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  • noun Internet, slang An author or creator of computer viruses.

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Examples

  • In 2003, it put up $250,000 for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of the VXer behind the infamous SoBig and Blaster worms, as part of a wider Anti-virus Reward Program

    The Register 2009

  • The VXer crowd went through this in the 90's with all of their encoding-evasion techniques for viruses, and then K2's Polymorphic Shell Code tool brought similar concepts to payloads delivered across network protocols.

    The Web Security Mailing List (WASC) "Arian J. Evans" arian.evans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2009

  • The Russian VXer who created the infamous Gpcode ransomware Trojan has been identified - but an early arrest isn't likely.

    DonationCoder.com Forum 2008

  • The Russian VXer who created the infamous Gpcode ransomware Trojan has been identified - but an early arrest isn't likely.

    The Register 2008

  • He is a Serbian Virus Collector (VXer) without any Studies and Experience in the Field of Malware Analysis!

    Wilders Security Forums 2009

  • It was a surprise for me that Microsoft can respond on threats so fast, "the VXer writes.

    Channel Register 2009

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