Grip
Grip | |
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Type | File virus |
Creator | Herm1t |
Date Discovered | 2005.07.14 |
Place of Origin | Ukraine |
Source Language | Assembly |
Platform | Linux |
File Type(s) | ELF |
Infection Length | |
Reported Costs |
Grip is a Linux virus by Herm1t. It contains a lot of code from his Tahorg virus. The virus is encrypted and obfuscated. When executed, the virus is decrypted. It appends itself to the file. It contains a Brainfuck interpreter coded in Assembly to generate its keycodes. This is the first known use of Brainfuck or any esoteric language with a virus.
Sources
twilight corner in the herm1t's cave (This page contains source code for the virus)