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[bbqroast]

How about you make a table of code. Then users send in both clean and dangerous code. When a user sends a virus for each line of code you search the table for that line (and create it if it isn't there) then you increase the value in the third column by one. You do the opposite for good programs adding one to the number in the second column. Example
Line | good | bad
----------------------------------------------
rednet.send() | 25 | 2 // Rednet send has a positive value of 25 it is used in good programs most of the time.
write() | 12 | 10 // Used in both positive and negative programs, but mainly positive ones.
etc

From this you can gain a rating of each program by looking for each function and adding its good and bad values to a total for that program. If the bad value is high then something is up.

[Liraal]

actually i think that is a good idea, a reliable base of a pseudo-heuristic detecting software. i can help code this if you want.

[Wolvan]

I would help as well ;D

[Ian-Moone]

yes please

[Zer0t3ch]

As for TurtleBomb, rather than making people waste a redstone torch, just use

redstone.setOutput('forward', true)

[Zer0t3ch]

Also, I would love to help on the antivirus. I like the table idea, but I don't know a lot about tables, but I could learn. Also, you can test on my server. All of us coders could attempt to create a virus that the antivirus can't protect against. Sound good? PM me and lemme know what you think of me helping and/or using my server.

[Ian-Moone]

turtlebomb no longer needs a redstone torch thanks

Zer0t3ch

and as quite a few people want to help out i decided that the antivirus will be a team program and as such will make a list of the people who have asked to be in it and are in it! />

thanks

vandie

[Ian-Moone]

Wolvan has joined the team />

[Ludburghmdm]

Bump?

[Ian-Moone]

thanks for the bump...

anyway
Zer0t3ch joined the team

[Ian-Moone]

Liraal joined the team

[Ludburghmdm]

Your Welcome!

[Ludburghmdm]

I made a slightly edited version that doesn't need StrUtils. Because the code is already embedded in the program so no need for "strutils.contains(blah, blah)" all you have to type is "contains(blah, blah)" />

Oh and i changed the caps in the startup message and the checking for viruses message and also the "Recommended Restart" message.

Sorry if this was pointless /> But the embedded StrUtils must be useful since you don't need "strutils.contains()" just "contains" and you don't have
to install StrUtils

The modded ZIP is attached

(And this was secretly a "bump")

[Ian-Moone]

thanks
also I loled so hard when i saw 'secret bump'

[Wolvan]

Something I can help you with?

[Ian-Moone]

yer

[Ian-Moone]

Ludburghmdm, on 26 March 2012 - 11:48 PM, said:

I made a slightly edited version that doesn't need StrUtils. Because the code is already embedded in the program so no need for "strutils.contains(blah, blah)" all you have to type is "contains(blah, blah)" />

Oh and i changed the caps in the startup message and the checking for viruses message and also the "Recommended Restart" message.

Sorry if this was pointless /> But the embedded StrUtils must be useful since you don't need "strutils.contains()" just "contains" and you don't have
to install StrUtils

The modded ZIP is attached

(And this was secretly a "bump")

thanks this is now the Official release if that's ok with you

[Resistance128]

You might also want to protect against viruses that put:

repeat
print("Random Text Here")
input = read()
until input == "Random characters here"

Into the startup file. I use this line of code quite a lot when making a lock program, however It can be a pain when its in the startup file and you dont know how to use Ctrl+T.

[Wolvan]

Resistance128, on 27 March 2012 - 09:48 PM, said:

You might also want to protect against viruses that put:

repeat
print("Random Text Here")
input = read()
until input == "Random characters here"

Into the startup file. I use this line of code quite a lot when making a lock program, however It can be a pain when its in the startup file and you dont know how to use Ctrl+T.

You can make it impossible to terminate with the simple line
os.pullEvent=os.pullEventRaw
at the top of your code />

[Ian-Moone]

will try i now got a list of 50 viruses i gotta protect against