Antivirus for WinPhones (entertainment/humor)

[PepperdotNet]

With the daily threads and questions about "can my Windows phone get viruses" and "do I need Antivirus for Windows phone" it occurred to me to create this useless little app.

Placebo Antivirus
https://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/...bfd29-dc7a-4074-a732-6ac87d22550e?signin=true

The app serves no purpose and is for humorous entertainment only, it does not actually do anything. But some people might feel better about their phone to know it has an Antivirus app installed. Finding it in the Store when searching for antivirus might be educational, at least.

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[jontyfernz]

LOLZ:grincry:

 

[someone2639]

Suggestion: Make it more elaborate, with progress bar, etc.

 

[xandros9]

I approve.

Maybe we should recommend this to the especially dense.

And add an option for more explanation I guess considering how things are more secure, relative marketshare making it less appealing, etc.

 

[someone2639]

I could release one as well, to keep the folks sure that there's a choice.

 

[a5cent]

lol.

I also think a little more text would help. If we can expand this and make it a little more educational while keeping the humour, I could imagine making this a sticky and referring all such threads to this app.

 

[someone2639]

And we can pretend to have a virus in the app which it promptly "removes"

 

[Nicholas Maguire]

Hah! I'll have my dad download this when it's published.
His Android using friends always tell him he should get an antivirus for his phone. After that he comes to me and asks and I tell him he doesn't need one. This has happened multiple times.

 

[raycpl]

Oh, we definitely need a few indicators for results Green = Clean, Cyan = Low level, Orange = Medium level and Red = Critical Infection. ... and make sure the colours matches Lumia colours !!!

 

[Nicholas Maguire]

I think some people who replied here aren't getting the point of your app

 

[someone2639]

I think some people who replied here aren't getting the point of your app

We're just trying to comfort the guys paranoid about viruses. By creating the most authentic apps ever!

 

[teckris]

why not have a UI like Memory Cleaner that has some steps and progress bars that scans and all!!!
Will definitely go like cakes... i would prefer not to add Virus Found, because it will spread FALSE alarm about Virus...

 

[CapoFantasma97]

There just should be a start page with the button to initialize the scan, make a good loading bar, and some false info about the scan (maybe even with easter eggs, showing weird locations like Z://lumia69/omgyourpreciousporn/ or F://u/c/k/U ), then after that 3 results:



?1 VIRUS FOUND: DUMBNESS

"This virus is inside every person who thinks this is a real antivirus and that Windows Phone is vulnerable. I'm sorry man, you won't last long. Only 3 days."

?WARNING: RISK OF INFECTION

"Your Androidish friends may infect you with the most vicious virus on the Earth: Love for Android. This virus spreads by nonsense talks, and makes the victim switch to a lagging phone and install antiviruses. If you don't want to get infected, spread the antidote, Windows Phone!"

?NO VIRUSES FOUND, OBVIOUSLY

"Windows Phone is a closed platform, and nothing can infect it. Better show this to the people made you install an useless antivirus." :facepalm image here, maybe in Windows Phone style:

 

[sinime]

LOL, this could be interesting.

 

[xandros9]

I don't think the app should be that mean, considering it has the word "Windows" in the name.

 

[sinime]

Also, there should be a disclaimer in the about screen that states it's a joke app for fun.

 

[sinime]

This reminds me of an old a app from the late 90's that when you opened it, there was a question box that would pop up asking if you wanted to delete all your files... if you moved the cursor to no, it would pop the pointer to yes and pretend to delete all your files, eventually giving you a fake BSOD, and finally starting, "aren't you glad this isn't a real virus?"... I think it was actually advertising for some anti virus software.

 

[sinime]

What if you could add a contacts picker in the settings, that would allow you pre-select friends... Then when your running the "virus" scan, it would pop up that some suspicious contacts were found and list their names?

Could be used as a gag in front of friends

 

[PepperdotNet]

Ha ha, I wasn't expecting this much positive reaction to the thing. I'll take all the suggestions into account. Meanwhile, the Store is dragging its feet and taking a while to get it published. It's possible somebody actually looks at it and decides it's "not appropriate" but I'll burn that bridge when I get to it I guess.

 

[Richard Culverhouse]

OP: Don't mean to be the grouch here, but isn't this just going to confuse the issue...?