Most of the time, viruses are transported by hosts, but that is not always how they are spread around. Actually, hot spring virus dispersion can happen from exchanges, the authors explained in their paper. Basically, viruses that exist in hot springs could be distributed into new bio-networks by volcanic activity or geysers, without ever having the need of a host. The study went on to describe how even though fungi and bacteria might have been known to travel from the Sahara Desert out to the Caribbean Sea by way of the wind stream, such an activity does not happen very much with viruses, because they are prone to drying out.
However, if viruses could be covered in a protective coating, they could in theory be spread far and wide. In the film Night of the Living Dead, an army of shambling, slow-witted, cannibalistic corpses reanimated by radiation attack a group of rural Pennsylvanians. We are looking for something a little in between Haiti and Hollywood: an infectious agent, a zombie virus if you will, that renders its victims half-dead but still-living shells of their former selves.
An effective agent would target, and shut down, specific parts of the brain , says Steven C. Schlozman explained to PopSci that although the walking dead have some of their motor skills intact—walking, of course, but also the ripping and tearing necessary to devour human flesh—the frontal lobe, which is responsible for morality, planning, and inhibiting impulsive actions like taking a bite out of someone , is nonexistent.
The cerebellum, which controls coordination, is probably still there but not fully functional. This makes sense, since zombies in movies are usually easy to outrun or club with a baseball bat. Author Info Last Updated: January 2, Determine what operating system you are going to attack.
The most common target is Microsoft Windows, especially older versions. Many old Windows users do not update their operating system, leaving them vulnerable to security holes that may be fixed in newer versions.
Mac OS X and Linux are both fairly virus-proof due to the way permissions work and the general architecture of the operating system. Decide how you want it to spread. A virus is only a virus if it can spread to other users. You will need to figure out the delivery method before beginning, as it is one of the fundamentals of the virus's code.
Common delivery mechanisms include: Executable file. COM etc. Macro Microsoft Office - Macros are programs that are embedded into a document or email. They target Word, Outlook, and other macro-enabled products. The most common method of delivery is via email with an infected document attached. Web script - These are pieces of malicious code that are injected into sites without the webmasters' knowledge. Determine the weak spot that you want to target. Successful viruses exploit weak spots in a program's or system's security to spread and carry out their actions.
This requires a lot of research and know how, but there are communities out there that can help you find what you need. Decide what you want your virus to do. Once your virus has infected a system, what do you want it to do? Effects can range from nothing, to displaying a message, to deleting files, and much worse. Be aware that creating and spreading a malicious virus is a serious crime in the most countries. Choose a language. In order to create a virus, you will need to have at least a basic understanding of at least one computer language or scripting tool.
More complex viruses often involve several languages. For really effective viruses, you will need to be familiar with assembly languages. If you want to make macro viruses, learn the macro language for your target programs such as Microsoft Office.
Visual Basic can be used to create malicious programs for Windows users. Start writing your virus. This will be a long process, especially if this is your first time coding something. Experiment as much as possible, and research ways to replicate your code depending on the language you are using. There are tutorials on forums and community blogs for a variety of languages. Now what about longevity? To produce offspring. To prolong its existence. Rabies isn't really the best virus when it comes to this.
That's something else we'd have to configure. We would need to remove any genes responsible for brain swelling. This would increase longevity greatly, but would decrease the enragement caused by it, therefore the infected would no longer be as angry, or confused, meaning less likely to bite.
However, as stated before, we wouldn't need that at all. Our gene from Toxoplasma is creating dopamine for the infected user whenever they attack or bite something. They're miserable, tired and sick, however whenever they bite something, they get a rush of dopamine and feel amazing, so why wouldn't they continue to bite and attack? As I said, it's just a theory, and probably a bad one at that, but I'd like to hear other's opinions on the matter, and if anyone else would like to help theoretically create a zombie virus.
As I said, I don't have any background in any of this stuff other than basic science bullshit I learned in school which unfortunately I didn't really pay attention too anyway and was just bored and thought this up real quick. The following 1 user Likes loading
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