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- The Floormatter Ver. 2.3 Copyright (C) 1988-1990 by Kenneth R. Casey, Jr.
- All Rights Reserved
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-
- The Floormatter is released as Shareware. While I reserve my
- copyright, I give permission to distribute freely in its ORIGINAL form
- consisting of the two files, FLOORMAT.EXE and FLOORMAT.DOC. If you use the
- program, you are STRONGLY encouraged to send $5.00 for its use. If you
- don't send it and continue to use it anyway, you should see the end of this
- documentation about the SPELLBOUND! Software Super Duper, New and Improved,
- All Purpose Shareware Curse!
-
- FLOORMAT IS COMPLETELY HARMLESS!!!
-
- This prank is completely harmless. If scanned, it will be found to
- contain very scary messages, but it is not a Trojan or a virus program. It
- will NOT harm data. Disk activity is the result of writing dummy files
- which are then deleted. The dummy files are created with unique file names
- which do not already exist in the current directory.
-
- RUNNING FLOORMAT
-
- This program may be used in one of three interesting ways:
-
- FLOORMAT
-
- Invoking without parameters causes it to display a brief information
- screen with syntax. After pressing a key, you may enter your name, the
- victim's name, and a short message to be displayed to the frightened victim
- upon completion of the dastardly deed. Do not sign your name here as this
- is supplied by the program. Press F10 when finished. To leave default
- message without reference to your name, just press ENTER before entering
- anything in the name field.
-
- USE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FORMAT.COM
-
- FLOORMAT F
- or
- Rename FLOORMAT.EXE to FORMAT.EXE or FORMAT.COM
-
- Invoking with the parameter "F" (case insensitive) will cause it to
- mimic the [F]ormat command as if you had just typed FORMAT C:. This may be
- put into a batch file named FORMAT.BAT with ECHO set to off and FORMAT.COM
- renamed to another name. When the victim sets out to format a disk in
- drive A:, for example, instead of invoking FORMAT.COM, FORMAT.BAT will be
- invoked.
- New in version 2.3 is the ability to perform in the same way as by
- specifying "F" on the command line, but instead of running it from
- "FORMAT.BAT", rename it to FORMAT.COM or FORMAT.EXE. When the program
- starts, it checks to see what it is called. If it finds that it is called
- FORMAT.[EXE or COM] it mimics FORMAT. Instead of formatting A: or B:,
- however, it appears to be formatting C:!
- Use this with GREAT CAUTION! You wouldn't want to mistakenly run the
- real FORMAT accidentally. Make sure that the real FORMAT.[COM or EXE] is
- not in the PATH!!!!
-
- FLOORMAT S
-
- Invoking with the parameter "S" (case insensitive) will cause it to
- [S]kip the prompting for a message to leave for your victim. It will just
- replace its own command line with the DOS prompt. When the victim returns
- and types in any command followed by ENTER, the words FORMAT C: will
- replace what he typed on the command line, and the familiar FORMAT warning
- message comes up.
-
- WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
- DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
- Proceed with Format? Y/N_
-
- When he presses "N", the simulated format begins anyway!
-
- The program saves the original screen, and you may abort at any time
- by pressing CTRL-ALT-ESC. This way you can change your mind without
- disturbing the original screen. (This is great when you have done it to
- your boss' computer and then wisely reconsider.) The screen will be
- restored to its original condition. The program will get a copy of the
- prompt message, (eg. "C:\WP\DOC\LETTERS>" [PROMPT $p$g]) erase the original
- command line, and replace it with the prompt. It will then wait for the
- victim to type in a command when he/she returns from lunch or whatever.
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-
- THE SPELLBOUND! SHAREWARE CURSE...
-
- If you use the program and enjoy it, send the $5.00. If you fail to
- send the $5.00, you will fall into the snare of the SPELLBOUND! Software
- Super Duper New and Improved, All Purpose Shareware curse. When we at
- SPELLBOUND! decided to come up with our own curse, we looked in the yellow
- pages for a "medium". Although it seems like a contradiction in terms,
- they are very "rare", so we had to settle for a "Weldon". Weldon is not a
- medium -- but his rates were reasonable. He agreed to do the job for
- mentioning his name in this documentation. This is what he was able to
- come up with...
-
- SPELLBOUND! Software's Super Duper, New and Improved, All Purpose Shareware
- Curse!
- by Weldon
- (He never said we had to mention his last name!)
-
- May...
- ...your pickup blow a head gasket,
- ...your toilet back up,
- ...your shrubbery turn brown,
- ...your boomerang not return
- ...your spouse become a Hare Krishna
- ...your dog mistake your leg for a hydrant
- ...your mother in law move in, permanently
- ...you develop the following maladies:
- prickly heat
- gingivitus
- the heartbreak of psoriasis
- halitosis
- irregularity
- painful warts
-
- And worst of all...
-
- May the most annoying man in America do a show from your
- livingroom on:
-
- "Users who secretly refuse to register shareware and the mothers
- who raised them. One person reveals the whole sordid story 'I
- refused to register FLOORMAT' -- next Geraldo"
-
- Can you imagine how cheaply we're letting you off? You could run up
- thousands of dollars in medical, psychiatric, plumbing, auto repair, dry
- cleaning, and dental costs, the legal costs of deprogramming your spouse...
- and BOOMERANG REPAIR! (Do you know how hard it is to find an HONEST
- boomerang repairman? Yet they keep getting return business?! I got so
- frustrated with ours I tried to throw it away. I gave up after 3 hours.)
-
- $5.00 can save you all this heartache!
-
- Send your $5.00 to:
-
- SPELLBOUND! Software
- P.O. Box 158
- Shepherd, MI 48883
-
- Do it BEFORE your spouse has to go to the airport, or Geraldo has another
- slow week!
-
-