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#Can someone tell me if this script is safe?
polar oysterBOT
cunning lion
why is this a C++ "script"
graceful cypress
Look, when in doubt, read it
bleak sail
Look, when in doubt, read it
Im new so i dont understand it well
graceful cypress
Hint: I would focus on trying to understand what these 5 lines do```cpp
std::ofstream file_seperate(current_target_seperate.path(), std::ios::trunc);
if (file_seperate.is_open()) {
file_seperate << "This file was fixed!"; // This corrupts and destroys all issues in the files!
std::cout << current_target_seperate.path() << " has been fixed..." << "\n";
}
Maybe run it in a VM to see what it does
cunning lion
what do you think it's supposed to do anyway?
graceful cypress
^
bleak sail
Fix all files in a directory
cunning lion
"fix"
graceful cypress
What does "fix all files" mean
bleak sail
Im guessing repair...
graceful cypress
But what does repair mean
graceful cypress
Why do your files need "repairing"
bleak sail
I think it finds any issues and fixes them
cunning lion
||this is going to "fix" files like a vet "fixes" animals||
bleak sail
Am I wrong? Or is someone trying to scam me?
cunning lion
why do you think your files have issues?
bleak sail
Idk if they do, thats why I want something to check
graceful cypress
I think it finds any issues and fixes them
wtf does this mean lol
cunning lion
where did you even get this?
graceful cypress
what sort of issues could a file have that a 20 line script would magically fix
cunning lion
no this does not do anything useful to any files
bleak sail
where did you even get this?
In a separate server someone included it in an ad for a file repair software
cunning lion
honestly looks like something an AI would barf up
graceful cypress
In fact we should probably say it does anti-useful things to files
bleak sail
So it's malicous?
cunning lion
well you'll certainly need some file "repair" software after this lol
cunning lion
So it's malicous?
if someone is dumb enough to build and run it yes
graceful cypress
In a separate server someone included it in an ad for a file repair software
Let's try a different question: Do you have any reason to think your files need "repairing"
Like
I don't understand why you'd even thinking of running a random script that you don't even need
bleak sail
Let's try a different question: Do you have any reason to think your files need ...
My computer just been slow lately and I wanna make sure its not a corruption issue
cunning lion
there's unfortunetly not a silver bullet fix for that
you should have windows defender (it comes with windows), you can have it run a scan if you are really worried
graceful cypress
My computer just been slow lately and I wanna make sure its not a corruption iss...
Ok. Pause. And take a step back.
"corruption" is very ambiguous
"corruption" can break things, it won't cause your computer to otherwise function just slower
bleak sail
Oh
graceful cypress
Take the time to actually try to diagnose bottlenecks in your system if you want to understand why it's going slow
bleak sail
So basically, it's not corruption and I should just erase this script from my system?
graceful cypress
Sure, though I recommend trying to run it in a VM you don't care about to see what it does
cunning lion
it's not really a script, it's just some text, you would have to build it, but sure, go ahead and erase it
(C++ is not a scripting language, it's compiled)
bleak sail
it's not really a script, it's just some text, you would have to build it, but s...
okii
Ohhh
I'm coming from Python so Im new to this lol sry
polar oysterBOT
cunning lion
My computer just been slow lately and I wanna make sure its not a corruption iss...
you can use resource manage to see what on your machine is taking up so much memory or cpu (or disk)
(from task manager)
bleak sail
you can use resource manage to see what on your machine is taking up so much mem...
Ohhh oki thx, and thx for saving me from accidentally hurting my computer lol