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William C

Can anybody find some way I can create antispy software? I need some software to help me build anti-spy software without any knowledge of programming!

Tanuki

There are two approaches to creating anti-spyware software.

One is to guard the likely points in the system where spyware might take hold. This might be auto-run locations (such as in the registry), application add-on locations, etc. It is up to the software's creator to determine what all of the attack vectors are and then police them or guard them. The actual guarding would probably be done by polling on an interval, or by placing a system-wide hook of some sort. Both methods involve a performance hit, so it's a design tradeoff that the software engineer has to make.

Method two is to build a massive database of signatures of spyware software, then run a periodic scan of the system looking for binaries that match one of the signatures. This requires constantly updating the signature database, and will not help protect against custom or never before seen spyware.

"Without any knowledge of programming" there is no way you can create your own antispyware software. This is an advanced task which will require people with advanced programming skills, and knowledge of the OS design, computer security, and if you're doing signature scans, then disassemblers and reverse-engineering skills.