Mark Ludwig
| Mark Allen Ludwig | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
| Fields | Computer Virology |
| Alma mater | MIT, Caltech |
| Known for | Computer virus research |
Mark Allen Ludwig was a physicist from the U.S and author of books on computer viruses and artificial life. Ludwig finished his undergraduate study in two years at MIT. He held a PhD in physics from Caltech. He died from cancer at age 51.[1]
Work
Ludwig had his own virus-writing periodical, Computer Virus Developments Quarterly. He also held the First International Virus Writing Competition, which promised a monetary reward of $200 for the creator of the smallest DOS-based, parasitic file infecter.[2]
His Little Black Book of Computer Viruses fully describes a sophisticated MS-DOS executable virus.[3] The second, Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses contains the source code of two UNIX companion viruses written in C[4] In his book Computer Viruses, Artificial Life and Evolution: The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses he argued for Intelligent design.[5]
Bibliography
- The Christian Revolutionary (2009)
- True Christian Government: The Facts About What The Bible Has To Say About Government (2009)
- The Third Paradigm: Democracy Is Headed The Way Of The Monarch By Divine Right. What Will Replace It? (2009)
- The Third Paradigm: God and Government in the 21st Century" (1997)
- The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses (1996)
- The Giant Black Book of Computer Viruses (1995)
- Computer Viruses, Artificial Life and Evolution (1993)
- The Little Black Book of Email Viruses (2002)
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130908004520/http://www.en-genius.net/site/zones/lowpowerZONE/editorial_opinion/lpwre_100112
- ↑ "SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1994; The Gotcha! Virus". Nytimes.com. 20 March 1994. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑
- ↑ Wanja Eric Naef. "The Plausibility of UNIX Virus Attacks". Iwar.org.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ Computer Viruses, Artificial Life and Evolution: The Little Black Book of Computer Viruses, Mark A. Ludwig, Amer Eagle Pubns Inc, 1993 ISBN 0-929408-07-1