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September 2, 2006

Latest polymorphism hides viruses better

Filed under: News, Virus, Windows — SecuNews @ 11:27 am

Just as if we needed that, a new polymorphism technique allows viruses on AMD-64 processors to be even harder to detect.

The virus, dubbed W64.Bounds, is not spreading in the wild, but was submitted as a proof of concept to antivirus researchers. The program is not easy to detect because it encrypts itself using a new algorithm and exploits a Windows feature available only on AMD64 systems to control execution”, Peter Ferrie, senior antivirus researcher for Symantec, said.

See the full article on SecurityFocus.

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