I wanted to know how antiviruses work ... and if I want to make my own antivirus which will download the definitions of some other existing antivirus ... how should I be starting ... I want to do it in VB. NET.
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Jump to Postwow, thats a big step from simple programming.(not saying you are) Have you programmed any large programs before? I would say AV's work by searching for files with malicious code, and files that posses file names etc not usually found in a system. I test my AV's all the time …
Jump to PostThat was a great bit of learning from symantec. It enlightened me to how viruses actualy work. I'm new to computing, but thanks to people at Daniweb, it's coming easier all the time!
thanks folks!!Newbie---Sonny(spit)now thats just a virus, never forget about the nice spyware, trojens, and deadly worms …
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