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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot
The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb
HTTP 418: I'm a teapot
The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb
Self-destruct Memes
Posts tagged with Self-destruct
Made Some Homework For My Reverse Engineering Lecture
Security
Programming
Windows
Debugging
1 year ago
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This student is playing 4D chess with their reverse engineering professor! They created a malicious executable that self-destructs when you guess wrong, then deleted the file before submitting. When the professor tries to run it, they get the classic "not recognized as a command" error—meaning they'd have to reverse engineer a program that doesn't even exist anymore. Absolutely diabolical way to ensure you get full marks without doing the actual assignment. The perfect crime!
Goodbye Cruel World
Csharp
Windows
Security
Programming
1 year ago
423.2K views
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Ah, the digital equivalent of pulling the pin on a grenade and hugging it. This beautiful C# method finds every executable file on every drive in your system and launches them simultaneously. Perfect for when you want your computer to experience what it feels like to have a panic attack. The method name "LaunchAllExes" is just so refreshingly honest - like naming your self-destruct button "MakeEverythingExplode". Whoever wrote this probably also keeps their passwords in a file called "definitely_not_passwords.txt".
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