Can This be Created or will it be useless?

[programstartup]

Im very interested in antiviruses and really enjoy showing overviews of them etc. on youtube. I thought of the idea to make a certain virus infection remover in VB, i wanted to know if i could make an application that would scan the computer for certain listed files that are created by the infection and then remove then with administrative permission. Think this will work and if so what are the commands to force remove a path in VB? I use Vb 2010. I'm looking to make a scanner that will scan the whole computer for "x" registry entry or file and then delete it. I want a bar showing which file is being scanned at the moment, and a progress bar showing how far along in the scanning of the whole systems registry and files in % form. Any help is GREATLY GREATLY appreciated! Also, do you think a browser could be created a in vb an redistributed obviously for no cost?

[programstartup]

i actually only use vb 2010 so scratch the vb 2008

[Jenner]

IO.File.Delete(path)

[programstartup]

im looking to make a scanner that will scan the whole computer for "x" registry entry or file and then delete it. I want a bar showing which file is being scanned at the moment, and a progress bar showing how far along in the scanning of the whole systems registry and files in % form. Any help is GREATLY GREATLY appreciated! Also, do you think a browser could be created a in vb an redistributed obviously for no cost?

[weirddemon]

Making something like this isn't impossible in VB. As long as you're only targeting a specific virus. Like the fake antirvirus apps.

But, it would be sort of useless (not to offend of course). Since tons of manufacturers release free individual removals tools and there are thousands of viruses.

[sapator]

For start i agree with weirddemon that this is of no use.
If it's a personal hobby then you can click my post on "Get total file size of directories with windows API." you can then see how you can get all the files from a directory structure and above.
Note, u may better of be using the non API example posted there, for simplicity.I use the API one but that's just me.

[stanav]

Yes, it will be useful for your own learning purpose to create such an application. For the vast majority of us, it may or may not be useful at all depending on how effective it is compared to other products.