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[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 19 points 2 days ago

the Grip virus, which contained a Brainfuck interpreter coded in Assembly to generate its keycodes

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[-] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 days ago
[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

and the Grip virus, which contained a Brainfuck interpreter coded in Assembly to generate its keycodes

Lol ig thats as much as they could (sanely) do in brainfuck

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

re-writes Diablo in Latin

Affected machines summon actual demons from hell

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 12 points 2 days ago

Essentially, if you don't know what you're looking for, you won't find it and if you only look for things you know about, that's all you'll find.

Also, "Boffins", what the fuck, now you can't be an ICT Researcher anymore?

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 2 days ago

BRB, writing a virus in COBOL.

[-] regrub@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I wonder if someone's used Fortran to make malware

[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 points 2 days ago

I'd be surprised if they hadn't, or any other language under the sun.

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago

Hang on, let me dig out my old SNOBOL book!

[-] alsimoneau@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Fortran is still widely used. I want a rockstar virus.

[-] noctivius@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2025
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