yes, now we've got that sorted, let's debate about it guise :)

Well, I think it's possible, but what is the use for it?
Just destructive value?
On the other hand, the virus would have to be able to detect the specific code it'd need and implement it on itself, which is kind of, very complicated, so maybe it too much.

plus, when all the computers in the world are infected and broken, mankind will step outside and get some fresh air.


untill then, close the curtains.

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On the other hand, the virus would have to be able to detect the specific code it'd need and implement it on itself, which is kind of, very complicated, so maybe it too much.

Ah, you see, it just randomly selects code that works, be it good or bad, and the probability is some of them will work, and then reproduce in the thousands, and the same will happen again. That's where the luck part comes in.

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Ah, you see, it just randomly selects code that works, be it good or bad, and the probability is some of them will work, and then reproduce in the thousands, and the same will happen again. That's where the luck part comes in.

But that would be so many parts of code that the machine it ran on would just overload or refuse to copy so many data. To much random parts of code.

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But that would be so many parts of code that the machine it ran on would just overload or refuse to copy so many data. To much random parts of code.

There would obviously have to be a certain amount of picking and choosing the code, just to get code that's compatible, but not so much as to make it look as if it has a brain of it's own.

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Also, imagine what would happen if it met another virus exactly the same, they would be fighting over each others code in a way.

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There would obviously have to be a certain amount of picking and choosing the code, just to get code that's compatible, but not so much as to make it look as if it has a brain of it's own.

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Also, imagine what would happen if it met another virus exactly the same, they would be fighting over each others code in a way.

Not really they'd just copy themselves, take something they already had and put it back together. But to just "take the part of code that is compatible" would take a huge amount of programming would it not? How can a program without guidance just pick the right part of code?

with certain laws. The code would have to pick the other code that seems compatible (is built on the same framework, same language, known function names). That step would really not be so difficult.

Virus in what sense?

And "best" in what sense? Best at evading antivirus programs?

virus in the sense that it multiplies and does damage to some of your processes. And "best" as in it does the most "things" and indeed most will be detected, but if there is a 1/1000 chance 1 will survive, and you release 1000, it's likely 1 will survive, then the same will happen when that virus releases another 1000.

the random code selection is interesting, cause would it apply to everything? would the entire thing be interchangeable? and would it have to re-compile? otherwise we go into binary programming, which is a slippery topic. if only part of it was interchangeable the rest would easily be recognized.