Ghost2520 Posted August 1, 2003 Posted August 1, 2003 Errrr... to make a long story short, you know how a few years back people always talked about those viruses that, as soon as you opened an email, it would take all of the addresses in your address book and send a file to all of those people... what if I wanted to make one of these but not a virus, perfectly harmless(for the computers at least). Like if I sent an email to Bob, and I had a hidden attachment, which was a picture of a cow. Can I make it so that Bob can't see the cow, but it sends the picture of the cow to everyone in his address book? It wouldn't really be a virus, but just a way to send a picture to everyone in their address book without them knowing... Can I somehow do this with Visual Basic 6? (I'm starting to learn that) Thanks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishop245 Posted August 1, 2003 Posted August 1, 2003 thats still a virus and still illeagle or how ever its spelled Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
syneze Posted August 1, 2003 Posted August 1, 2003 Technically speaking, a virus is any code that replicates itself, so unless it makes a copy of itself that isn't a virus (again..technically speaking) Ghost, I suggest you learn the basics of VB (or any programming language) before you try to delve into deeper avenues... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost2520 Posted August 1, 2003 Posted August 1, 2003 So what I am trying to get at is, can I achieve this "invisible" virus through only Visual Basic 6 programming? I just started learing it so I have yet to figure out all of what it can be used for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted August 1, 2003 Posted August 1, 2003 Most of the email viruses used JavaScript to launch code once the email was opened. Since then, most email programs will no longer allow java/javascript (or even HTML) to be run by default. Even then, you'd have to outsmart the anti virus software that looks for malicious code in emails. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
General912 Posted August 1, 2003 Posted August 1, 2003 you could do a vb code with an html include. like this one. http://www.geocities.com/brianjfuller/cupholder.html But most email service filter out this code. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost2520 Posted August 2, 2003 Posted August 2, 2003 Oh well, there goes that idea... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEclypse Posted August 6, 2003 Posted August 6, 2003 you really should learn the basics, perhaps even a better programming language, like C++ or C# (although they are a bit more complex) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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