Interview with Raid/SLAM, about Irok
Interviewer: Gigabyte
First of all, how did you come up with the name 'Irok'?
It was named after an american car. The iroc-z camaro
I simply named it irok ;p
What about the virus are you personally most proud of?
I'm proud of the fact that avers had no idea what it's payloads did for a very long time.
some of them still have incorrect descriptions ;p
How long did it take you to write the virus?
a little over 2 weeks on/off coding
Which part was the most tricky to write?
The memory management section. It's a bitch because of all the little routines inside irok.
Do you ever base your viruses or virus payloads on your real life (something/someone you're mad
at, something funny that happened, habits, etc.), and if so, did you do this in Irok?
Yes, and yes.
Irok contains the payload which fits the mood I was in at the time of writing it.
Did you get any positive or negative reactions on the virus payload from other VXers?
I guess it was an even split.
Rhape bitched about it, but fuck him.
rather, fuck anybody who doesn't like my code. I don't care. ;p
What is, in your opinion, the most funny or idiotic comment about Irok you've seen, from AVers?
oh hehehe, one second
When internal counters of the virus reach certain values, the virus displays a message
on screen. Most of this message is from lyrics of the song 'Aenema' by band 'Tool'. We
wont reproduce the message here as the song seriously needs the Parental Advisory
sticker for explicit lyrics.
Hahahahahaha
tis funny, no? :)
it sure is
Which AV was that from?
http://www.Europe.F-Secure.com/v-descs/irok.htm
Do you think Irok is better than Toadie?
hmm, no
toadie was funnier
iroks mean ;p
On which points is Irok better than other viruses, and what are its weak points?
It's better then some other viruses by default because it works as designed...
it's weak points would be the memory it requires, and it's size.
and the fact that it's not polymorphic.
Which other viruses that were in the wild at the time Irok was, or later, do you think that actually were so lame that they weren't worth any attention at all, and which ones do you respect?
shrug...
The vbs viruses suck in my opinion.
As for respecting viruses... I'd have to respect the author of the virus, and I don't respect many people.
What do you consider the most important advantage and disadvantage compared to ASM viruses?
advantage... total control of the pc, disadvantage, takes a long time to write a good one.
How do you think most infected users caught the virus?
probably got greedy
decided to download a crack or something.
If a family member would catch Irok and he/she had no AV installed at all, no backups and he/she had caught Irok by running an e-mail attachment, despite all the warnings on the Internet and elsewhere, would you help him/her out?
Nope
I have little/nothing to do with my family.
What about friends?
I don't have many friends.
I think I know 3 people who I really consider as friends.
the rest are.. mostly acquaintances.
Do you think the fact that AVers had some trouble figuring out what exactly Irok does, had anything to do with the language it's written in, as ASIC isn't common for viruses?
Yep
and I think perhaps they don't know asm as well as they claim.
How important is virus writing for you and did writing Irok have any influence on your life (time, effort, pride, stress)?
Virus writing and smoking pot keep me alive.
Irok had no influence on anything. it was an accomplishment for me.
Are you planning to write any more Irok versions?
probably not.
Is there anything else you want to mention about Irok?
Yes. For those of you who got hit by it, I hope you lost everything.
Any greetings or hate messages?
Oh yes
Greetings to : heh, Nobody
Hatez goes out to: Most of you on both sides, fuck you all.
So much for political correctness eh? <g>
Thanks a lot for the interview :)