Fireworks program

Can someone test Firework3 on Windows 7 ?

It works on XP and Slacko Puppy under Wine.

It displays fireworks and if you click on it, more explosions occur.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByH...ew?usp=sharing

Thanks,
Andy

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:50:22 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
Can someone test Firework3 on Windows 7 ?

It works on XP and Slacko Puppy under Wine.

It displays fireworks and if you click on it, more explosions occur.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByH...ew?usp=sharing

Thanks,
Andy

This link should work.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By...EVyOEp4ZXRIOGM

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:54:36 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:50:22 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
Can someone test Firework3 on Windows 7 ?

It works on XP and Slacko Puppy under Wine.

It displays fireworks and if you click on it, more explosions occur.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByH...ew?usp=sharing

Thanks,
Andy

This link should work.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By...EVyOEp4ZXRIOGM

Google Drive is useless.

Hopefully this works.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kybmkv6p91...work3.exe?dl=0

Andy wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:54:36 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:50:22 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
Can someone test Firework3 on Windows 7 ?

It works on XP and Slacko Puppy under Wine.

It displays fireworks and if you click on it, more explosions occur.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByH...ew?usp=sharing

Thanks,
Andy
This link should work.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By...EVyOEp4ZXRIOGM

Google Drive is useless.

Hopefully this works.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kybmkv6p91...work3.exe?dl=0

Detection 2 of 55.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7...is/1456734694/

W32/Heuristic-210!Eldorado

That means there is something unsavory about the behavior if you use it.
A heuristic detection, means the program does something while it is running,
to worry the scanner program.

Using the strings.exe program, to dump text from inside the program...

apocalypse
Fireworks MMX ...by ronybc
Fireworks Version: 3.40229 - Freeware
WARNING: This is a Fireware, softwares that push CPU temperature
to its maximum. It does No harm, but overclockers better stay away
Entire source code of this program is free available at my website.
If you like the work, help the author with donations.
see http://www.ronybc.8k.com/support.htm
SPACE & ENTER keys toggles 'Gravity and Air' and
'Light and Smoke' effects respectively.
And clicks explode..! close clicks produce more light
Manufactured, bottled and distributed by
Silicon Fumes Digital Distilleries, Kerala, INDIA
Copyright 1999-2004
Rony B Chandran. All Rights Reserved
This isn't the Final Version
check http://www.ronybc.8k.com for updates and more
rony
fps = %u [www.ronybc.8k.com]

Apparently that site specializes in MASM (assembler),
although the program strings suggest it's linked to
other system calls.

And the fact there was no entry for it on Virustotal, and it
got scanned for the first time, tells you how trustworthy it is.
Popular programs are normally already scanned on there. This is
the first time anyone scanned it. That means, even *you* didn't
get it scanned on virustotal. before offering it to us.

Paul

On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 2:45:39 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:54:36 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 10:50:22 PM UTC-6, Andy wrote:
Can someone test Firework3 on Windows 7 ?

It works on XP and Slacko Puppy under Wine.

It displays fireworks and if you click on it, more explosions occur.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByH...ew?usp=sharing

Thanks,
Andy
This link should work.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By...EVyOEp4ZXRIOGM

Google Drive is useless.

Hopefully this works.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kybmkv6p91...work3.exe?dl=0

Detection 2 of 55.

https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7...is/1456734694/

W32/Heuristic-210!Eldorado

That means there is something unsavory about the behavior if you use it.
A heuristic detection, means the program does something while it is running,
to worry the scanner program.

Using the strings.exe program, to dump text from inside the program...

apocalypse
Fireworks MMX ...by ronybc
Fireworks Version: 3.40229 - Freeware
WARNING: This is a Fireware, softwares that push CPU temperature
to its maximum. It does No harm, but overclockers better stay away
Entire source code of this program is free available at my website.
If you like the work, help the author with donations.
see http://www.ronybc.8k.com/support.htm
SPACE & ENTER keys toggles 'Gravity and Air' and
'Light and Smoke' effects respectively.
And clicks explode..! close clicks produce more light
Manufactured, bottled and distributed by
Silicon Fumes Digital Distilleries, Kerala, INDIA
Copyright 1999-2004
Rony B Chandran. All Rights Reserved
This isn't the Final Version
check http://www.ronybc.8k.com for updates and more
rony
fps = %u [www.ronybc.8k.com]

Apparently that site specializes in MASM (assembler),
although the program strings suggest it's linked to
other system calls.

And the fact there was no entry for it on Virustotal, and it
got scanned for the first time, tells you how trustworthy it is.
Popular programs are normally already scanned on there. This is
the first time anyone scanned it. That means, even *you* didn't
get it scanned on virustotal. before offering it to us.

Paul

You need a new virus scanner !

Virus scanners are notorious for giving false positives for assembly language problems.

No need me to scan it because I modified and assembled it myself.

I know what virus code looks like !!

Many others have run it with NO problems.

:-)

Andy

Andy wrote:


Many others have run it with NO problems.

I am a promoter of "Safe Hex". That means,
developing a sense of a level of trust in
a program. Where did the program come from ?
Is the download site reputable (could the
program have been replaced with another) ?

You should not run code on a machine, even
with your copy of Avast strapped to it, if
you don't know where the program came from.
Just about anything could be inside the program.
If the program contains an exploit never seen
before, your AV could be powerless to stop it.

Paul

On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:35:54 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:


Many others have run it with NO problems.

I am a promoter of "Safe Hex". That means,
developing a sense of a level of trust in
a program. Where did the program come from ?
Is the download site reputable (could the
program have been replaced with another) ?

You should not run code on a machine, even
with your copy of Avast strapped to it, if
you don't know where the program came from.
Just about anything could be inside the program.
If the program contains an exploit never seen
before, your AV could be powerless to stop it.

Paul

Nothing wrong with being safe.

As my post stated, I assembled the program from trusted code.

I am a very safe person.

But there is a method to defeat all viruses and malware and other items that can wreck your system.

It's called doing disk images.

Do you do so ?

Take care,
Andy

Andy wrote:
On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:35:54 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:

Many others have run it with NO problems.
I am a promoter of "Safe Hex". That means,
developing a sense of a level of trust in
a program. Where did the program come from ?
Is the download site reputable (could the
program have been replaced with another) ?

You should not run code on a machine, even
with your copy of Avast strapped to it, if
you don't know where the program came from.
Just about anything could be inside the program.
If the program contains an exploit never seen
before, your AV could be powerless to stop it.

Paul

Nothing wrong with being safe.

As my post stated, I assembled the program from trusted code.

I am a very safe person.

But there is a method to defeat all viruses and malware and other items that can wreck your system.

It's called doing disk images.

Do you do so ?

Take care,
Andy

If you get Sality in your computer room, you'll
soon find out how clever you are. The problem is,
most people never get really good malware on
their computers. It makes a difference whether
you're a "worthwhile target" or not.

There was one malware researcher, who got something
on his machine (undoubtedly sent phishing-style),
which was almost impossible to remove. Even introducing
a brand new computer into the room, taking all possible
precautions, it too ended up infected. So when it comes
to malware, be careful what you wish for.

And you could be Fake_Andy, instead of Real_Andy. It's
possible to fake entire messages on USENET, using an
injection server that still has peers. There is a tool
specially constructed for the purpose of sending fake
posts (amongst other things). So when you look like Andy,
I also have to consider you're Fake_Andy and you're trying
to get me to execute an untrustworthy binary.

If I had something to give people, I give them source.
And they can install MinGW or Visual Studio. They can review
the code, compile it, and use if if they want. If the program
was particularly large, I could put a copy on Pastebin (a
text dump site, now with quite limited file size). So that's a
way of distributing materials in a way that says "I have nothing
to hide".

Paul

On 29 Feb 2016, Andy wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

Nothing wrong with being safe.

As my post stated, I assembled the program from trusted code.

I am a very safe person.

Famous last words. Why should anyone believe you?

But there is a method to defeat all viruses and malware and other
items that can wreck your system.

It's called doing disk images.

Do you do so ?

You want someone to take the time and trouble to make a disk image to
"test" your suspicious program that (according to you) does nothing but
display "fireworks"??

Riiiight.

Why don't you set up your own test machine?

Andy,

As my post stated, I assembled the program from trusted code.

1) We don't know you.

I am a very safe person.

2) We do not know if your computer is, unknown to yourself, contaminated
with malware.

But there is a method to defeat all viruses and malware and
other items that can wreck your system.

It's called doing disk images.

Nope, that does not help against quite a few strains of malware.

Assuming you make regular backups and keep at least a number of them, not
only the last one: How old is your oldest backup which does *not* cause
severe data loss ?

Could that backup be younger than the time some ransomware program has been
silently encrypting the files on your computer and thus effectivily your
backups too (making them useless without the decryption key you do no not
have) ?


Backups are good against system crashes due to something that happened *now*
(hardware breakdowns, updates gone wrong. New program trashing the
database, etc.), not against malware which acts/starts to act silently
(ransomware, but also rootkit/botnet, keystroke capturing, etc. software).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Andy schreef in berichtnieuws
...
On Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:35:54 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
Andy wrote:


Many others have run it with NO problems.

I am a promoter of "Safe Hex". That means,
developing a sense of a level of trust in
a program. Where did the program come from ?
Is the download site reputable (could the
program have been replaced with another) ?

You should not run code on a machine, even
with your copy of Avast strapped to it, if
you don't know where the program came from.
Just about anything could be inside the program.
If the program contains an exploit never seen
before, your AV could be powerless to stop it.

Paul

Nothing wrong with being safe.

As my post stated, I assembled the program from trusted code.

I am a very safe person.

But there is a method to defeat all viruses and malware and other items
that can wreck your system.

It's called doing disk images.

Do you do so ?

Take care,
Andy

On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 4:33:13 AM UTC-6, R.Wieser wrote:
Andy,

As my post stated, I assembled the program from trusted code.

1) We don't know you.

I am a very safe person.

2) We do not know if your computer is, unknown to yourself, contaminated
with malware.

But there is a method to defeat all viruses and malware and
other items that can wreck your system.

It's called doing disk images.

Nope, that does not help against quite a few strains of malware.

Paul

Sure it does.

Unless malware has found a way to go back in time. :-)

Andy

Andy,

Sure it does.

Unless malware has found a way to go back in time. :-)

Than you have not been paying attention to what I tried to explain. :-(

Imagine you making backups every friday, but are noticing a keystroke-logger
*months* after it was placed onto your computer. How many of those backups
will than have the keystroke-logger too ? How usefull will those backups
than still be to remove the malware ?

So, its not about malware going back into time, bit simply a matter how long
it takes you to discover its on your machine.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional mesage:
Andy schreef in berichtnieuws
...
On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 4:33:13 AM UTC-6, R.Wieser wrote:
Andy,

As my post stated, I assembled the program from trusted code.

1) We don't know you.

I am a very safe person.

2) We do not know if your computer is, unknown to yourself, contaminated
with malware.

But there is a method to defeat all viruses and malware and
other items that can wreck your system.

It's called doing disk images.

Nope, that does not help against quite a few strains of malware.

Paul

Sure it does.

Unless malware has found a way to go back in time. :-)

Andy

On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:54:07 AM UTC-6, R.Wieser wrote:
Andy,

Sure it does.

Unless malware has found a way to go back in time. :-)

Than you have not been paying attention to what I tried to explain. :-(

Imagine you making backups every friday, but are noticing a keystroke-logger
*months* after it was placed onto your computer. How many of those backups
will than have the keystroke-logger too ? How usefull will those backups
than still be to remove the malware ?

So, its not about malware going back into time, bit simply a matter how long
it takes you to discover its on your machine.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional mesage:
Andy schreef in berichtnieuws
...
On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 4:33:13 AM UTC-6, R.Wieser wrote:
Andy,

As my post stated, I assembled the program from trusted code.

1) We don't know you.

I am a very safe person.

2) We do not know if your computer is, unknown to yourself, contaminated
with malware.

But there is a method to defeat all viruses and malware and
other items that can wreck your system.

It's called doing disk images.

Nope, that does not help against quite a few strains of malware.

Paul

Sure it does.

Unless malware has found a way to go back in time. :-)

Andy


With Linux, malware and viruses, while present are rare.

So the odds of a backup image contain one is also rare.

No so with any version of Windows.

Andy

In a previous post, you said you did not know me.

Not so.

I believe you posted many times over the years in assembly forums. ?

Andy,

With Linux, malware and viruses, while present are rare.

Huh ? You *are* making and offering us Windows programs here, are you ?
Whats than is this talk about an unrelated OS ?

So the odds of a backup image contain one is also rare.

Really ? So if your Windows OS environment (regardless of if it is the
main OS or running in a VM) contracts a virus and you make a backup of it
the virus magically does not appear in it ? You really need to explain
that to me I'm afraid.

In a previous post, you said you did not know me.

Not so.

I don't. And no, a fleeting encounter with someone does not constitute to
knowing him.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Andy schreef in berichtnieuws
...

With Linux, malware and viruses, while present are rare.

So the odds of a backup image contain one is also rare.

No so with any version of Windows.

Andy

In a previous post, you said you did not know me.

Not so.

I believe you posted many times over the years in assembly forums. ?

On Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 2:25:59 AM UTC-6, R.Wieser wrote:
Andy,

With Linux, malware and viruses, while present are rare.

Huh ? You *are* making and offering us Windows programs here, are you ?
Whats than is this talk about an unrelated OS ?

So the odds of a backup image contain one is also rare.

Really ? So if your Windows OS environment (regardless of if it is the
main OS or running in a VM) contracts a virus and you make a backup of it
the virus magically does not appear in it ? You really need to explain
that to me I'm afraid.

In a previous post, you said you did not know me.

Not so.

I don't. And no, a fleeting encounter with someone does not constitute to
knowing him.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Andy schreef in berichtnieuws
...

With Linux, malware and viruses, while present are rare.

So the odds of a backup image contain one is also rare.

No so with any version of Windows.

Andy

In a previous post, you said you did not know me.

Not so.

I believe you posted many times over the years in assembly forums. ?



It's a shame you have gotten so negative.

But when you were positive, I learned a lot. :-)

Andy