(04-15-2012, 07:18 PM)Frooxius Wrote: Yes, there is very destructive batch, which should completely destroy the user's computer and sometimes even the user, however it requires some cooperation from the user and probably won't work with users without serious mental retardation. Here it is:

Code:

echo Hello! If you want to (insert random incentive here) then follow the following steps! echo 1) Please acquire at least 0.5 kg of C4 with detonator pause 2) Open your computer case without turning your computer off, be careful to not touch any electronic parts pause 3) Insert the C4 inside the computer case on a place, where it won't touch any of the electronic parts. pause 4) Place the detonator on the C4 and remove the safety clip pause 5) Close your computer case pause 6) Walk at least 10 meters away from your computer pause 7) Come back to your computer and this time, take the remote detonator with you pause 8) If you are at sufficient distance from your computer, yet somehow still able to read this, press the detonate button/switch on your remote detonator pause 9) Haha! Your computer was destroyed by (insert your superhacker name here), you won't be getting any (insert random incentive here, ideally the same as in the welcome message, or else user might get suspicious from the inconsistency of this deadly batch) Muhahaha!

Please note that this batch assumes that the debris from the explosion after step 8 will press any key on the keyboard to display the message 9, otherwise the message won't be displayed, however the computer will still be destroyed.

This batch works perfectly assuming that user cooperates and will completely destroy his computer.

In case you haven't picked up on my sarcasm yet, then let me put it more simply for you: You can't really destroy a computer by software, unless it's damaged to begin with or very old. You can corrupt/delete some files, but the crucial system files are usually protected against this and it's something that's quickly reversible as you can restore OS files (in case you somehow manage to destroy them). What would be damaging is when you would corrupt (rewrite, not just delete - deleted files can be somewhat successfully restored as they're not physically deleted, just sort of marked that they can be overwritten.) user's files (which are usually way more important than the system itself) and he/she doesn't have a backup to restore them. However, that's hardly destroying the system itself and damaged/corrupted system can be restored, so no, you really can't irreversibly destroy it and it sounds quite ridiculous.