XVirus Short Detection Test and Suggestions

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Hey guys, here is my short video about XVirus:



Anyways, program needs following improvements:

-High CPU Usage
-Buggy UI on Windows XP (you'll see in video)
-Program shuts down when i right-click on it and click close.
 
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I tried it a few days ago on WinXP. Tested it with a vbs worm, it crashes after detecting it
 
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Malware Test said:
When I right click >close or Alt+F4,program terminates itself and disappears from memory.
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I don't get the point. Unless it's been automatically closed by some malwares, it's completely ok.
Close option can disable all checking along with taking no memory/cpu. Sometimes when I play online tournament, I always close my antivirus. So for me close option is great.
 
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what people have to know:

1- there is a difference between close a program and terminate a program :

- close: you right click the tray icon, the UI is closed , the tray icon disappear , but the service or guard process is still active and you are still protected
- terminate: all is closed, services, processes , etc... you are no more protected at all

what MTest is trying to say , is that by closing Xvirus via "close button" , Xvirus should still protect the system and not be terminated.
 
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Umbra Polaris said:
what people have to know:

1- there is a difference between close a program and terminate a program :

- close: you right click the tray icon, the UI is closed , the tray icon disappear , but the service or guard process is still active and you are still protected
- terminate: all is closed, services, processes , etc... you are no more protected at all

what MTest is trying to say , is that by closing Xvirus via "close button" , Xvirus should still protect the system and not be terminated.
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Remember, if an anti-virus can be terminated by receiving the ALT+F4 keystrokes, then a piece of malware can very easily send those keystrokes automatically to the process to terminate it. This is why commercial anti-virus programs always check the origin of the request to terminate process, and won't let the process terminate except by the close button, and even then there will usually be a confirmation message.

I would suggest you rename it to "Shutdown Protection" so as not to confuse, closing the window and shutting down the anti-virus process (terminate) ;)
 
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Umbra Polaris said:
what people have to know:

1- there is a difference between close a program and terminate a program :

- close: you right click the tray icon, the UI is closed , the tray icon disappear , but the service or guard process is still active and you are still protected
- terminate: all is closed, services, processes , etc... you are no more protected at all

what MTest is trying to say , is that by closing Xvirus via "close button" , Xvirus should still protect the system and not be terminated.
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Yes, that's what i'm trying to say.
 
Cowpipe said:
Remember, if an anti-virus can be terminated by receiving the ALT+F4 keystrokes, then a piece of malware can very easily send those keystrokes automatically to the process to terminate it. This is why commercial anti-virus programs always check the origin of the request to terminate process, and won't let the process terminate except by the close button, and even then there will usually be a confirmation message.

I would suggest you rename it to "Shutdown Protection" so as not to confuse, closing the window and shutting down the anti-virus process (terminate) ;)
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It only terminates if you right click the tray icon first. If not it just closes the UI
 
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