I’m just curious. I always hear about C or assembly being the language of choice for viruses, and I wonder if any of the more arcane languages like lisp or scheme can be used for it too
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I’m just curious. I always hear about C or assembly being the language of choice for viruses, and I wonder if any of the more arcane languages like lisp or scheme can be used for it too
Yes – the important thing is not the language but whether the environment in which it runs has permission to modify files.
The AutoCAD W32/Bursted virus was written in a Lisp variant called AutoLISP.
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