Re: [aspectj-users] Virus / unwanted code modification

[Adedayo Adetoye <A.O.Adetoye@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nicolai wrote :

 An infection could go this way
- get the compiler
- search every java application
- and weave it with the infection aspect
- add aspectjrt.jar into the infected jar

Where is my fault?

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I suppose a virus that already has such (r/w) access to the filesystem 
does not need to go through all the stress to do something malicious. 
But, any aspect woven in a java class is still subject to the usual Java 
security constraints.

Cheers,
Dayo