![]() to the virus 'scene' the whole university course MAY just be a positive thing." Or it may not, depending on what kind of virus writing they are going to teach. So I think for the pro-virus world, this may be a 'positive' thing. ![]() More REAL viruses and keep the scene alive. I think this course may actually bring on some new successful virus writers who write more than only VBS and batch scripting crap. Looking at things from MY point of view however, me being a VXer, my opinion totally changes. Nah, a theoretical introduction of how viruses can infect files, what the infected hostfile looks like then, may be useful, but I don't think learning how to write them will make them good security experts or AVers. But to say they really need to learn how to write viruses? Honestly. I have to agree it does help to know how a particular type of virus infects a hostfile. I mean, they may say what they want, but any sane person can see the course WILL attract some potential new virus coders. In short, I think that (looking at it objectively), I have to say the university's doing a 'bad' thing of course. To me, it's bad and good at the same time. ![]() "My opinion on the uni virus writing course is kinda twisted. She can be reached at Post your opinions and see what others have to say about this column in the discussion forum. Wilson holds the CISSP designation and is the founder and CEO of Wilson Secure LLC, a company focused on providing independent network security auditing and risk analysis. ![]()
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