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Computer viruses: from theory to applications
by Eric Filiol
Springer Publications
ebook format: PDF
ISBN-10: 2-287-20297-8

This book deals with computer viruses envisaged from three different points of view, namely the theoretical fundamentals of computer virology, algorithmic and practical aspects of viruses and their potential applications to various areas. The theoretical formalization by means of Turing machines, self-reproducing automata and recursive functions enable a precise and exhaustive description of the different types of malware. It follows that the main stakes of computer defense and antiviral fighting are easily highlighted. Detailed analysis of the source code for representative members of each virus/worm family allows the reader to grasp the basic algorithmic aspects involved in self-reproducing codes. The C programming language has been systematically used for a better understanding of the considered codes. Written for: Students (graduates and undergraduates), professionals, engineers, researchers in Computer Security and VirologyKeywords: Computer security, computer science, cryptology, fundamentals.

The idea of what a virus is has a different meaning in the non-specialist’s mind, so much so that most of the time viruses are confused with the more general idea of malware (or malicious programs). The term of “virus” for computers appeared only in 1988. However, the artificial beings that are denoted by the term of virus did in fact exist many years before and their theoretical fundaments were established long before their real existence. The formal work of mathematicians during the 1930s largely contributed to the development of viruses. A number of virus writers have discovered a huge field of applications with this formalization. This fact may be less wellknown. Early viruses only put von Neumann’s theory of self-reproducing automata into application. In the same way, viral polymorphism did not appear “ex nihilo”. This book takes you through logic of some famous viruses and in way teach you what are different things that virus writers target for.
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