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Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 12:59
by dudmaster
Wow. I made a virus on my NXT to!

Code: Select all

task main()
{
ClearScreen();
SetAbortFlag(BTNSTATE_NONE);
while (true)
{
ResetSleepTimer();
}
}

Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 17:05
by mattallen37
But you could stop that one with a computer. Muntoo's, you can't.

Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 10 Nov 2010, 18:37
by afanofosc
A virus is only a virus if it can spread. Otherwise it's just a really stupid program that you shouldn't download to your NXT. Muntoo's program is nasty but, as Matt mentioned, dudmaster's can be easily stopped via a direct command from another device, such as a computer.

John Hansen

Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 12 Nov 2010, 04:13
by tcwan
Since we're on this topic, shouldn't RebootInFirmwareMode() have some safety features so that it doesn't get executed without some sort of user consent?

Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 12 Nov 2010, 22:54
by muntoo
tcwan wrote:Since we're on this topic, shouldn't RebootInFirmwareMode() have some safety features so that it doesn't get executed without some sort of user consent?
The "user consent" is you downloading it to your NXT and running it.

Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 13 Nov 2010, 00:33
by dudmaster
HEY! You just stole my program!

For FLL, i was thinking about shutting down the other robot for good!, or just freeze it permanently!

That was evil

Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 13 Nov 2010, 05:45
by muntoo
Dud,

What are you talking about? :?:

Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 14 Nov 2010, 03:42
by dudmaster
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Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 14 Nov 2010, 09:41
by physics-matt
dudmaster wrote: For FLL, i was thinking about shutting down the other robot for good!, or just freeze it permanently!
I sincerely hope you're not serious about that. First of all, you'd be breaking more rules than I care to count and second, you'd have to be a complete sociopath to do something so malicious to other teams.

Matt

Re: NXT Virus

Posted: 14 Nov 2010, 09:46
by mightor
Thread locked.