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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.
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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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VISWESWARAN1998 wrote: I would like to distribute it. But I dont know whether I am a man or a boy., 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. Is there any way to get some kind of revenue from open-source products?
Take over a few popular web sites, then pop up messages saying "YOUR COMPUTER IS INFECTED!!!1!" and offer a link to your anti-virus.
That seems to work for the other guys, because there's no shortage of people falling for those.
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The simple answer is no, you won't be able to make any direct revenue on it.
However, given your 18.5 years on this planet, I would suggest open sourcing it and writing an article or two or three (seems like a big undertaking, but I know nothing about AV software.) The point of this is that you start to establish yourself and your skills, you can point potential clients/employers to your work, etc., which all falls under the category of indirect revenue. I've landed several good gigs over the years as a result of articles I've written here.
While I have never dreamed of writing AV software (and that certainly wasn't what I was dreaming about when I was 18.5 years old ) I personally would enjoy reading about how such a beast is implemented.
Marc
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Exactly. Unless you want to dump a ton of money and man power into it, to really compete with the big boys I agree that it's best to just give it away and use it as a nice work example.
If he's serious about it, then he'd need to bring in someone with some business acumen IMO, like Chris did with David when starting CP.
Jeremy Falcon
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GitHub - VISWESWARAN1998/CyberGod-KSGMPRH: An open-source antivirus for windows[^]
It is completely made open-source it has both the engines seperately.
One is DOS which is programmed using Native C++ and has no GUI, so it is easier for a GUI developer( if some one is interseted)t develop GUI as they like!
There is also official GUI engine which utilizes wxWdigets.
It comes with a huge database nearly 1 million malicious hashes for detecting known threats.
Yes, if hashes can be tampered there is advanced detections like whether the file is packed with UPX, pattern based analysis etc..
The anti-virus is completely portable and will work along with your primary anti-virus without great perfomace hit!
The beauty in this is : The product is GPL licensed but the software has no GPL dependencies, It utilizes only less third party library. So, If I've changed my mind I can sell it commercially. But I like it to be open-sourced with millions of open-source developers the project will become soon successes-full!
Thank you sir for your kind suggestion!
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Similar to PeejayAdams suggestion, if you want to work on an Open Source antivirus application, I'd suggest looking at the Clam AV[^] project.
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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.
In my 30+ years of development I've never once given any thought to creating either of these.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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What about boobs?
Jeremy Falcon
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Just to chime in here... I have also thought about making my own OS. Not so much anti-virus, but the OS. Mainly for learning. Times have changed now though and I'm more like Munchies Mat where I just think about boobs now.
Jeremy Falcon
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You forgot to dream about people using it as well. So dream on. 
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I wouldn't use/trust code I wrote for these and many more:
Operating System
Antivirus
Encryption
Compression
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Sir, Can I know the reason why?
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First,
If you are interested in a job, contacted me privately via email.
What you did should be COMMENDED. It is something I have "dreamed" of but I already wrote a compiler, and a run-time system (a lightweight OS type shell on old computers), excel-like embedded spreadsheet.
You show gumption, and potentially core skills that are solid, and useful.
Second,
You miss the point some are making. There are those of us with enough experience to tell you this will end badly. You need an update server, new virus definitions, etc. And I have personally seen viruses that attack Norton/others. Literally preventing them from loading!
Catching viruses is a moving target, requiring a fair amount of resources. Dealing with False Positives, etc. etc. The potential for slowing a machine down.
And the OG makes the point that you could literally hit an update server, grab an update, that turns out to be RANSOM WARE (because they hacked your update server), and now every client has ransom ware installed. Huge risks, low reward.
Third,
Completing a project like this is a great sign. You should go far in your career.
Try writing a CP article on pieces of this, like that FS Machine that scans multiple viruses in a single pass. How this is built/maintained/updated.
Fourth,
Pass on trying to monetize this, other than adding to your street cred, or assisting you in getting a better position, including working for one of the existing Anti-virus companies. Or being the basis of some articles, etc.
Fifth,
Reach back to me privately, I know someone who is interested in a person of your apparent skills.
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Yes sir, you have right it needs solid database,man-power and through monitoring of the product server itself. and I cannot make this much set-up on my own at present situation. So I made my product as open-source. With millions of open-sorce software developers I think it would be soon be an alternative to commercial solution.
Thank you sir for your job offer! I am shy to work under a company since I am a student. Kindly excuse me
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I looked at your GitHub code. If you wrote half of that you're clearly very talented as a student.
Although m understanding is you're checking the hash of files. so you now need a known list of viruses.
Do you happen to know MVC and HTML. I could do with teaming up with someone for my web app with some coding skill.
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