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Joke-Shutdwn
- Type
- Program
- SubType
- Joke
- Discovery Date
- 05/12/2005
- Minimum DAT
- 4490 (05/12/2005)
- Updated DAT
- 5534 (02/23/2009)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 05/12/2005
- Description Modified
- 01/29/2006 11:51 PM (PT)
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Characteristics
This is a practical joke program. It is not a trojan or virus.
It is considered as a Potentially Unwanted Program
File: ANNECU~1.EXE
Hash: 703fb5f0c5f9048b5eb94929255c28de
Upon execution, this application displays the following error message.
Clicking on "Shutdown" will pop up the following message box.
Clicking on "No" will show another error message as shown below.
Then the final message box is displayed, which says that this was a Joke.(If the user selects "Yes" option in the previous message box then the final message is displayed and not the error message)
This program can be terminated through the option in task manager to end the process OR by rebooting the system, which will cause the program to be removed from memory.
This application does not create any files or registry entries for loading at startup.
Detection of this type of program is not activated by default.
Users who would like to check for the presence of this kind of files on their system should run the command line scanner with the /PROGRAM switch.
To enable the automatic detection of such programs - see removal instructions
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