- Dave ( @Dave@lemmy.nz ) 130•4 months ago
Haha I remember the days of downloading random EXEs off the internet and running them to see what they do (also the days of CD-rom drives).
My auntie somehow managed to get a virus that played Für Elise through the motherboard speaker and never stopped so long as the thing was on. I don’t think they ever solved it, in the end they just got a new PC.
- morrowind ( @morrowind@lemmy.ml ) 8•4 months ago
Motherboards have speakers?
- Dave ( @Dave@lemmy.nz ) 28•4 months ago
Are you trying to make me feel old?
- henfredemars ( @henfredemars@infosec.pub ) English16•4 months ago
They do, but it’s a very simple speaker that’s really more of a buzzer than what you might think of as a speaker.
Many motherboards use a combination of beeps to report hardware errors if you fail on power on.
- smeenz ( @smeenz@lemmy.nz ) 4•4 months ago
Bleepers
- psud ( @psud@aussie.zone ) 3•4 months ago
386 era machines often had a 4 inch speaker in the front panel. It couldn’t do much. Some main boards still come with headers for a speaker, some even come with an electret beeper
- Irelephant ( @Irelephant@lemm.ee ) 1•3 months ago
Slightly related, it is really annoying you cant stop the boot speaker on the PS4 without voiding your warranty and ripping the speaker out
- jaschen ( @jaschen@lemm.ee ) 82•4 months ago
I remember there was a virus that had a tiny cat on the screen and it would chase your mouse cursor. Once it catches your mouse cursor, the computer would crash. It was freaking awesome.
- Vivendi ( @Vivendi@lemmy.zip ) 21•4 months ago
That’s based on a harmless Unix game that you can install forks of which on modern day Linux as well, by the way
- DriftinGrifter ( @DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 6•4 months ago
i have a vencord extension that does that
- mexicancartel ( @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•4 months ago
What’s the name of the game?
- Skates ( @Skates@feddit.nl ) 4•4 months ago
It’s just Linux. It chases you and your mouse throughout the fediverse, and when it catches you and you install it, it crashes your computer because the mouse drivers are written by a 12 year old with undiagnosed ADHD.
- mexicancartel ( @mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•4 months ago
I’ve seen 12 year old adhd or autistic kid writing better software than most tech companies
- TheGalacticVoid ( @TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ) 2•4 months ago
Reminds me of Rensenware.
- /home/pineapplelover ( @pineapplelover@lemm.ee ) 1•4 months ago
What’s it called? I wanna see this
- jaschen ( @jaschen@lemm.ee ) 2•4 months ago
I don’t remember what it was called. I was in grade school. I just remembered it was the funniest thing.
- KillingTimeItself ( @KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English59•4 months ago
man i miss these days.
These days not only would it open your CD drive, it would open your tax documents, your crypto wallet, your account cookies, probably even your banking information.
The modern internet fucking sucks dude.
- soggy_kitty ( @soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz ) 38•4 months ago
Put the rose tinted glasses to one side. We still had harmful viruses back in the day, difference is these days you are storing more private information “online” so the effect of compromise is larger.
- ChaoticNeutralCzech ( @ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de ) 9•4 months ago
Back then, there were still lots of “wipers” that deleted files and/or destroyed the OS. Now it’s all spyware and ransomware.
- KillingTimeItself ( @KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•4 months ago
i’m mostly just sad that the funny side of malicious software is gone.
There’s no more funny malware. It’s all ransomware and stealers.
- Luke ( @lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml ) English2•4 months ago
There’s no more funny malware.
That depends who gets infected.
You or me infected by malware? No thanks!
Egon Mark infected by malware? Absolute hilarity!
- KillingTimeItself ( @KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English1•4 months ago
i mean yeah, but that’s only situationally funny.
- ssj2marx ( @ssj2marx@lemmy.ml ) 4•4 months ago
Yeah I haven’t had harmful application on my computer in over a decade. I feel like you really have to go out of your way to get one these days (not including spyware that you download intentionally, like Windows 11).
- Sphks ( @Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 7•4 months ago
The thing is, harmful apps are now difficult to detect compared to years ago. The hackers prefer to get the control of your device without ruining it.
- Trainguyrom ( @Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ) English4•4 months ago
There’s even extreme edgecases where a compromised machine being part of a botnet actually improves security because the malware shores up security to help itself remain persistent and not find itself removed/blocked by other malware or attackers
- I Cast Fist ( @ICastFist@programming.dev ) 1•4 months ago
Vandalism became theft and kidnapping
- MummifiedClient5000 ( @MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk ) English5•4 months ago
Sub7 existed before 2000 if I’m not mistaken.
- key ( @key@lemmy.keychat.org ) English17•4 months ago
That joke was constant in the early 00s.
- Kit ( @Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 16•4 months ago
This was a common April Fools prank back in my day. We would put a startup script on a person’s computer that opened their CD drive at random intervals. Drove them nuts!
- catastrophicblues ( @catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca ) 11•4 months ago
I remember a guy who tied his baby’s rocker to the drive and wrote code to open and close the CD drive repeatedly lol. Fun times.
- CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) 13•4 months ago
Hmm. Did the motor last? It’s obviously not built to provide that much torque/force, although I can’t say for sure it would be damaged by it.
- originalucifer ( @originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ) 9•4 months ago
naw, what you do is write a small exe to play “youre the best” by joe espesito through the pcspeaker at 15% volume than you can trigger remotely…randomly until the user goes mad
“doesnt anyone else Hear that?!”
- Jim P. ( @jimp@beehaw.org ) English3•4 months ago
I remember back when this was going around as
cokegift.exe
in the 90s. - EmperorHenry ( @EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•4 months ago
good one!
- thefartographer ( @thefartographer@lemm.ee ) 2•4 months ago
I miss Macbarf…
Did people download .exe files in 2006? We were so innocent.