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How do you know an EA isn’t a virus?

  • #1
  • First Post: Apr 7, 2023 3:22am Apr 7, 2023 3:22am
I’ve been looking at trying out some ea’s …not as my main way of trading bc but more for fun , testing etc.

but how do I know an ea, or indicators available here or on the marketplace is legit and not a virus?

sorry for the dumb question but I’m not very techy.

thanks
  • #2
  • Apr 7, 2023 9:46pm Apr 7, 2023 9:46pm
If you're not very techie, I guess the names Trend Micro or Malwarebytes won't mean anything to you?

Personally, I've never heard of such problems, is there a particular reason for you to have these doubts?

Do a Google search or let us know which ones are a worry for you, we can check them out.

Good Luck
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  • #3
  • Apr 8, 2023 6:07am Apr 8, 2023 6:07am
Quoting Erebus
If you're not very techie, I guess the names Trend Micro or Malwarebytes won't mean anything to you? Personally, I've never heard of such problems, is there a particular reason for you to have these doubts? Do a Google search or let us know which ones are a worry for you, we can check them out. Good Luck
so after more research I’ve discovered that an ea built in mql4 is safe , apparently it’s impossible to insert a virus in this code.
no particular reason, just don’t want to have viruses on my system where I manage money!

anyway thanks for the bump.
  • #4
  • Apr 10, 2023 10:33pm Apr 10, 2023 10:33pm
just to add a bit here..

mql4 is the language that EA's/mt4 files are coded in.. Virus's can be placed in a EA-- the only reason a mql4 file is safer is cause you can open it and see the code. If you know how to read code--- youll see the malicious code in there and remove it..... A .EX4 file is already compiled-- so if there is malicious code in that-- you arnt able to remove it... So all this is to say-- just know that a mql4 file can contain bad stuff too...
  • #5
  • Apr 11, 2023 5:21am Apr 11, 2023 5:21am
Quoting mtbb
just to add a bit here.. mql4 is the language that EA's/mt4 files are coded in.. Virus's can be placed in a EA-- the only reason a mql4 file is safer is cause you can open it and see the code. If you know how to read code--- youll see the malicious code in there and remove it..... A .EX4 file is already compiled-- so if there is malicious code in that-- you arnt able to remove it... So all this is to say-- just know that a mql4 file can contain bad stuff too...
thanks, so for someone like me, who cant read code, there is no safe way of using any ea's found on this site?
  • #6
  • Last Post: Apr 11, 2023 1:40pm Apr 11, 2023 1:40pm
Your welcome to send over the mql file to me and im happy to take a look for ya if you want to be realllly sure... Though most people who supply the mql4 file-- assume that someone will read the code-- so i doubt anyone would put malicious code into a file that is easily readable... But your smart to be careful.. Some sketchy coders out there in the world..
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