Share your computer pranks!

[Chairman Meow]

I could, but the only problem is that I don't like BASIC. The actual code can't be structured as well as in C++

That's why I said it's the lazy way.

 

[The Person]

Well, I'm planning to write something like that in VB... I'm a real newbie in it, but that shouldn't be too difficult (I already have most of the code in my head). And every new program i make is another step on the road to actually understanding more than a tenth of what I'm doing.

 

[Mise]

Uhh... just stick a msgbox in an infinite loop/recursion or something. Something like:
sub blah
msgbox "blah"
call blah
end sub
I'm pretty sure that a msgbox makes the whole program wait for the user to click ok until it continues executing the rest of the sub, or else you'll get an infinite number of msgboxes all at the same time, and your computer will crash.

 

[homeyg]

You can do that to someone else's computer on your network as a joke by using the thing I made in my signature. Just tell it to send 1,000,000,000 messages to that computer. It will bring that many message boxes up on that person's computer.

 

[The Person]

@Mise
I actually tried that, but it only displays one box and then goes back to the interface. I used a "Do Until" loop to have it display the box a million times in a row. I worked at first, but then it stopped working for some reason.

Here's the code I used: (I put only 3 as parameter because I didn't want to get a million message boxes popping up while I tested it)

Dim Loop as Long
Loop = 0
Do
Msgbox "blah"
Loop = Loop + 1
Do Until Loop = 3

And yes, it does wait for you to click on a button before it continues.

 

[homeyg]

Here's a little something I whipped up in C++ that just shows a message box, but there's so much you could do with it! I intend to make into an infinate loop and bring it to school and make it run when you click the Microsoft Word icon. The computer number that shows up as the title of the number will be set to that persons computer (who I'm going to do this to) and STPSB stands for St Tammany Parish School Board.

#include <windows.h>

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
    while(true) 
    {
         MessageBox(NULL, "Illegal child pornography has been detected on your computer (MAH-C-077).", "STPSB (MAH-C-077)", MB_OK); 
    }
    return 0;
}

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

My favorite was to rename and replace all the shortcut icons on the desktop to whatever the person you are pranking uses to connect to the internet. The best was using 10-15 different colors of peoplepc icons.

 

[homeyg]

I love messing with the desktops at school like that! I create fake Microsoft Word icons to prank programs I write. I remember that one machine had to be like quarantined because of one of my programs (of course they didn't find out it was me ).

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

If they find out it was you, then regardless of what you did you aren't very good

 

[The Person]

I love messing with the desktops at school like that! I create fake Microsoft Word icons to prank programs I write. I remember that one machine had to be like quarantined because of one of my programs (of course they didn't find out it was me ).

So you have more of them? Could you post some?

BTW, it would be nice if you added a readme for your net send program.

 

[Chieftess]

My favorite was to rename and replace all the shortcut icons on the desktop to whatever the person you are pranking uses to connect to the internet. The best was using 10-15 different colors of peoplepc icons.

Don't forget all of the pranks you used to do in the CFC chatroom! Like when you pretended to be a timer script.
"Gonzo_for_civ has been away for 10 seconds"
"Gonzo_for_civ has been away for 20 seconds"
"Gonzo_for_civ has been away for 30 seconds"
...

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

Don't forget all of the pranks you used to do in the CFC chatroom! Like when you pretended to be a timer script.
"Gonzo_for_civ has been away for 10 seconds"
"Gonzo_for_civ has been away for 20 seconds"
"Gonzo_for_civ has been away for 30 seconds"
...

Ahh the good old days...

We did have some really obnoxious scripting going on didn't we?

 

[homeyg]

So you have more of them? Could you post some?

BTW, it would be nice if you added a readme for your net send program.

The really bad one that I'm not going to post that I called beeper. This was a cold prank that accidently happened when it wasn't supposed to and I ended up getting in trouble. What the program did (most of my programs are designed to be set up with a fake shortcut for Microsoft Word on the desktop) was come up with a box that said some bad things and then sent out a message (with net send) over the entire network that says '**** Everybody!' (this message did not have a fake FROM name like you can do with the net send spammer I made. To top it all off, it starts the computer in an infinite beeping loop. Not one of my better ideas because my friend accidently clicked that program when he was trying to open one of my other programs.

That was the first one I wrote. Then I wrote a net send spammer that isn't as good as the one in my sig now because you couldn't disuise the computer name.

Then I wrote the thing that is in my sig. And finally I wroter another prank program that is designed have another fake shortcut on the desktop. This one is actually a Windows program (my other ones weren't) that comes up and starts an endless loop that displays a Windows message box that says this:

You have attempted to access explicit (pornographic) material blocked by SmartFilter©. The proper administration will be alerted immediately and will be given the name and location of this computer. If this problem persists, it may result in loss of technology privileges.

The user will never be able to get out of it if they don't know how to use it and it strikes them by surprise because they clicked the Microsoft Word icon and they got that instead.

I'm going to have to show you guys how to make a fake Microsoft Word icon because it's not as easy as it looks.

And also, I'll get around to making a readme for the Net Send program.

 

[Chieftess]

Ahh the good old days...

We did have some really obnoxious scripting going on didn't we?

Yeah. I think I still have some of those scripts tucked away somewhere.

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

Yeah. I think I still have some of those scripts tucked away somewhere.

Do the world a favor and delete all remaining evidence.

It was amazing seeing pages and pages of chat go by when some unsuspecting visitor triggered some scripted effect.

 

[Chieftess]

Do the world a favor and delete all remaining evidence.

It was amazing seeing pages and pages of chat go by when some unsuspecting visitor triggered some scripted effect.

BTW, the chatroom has a chatbot now (Guardian). I've... "convinced" some newbies that Guardian was real. (there's a user on CFC named Guardian)

 

[gonzo_for_civ]

How did we end up with a chatbot?

Pm me if you think we're getting too chatty btw...

 

[homeyg]

Just thought of another really evil prank you can do at school with the netsend program in my sig (if your school has rules against the messaging with computers)! I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you hate or want to get revenge against the person you 'do it to'.

The Prank:

1a. Bring my sig program to school on a disk and secretly get it on your computer. Do not, repeat, do not let ANYONE know that you have such a program if you want this to be effective and if you don't want to get yourself in trouble.

1b. Find the computer name of someone you hate at school. If the names are on the front of the computer then this prank is perfect for finding the name, and what should happen after you do it.

2. Think of the nastiest message you can think of (something that would even disturb administrators and something that you can't say here). Even better, make it some kind of threat (I wouldn't recommend doing that though). (You're really gonna like this next part...)

3. Send this message to your own computer using the other person's computer name as the 'FROM' name when using the program! That's right! Send the nastiest message on the face of the earth to your own computer 'from' someone who you really hate and want to get in trouble!

4. Don't click out of the message just yet (that person's computer name will be on the message). Go notify the instructor/teacher or whatever that you got this message. DO NOT BLOW THE PRANK BY SAYING WHO YOU GOT THE MESSAGE FROM. THE TEACHER WILL IMMEDIATELY KNOW SOMETHING IS FISHY IF YOU SAY YOU GOT THE MESSAGE FROM A SPECIFIC PERSON. The teacher may have to search around for their computer, but when it is found, they will get in major trouble. They will try to deny it but nobody will believe them cause the teacher will have printed the message out or wrote it down as proof.

5. Immediately remove the program from the computer and make sure it is completely gone and not just in the recycle bin.

Again, if you only want harmless fun and don't want to get anyone suspended from school, 'water down' the message a little and don't make it a threat because it is illegal to send threats over the internet.

Use at your own risk.
I have not actually tried this yet due to a minor setback with me getting in trouble for messaging earlier this week (I shouldn't even really be on my computer right now cause I should be grounded).

 

[Chairman Meow]

The other day, I was bored, so I wrote a very short "AIM-bomb" script in Python... Basically, if you have Python and Gaim, you can use the script to bombard someone with messages (though you have to press enter for each message since Gaim does not allow it to be completely automated, and AIM will disconnect you pretty quickly.)

#!/usr/bin/python

import os

while True:
 os.system("gaim-remote uri 'aim:goim?screenname=<name>&message=<message>'")

Just replace <name> with the target's screenname, and <message> with the message you want to send. Also, note that it's an infinite loop, so terminate the script as soon as you're done, or it won't stop. I could have written it far more efficiently using shell scripting, but I didn't bother. Python works.

 

[damunzy]

Been named earlier but I am guilty of these: net sends with loops (1 mil net sends causes a lot of noise and windows ), X-window popups in Solaris (made people think that they had to shutdown the server because of horrible hard drive crashes), and screen capture of desktop then hiding the icons in a new folder

What I have done that hasn't been listed:
1. When people leave their MS-win computers unlocked at work I will start up PowerPoint and type them a nice message at 109-sized font and click the presentation button. Something clever like "You Suck!"
2. Mass copying of desktop icons. Highlight all desktop icons, paste. Highlight all desktop icon, paste, paste, paste, paste. Fills up desktop fast.
3. I give my user account admin privs and then use Pstools, www.sysinternals.com , to start and kill programs on their computer - mucho funo.
4. With admin privs on their computer I use a command line MP3 player, mpg123, and play music on their computer. Will provide instructions later.
5. Install the fart/burp/cd-rom open program that you can find on the internet and turn up their speakers. http://www.kylyria.net/pranks.htm
6. Send disguised links through AIM. Don't do this very often as people will start ignoring you. Will provide links later.