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The File destroyAll.exe: On Executing Proprietary Software

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This chapter describes the pattern “Executables: Safety and Dependencies”. This episode observes Robert’s attempt to check whether it is safe to execute a particular executable file. The technical sections discuss the fundamental concepts of program termination, decidability and tractability, as well as software engineering concepts including code injection, software viruses, antivirus software, and finally, software emulation and virtual machines.

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  1. Computer Science Department, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion, Greece

    Yannis Tzitzikas

  2. Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion, Greece

    Yannis Tzitzikas & Yannis Marketakis

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Tzitzikas, Y., Marketakis, Y. (2018). The File destroyAll.exe: On Executing Proprietary Software. In: Cinderella's Stick. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98488-9_9

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