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AI Agents Have the Keys to Your Computer. I Spent 8 Months Building an Antivirus for Them.

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A coding agent with terminal access can install a package, run a script, start a child process and connect to a server. Add skills, hooks and MCP tools, and a request like “fix the build” can become a chain of actions with access to your files and credentials. Those actions need security decisions.…

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  1. 2026-10-27 01:18 · DEV Community — AI
    AI Agents Have the Keys to Your Computer. I Spent 8 Months Building an Antivirus for Them.

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