# ⚠️⚠️⚠️ DISCLAIMER ⚠️⚠️⚠️

## 🚨 Educational Use Only 🚨

The code examples presented in this section are **STRICTLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES**.

They are intentionally designed to:
- demonstrate **how malware *looks* and *works*** at a conceptual level
- help students **recognize malicious patterns**
- understand **why defensive mechanisms exist**

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## ❌ What this code is NOT

- ❌ It is **NOT** meant to cause harm  
- ❌ It is **NOT** meant to bypass security controls  
- ❌ It is **NOT** intended to be deployed, distributed, or executed outside a controlled lab  

Any resemblance to real-world malware techniques is **intentional and pedagogical**.

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## 🧪 Controlled Environment Only

All examples:
- perform **no destructive actions**
- should be executed **only in isolated lab environments**
- must **never** be run on production systems

Running such code outside a lab may:
- trigger antivirus or EDR alerts
- violate organizational policies
- break laws or terms of service

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## ⚖️ Legal & Ethical Responsibility

Unauthorized use of malware techniques is **illegal and unethical**.

By studying these examples, you agree that:
- responsibility for misuse lies entirely with the user
- the goal is **defense, detection, and understanding**
- knowledge is used to **protect systems, not exploit them**

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## 🎓 Final Note to Students

> To defend a system, you must understand how it is attacked.  
> Understanding is not endorsement.

Proceed with curiosity, caution, and responsibility.