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SIMPLIFIED. “The concept of genes as a symbolic representation of an organism—a code script—is not the whole story.” http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3512409/ View in LinkedIn

OPPORTUNISTIC. “Frankenstein uses these commonalities underlying code to stitch together new programs. It may take a chunk of code from your computer's calculator to add numbers together. Then it may take another chunk that puts a number into memory from your computer's spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel.” http://www.zdnet.com/article/frankenstein-may-allow-computer-viruses-to-mutate-evolve/ View in LinkedIn

SELF-ASSEMBLY. “Two researchers at the University of Texas Dallas, Vishwath Mohan and Kevin Hamlen, demonstrated a program earlier this month that could help the makers of malware create viruses that assemble themselves out of all the bits and pieces of code in their victim computers.” http://www.zdnet.com/article/frankenstein-may-allow-computer-viruses-to-mutate-evolve/ View in LinkedIn

EVOLUTION. “Frankenstein may allow computer viruses to mutate, evolve? A new program could bring a day when computer viruses create themselves inside your machine, using little bits of code from your programs.” http://www.zdnet.com/article/frankenstein-may-allow-computer-viruses-to-mutate-evolve/ View in LinkedIn

MORE ADVANCED. “Polymorphism first appeared in a computer virus called 1260 as a method designed to hide the virus from anti-virus software. The anti-virus software at that time used patterns to identify malicious code inside of executables.” https://lnkd.in/d3T75KG View in LinkedIn

2ND TYPE of self-mutating virus: “Metamorphic viruses do not have a decryption routine or a constant virus body, but are able to create new versions that look different by using more complex obfuscation techniques." The most advanced type. https://lnkd.in/dEVUYUW View in LinkedIn