Simple Way to Create Self Destruction program in C/C++

Whether you want to prank your friends or add security to your confidential information. Self Destruction is

would be really cool way to play around.

Just like in the Hollywood movies you can have your own Self Destruction program in no time.

I hope you have basic C/C++ programming knowledge and have a windows based IDE like Dev C++ or

Code:Blocks using which we are going to compile our program.

Here is the self destruction program in c language.

It’s just a basic version. Just change the code according to your needs 🙂

WINDOWS OS

Windows OS does not allow us to EASILY delete the file which is currently loaded in memory(application is running).

That’s why we are going to create a bat file in temporary directory and use it do delete our application.

I think it’s the easiest way.

Do you know any other way… ?

That’s GREAT!

Share it with us in comment below 🙂

#include<stdio.h>
#include<string.h>
#include<windows.h>
#define MAX _MAX_PATH
void SelfDestruct();
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
SelfDestruct(*argv);
return 0;
}

void SelfDestruct(char *exepath[])
{
char batname[MAX]="selfdestruct.bat";
char batcmd[MAX] =":Repeat\ndel \"%s\"\nif exist \"%s\" goto Repeat\ndel \"%s\"" ;
char temppath[MAX];
GetTempPath(MAX,temppath);
FILE *fp;
chdir(temppath);
fp=fopen(batname,"w");
fprintf(fp,batcmd,exepath,exepath,exepath);
strcat(temppath,"\\");
strcat(temppath,batname);
fprintf(fp,"\ndel %s",temppath);
fclose(fp);
ShellExecute(NULL,"open",temppath,NULL,NULL,SW_HIDE);
}

#include<stdio.h>

#include<string.h>

#include<windows.h>

#define MAX _MAX_PATH

void SelfDestruct();

int main(int argc, char *argv[])

{

SelfDestruct(*argv);

return 0;

}

void SelfDestruct(char *exepath[])

{

char batname[MAX]="selfdestruct.bat";

char batcmd[MAX] =":Repeat\ndel \"%s\"\nif exist \"%s\" goto Repeat\ndel \"%s\"" ;

char temppath[MAX];

GetTempPath(MAX,temppath);

FILE *fp;

chdir(temppath);

fp=fopen(batname,"w");

fprintf(fp,batcmd,exepath,exepath,exepath);

strcat(temppath,"\\");

strcat(temppath,batname);

fprintf(fp,"\ndel %s",temppath);

fclose(fp);

ShellExecute(NULL,"open",temppath,NULL,NULL,SW_HIDE);

}

Linux OS

Here’s the code for Linux-style OS. I referred it from StackOverFlow

#include<stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  return unlink(argv[0]);
}

#include<stdio.h>

#include <unistd.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])

{

return unlink(argv[0]);

}

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How to create Self-Destruction program in C/C++

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