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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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