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Good luck with that!
Would I use it? No. Why not? You are a student, so the chances are that the antivirus was written to student standards, and tested to student standards as well. Those generally mean "none" and "very little" ... and that your exposure to virus signatures will likely be reduced, and slower than the "big boys"
who meet new viruses every day.
Antivirus is important - we all know that - and since some of the big players give the product away, like Microsoft Defender for example, getting a new free antivirus out there is not going to be easy.
Me? I pay for Kaspersky because I know it's tested, I know it's updated, I know it doesn't slug my system every afternoon like Defender did. Yours? I don't even know if it works, that it isn't ransomware in disguise, anything at all. I'll stick with Kaspersky, thanks.
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Thank you sir! My product is not for sale, It is a freeware may be open-source I just asked any ideas and suggestions?.
It is not a feasible solution at-least for me to embed a ransomware successfully into an application with hundreds of servers working under a torrified network targeting the whole world and I am not interested to get that kind of moeny from making others suffer.
Sorry sir My English is bad, I dont know sir how you understood all I asked is if I make opensource is there any value in it. I cannot compel others to buy a product which is free. 
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If you think you need "hundreds of servers working under a torrified network" to produce ransomware, you are sadly wrong, and probably will get a big - and expensive - shock if you are not very, very careful.
Ransomware basically encrypts your PC and sends the decryption code to a web site. All it needs for that is for you to run an application on your computer.
Some ransomware doesn't even bother with the "encrypt", or "send to base" parts: as long as the user can't access the data and knows where to pay the money, the b*st*rds win: and the simplest way to do that is to just overwrite the HDD with random cr@p and tell the user it's encrypted. We had a guy caught that way a year or so ago - he paid, the code didn't work, the elephants wanted more money for "another code".
Criminals do not always tell you the truth...
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I had a friend who got duped into a ransomware attack a few months back. I don't think it was terribly sophisticated either. They called him pretending to be Microsoft and convinced him to let them remote to his machine to "fix" something. Yeah... they fixed it by placing a nice little login into the system start-up and were requiring him to pay to get into it. Fortunately he called me and I was able to at least get the content off his hard drive and reload the O/S. As you stated, it doesn't take a lot to pull that kind of scheme off. Just one developer that knows a little bit about how the systems work.
If you think hiring a professional is expensive wait until you hire an amateur! - Red Adair
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I think OriginalGriff answered your question well and honestly, even though it was not the question you were asking. I think you will have a difficult time a) getting interest in development of this project, and b) getting people to actually use it - because of the issues that OriginalGriff raised.
I wish you well in your endeavour, but I think to be successful, it will take some luck and at least a decade of hard work and building a team of support.
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Avast free AV for me, works well, catches stuff.
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Yes, I use it on Android.
But a free antivirus written by a student? :brrrr:
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Its a good attempt but there is no easy way to make money in this business. If you can detect viruses faster than any big guys do there is a good chance your tech will be purchased by them
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OriginalGriff wrote: Kaspersky
Plus the programmer are probably the same guys who write the viruses in the evening, so they are the best to find the counter measures. 
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I just let my Kaspersky expire, since all members of my family got tired of their computer being unacceptably slow and just accepted Windows Defender as a default. Kaspersky had options to not scan if you are playing games or are on battery power, but that is no help if you are merely doing web or email stuff. I routinely had to unplug my laptop to stop the scanning so I could get work done, but working without power only goes so far.
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Strange - I moved to Kaspersky because Defender slugged the computer for several hours every afternoon, despite being told to scan between midnight and 05:00.
Kaspersky does nothing slow on my PC at all - and it's only a dual core with 4GB of RAM!
Just goes to show that PC are far too different for their own good sometimes! 
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Odd. I run Defender. Never had it slow down anything. This computer runs quite well. McAfee on the other hand was a killer. I had another computer that had to turn on the fan every time there was a scan. And the scan NEVER finished. It kept running until it used up all the memory.
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VISWESWARAN1998 wrote: Many of the programmers will have either one of the dreams i.e creating an antivirus or creating their own .
Lemme check...
boobies, Boobies, BOOBIES, Boobies, boobies
Nope, nothing about creating an antivirus or an operating system.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: boobies, Boobies, BOOBIES, Boobies, boobies
Here, have some Smileys! 
(PS: Link only semi-SFW)
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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If you have developed an anti-virus system that (a) identifies all known viruses, (b) does not flag good programs as viruses, and (c) does not require updating signatures, then the commercial anti-virus companies would like to talk to you. Otherwise, you need an organization that updates the anti-virus signatures on a regular basis. As an 18-year-old, I doubt that you have the resources to set up such an organization.
As others have pointed out, getting anyone to actually use your anti-virus software is difficult. Even assuming that you have the best intentions in the world, no one is likely to trust their data to an untried anti-virus, even if it is free. There are already plenty of free anti-virus solutions out there, which also have a reasonable track record.
I suggest that you chalk this up to experience, and look for something else to work on.
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Having it out as freeware makes it like a published article, another way to go. Programming techniques get challenged and proven that way. I seriously cannot think of a practical way to make money on it, but that shouldn't discourage you. As freeware, take technical criticisms and see what you can learn from them in return. While they are correct in saying you cannot compete with the big boys, it is still an accomplishment and a milestone.
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VISWESWARAN1998 wrote: Many of the programmers will have either one of the dreams i.e creating an antivirus or creating their own operating system.
I'm going to admit that I have in fact dreamed about creating my own operating system. I think back in the day (the 1980's, yay! ) when we had 8-bit/16-bit machines and < 1MB RAM it would have been possible, but these days the hardware is a lot more complex and the job's so much bigger that it needs a decent sized team to get it done.
VISWESWARAN1998 wrote: After many months of hard work, I finally made an antivirus
Well done! 
VISWESWARAN1998 wrote: I am just 18 and a half years old and do not have too much of money and time to promote and supporting so I decided to make this as an open-source one.
Unfortunately in most cases these days, it takes money to make money. We missed the boat which was really around the late-90's/early-00's. From my side, I suffered too much from that all-too-British condition of "bah humbug, nobody's going to want that" only to watch as our (mostly) American cousins launched the very same things (Facebook, Twitter, eBay, PayPal, Google, CodeProject  , etc..). I'd say that these days, open source is (most of the time) the way to go. At least you get the credit for the work you've done, even if it doesn't take off (e.g. something to show at an interview).
VISWESWARAN1998 wrote: Is there any way to get some kind of revenue from open-source products?
Not really, because anyone can grab your code at any time. Some companies do it by offering paid enterprise-level support (RedHat, Ubuntu) but they're not in the league of companies like Microsoft or Apple and will probably never get there because paying them is optional (and most users choose not to).
My advice is to keep up coming up with ideas, you'll hit on something great at some point. You don't have to worry about coming up with something new either, just do it better than anything else out there on the market.
Ah, I see you have the machine that goes ping. This is my favorite. You see we lease it back from the company we sold it to and that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I like Brent's reflection he supplied you with. Think he's giving you some sound direction there but I would depart on two elements from what he's saying. First would be the premise that what you've done isn't of value to you personally and the second would be that you can't make some money from the effort.
BUT... Here is the deal...
What you've done is provided yourself with a lovely and impressive element to your portfolio.
I'm sure being one dreaming of lofty goals such as OS and A/V creation that you also are kinda hoping to be setting yourself up for means to cruse through the next few years with an elevated state of financial wellbeing.
However, what you've built is more likely to be a key to open doors of opportunity for you if you choose to use it to your benefit.
Employers are impressed with initiative.. Your A/V demonstrates you have that.
Employers are impressed with people finishing tasks.. Demonstrated as well.
Employers say they like fresh faces but in reality the biggest hurdle for young coders is that they like experience even more. So, your A/V shows you have some measure of experience from which THEY can benefit and perhaps even shows potential for their investment in you as a long term resource.
There is your money... Go get em tiger!
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If anti-virus is such a bug with you, after you've completed your open-source version, why not contact a reputable AV company (or many) and see if it impresses them enough to get you a job out of it? Join the big boys!
Best wishes!
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Well done!
I'd echo Brent and David's advice - you won't make any money directly out of it because there's so much AV out there already but it's a great thing to be able to show those AV firms (and others) and hopefully it will impress someone enough to get you a good job.
Good luck.
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