Worms and Viruses

[Firecore]

Hi.
My brother is an expert at C & C++
He is always making small annoying programs similar to Worms and Viruses.
I have learnt VB and some C.
Anyone got any ideas as to how I can stop him short of pulling him off the PC?

[Rasputin]

Hi.
My brother is an expert at C & C++
He is always making small annoying programs similar to Worms and Viruses.
I have learnt VB and some C.
Anyone got any ideas as to how I can stop him short of pulling him off the PC?

A low-level solution could be to ask him to stop.
A hardware solution could be to cut the wire of his keyboard.
A software solution could be to use his own programs against him, to inhibit him.

The point being made is that your question needs to be more detailed.

[sicarie]

Lock down your computer (Google search of a few guides that might help), create a limited account for him (another Google search), and take karate (I'll let you search for that on your own) so you can deter him from doing that in the future.

If he's determined to be malicious, he probably already has a key stroke logger installed, and probably already knows your password. But don't change it right off, get rid of the keylogger first. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...an&btnG=Search

Also, learn what processes are supposed to be running on a computer so you can pull up the Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del and Task Manager, or right-click on the bar at the bottom of the screen where the open programs usually show up, or use Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and stop any processes that shouldn't be running.

I'm also moving this to the Windows forum (as you said you were learning VB, I'm assuming you are on Windows), where you should be able to get more ideas.

[weaknessforcats]

Make him aware of the legal penalties of using code like that.

[Chrisjc]

A low-level solution could be to ask him to stop.
A hardware solution could be to cut the wire of his keyboard.
A software solution could be to use his own programs against him, to inhibit him.

I am not going to lie but I like this answer. Cutting the keyboard and hiding a spare is always a good idea.

haha

No but on a serious note. As stated below making a lower level account for him and cutting off access to his C and C++ programs.. Only allowing access to I.E. or word something for him to only do something of need is one way...

If you need help with setting up restrictions please let us know as we will be happy to point you in the right direction... The only other thing is to talk to him and make sure he doesn’t follow a path of the dark side so to speak.. It is some serious time for all that and I am sure you wouldn’t like to see your bro hung up in the pin for TYPEING....

There are plenty of things he can use that code for good maybe show talk to him about some virus or worms that are not cracked and have him find a fix or a solution for them? Other wise I personally would just make sure he isn’t using it for bad... I mean a lot of grate programmers start of this way… but use it on friends or someone they know as a test so they know there code is working correctly but to use it in public and junk up the internet some more will cost him in time…

For now here is an overview for windows on accounts...

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[Firecore]

Thanx fr your help guys.
I found a great way to stop him.
I found all sorts of blackmailing goodies in his PC.
I used a keyscanner to get his password and made an app to block him out.
I also used other methods to subdue his processes.
I did not know about the processes b4 u told me.
Thanx

I am freee now.
Thanx