Why is my anti virus plugin not working?

you see, I'm trying to make this anti-virus to help developers. heres my script:

local toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("Troys Antivirus")
local button = toolbar:CreateButton(
	"Scan For Suspicous names",
	"Click to scan for possible names of a virus",
	"http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=36527138"
)
button.Click:connect(function()
	print("Scanning for names...")
	plugin:Activate(true) -- Neccessary to listen to mouse input
end)
function VirusNameScan() 
local child = game.Workspace:GetChildren()
if child.Name == "virus" or " virus" or "YOUR AN IDIOT" or "troll" then
child:Destroy()
end
end
print("Scan complete.")

ok, here's my problem; it keeps getting stuck on "Scanning for names...". Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks for reading!

AnonymousOct 30, 2014

✓ Accepted answer

There's multiple problems.

GetChildren() returns a read only table, so "child" is a read only table.
You never called VirusNameScan().
When using if statements with multiple variables, you must do (example) if child.Name == "troll" or child.Name == "virus" then, you did if child.Name == "virus" or "troll".

Here is the fixed version of VirusNameScan()

local suspiciousNames = {"virus", "troll", "YOUR AN IDIOT"} --add any suspicious names to this table

function isSuspicious(name)
if string.lower(table.concat(suspiciousNames, ' ')):match(name:lower()) then
return true
end
return false
end

function VirusNameScan()
for i, child in pairs(game.Workspace:children()) do
if isSuspicious(child.Name) then
child:destroy()
end
end
end

VirusNameScan()

I added a function so you can just add names to a table. That should work.

Please upvote!

AnonymousOct 30, 2014Edited Oct 30, 2014Permalink

9 comments

It is stiil stuck on scanning for names... my script is what you said.

AnonymousOct 30, 2014#

Did you call the function?

AnonymousOct 30, 2014#

I made a typo. I misspelled match.

AnonymousOct 30, 2014#

I put lines 01-10 of my script and changed the rest to yours.

AnonymousOct 30, 2014#

Yeah lol. I thought you knew that. I mean like, there was no syntax for anything plugin-wise.

AnonymousOct 30, 2014#

still the same problem, its stuck on "scanning for names...".

AnonymousOct 30, 2014#

I'll try making my own then give you the script. Just pls upvote.

AnonymousOct 30, 2014#

ok.

AnonymousOct 30, 2014#

Name detection is one of the weakest detection anti-viruses can have

AnonymousOct 3, 2019#

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