Could you imagine an anti-virus/malware program that could actually double as a PC game?
>scan computer for viruses/malware
>scanner puts them in quarantine
>open a game mode and battle it until it gets deleted
>anti-virus actually connects to a virus/malware database to determine the virus's known aliases and threat level
>the higher the level, the more difficult it is to defeat it
>>323129084
I'd play it
>Those viruses that somehow come back and force themselves to boot on startup are the way-too-common random encounters
This is one of the more retarded things I've hear today
Wait a minute now, we're missing an important question here: do we all get one of these?
>>323129902
The only retarded thing about it is some kid willingly going to limeware to download viruses to battle.
>>323130056
Game would be highly modable allowing us to make whatever weapon we desire
>>323130224
Stop making me things that don'tand probably never willexist, anon
you're making me sad
>>323130056
Very likely
>>323129902
There is a game that randomly picks files, if you shoot them, it deletes them.
>>323130401
making me want things*
fug
But what uf the virus infects the gayme?
The easiest thing to do would be to create a standalone game that can connect to an existing anti-virus like norton and delete the viruses from it's quarantine list.
>>323129084
There was already a game kinda like this. Didn't actually keep your computer safe, but simulated you going into a computer world and destroying corrupted files.
My parents got mad at me for playing it because they thought it was to blame for the problems our computer was having. Good times.
>>323130631
We will have to make a game that can't be infected with virus.
>>323130801
Just like that guy whose mom blamed his games for putting viruses on the computer but it was actually his sister downloading songs from limewireand then she stole his laptop and gave it to his sister
>>323130758
I like that idea.
>Scanner scans for viruses
>Picks some up
>Game adds the viruses as enemies
>Killing the enemies deletes the infected files
>Doing the virus scan side-game also rewards you with money and/or EXP in the main game
>>323131021
It's okay anon
>>323131174
>enemies added to pokemon like rpg mode
>raise them and level them up
>battle other players online
>>323131174
Holy fuck or even better
>pokemon virus game
>game scans quarantine zone for viruses
>puts them into the game world with stats based off of its coding or type of virus
>catching it deletes the files but let's you use it to battle other viruses
>>323131174
scan computer
detect this game as a virus.
>>323131621
No this was an actual copy/pasta some submitted years ago
>>323131836
Jeeeeesus, that's some shit
>>323131621
It's fascinating the way that distro just hops right over the memory leak like that. Such majestic creatures, linuxes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbvfsWBpL5M
>>323133506
This game is the tits.
>have to infect pc with viruses in order to play game
this is a terrible idea
>>323129084
there used to be something like that i think the name of the virus was "casino"
this screen would show up and the game begins
>>323136564
See, thing is, that's a virus that keeps your data hostage until you can win at slots
What OP is referring to is more like Megaman Battle Network, except the viruses you delete are real viruses on your computer.
>>323130056
>>323129084
>Every type of virus found spawns a different kind of enemy
>Defeated viruses drop battlechips to use in future fights
>More powerful viruses beget harder enemies and more powerful battlechips
>You end up browsing around the scummiest, most virus-laden parts of the web (ala UNDERNET) in order to farm up the most powerful chips
>>323139224
>Final boss isxxxvideos.wmv.exe
>>323139224
Good luck finding old viruses like Melissa and MS Blaster Worm
>Macfags can't even play this game
So we're supposed to actively put viruses on our computer just to play a game?
That's some risky ass gaming. I like it.
>>323139224
Too bad /rs/ isn't here anymore, we could have had a gold mine of viruses to find
Some are you are probably thinking "what's to stop people from making their own OP viruses to cheat in multiplayer modes?". The answer is online virus databases.You can only use viruses that have been registered to certain sites like symantec. You could try to release your own virus into the wild and hope it's registered but you'll probably go to jail.