Prank Your Friends: Create a Forkbomb!

by MonkeyLuke in Circuits > Computers

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Prank Your Friends: Create a Forkbomb!

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A fork bomb is a program meant to lag your computer until the user closes it and/or the computer crashes.

A fork bomb is usually meant for trolling your friends or family!

Let's make one!

Supplies

For this tutorial, you will need...

1. A Computer Running Windows.

2. A text editor (Notepad, Notepad++, etc.)

3. CodeSmart

4. VbsEdit

Run

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Open a "Run" dialog box by typing Win+R on your keyboard

Notepad

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Type "notepad.exe" into the box that comes up. Then, press enter on your keyboard.

Add the Code

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Copy the code from this link into the notepad window that comes up.

Save File

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Click the "Save As" button in the "File" menu at the top of the notepad window. Then, select " All Files *.* " from the dropdown menu and name the file "forkbomb.bat" (NOTE: WITH THE QUOTES) then press "Save."

Download Programs

Now you will need to download VbsEdit and CodeSmart below:

VbsEdit: http://www.vbsedit.com/tr_download94372.asp?mysour...

CodeSmart: https://toolslib.net/downloads/finish/631-code-sma...

Then install both programs.

Convert to VBS

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Now open Code Smart by typing CodeSmart in your windows start menu. Then open your forkbomb.bat file in code smart. Then click the rainbow circle and select VBS. Then click the floppy disk icon on the right and save the file.

Open Convert Dialog

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Now open VbsEdit from the start menu and open the VBS file you just saved. Then click "Convert to Executable" at the top of the window.

Convert to EXE

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Select the path where you want to put the file by clicking the three dots next to the text that says "Target."

Now select the Timer icon and click "Ok."

Done!

Now you have a .exe file on your desktop that you can run!

Bye!!!