Create a Virus That Is Harmless

This is a fun harmless virus that will not harm your computer.

Steps

1. 1
   You will need a computer that runs any of the following

   • 95/98/XP/7/8/8.1/10
   2
   Open Notepad. If you do not know how to do this:

   • Click Start
   • Windows 7 and up
   • Type in the search box: Notepad
   • Windows XP and below
   • Click All programs
   • Then Accessories
   • Then Notepad

   3

   Type this in:          X=MsgBox(“Message Description”,0+16,”Title”)          This is the code to make the virus. You will need this throughout the process

4

Now hit File>SaveAs then Name the file whatever you want (ex; My Computer or My Documents). Now you need to name the extinction .vbs instead of .txt

• Note: If the file is not working, try changing the Encoding to Unicode

• 5
  Testing. Now open the file and see if you get a message box. If you don’t see if there isn’t any – after the )
• 6
  Now you will get working on your virus. First right click the .vbs file and hit Edit. Now I will tell you how to change things:

  • Button:
  • 0= OK Button
  • 1= OK/Cancel Button
  • 2=Abort/retry/ignore button
  • 3= Yes/ No / Cancel Button
  • 4= Yes/ No button
  • 5= Retry/ Cancel Button
  • Warning Icon/ Picture in the Message Box
  • 16= Critical Icon
  • 32= Help Icon
  • 48= Warning Icon
  • 64= Information Icon
• 7
  Now you are ready to code! If you are inserted in some samples, Here are some:

  • X=MsgBox(“A virus has been detected on your computer! Scan?”,4+64,”Alert”)
  • X=MsgBox(“Failed to scan. Retry?”,0+16,”Alert”)
  • X=MsgBox(“This was a prank!”,0+64,”HAHA!”)
• 8
  Not Done! But we are not done yet! We need some icon. Move the .vbs file to a different location. Now right click it and hit Send to>Desktop (create shortcut) Now Rename the file to whatever you want. Now right click properties>Change Icon. Choose an Icon from the list given or use your own by browsing to the file (.ICO)
• 9
  Done! You’re done! You must now wait for a victim