Group Number: 111
Inspiration
The website virustotal.com checks links and files for viruses. I personally use this site myself, and it inspired me to create something similar. That's how Viroscanner came to be.
What it does
It takes in any valid URL and detects if it is malicious or not. It also returns additional information and shows ratings from other popular antiviruses.
How I built it
I built this during the 7th Los Altos Hacks Hackathon. It took me a combined total of 6 hours. Using VS Code, I built multiple HTML, JS, and CSS files. I also imported fonts from free font sites.
Challenges I ran into
Considering that this was a solo project and I am by no means experienced in JavaScript, I ran into a lot of challenges. The most notable of these were the inability to detect URLs and progress to the next page, but this was eventually fixed.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I'm very proud of overcoming the challenges I faced and learning new things about web development from it. Specifically, with the aid of ChatGPT and Stack Overflow, I achieved the detection of URLs, a very challenging process for me.
What I learned
I learned a lot of new things about web development. This included the use of progress bars, the more frequent use of relative positioning, advanced CSS, and innerHTML features.
What's next for Viroscanner
This was simply a project meant for the 7th LAH Hackathon. However, in the long run, I plan to learn more in web development and to eventually create a fully functioning malicious link checker.
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