Creating the Spyware
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Hi Friends I want to make a spyware. Please suggest me how the available spywares work please let me know about their functionalities. Where they check for the files, how they know which program is shareware etc. Any pointers or help is appreciated. Thanx a lot in advance Naveen
softp_vc wrote: how the available spywares work From what I've seen of them. It is not something I wish to discuss. softp_vc wrote: please let me know about their functionalities The two big functions they perform are: (1) They irritate users. (2) They steal information. softp_vc wrote: Where they check for the files Where would you normally check for files? The filesystem perhaps. softp_vc wrote: Any pointers or help is appreciated int* p; Not so sure about the help though. I don't want more spyware out there.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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softp_vc wrote: how the available spywares work From what I've seen of them. It is not something I wish to discuss. softp_vc wrote: please let me know about their functionalities The two big functions they perform are: (1) They irritate users. (2) They steal information. softp_vc wrote: Where they check for the files Where would you normally check for files? The filesystem perhaps. softp_vc wrote: Any pointers or help is appreciated int* p; Not so sure about the help though. I don't want more spyware out there.
"If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way!
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Sorry if i meant wrong by my question. Actually i want to make a utility that shows that which freeware S/Ws i have downloaded in my system. i dont want to spy on others computer. i just want to know that which useless or harmful S/W in my conputer is present so that i can remove them . Hope i am clear about my thinking and intentions. Please if anybody has any idea do let me know. Regards, Naveen
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Sorry if i meant wrong by my question. Actually i want to make a utility that shows that which freeware S/Ws i have downloaded in my system. i dont want to spy on others computer. i just want to know that which useless or harmful S/W in my conputer is present so that i can remove them . Hope i am clear about my thinking and intentions. Please if anybody has any idea do let me know. Regards, Naveen
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I can't help you with creating something to search for spyware because i wouldn't know where to start but if all you want to do is find out whats on your PC then try downloading SpyBot, it's free and worked well for me. Kev Pearman MCP
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Hi Friends I want to make a spyware. Please suggest me how the available spywares work please let me know about their functionalities. Where they check for the files, how they know which program is shareware etc. Any pointers or help is appreciated. Thanx a lot in advance Naveen
softp_vc wrote: Any pointers or help is appreciated. No one is going to help you write spyware, besides C# wouldn't be best suited for this anyway. - Nick Parker
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softp_vc wrote: Any pointers or help is appreciated. No one is going to help you write spyware, besides C# wouldn't be best suited for this anyway. - Nick Parker
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Thanx for ur prompt reply Nick. Actually i want to make a utlity like spybot . Will u help me in this. If C# is not good then in which technology i should write. Suggest Naveen
softp_vc wrote: If C# is not good then in which technology i should write. I told you, no one is going to help you with something like this. This is a C# forum, if you have a specific C# question please feel free to ask it here. - Nick Parker
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Hi Friends I want to make a spyware. Please suggest me how the available spywares work please let me know about their functionalities. Where they check for the files, how they know which program is shareware etc. Any pointers or help is appreciated. Thanx a lot in advance Naveen
There are so many different registry keys and values, and so many different files, you'll find it VERY difficult to write your own software without doing a ton of research on the spybots themselves. You can't write an application that will find any and all spyware from the first annoyances that came out to the new ones noone has thought of yet. Your app has to be able to look for signatures, just like virus scanning software does, and must be able to read those signatures from a file. The signatures would include registry information, filename information, data on the procedures the spyware uses, like renaming and replacing of files, even signature information to find spy code in other files. But, you'll have to do a mountain of research on spyware first. No two spyware's work the exact same way and just searching for simple registry values and filenames will not do you any good. Your software must be able to adapt to the ever techniques of spyware. Why don't you ask the people who wrote SpyBot... RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Hi Friends I want to make a spyware. Please suggest me how the available spywares work please let me know about their functionalities. Where they check for the files, how they know which program is shareware etc. Any pointers or help is appreciated. Thanx a lot in advance Naveen
softp_vc wrote: please let me know about their functionalities. They annoy people to no end, and steal information. :mad: