Security Group Seminar, 3rd December 1992

[ Last changed: 20th March 1997 ]


Speaker:
Dr Jan Hruska, Sophos Ltd.

Date:
Thursday 3rd December

Place:
Room TP4, Computer Laboratory

Title:
POLYMORPHIC VIRUSES AND MEANS TO DESCRIBE THEM

Recent developments in computer virus writing have caused a major rethink on strategies used by anti-virus software to detect virus code. Apart from the constantly increasing requirement for storage of information which describes each virus, the increased numbers of polymorphic (encrypting, self-mutating) viruses has led to the deleopment of algorithmic languages which describe virus code.

The lecture will include live demonstrations of computer viruses.


Security Group Seminar, 3rd December 1992 / Mark.Lomas@cl.cam.ac.uk