My Virus Project 👾 ┃ 📓 My Personal Projects

Summary

[.exe]
Virus made in python + batch intended for use on windows.
Its purpose: Take screenshots every 30 seconds and record all keyboard strokes, then send everything to Discord using a bot.

Detailed Description

I got this project idea in 2023, when I wanted to learn more about the threats that could surround me while browsing the web and how to camouflage a malicious program as much as possible. To do this, I had to find a way to bypass antivirus software. Unfortunately, despite managing to turn my batch program containing my python code into a base64 executable, as soon as the file was executed, the antivirus would quarantine it. Once the antivirus was disabled, the somewhat heavy virus (installation of python + necessary dependencies) executed. An image appears and without any other window opening, the virus already starts recording keyboard strokes and begins its 30-second countdown before sending a screenshot.

Possible Improvements

Although this project is now abandoned, a possible update would be to focus on the file's authenticity and play around with the file signatures so that antivirus software cannot detect it. One could also imagine a video stream of the camera and screen redirected directly to Discord or a Python application developed specifically for the occasion.