Interview with Lord YuP by PetiK for PetiKVX Ezine #2 Date : 28/05/2002 Q: Where do you live ? How is the situation of the virus scene in your land ? YuP: I live in Poland, in small city. Situation? I know that we have a lot of crackerz, i know few guys programming virii, but i think that situation is BAD!!! Q: Where you get your handle ? YuP: When i read A.Hitchcock books "Adventures of 3 detectives" i want to be exactly like a guy named Jupiter (this name was funny ;]) so my friend changed it to YuP and now i'm Lord YuP ;)) (simple ;]) Q: How did you start out in computers ? YuP: Well, my first personal "computer" was Amiga 600HD (20mb - w00h ;]) and of coz i was infected by a virus called "bytebandit", but coding in AMOS on AMIGA wasn't cool for me ;( so when the first internet-free-library (4 years later) was opened i used to go there everyday. Heh i was coding my first virii (script virii) in a pices of paperz without computer ;( 4 years later i got my OWN PC!!! and you know the rest (now i'm 17! ;] and i'm 31337 ;))) Q: When do you hear the first time about computer virus ? YuP: In some news group, of coz when i was young. Q: What was your first virus ? YuP: My very first virus was vbs.Dragonball, this was lame. Q: How did you start out in the VX scene ? YuP: I sent a few articlez and virii to 29a#6 ;] Q: What (virus-)groups are you/have been a member of ? How long time ? YuP: i'm currently a memeber of TKT (The Knight Templars), how long? - few months. Q: Which programming language are you using ? What is your favourite ? YuP: I know html,js,vbs,php,c,asm. My favourite is asm (for programz). Q: How many and wich virus (or worm) did you write ? Which do you like best and why ? YuP: I have coded: :vbs.Dragonball :vbs.Dende :vbs/mhtml.Postcard@mm :i-worm/asm.BigBrother :php.karin :trojan/mircscript.prexer :trojan/mircscript.Mirc Socket Trojan + c client :winME.Wiedzmin My best baby is Wiedzmin why? coz it is my very first win platform virus. Q: How do you name your virus (or worm) ? YuP: I'm using namez from books,filmz,anime,manga everything ... Q: Do you prefer virii or worm ? YuP: Mhh hard to tell, i prefer vir/worm ;] the best option ;] Q: What sort of VX technics is the most interesting ? YuP: Meta enginez rox, A.I? yeah! that's cool and of coz bug searching + stealth - future of virus. Q: Do you spread your works ? YuP: Usually no, i only send them to AVP or any AV corp. Q: What operating system(s) are you using to test your works ? YuP: Currently i have winme and mandrake linux, i'm coding in winasm so i'm using winme for asm workx, the rest (php,html) mhh they are tested on linux and win. Q: Which ezine do you read ? YuP: 29A, IKX, TKT (yet?) and PetiKVX of coz ;] Q: What do you think about dangerous payload ? YuP: Short answer: i hate them! guyz who are coding sth like that shouldn't be named as coderz. Q: What do you think about virus/worm generator ? YuP: Not used nowadays, nothing interesting. Q: What do you think about script (HTML,VBS,VBA) ? YuP: This is good for webmaster work or 5 minute worm and bug m$ finding. Q: Which coder do you respect ? YuP: I respect everyone. Q: What are your favourite virus/worm and why ? YuP: I don't have favourite but i liked bumblebee'z work - i liked his style. Q: What is your favourite AV and why ? YuP: I'm using NAV, so i think NAV is the worst ;)). Q: How do you see the virus and the worm in the future ? YuP: A.I + meta + bug finding (sploiting) + plugins + stealth = PERFECT VIRUS ;] Q: What piece of advice would you give to the newbies ? YuP: Don't pass, read, understand, read, understand, read, understand and so on. Faith! it will be good. Q: Where can we see your works and how can we contact you ? YuP: My email: yup@tlen.pl Group web: tkt.planetsecurity.net templars.org www.coderz.net/tkt Very Thanx.