Powerful C++ Virus

cant this simply be done in batch?

 

Yea, but to protect the source and to enable icon changing to make it look like an unsuspicious application, it is better to compile it in C++.
If the victim accidentally right-clicks a bat file, he/she/it will see a menu saying "Edit".

 

soz that was a typo and i wasnt sure if it had spaces underscores or percents instead of spaces

 

Dangerous stuff we got here....

 

Only if someone compiles it

 

std::remove("C:\\windows\\system32\\hal.dll"); //PWNAGE TIME

I am almost certain that access to that file will be denied because the system will be using it. You need to store a sub-app in the windows dir, have it run on startup, and then restart the end user's computer. Have the sub-app delete the end all processes and delete the file. And yes, this can be done in batch, anything can be done in batch with the proper knowledge.

 

someone will have to try it for us to find out

 

Good thing you weren't 100% certain.
The Hal.dll is only used during startup, not while the OS is up and running, if that corrects you.
Hope that helps,

Sid M

 

Yep, yep. It's true, I use a Linux distro. Currently Ubutu 6.06LTS, but I'm possibly going to give DesktopBSD or something similar a try.

Really, you don't know very much about any Linux distro. In Ubuntu the repositories have nearly everything you could possibly want except some non-free software like JRE and JDK but I think they'll be added to the repositories soon.

The only area that Windows will beat a Linux distro is in gaming. It can be quite hard to get some games to run through Cedega which can be a little annoying. But it isn't exactly hard to Dual boot a HDD. You'd only want like 5gigs for the windows partition.

Also, if you deperately need Macromedia flash 8, use Wine. It's very easy to use and has excellent documentation.

I really don't get all of you guys hating Linux Distro's so much. They're really quite excellent (Trying not to be biased here) and offer so much to the user if they're willing to learn just a few simple things. Mostly, a very rudimentary knowledge of BASH to install things is all you need.

Not to mention how much more SECURE they are. An excellent example is that last year, a text file was found to have the password that was created when installing Ubuntu as plain text. The file wasn't needed, so you could just edit out the password so it wasn't a big issue, and it was only the first password created, but still a fix was created in around five hours. I'd LOVE to see something like that when it comes to Windows.

And for those of you people who're going to say obscurity is the best security, learn a little bit about the way Linux distros (And especially ones like Ubuntu who use 'Sudo' for commands instead of having root access constantly) work. It's really quite excellent and makes it very hard for any type of virius to be made.



Anyway, that's a tad bit off topic and I'd hate to start a flame war here, so i'll stop there.

Good luck with your programs, it's good to see the c++ forum being more active. Hopefully I'll be release a few more programs within the coming week or so. Perhaps even a tutorial on using OOP features in programs. We'll see if school clears up a bit.


Untill next time, have fun.

 

Wouldn't it be beter to NOT shutdown the computer? That way nobody will know that it died because of the program. XD

 

I've tried Wine, Cedega, and Crossover. None of them seem to work.
The repositories are a good idea but I think that Windows still beats Linux in the following ways:

People can make more money by making Windows Software than making Linux software
Windows has ONE standard way to install things (not RPM and Deb)
Windows has more than 90% of the software in the software world
Don't tell me it costs money. Everyone downloads warez
Windows has a LOT of warez and good quality programs (I'd rather get a cracked version of Photoshop CS2 than Gimp for Windows...)

I do accept the fact that if you do not need stuff like Flash 8, Visual C#, etc, Linux wins over.
I loved openSuSE like I loved money but then I got frustrated at how I could NOT install Flash 8 no matter what I did. That's all that bugged me. What could you do for entertainment? Nothing much. Maybe a game of Tux Racer, or SameGnome. I'd rather stick with Windows XP. Not Vista, XP.

 

I don't agree with all of your statements.

It depends on the linux distro which installation method they're using, as Debian using the "deb" and Fedora Core the "rpm" installation method, it's like Windows and Mac, they're both different.
It's true that Windows has more than 90% of the software, but 50% are virusses or OS-slowing crap, the more you install the slower your pc will function. Linux doesn't have this problem.

Linux also has the most user friendly software as the most software are Opensource, you can get help in no time from the opensource community.
Windows has a lot of quality programs, but so does Linux! And new desktop software for Linux is rising fast.

I'd prefer The Gimp over Photoshop although I have them both installed, Photoshop CS2 runs slow on less powerfull machines.

And the best about Linux is the feeling that 99% of the software is free!

 

its almost like my friends ... but viruses are illegal.. lol

 

When Linux finally has quality software, I may consider switching to it. Or, I may just try to get Mac OS X 10.5 since it is built on a frame of Unix, as someone said earlier in this thread.

Most of the world uses windows, and to reach out to them, you have to make programs for windows, in windows. I'm using Windows XP Pro with NO firewall, NO antivirus and I don't use windows update. Am I infeced? Nope.
It all matters on how good you are with identifying shady files.

Anyways, I doubt my C++ virus would work on a Linux box even if I change the path to...

/etc/usr/importantfile

 

Linux has a lot of high quality programs that I use daily. You really mustn't be looking hard enough.

Nope. IF people keep thinking like that, the world will fall apart! Use OS Independant GUI libraries and just compile two versions. One for windows, one for linux (Just a bin file, don't bother with a .deb or .rpm, or whatever FreeBSD ports use)

That's not a very good thing to do, little own say. Security fixes are extremely important. I mean, You're probably still using IE6 with that very nasty bug of allowing remote execution of code.

Definately won't on a Ubuntu box. You can only modify files you own (SAy anything on your desktop), otherwise you need root access... And unless you're willing to chmod everything to root privledges, you're virius wouldn't work.

Like I said, they're plenty of open source sollutions to various common problems that will run on a *nix OS. It's just two very common programming languages have a nasty problem of being made by Microsoft and therefor will not run on *nix easily. VB (All forms) and C#.

If everyone was to switch over from them (Python for the VB developers; it's easier AND better and nearly anything else for c#) and stuck to using OS independant libraries, you'd see windows loosing a huge market share. A market share they have because of the rumour mongering they do.

Also, it's true that windows will own the desktop market share for a long time. But as we've seen with Linux Distro's like Ubuntu (The worlds most popular Linux Distro), GNU and open source software and OS's are becoming more common place. Hopefully soon, Linux Distro's will hold around 50% of the desktop market, and nearly all of the server market.

P.S. I know that windows has a few programs that blow the water out of any open source program, but that'll change soon. companies are realising that they're loosing a lot of money by not having Linux versions of their programs.

P.P.S. Yeah, Mac was built from a unix Os (BSD, from memory). The only thing it offers more then the average *nix distro is it has a very pretty UI but things like Beryl are improving so much that soon no one will care about Mac. And don't you dare say they have the best hardware support...

EDIT: If you'd like to continue this discussion, perhaps we should move it to a more appropriate section of this site.

 

Like what?
I know a few, like OpenOffice, Wine and Cedega. Do you know anything that is better than just the average windows crap? I know that Macromedia flash, Visual C# and some products are better than the average which is available to most operating systems.

I think we need to move this thread to a new section but there are no sections suitable for it.

Please tell me what 'quality' software you use because I am eager to switch back to linux, but am afraid that there is no software which I can be productive with.

 

dude.. i used this on my pc.. i hate you...

jk

to make it reboot put in a new hard drive and reformat the partition that was affected and force boot it using the console

that was for all of you idiots who tested this on your computer

 

People that were smart enough to compile this script probably were smart enough to run it on your computer. If you were on a limited account, it would not work.

 

why the hell would u use that on your own computer:S:S:S:

never mind, this virus is crazy!

 

if you can't compile then you need to give up on your self lol.