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SIMPLE VIRUS DETECTOR
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Find the source code of the project in "src" folder.

Open in NetBeans to run the project from IDE.


To run the project :
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1) Go to "dist" folder in terminal.
2) Execute command : java -jar "VirusAnalyzer.jar" 
3) Select the file you want scan for virus, from the file chooser window.
4) Program will detect whether the file contains a virus or not, based on the
   md5 hash of the file's byte code and the provided virus definitions.


NOTE :
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*) "virusDef.txt" in "dist" folder contains 1000 md5 hashes of viruses and 
   their names and virus types.

   Source : https://virusshare.com/hashes.4n6

*) EICAR (European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research) Standard Anti-Virus Test File
   can be downloaded from,

	https://www.ikarussecurity.com/fileadmin/user_upload/testviren/eicar_com.zip
  
   and can be tested on this virus detector (choose the zip file as file to detect).