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This will freak out your friends or whoever you do it to! They will think that their hard drive will get fried. It is completely reversable.

Virus Prank 2: http://www.instructables.com/id/Virus-Prank-2/
 
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Step 1: Run the VIRUS

run.bmp
VIRUS.bmp
VIRUS2.bmp
In the start menu, there should be something that says "Run". Click on that and type in "VIRUS" and press OK. An error message should come up with the title "VIRUS".
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grundisimo says: Sep 3, 2011. 3:43 PM
Anyone who is even remotely intelligent could know that this is bogus... First off, Windows wouldn't type in all caps. Second, it wouldn't say "SHUT YOUR COMPUTER OFF RIGHT NOW AND TAKE IT TO A PROFESSIONAL TO PREVENT YOUR COMPUTER FROM NEVER WORKING AGAIN!". Third, if Windows did happen to display a message signaling the user of a virus, they would be able to hit okay.
GameNox in reply to grundisimoApr 19, 2012. 9:38 PM
If you were truly stupid you would unplug it and take it to Geek Squad unlike us at Instructables. We do all of our own computer reapairs!!! If you want to do a REAL prank open Notepad and type in :

@echo off
echo Warning (Random Virus Program(AVG Anti-Virus) has detetected a threat.
echo Booting in Command Prompt to avoid detection
pause> nul
echo Virus Type:
echo Trojan Gen. 3
pause> nul
echo Attemping to remove virus...
echo Loading file location C:/Mycomputer/system32/WINDOWS/GENWS1
echo FHHJG^$HNY^U&^%J&I5ujk67MKUY&^IMJK67jii86iuht5e4y47uh65u7
echo Virus removal failed...
pause> nul
echo Virus too advanced. Loading file locations:
echo Anti-Virus detector.exe is corrupted...
echo System Shutdown in progress...
echo Shutdown is in progress to protect data...
shutdown -m

Save it as Internet.bat and save it on the victims desktop. WAY better than this!
thinker says: Mar 28, 2008. 10:26 AM
hey shadowdragon
a much more effective thing to do is something i used to do in my school
if you open notepad
type in
x=msgbox("WARNING! A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED",vbCritical,"VIRUS")
and copy and past that about a bazillion times
then save as virus.vbs
or whatever you want to call it
then change the icon and copy and paste it over the items in the desktop
then everytime they try run something on the desktop (usually when they try open internet explorer or firefox) it runs that and displays the message
it doesnt harm anything on the computer at all
takes about 3 seconds to put all the icons back to normal
but it is an actual messagebox that pops up
and cos it says "vbcritical" it actually makes the sound a critical error makes when it opens
and cos youve copy and pasted it
whenever they close it
another one opens =]
for a good while anyways
or you cud have it as one of the programs that runs on "startup" of the computer
but that means it will bug you as well
and in school or office you might get told off for "editing the logon script"
whereas with my way they just sorta sigh and giggle a bit once they realise
but it still scares the bajeesus out of peoples

=D

Have Fun With This!!!!
=]

thinker
also known as Mong or El-Mongo
god squad 101 in reply to thinkerMar 10, 2012. 11:18 AM
what do you mean "then change the icon and copy and paste it over the items in the desktop" ?
Ausm in reply to thinkerJul 25, 2009. 9:13 PM
or... you can write

do
x=msgbox("WARNING! A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED",vbCritical,"VIRUS")
loop

and it will go on forever in a very nice 1k package
wangtrevor in reply to AusmOct 8, 2009. 8:15 PM
how do u stop this with out logging off or shutting the computer down
Ausm in reply to wangtrevorOct 8, 2009. 10:54 PM
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del or Delete to open up the task manager. Then click on the Applications tab, look for something that says vbsscript.exe or something along those lines, it should have a rather colorful cube as an icon. Then click on that and click on end task on the bottom, it'll take a couple seconds but it will go away. And if you can find the same thing on the Processes tab and click end task, it should end immediatly.
shoyru_master_11 in reply to AusmNov 9, 2009. 2:54 PM
For Vista and XP it is: wsscript.exe
CameronC in reply to thinkerJun 17, 2009. 1:50 PM
or put a shutdown command in startup... MUAHAHA
irishjim68 in reply to thinkerApr 27, 2009. 7:46 AM
How can I link this script to shoudown.exe so that when the victim clicks the "OKAY" button, the shutdown command runs with a timer, so they think something sacary is really gonna happen?
EatSomePie in reply to irishjim68Mar 16, 2010. 5:12 PM
Sorry for bringing back posts an old 'ible, but you can link the .vbs script to "shutdown.exe" by adding these lines:


Dim timeinseconds
timeinseconds = (put a number in between these parantheses)
Set Wshshell = CreateObject("Wscript.shell")
Wshshell.run("C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\shutdown.exe " & timeinseconds)
BaKerSkater19 in reply to irishjim68Jul 25, 2009. 12:22 AM
You could do that with C++.
Boring_Jester in reply to thinkerMar 27, 2009. 12:16 PM
thinker that is quite cool
coltonapo18 in reply to thinkerMar 22, 2009. 9:34 PM
hey man i did this its so awesome! i made different messeges too! like one is "hi!" then you exit and its "whyd you do that?" and so on and so forth its so funny! thx thinker!
mabnoblet in reply to coltonapo18May 27, 2009. 11:50 AM
cool, what do u type in notepad for it?
DrWeird117 in reply to thinkerSep 6, 2008. 10:03 AM
Certainly are a thinker! : D
thinker in reply to DrWeird117Sep 8, 2008. 3:01 PM
;]
Dr. Explosion in reply to thinkerJun 17, 2008. 11:00 AM
On the Macs at our school, we opened Stickies, typed in a virus warning type message, turned up the volume, and told the computer to use the speech service. As we left, the computer started spouting off stuff about corrupted disks!
Dr. Explosion in reply to Dr. ExplosionJun 17, 2008. 11:04 AM
Then we reprogrammed the shortcut keys so that they would all make the current program quit or do other annoying stuff.
NetReaper in reply to Dr. ExplosionJan 8, 2009. 3:10 PM
lol, nice idea.
AZIMUT in reply to thinkerJun 15, 2008. 12:34 PM
Hahaha nice.
Cartuner55 in reply to thinkerMay 30, 2008. 6:22 PM
i dont get it. i add the code, save it, then what
DrWeird117 in reply to Cartuner55Sep 6, 2008. 10:04 AM
then click file, save as background, CENTERED, and wait! : D
tigerboy in reply to thinkerApr 23, 2008. 6:01 PM
good idea tis is what i want to do to my sister i want to make one of viruses and make it say "WARNING:A VIRUS HAS BEEN DETECTED TO SAVE YOUR COMPUTER GIVE ALL RESPECT TO YOUR BROTHER AND LET HIM FIX IT!" and after she gave it to me i would quit the currant virus and make one the reproduces like 1,000,000,00 times
CameronC in reply to tigerboyJun 17, 2009. 1:51 PM
fork bombs FTW
me! in reply to thinkerApr 6, 2008. 2:21 AM
thats also silly - change your privileges to administrator using regedit (this is not always necessary) then change the shortcuts so they link to the program. Also, instead of just going a virus has been detected it is much better to make a timer event, output the time in a box and make the computer shut down when the timer reaches zero or if you dont want to shut it down make it open a box saying virus cleaned
CyberJacob in reply to me!Feb 4, 2011. 9:41 AM
you need admin privileged to use regedit
warp_kez in reply to thinkerApr 2, 2008. 3:35 AM
You can use a Do/While or a For/Next loop.
thinker in reply to warp_kezApr 2, 2008. 5:28 PM
yes
you can
but that wud create an infinite loop, unless i created a perimeter such as index+1 stop when index = 30
or something
which is needlessly complicated when doing something just for fun
and requires declaration of variables and shiz, which when doing something for fun like this, was totally pointless

So yes, i could have used a do/while or for/next loop, but i found that when im making something that is going to be deleted when found, copy and pasting a line 30 times seems a lot better(quicker), then actually fully scripting something.

but it is considered bad practise to do so i suppose =]
me! in reply to thinkerApr 6, 2008. 2:23 AM
best code ever.

dim one as integer
one = 1
if one = 2 then quit
else msgbox "one does not yet equal two"
endif
thinker in reply to me!Apr 14, 2008. 6:55 PM
Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA MY FRIEND JUST CAME ACROSS AND SAW THAT (IM IN A COMPUTING LESSON THINGY) AND THOUGHT I WAS CREATING SOME ACE PROGRAM HE TYPED IT IN AND LOST ALL HIS WORK COS HE HADNT SAVED AND HAD TO RE-SET AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHaHAHAHaHAHAHAHA
me! in reply to thinkerApr 15, 2008. 2:46 AM
also try: do system.diagnostics.process.start("explorer","") beep loop
joseph1102 in reply to me!Jul 30, 2009. 8:26 AM
i get the error message of "cannot use parentheses when calling a Sub" what should i do now?
thinker in reply to me!Jun 1, 2008. 3:58 PM
yeah i knew that one =p
best thing i found
was a backdoor into our college computers
(they use Novell)
that let me edit the logon scripts of one computer
well
all i did was edit it
and then get it to save to the persons account
cos they all had a virtual drive
and then it copied to the next computer
which when someone else logged onto it copied onto Their login script
it was really really simple coding
and it ran a .vbs program
that beeped
3 times
while they logged in
and while almost unnoticable at first
3 beeps on one computer
when 3 people have it
then 9
then 27
as more people use the computers used by the people with the script
suddenly the first minute of any computing lesson was filled with loud beeps

eeeh
i love that beep command
fabsy333 in reply to thinkerDec 20, 2011. 1:41 PM
That sounds like that the computer is gonna explode; freaky
Kaelessin in reply to thinkerJul 7, 2008. 1:50 PM
haha that's beautiful
pyrocasaeus in reply to thinkerJun 18, 2008. 11:14 AM
Dude, post the script for that! plz
kn100 in reply to pyrocasaeusDec 31, 2008. 3:41 PM
another good one for noobs press CTRL + ALT + UP key press CTRL + ALT + DOWN to reverse only works on intel graphics
felixh in reply to kn100Apr 30, 2009. 5:24 PM
works on nvidia also
-insertnamehere- in reply to thinkerMar 29, 2008. 6:54 PM
lol, I did this a couple of years ago to my computer teacher...
not the exact same thing, but popups filled the whole screen....
The result = a year of being banned from school computers, and a couple hours of community service...

not my best decision, but funny all the same
the computer administrator actually called in a professional computer expert to delete the little batch file...Those admins are soooooo smart at my school!

(funny how one line of code can get you screwed over! :) )
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