I look at the interget with Google and Bing but see nobody has av solution for the 80x51. and I know we need it. so I will write one and sell it. if you got experience and can help and want to be a part of this project say now.
walleed_zawami (AT) hotmail (DOT) com
"used to, Both Atmel and Intel has EOL'ed them."
Ok. I didn't know that. I did look at them when introduced, but never had a need for them then. And after that, they somehow got lost in the background noise.
Thanks for all the responss. I will send privat emails later.
av = anti virus
Do you think that there is actually a virus problem on 8051-based systems??
And exactly why would a microcontroller need antivirus software?
How do you expect it to be affected by a virus?
If it supports in-application updates, then it is the developers code that decides if a new firmware should be programmed. It's enough to check that the new firmware is properly signed to know that it is an ok firmware for the device.
If using in-system programming, then the end user is basically taking over all control of the processor when forcing a new binary into the processor - so exactly where would you manage to get any anti-virus program to run?
And if the PC gets affected by any virus, that virus can not run on the microcontroller. For a larger microcontroller (so large that it can run java applets), it would be possible to download a java virus. But after your careful study of the 8051 architecture - does it look like it is a suitable platform for running java applications on? What are your experience about the amount of resources a java virtual machine consumes when run on a PC?
No, real life isn't as in "Independence Day" where a Mac can send a computer virus to an unknown computer system in the alien space ship. There is a need for a common language to infect a machine. The 8051 processor needs the virus in a format that it can run. And a normal 8051 system isn't supporting software plugins so there isn't an interface for getting an optional virus appended to the normal firmware.
That just reminds me of the story I read a few years back about a brand/model of mobile phone which was susceptible to a particular virus.
The reported effect was that the phone was rendered useless. When infected, the only task it could perform was ... to send and receive telephone calls.
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