Peter Ferrie
Virus Bulletin, December 2004, pp.4-5
ISSN 0956-9979
December 2004
In 2003 I wrote `A recompiling virus like W95/Anxiety, but without needing the source code, combined with an inserting virus like W95/ZMist, but without rebuilding the file manually ... The beast is unleashed' (see VB, April 2003, p.5). Now, hot on the heels of MSIL/Impanate (see VB, November 2004, p.6), which introduced inserting viruses for the .NET platform, comes MSIL/Gastropod, which brings the full set of techniques one step closer.