Of The Most Awesomest Prank Evar!

So, I had a brainstorm today.

Ingredients:

• Administrator Access to the computer lab PCs.
• WallpaperSlideShow or similar program that automatically changes the wallpaper after a certain time. Windows 7 already has this.
• Know-how to take screenshots.
• Flash drive to store a few images in.

Fortunately, our engineering department uses certain software that refuse to work on a multi-user environment so admin access is naturally granted to everyone. This however means each system has a plethora of viruses. Certain are smart enough to make you smile. Like this one I got infected with yesterday. It creates duplicate copies of your USB contents, hides the originals and turns the copies into viruses. That way when you try to open a folder it spreads…

Sorry, got sidetracked.

Step 1. Get Admin Access. Check.

Step 2. Take a screenshot of the desktop. Make sure you:

1. Close all bubbles, error messages, and random shit.
2. Place the Recycle bin in the lower right corner.

Step 3. Save screenshot in a folder in your USB.

Step 4. Repeat Step 2 and 3 for at least a dozen times, on various computers.

Step 5. Select everything on the desktop and delete it/hide it/throw it into a random folder. My Documents and My computer need to be removed from the Start Menu. Right Click on their respective entries and uncheck the “Show on Desktop” box.

Step 6. Copy the folder of screenshots on your USB to My Documents\My Pictures\

Step 7.  Time to create havoc. Install WallpaperSlideShow on PC.

Step 8. WallpaperSlideShow will ask you which folder to use as source. Show it your screenshot folder.

Step 9. Right Click the screenshot folder and hide it.

Step 10. Set the wallpaper change time to something random like 27. Make sure it’s long enough to trigger once per session.

Step 11. Create a shortcut for WallpaperSlideShow and throw it into Start\All Programs\Startup.

Step 12. “Infect” a few more computers by following step 5-11.

Step 13. Sit on an uninfected PC and watch chaos unfold.

So there you have it. I know when you read it, it sounds long and risky. It’s actually quick enough to get done with it in 3 minutes tops. Helps if you have minions or equally insane friends.