All hail the Java-based x86 emulator

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 24, 2007 11:01 AM EDT
Reg Developer; By Dan Goodin
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Researchers at Oxford have built an x86 emulator that runs purely on Java, making it ideal for security researchers who want to analyze and archive viruses, host honeypots and defend themselves against buggy or malicious software without hosing their machines. TheJPC also emulates a host of other environments, giving technophiles the ability to play Asteroids and other software that's sat on shelves for years collecting dust.

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