About the Book
This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 35. Chapters: 29A, 5Lo, Abraxas, Alabama, Alameda, Applvir, Brain, Burger, Bytebandit, CIH, Cascade, Chameleon, Cohvir, Creeper virus, DBase, Datacrime, Eddie, Flip, Frodo, Ghostballs, Icelandic, Japanese Christmas, Jerusalem, Joshi, LamerExterminator, Lehigh, Macmag, Murphy, Phage, PingPong, Pixel, Rushhour, SCA, Sality, Scores, Signum, Stoned, Stupid, Swap, Tequila, Trackswap, Vacsina, Vienna, Virdem, Whale, Yankeedoodle, Zerobug. Excerpt: 29A is a prominent virus and worm coder group and E-zine. The group's members coded some of the most innovative viruses in history and published them in an Ezine of the same name. While most of the members were relatively unknown at first, they eventually became one of the most famous virus coding groups in the world and are generally agreed to be one of the best. Prominent members include Griyo, Benny, Jacky Qwerty, Vecna, Spanska, Bumblebee, roy g biv, z0mbie, Lord Julus, Lord Yup as well as quite a few others. The name comes from the Hexadecimal for 666. The exact date of 29A's founding is currently unknown. In 1995 April, VirusBuster began looking for experts for his Bulletin Board System and that is when most of the original 29A group got into contact. By the end of 1995 there were three permanent participants, Mister Sandman VirusBuster and Gordon Shumway. They began analysing viruses, looking for bugs in AV products and beginning to compile their findings into the first issue of their magazine. The group met about three times a year in Santiago de Compostela or Madrid. 29A published its first Ezine on 1996.12.13 (a Friday the 13th) at 6:66 (7:06?) am. At this time contributors included Mister Sandman, Gordon Shumway, VirusBuster, Anibal Lecter, AVV, Blade Runner, Griyo, Leugim San, Mr. White, Tcp, The Slug, and Wintermute. The issue contained articles on new viral technologies, new viruses (all were for DOS except for the Galicia Kalidade macro) and disassemblies of ot...