Internet Security or antivirus development

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hi I wan to ask about the basics, anything important to know, for developing an Internet security or an antiviurs program;

help if you can

Posted 21-Apr-11 9:29am

taha6221

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On top of what Nich said, you'd have to learn how Windows internals works also.

By the way, he's correct on the C++/Assembly thing. C# doesn't support the type of exports required to do this. You could write a management application for such programs, but the heavy lifting would have to be done in C++.

Posted 21-Apr-11 9:50am

Dave Kreskowiak

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Nish Nishant · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-21T09:40:00

You've tagged this with C#. Perhaps C/C++ with some Assembly may be a much better way to go about doing this.

You'd need to learn how networks work at an advanced level, learn to do network programming (low and high level), understand various internet protocols, system programming, how viruses work etc. This list is incomplete. It will probably take years before you reach a level where you can accomplish writing your own app. That assumes you are a raw beginner (which you seem to be considering your post). Start small though, and write small utitlies and tools, and then work your way up the chain of complexity. Good luck!