NXT Virus

[dudmaster]

Wow. I made a virus on my NXT to!

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

[mattallen37]

But you could stop that one with a computer. Muntoo's, you can't.

[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

[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?

[muntoo]

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.

[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

[muntoo]

Dud,

What are you talking about?

[dudmaster]

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[physics-matt]

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

[mightor]

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