Screenshots of my intervention
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Description of intervention
The intervention will be a down loadable virus. The idea of this virus is to encourage people to spend time away from the PC doing other activities. Such as swimming, walking, bike rides, reading, board games, baking and many more activities like these.
I would also like to include pictures and videos to encourage people to do the other activities. These could be connected to the internet or video and picture installed the same time as the virus.
The virus will be hidden in a file on the net (such as a Facebook app) and when the file is downloaded it will automatically be copied into the start up file. This will cause the file to be started up every time the PC is started up.
I would also like to include pictures and videos to encourage people to do the other activities. These could be connected to the internet or video and picture installed the same time as the virus.
The virus will be hidden in a file on the net (such as a Facebook app) and when the file is downloaded it will automatically be copied into the start up file. This will cause the file to be started up every time the PC is started up.
A scenario of the intervention
The virus will be downloaded from facebook and will be hidden as a facebook app for your desktop. I have posted a photo below of it being posted to facebook. I have used my fake account from Idat108 as to not annoy anyone. But if this was real I would post it my facebook and encourage people to post it to theirs as well.
Below is screen shots of the programme downloading.
Below is screen shots of the programme downloading.
An explanation of the intervention
This intervention encourages people to spend time off the PC. It takes a simple VBS file and once it has been run in starts a series of pop up boxes. Each pop up box has a different message for the user to read along with 2 input boxes. I have two input boxes that ask the user question like what is your name? and whats your favorite activity? Then it puts the answers into the a message box as shown below.
As you can see it has taken the person name and put it into the box. Saying nice to meet you 'name'.
The file will be hidden as a Facebook app which will encourage people to download it. It will also be converted to a exe file. This allows me to hide all of the code, so that when downloaded it looks like a real programme. It also allows the file to be downloaded more efficiently. Below is a screen shot of my converting vbs file to exe.
However when i came to test the intervention I found out that when the exe file was downloaded it only plays the very start bit of the code. It does not understand the wait command in the code. So I had to upload it as a vsb script file. Below is a screen shot of the new download file.
Problems I encountered
I did come across some issues when making the file. These were problems because I am not a hacker and had to learn how to do things as I went along. My code only works on a windows operating system as I could not find out how to create a script that would work on both mac and window that i could learn in time.
I was also unable to get the file to download and insert itself straight into the start up of the PC. The program had problems with getting administation rights to allow this to happen. So this means only when the file is run can it be started.
I also wanted to change the icon on the file to the facebook logo instead of the exe logo. However when I did this it added extra code to my script causing the program not to run anymore.
I am sure that all these problems are fixable but sadly they are outside of my technical skills but with the help of a skilled hacker I believe that the programme could work the way I want it too.
As you can see it has taken the person name and put it into the box. Saying nice to meet you 'name'.
The file will be hidden as a Facebook app which will encourage people to download it. It will also be converted to a exe file. This allows me to hide all of the code, so that when downloaded it looks like a real programme. It also allows the file to be downloaded more efficiently. Below is a screen shot of my converting vbs file to exe.
However when i came to test the intervention I found out that when the exe file was downloaded it only plays the very start bit of the code. It does not understand the wait command in the code. So I had to upload it as a vsb script file. Below is a screen shot of the new download file.
Problems I encountered
I did come across some issues when making the file. These were problems because I am not a hacker and had to learn how to do things as I went along. My code only works on a windows operating system as I could not find out how to create a script that would work on both mac and window that i could learn in time.
I was also unable to get the file to download and insert itself straight into the start up of the PC. The program had problems with getting administation rights to allow this to happen. So this means only when the file is run can it be started.
I also wanted to change the icon on the file to the facebook logo instead of the exe logo. However when I did this it added extra code to my script causing the program not to run anymore.
I am sure that all these problems are fixable but sadly they are outside of my technical skills but with the help of a skilled hacker I believe that the programme could work the way I want it too.
The relationship between my intervention and existing work
There was a project called the noisy bear project. It was a computer virus that when you open up the window on the Internet there would be the sound of a bear roaring. Even when the window was closed the sound still carried on until you shut down you PC.
I believe that this project is similar to mine in a lot of ways. It is trying to annoy people off the computer. However I do believe that my message is a lot clearer. I think my intervention takes this simple concept and pushes it to the next level.
There also loads of virus out on the web and tutorials of how to make them. I think the big different between this and mine is that I have a purpose, a message I want to get across and I am doing it in a artistic way. Instead of just breaking someone computer for fun.
I believe that this project is similar to mine in a lot of ways. It is trying to annoy people off the computer. However I do believe that my message is a lot clearer. I think my intervention takes this simple concept and pushes it to the next level.
There also loads of virus out on the web and tutorials of how to make them. I think the big different between this and mine is that I have a purpose, a message I want to get across and I am doing it in a artistic way. Instead of just breaking someone computer for fun.
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