reinfection by Markers
2.7
Assembler Problems
Chapter 3 - .EXE File Infection
Chapter 4 - .SYS File Execution
Chapter 5 - Boot Sector Infection
5.1
Introduction to Disk Structure
5.2
Introduction to Boot Sectors
Chapter 6 - Stealth Techniques
Chapter 7 - Memory Residency
Chapter 8 - Runtime Viruses