Hi all, Long time no post.
I'm looking at designing a antivirus program, yes, ambitious I know...
I have a fair knowledge of vb6, and have recently been doing more in .Net.
Most of this learning has been assisted by the people on this forum over the years, primarily si_the_geek, hack, and several others.
Thank you again all for your help in the past, I do appreciate it.
I have 13+ years as an IT tech, regularly involved in detecting and removing of malware, and I think I have a few ideas that most AV apps currently don't implement.
WIth the program, I would prefer to code it in vb.Net, but I read through a few posts on this and other forums, that were basically saying that you need to use a lower level programming language to do this effectively, ie C/C++.
I really am not into learning another programming language just yet, but I guess if I have to I will. :)
The program I am interested in writing would ideally eventually become a full antivirus program, ie, with on-access scanning, rootkit detection, etc.
However, for now, I'd just like to focus on the file scanning procedure.
Is it feasable/practical/sensible to consider coding the file scanning side as a vb.net app, even if I code the other parts, ie the on-access scanner, rootkit scan, in C/C++ later on?
The entire rootkit and on-access scanner currently is a bit daunting at the moment, so I am not sure if the program would eventually evolve into a full AV program, but may instead become a useful tool in the industry, such as a more encompassing version of HijackThis, or the like.
Sorry if this question is lengthy and/or disjointed.
Thanks for any help you can provide.
I'm looking at designing a antivirus program, yes, ambitious I know...
I have a fair knowledge of vb6, and have recently been doing more in .Net.
Most of this learning has been assisted by the people on this forum over the years, primarily si_the_geek, hack, and several others.
Thank you again all for your help in the past, I do appreciate it.
I have 13+ years as an IT tech, regularly involved in detecting and removing of malware, and I think I have a few ideas that most AV apps currently don't implement.
WIth the program, I would prefer to code it in vb.Net, but I read through a few posts on this and other forums, that were basically saying that you need to use a lower level programming language to do this effectively, ie C/C++.
I really am not into learning another programming language just yet, but I guess if I have to I will. :)
The program I am interested in writing would ideally eventually become a full antivirus program, ie, with on-access scanning, rootkit detection, etc.
However, for now, I'd just like to focus on the file scanning procedure.
Is it feasable/practical/sensible to consider coding the file scanning side as a vb.net app, even if I code the other parts, ie the on-access scanner, rootkit scan, in C/C++ later on?
The entire rootkit and on-access scanner currently is a bit daunting at the moment, so I am not sure if the program would eventually evolve into a full AV program, but may instead become a useful tool in the industry, such as a more encompassing version of HijackThis, or the like.
Sorry if this question is lengthy and/or disjointed.
Thanks for any help you can provide.