Peter Szor

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Peter Szor ( Hungarian Szor Péter * 1970 in Balatonfüred , † 12. November 2013 ) was a Hungarian computer viruses - analyst .

Peter Szor was an entrepreneur and employee of F-Secure . He gained attention as the author of The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense , translated into multiple languages . The main focus of his analysis was on metamorphic viruses . Szor also worked for Virus Bulletin , a magazine and website that deals with malware, viruses, and spam analysis and related research.

He worked on search engines for the antivirus program manufacturers F-PROT , Kaspersky Lab , Norton AntiVirus and McAfee . Between 1990 and 1995 he implemented his own anti-virus program Pasteur  (AVP:  Anti Virus Pasteur ) in Hungary .

In September 2000, Szor delivered the opening address of the Virus Bulletin Annual Conference on Attacks on Win32 - Part II.

Peter Szor was buried in his Hungarian homeland.

Publications

  • Peter Szor: The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense Addison-Wesley Longman, Amsterdam 2005, ISBN 0-321-30454-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. scmagazine.com of November 12, 2013.
  2. Self-presentation ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Szor's website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peterszor.com
  3. Issues on Szor's website ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peterszor.com
  4. ^ The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense
  5. 11.1.8. Entry-Point and Fixed-Point Scanning (First-Generation Scanners)
  6. "Symantec's Anti-Virus Experts Address Virus Bulletin 2000 Conference" ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release on symantec.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.symantec.com
  7. In Memory of Peter Szor