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Sep 20th, 2005, 9:47 PM
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Creating a spyware removal app
This is for a school project. The project is to create a product and present it to the class. My idea is just to load a crap computer with nasty programs and then make my own basic application to seek out the programs I loaded it up with. I am currently working with C++. I want to create a Spyware/adware removal application similar to the spybot s&d system (searches for specific files). Obviously it won't be the same, nor as efficient. I am a beginner at C++ because I just started learning this language a few months ago. I would like to know where I could obtain a basic layout of an C++ application code that searches for specific programs on your computer. If I can obtain the code, I'll be able to take it from there. I'm not sure where to start though, so I could use some help.
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Sep 20th, 2005, 10:33 PM
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What've you got so far? Ideas? Code? References?
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% rc4 hexkey < input > output
#define S ,t=s[i],s[i]=s[j],s[j]=t /* rc4 hexkey <file */
unsigned char k[256],s[256],i,j,t;main(c,v,e)char**v;{++v;while(++i)s[
i]=i;for(c=0;*(*v)++;k[c++]=e)sscanf((*v)++-1,"%2x",&e);while(j+=s[i]
+k[i%c]S,++i);for(j=0;c=~getchar();putchar(~c^s[t+=s[i]]))j+=s[++i]S;} |
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Sep 20th, 2005, 11:18 PM
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#if 0 /* in case someone actually tries to compile this */ <Jim_McNeat> Is there like a way to put a compiler in "Just trust me on that one" mode? |
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Sep 21st, 2005, 2:00 AM
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i think he's right, for a beginner this might be a little overwhelming.
but then again...maybe not. if you can use library functions to search and remove programs, then it'll only be as difficult as the gui you wanna create (and the research you wanna do). if all you're doing is looking for specific exe's, then i can't see this as being an insurmountable task. although the problem lies here... those applications are dependant upon an update system to keep in touch with new viruses, spyware etc. this is probably where everything will turn into crap. if you create an app that works great on november 11th, 2005, then bollocks to you. after that, you might as well wipe your ass with your source code.
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Sep 27th, 2005, 3:52 PM
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lol, well i agree on the part of "biting off more than i can chew" I'm just learning how to code in c++.
I do have a program to work with. You might be familiar with it. Dev C++, by a company called Bloodshed. It finds mistakes, gives suggestions, etc. I can run the program and it runs in DOS. Thats the ugly part i suppose. But i dont need it to be pretty and i don't need it to update. I just needed it to search for specific programs i put onto a computer and then give me the option of deleting them. I could even cheat with this. Heres my idea: -load up the computer with nasty programs -find the programs a day before i go into repair it in front of the classroom -take the file names and exes, registry keys, cookies, etc and tell my program to find those specific files in front of me. So it would technically be cheating because i already know which files i need it to find and i could just make a simple program to search for those files. However, i am a beginner and i do need help on this. this program would only be used once to wow a teacher and get an A so it wouldn't have to be fancy or anything technical. So, any suggestions? |
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Sep 27th, 2005, 5:11 PM
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Sep 27th, 2005, 7:24 PM
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You must have misunderstood. What don't you understand? I know what a compiler is, which is why I named the type of compiler I have. Dev C++, by Bloodshed. Here, I even took a screen shot for you.  All i'm asking for is help designing an application that searches for programs i tell it to. |
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Sep 27th, 2005, 8:14 PM
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 And just about everything you said in post #5 is incorrect, but that's all right for now I suppose.If you want to search for all programs that are spyware, you need the definitions or at least the hashes for the files in order to locate the correct files. If you just want to delete specific filenames to turn it in quickly, then that's another idea. This project is big, there is a lot more to searching for spyware than you've alluded to in your posts. It seems like you only want to delete the files based on their filenames, which is simply searching for files and deleting them, and not something that would impress anyone (I hope). Just explain more about your plan of action.
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% rc4 hexkey < input > output
#define S ,t=s[i],s[i]=s[j],s[j]=t /* rc4 hexkey <file */
unsigned char k[256],s[256],i,j,t;main(c,v,e)char**v;{++v;while(++i)s[
i]=i;for(c=0;*(*v)++;k[c++]=e)sscanf((*v)++-1,"%2x",&e);while(j+=s[i]
+k[i%c]S,++i);for(j=0;c=~getchar();putchar(~c^s[t+=s[i]]))j+=s[++i]S;} |
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Sep 27th, 2005, 8:16 PM
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I don't think it's possible for a program itself to detect evil programs by looking at them, but instead by looking at the list of "un-safe programs"... am I right?
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Sep 27th, 2005, 8:25 PM
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% rc4 hexkey < input > output
#define S ,t=s[i],s[i]=s[j],s[j]=t /* rc4 hexkey <file */
unsigned char k[256],s[256],i,j,t;main(c,v,e)char**v;{++v;while(++i)s[
i]=i;for(c=0;*(*v)++;k[c++]=e)sscanf((*v)++-1,"%2x",&e);while(j+=s[i]
+k[i%c]S,++i);for(j=0;c=~getchar();putchar(~c^s[t+=s[i]]))j+=s[++i]S;} |
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