tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post5558396156801264622..comments2024-03-28T07:23:23.408-07:00Comments on DSHR's Blog: The Malware MuseumDavid.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-84228255031890938492016-08-08T13:49:14.112-07:002016-08-08T13:49:14.112-07:00More fun than malware! The Internet Archive now ha...More fun than malware! The Internet Archive now has a <a href="https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_amiga&tab=about" rel="nofollow">huge collection of Amiga software</a>.David.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-30864585280557168812016-03-16T20:47:42.250-07:002016-03-16T20:47:42.250-07:00Seth Morabito, who used to work with the LOCKSS Pr...Seth Morabito, who used to work with the LOCKSS Program, is working on an <a href="http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?46023-Update-on-3B2-emulator" rel="nofollow">emulator for the AT&T 3B2</a>. For you youngsters, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3B_series_computers#3B2" rel="nofollow">3B2</a> was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Computer_Systems#Desktops" rel="nofollow">PC-sized 32-bit machine built by AT&T</a> starting in 1983 that ran Unix. It used technology from the duplex fault-tolerant computer at the heart of phone switches such as 5ESS.David.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-34887534639185673812016-02-12T05:01:29.012-08:002016-02-12T05:01:29.012-08:00Glad you like it, David!
As mentioned in the desc...Glad you like it, David!<br /><br />As mentioned in the description, these EXACT viruses on the site have all had all writing routines removed from them - they can't infect anything, even if they were running on actual vintage MS-DOS boxes. It was a big surprise to me how much this has been done by virus researchers over the decades - the ones on the archive come from three different sources.<br /><br />When putting it up, I had the option of putting in real, live DOS viruses as well, but I opted to go with the smaller, 100% safe set, just so we wouldn't have to put an asterisk in the description. That said, I might make a more risky one down the line.<br /><br />As for the possibility of cross-contamination among a Javascript-based VM and the actual filesystem of a machine running a browser, I absolutely agree the risk is there. Maybe not for the DOS virus being transferred to a machine, but that a malevolent program running in the Javascript VM (or maybe just Javascript) exploiting across a browser. I'd be a fool not to say that isn't possible; although it seem extremely unlikely.<br /><br />Either way, hundreds of thousands of people got to experience DOS and viruses in this past week, so it's a pretty good week for Emulation.Jason Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543709045153147385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-75090063485646688372016-02-11T11:32:17.177-08:002016-02-11T11:32:17.177-08:00And Jason goes one better with The Windows 3.X Sho...And Jason goes one better with <a href="http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/02/11/2152613/the-business-model-of-wall-street-is-fraud-kind-of/" rel="nofollow">The Windows 3.X Showcase</a>, with over 1500 Windows emulations, mostly of shareware. Sam Machkovech at <i>Ars Technica</i> has an <a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/02/over-1500-windows-3-1-shareware-apps-now-free-immortalized-on-your-browser/" rel="nofollow">interview with Jason</a> and many of the details.David.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.com