[windows] sabotage ideas

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In my cisco academy class we are currently threw with cisco so we've been playing around with the lab computers lately. My instructor is having half the class sabotage windows machines and having the other half fix them. We alternate every other day.
Now i am a pretty computer savvy guy. My best sabotage so far was I made a program in C to change the memory value of the address bar in internet explorer to "fatchicks.com" and lock it...then hooked in to svchost.exe. It took a while for my partner to find out what was changing it.
He allows us to do a number of things... batch files, make our own programs, etc..
We've been doing this for about a week now and I am out of ideas...
[H] members, help me plaz! :D
Send ideas to [email protected], PM, or post. :)
 
start flashing the BIOS and yank the lead out 1/2 way through programming
 
Some pretty simple sabotage:
- Rig it so that a popup error box shows up during boot that is absolutely very vague about a specific problem and make sure that that error box can't be closed.
- Create a batch file that launches another batch file that launches another batch file, etc,
- Load up as much spyware and adware on that PC and see what happens.
 
go into the Windows/System32 and start denying permissions to random files

or

do the same in the registry
 
Download WinAntiVirus Pro 2007

Install a rootkit like Hacker defender and have all kinds of fun stuff running in the background


Do a print screen of the desktop, save it in paint, name it something like Windows XP so it doesn't look out of place in the wallpaper list. Now set the picture of the desktop as the wallpaper, delete all the real desktop icons so only the ones in the wallpaper picture are there and watch them try to figure it out

Change windows language to something nobody in the class knows like Swahili:cool:
 
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or

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Guaranteed insanity
 
Have it boot into DOS and see how many ppl actually know what to do, better yet program a simple fake prompt that runs from the real prompt and have it just say invalid command every time they try and type something, always a classic.

As for the alt+255, you are a sadistic man. (I just tried this and it isn't working, I can rename the file and delete it...damn)
 
plasma said:
Download WinAntiVirus Pro 2007


Change windows language to something nobody in the class knows like Swahili:cool:
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and then go into group policy editor and deny permissions to the dialog to change it back...course you'll have to have specific procedures...cause it will all be in Swahili...
 
Just change 1 letter in the Boot.ini file, that should keep them busy.

Edit, or turn off all the services in msconfig, then click "hide all MS services" then disable all the applications that run on startup.
 
change the shell from explorer.exe to cmd.exe (then rename explore.exe)
you will be supprised at how many so called "windows Guru's" are back to square one when they are faced with a prompt and no easy way to get their point&click back
 
Is messing with hardware allowable or is this only good for software problems? Can you throw a bad ethernet cable into the mix?

Pushed in pins on a vga cable... ummm lets see... any other prevoiusly trashed hardware you can tinker with... remove the heatsink from a proc.. a wee bit of masking tape over the end of an ethernet cable to prevent contact....

hummm.. what else....

Are you looking for prank or no system workie now bye bye?
 
Here's a good one:

right click desktop > properties
go to appearance settings where you can change window appearance (colors, text, size, etc.. not sure exactly what it's called)
Click on the title bar, and change the size to 9999
you can make other things a ridiculous size also if you want, but changing just the title bar size should be enough.
After you hit 'ok', the entire window will just show the gigantic title bar. Whenever you open new windows, the title bars will take up the screen. I remember I did this once and when I opened a window all I would see is the X button covering everything.

it has been probably 5 years since I found out about this, and I think I remember going into safe mode and it still being fucked up. It has been a long time so I'm not sure.

I do not recommend 'testing' this method on your main computer ;)
 
Change the boot.ini to reflect a max of 64MB of RAM in the system... always fun for laughs. I didn't read through this whole thing, actually, so if someone already said that, good man/woman/it/whatever...
 
Take a screenshot of the desktop, set it as your background, and then delete all the icons.
 
Oh, new idea, just change the admin password, and make sure admin is the only account on the system.
 
1)Put in a live ubuntu cd in the drive, change the bios to boot off of cdrom, and password protect the bios.

2)Move the taskbar to the right side, and put it on auto-hide.

3)Invert the mouse button functions. (Or if its a logitech mouse, go into setpoint, and make all the buttons do nothing)

4)Go into accessibility options and turn on filter keys, look under slowkeys setting, make it set at keys must be held down for 20 seconds before they register.

5) I can't take credit for this one, but you can always replace stock windows sounds with ones from osx, barnyard animals, erotic sounds (be careful with that one if its for school)
 
Here's some good ideas

http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-70.html


http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-28.html


Look for some speed optimization guides like this one, but do the exact opposite increasing the numbers

http://www.tweakxp.com/article37045.aspx


Do a bunch of stuff at once. change the language, remove control panel icons, task bar etc.. desktop screenshot wallpaper, install norton 2006, set the boot.ini file to 64mb of ram, set the page file to 0, and then use Whitney defrag (link below) to do a reverse defrag

http://www.flexomizer.com/CommentView,guid,ce99367e-158c-487a-879d-b32145cc1957.aspx
 
Not sure if this will work, but just put a forkbomb in Autoexec.bat

Code: 
:s
start %0
goto s
 
Ok, thanks everyone for replying...there are some really good ideas. I am going to try a few. Most of these I have either done, or they are too simple.

list of things to try:

eeyrjmr said:
change the shell from explorer.exe to cmd.exe (then rename explore.exe)
you will be supprised at how many so called "windows Guru's" are back to square one when they are faced with a prompt and no easy way to get their point&click back
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genious

plasma said:
Here's some good ideas

http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-70.html


http://www.littlewhitedog.com/content-28.html


Look for some speed optimization guides like this one, but do the exact opposite increasing the numbers

http://www.tweakxp.com/article37045.aspx


Do a bunch of stuff at once. change the language, remove control panel icons, task bar etc.. desktop screenshot wallpaper, install norton 2006, set the boot.ini file to 64mb of ram, set the page file to 0, and then use Whitney defrag (link below) to do a reverse defrag

http://www.flexomizer.com/CommentView,guid,ce99367e-158c-487a-879d-b32145cc1957.aspx
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great links.

ChingChang said:
Thermite... lots of thermite. :}
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haha. i'l ask my instructor if it would be ok if i brought some in >: )

Fark_Maniac said:
shouldn't there be a way to put a wildcard in the hosts file to redirect everything to...say...cnn.com?
somehting like:

* www.cnn.com
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this is another good idea, but i am sure one of the more savvy people in the class will find it. though...i'l try it :)

compslckr said:
see how many toolbars you can install in ie

http://www.overclockers.com/articles1148/two.jpg
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this will get some laughs

RangerXML said:
Have it boot into DOS and see how many ppl actually know what to do, better yet program a simple fake prompt that runs from the real prompt and have it just say invalid command every time they try and type something, always a classic.

As for the alt+255, you are a sadistic man. (I just tried this and it isn't working, I can rename the file and delete it...damn)
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my fav. the fake prompt is genious.
i am writing that right now.




thanks again! :)
i will post the chaotic results next week.
 
Use a small wire to short pin 14 to pin 15 on the back of the ATX power connector. These two pins are what tell an ATX PSU to turn on, and as long as they are shorted, the PSU will not power down.

The computer will operate completely normally, but it won't shut down no matter what you do. Depending on the motherboard, it will either reboot, or stay on a black screen. :D
 
ok, I may be a little off in my line of thought here, but, doesn't Windows come pre-sabotaged?
 
I love high contrast mode, this thread needs to be sticky.

Tip for hiding the task bar, move it to the right said as mentioned earlier, but instead of out hide unlock it and size it off the screen, then apply auto hide. Makes it harder to find and if you combine that with the fake desktop is just sadistic. As my friend mentioned tho, windows key spoils all the fun, except the fact you still cant locate where the task bar is.
 
Good god this thread is pure evil!

Create a start up item "shutdown.exe -s -t 1" so the moment ppl log on the comp shut down.

I used this combined with a 3rd party screen saver with P/W that launch with it to lock people out, if they don't figure out the P/W within about 20 sec the comp shuts down. This was back when there was only one main comp in the house so I had it to prevent ppl looking into my account. Got my dad good when he tried to get in.

If you feel evil you can put it in "local machine" in reg to affect all accounts.
 
Here's a quick list I came up with...man, there are some seriously nasty ways to bork windows with minimal effort...

- Change the keyboard layout to Dvorak when they have a QWERTY keyboard.
- Change the shell to minesweeper, then delete the original explorer.exe.
- Change their startup sound to an audio file repeating "I LIKE GAY P0RN" over and over at full blast.
- Replace every system sound on the machine with an auto file of someone screaming "I LIKE GAY P0RN".
- Change the desktop resolution to 640x480, 2bit color (monochrome) and then lock out Display Properties.
- Change their desktop wallpaper to something...unpleasant, and then lock out Display Properties.
- Use TweakUI to remove every control panel applet from the control panel.
- Force the machine to only recognize 64mb of RAM by editing BOOT.INI.
- Uninstall Windows XP Service Pack 2 while the machine has access to the internet.
- Install as much spyware, adware, malware, rootkits, trojan horses, toolbars, etc, that you can find.
- Change all system fonts to Wingdings, lock out Display Properties, then uninstall every font except Wingdings.
- Change the text on the Start Button to something else (5 letters or less...think swear words).
- Make a shortcut to "%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r -t 0" and place it in the Startup folder, the computer will reboot endlessly (hold Shift to get around it).
- Make a shortcut to "%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 0" and place it in the Startup folder, the computer will shut down as soon as it starts (hold Shift to get around it).
- make a shortcut to "%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -l -t 0" and place it in the Startup folder, the computer will log back off as soon as it's logged on (hold Shift to get around it).
- Set all file types to open with notepad, then lock out Folder Options, then remove "Open With" from the right click menu.
- Change the text on the domain login box to something obscene.
- Make a looping batch file that sends a readout of the contents of the users My Documents folder to the local office printer.
- Enable the text-to-speech engine under Accessibility Options, make Microsoft Sam's voice really annoying, then lock out Accessibility Options.
- Remove all icons from My Computer with TweakUI.
- Disallow access to all drives to every user on the machine.
- Hide all users from the Windows XP login screen.
 
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