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This state of the art Malware Detector will save your computer from all kinds of cyber malware

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Inspiration- Ever since I was a kid I always had this curiosity while surfing the internet to find certain cracks but since the internet isn't the friendliest place, I often ended up infecting my computer with ransomware so I use to wonder what if I could tell the type of contents in a file without opening it.

What it does- So basically our project uses an API called Virus Total to check a file's contents and examine the file pattern and then compares it to common malware types and returns a evaluation which then is assessed by the backend code and returned in the form of flash messages.

How we built it- First we finalized the idea and then found the required resources we needed to pull the idea off, then we learnt about the different kinds of options available to host a virtual environment . We also learned how to integrate an API in our project which basically does all the evaluation about the malware.

Challenges we ran into - One of the primary challenges we ran into was that we couldn't get our hands on a sample virus to test our project because whenever we tried to download it windows instantly terminated it, so after some research we came to know about EICAR test files and went along with it.

Accomplishments that we're proud of - The proudest thing we pulled off was the front end part as our team was pretty much clueless about html but we managed to work with it in limited time and pulled our designs off perfectly

What we learned- We learnt a whole lot about frameworks, languages and platforms . We learnt about flask and html along with python . We learnt how to host a virtual environment with the venv package in python.

What's next for Malware Detector- Next we plan to integrate another feature by which one can find the safety and authenticity of a website without risking their devices

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