hed0x / cranky-data-virus

Educational virus written in Assembly that infects 32-bit ELF executables on Linux using the data segment infection method

Cranky's Data Virus

(for educational purpose only!)

This application is used as my demonstration for: How to Create a Virus Using the Assembly Language

Description:

This is an educational virus meant for infecting 32-bit ELF executables on Linux. This virus uses the data segment infection method This virus only infects ELF executables in the same directory

To assemble:

> nasm -f elf -F dwarf -g cranky_data_virus.asm
> ld -m elf_i386 -e v_start -o cranky_data_virus cranky_data_virus.o