08-29-2006, 12:44 AM
Not exactly... It wouldn't really be a harmful program. Maybe it would check to make sure the target could handle it without a major decrease in disk space/memory/whatever so it wouldn't be a problem...
As for virus codes, you could download the source code for a virus and store them on a central server, then have the anti-virus check them against the files on the computer. That would be slow on dialup, though.
As for virus codes, you could download the source code for a virus and store them on a central server, then have the anti-virus check them against the files on the computer. That would be slow on dialup, though.
In the beginning, there is darkness â the emptiness of a matrix waiting for the light. Then a single photon flares into existence. Then another. Soon, thousands more. Optronic pathways connect, subroutines emerge from the chaos, and a holographic consciousness is born." -The Doctor