Hello, aspiring ethical hackers. In our previous blogpost, you learnt how to create a virus from scratch. However, not always viruses are created from scratch in real-world. There are many virus makers available to easily create viruses. In this blogpost, you will learn about one such tool named JPS Virus maker.
Why we chose this tool particularly? There are numerous virus makers available on internet and for sale on dark web. We chose this tool because our intention is not to create a virus but just show you how easy it is to create a virus. An also because since its popular and harmless (because it is easily detected by even basic AV’s. Note that this is for education purpose only.
JPS virus maker runs on Windows. Once you download JPS virus maker to the Windows system, clicking on the executable opens a window as shown below. (Note that JPS virus maker is portable and needs to installation. Also note that Antivirus needs to be disabled while creating a virus with JPS virus maker. Otherwise Antivirus will flag it as malicious software.
Here, you can see all the functions of the virus maker. You can specify any or all functions you want to perform on the targets system. You can select a single function or multiple functions at once.
But first let us click on the “About” button to learn more about its creator.
You can see that it is written in Delphi. With the “server name” option, you can select the name for the virus you want to create from the given values. Let’s name it “sender.exe”.
Similarly, you can also set the name for your virus after successful installation on the system.
Below all the functions given for you to set for your virus, you can select the option to restart, log off, turn off and hibernate the target system. You can find additional functions for your virus by clicking on the button next to “Exit”.
You can even convert your virus into a worm. To understand the difference between virus and a worm, read our guide on malware. You can even select a icon for your virus. Let’s select PDF icon, for example.
After you select all the functions you want your virus to have, click on “Create Virus” and the virus will be created.
The virus is ready. Now all we need to do is to send it to the target and convince them to execute it. For this, you need to learn social engineering.
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