The Powder Toy

The first Powder Toy Virus

  • plypencil     24th Feb 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    Create a file called export.txt in the directory of the program and put the following text inside:

    'file export.txt'

    then go into the console and type

    'file export.txt'

    It will take a few seconds but the application will crash :)

    P.S make sure you include in the Command Line arguments the string ' scripts ' to enable external scripting.
  • The-Con     24th Feb 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    I wouldn't call that a virus, just a glitch caused by adding a folder.
  • devast8a     24th Feb 2011 Former Staff 0 Permalink
    @plypencil
    Yay for infinite loops.

    But no, this is not a virus.
  • plypencil     24th Feb 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    It causes an undesired affect and causes software to malfunction, does that not qualify it as a virus?

    Nah I get what you mean it is more of a bug than a virus. But still, yay for
    1: print("SUCKER!")
    2: goto 1
  • Simon     24th Feb 2011 Administrator 0 Permalink
    Moved, also this is not a Virus.
    A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer
  • Ace     24th Feb 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Simon
    and of course spreading through the internet and causing harm to it's host computer.
  • Neospector     24th Feb 2011 Member 0 Permalink
    @Ace and my virus maker turned out to be a trojan. Which ironically is a virus. But this is just a bug.
  • craftxbox     27th Jun 2015 Member 1 Permalink

    This bug would not be classified as a virus but malware

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