Dark Avenger

Dark Avenger (also known as Eddie) was the pseudonym for a famous computer virus writer from Sofia, Bulgaria. Dark Avenger seemed to have a personal hatred for Vesselin Bontchev, a Bulgarian antivirus software writer. The feeling was apparently mutual. Once, he dedicated one of his viruses to Sarah Gordon.

Related Topics:
Computer virus - Sofia - Bulgaria - Vesselin Bontchev - Sarah Gordon

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The Dark Avenger is mostly famous for inventing polymorphic code, with his Mutation Engine (MtE) which is a way to circumvent the pattern recognition used by antivirus software and now also intrusion detection systems.

Related Topics:
Polymorphic code - Antivirus software - Intrusion detection system

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It was suggested by virus writers some that the Dark Avenger personality was an social experiment and Gordon was object of a study herself, while helping build the myth. Others have hypothosised that she was herself Dark Avenger. In reality, her work has been externally validated, and is recognized as the seminal scientific/acadmic work on the topic.

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