Kids don't get access to my computer any longer

[texasmom]

My 12 year old learned how to 'make a virus.' 
Actually, it only appears to be a virus, so he's no longer allowed on my computer, or my husbands... he's stuck on his own computer ~ and that's IT!

He learned how to do the thing where if you click on something it brings about 20 pop up windows, then executes a shut down command.  But the pop up windows, he places a message that windows has detected something or another virus and is wiping C drive.  Then it shuts down.

It doesn't actually wipe the C drive, but it makes you think it does from what he types in the message window.

I don't like surprises, so his little prank wasn't funny to me.  But he thought it was hilarious. I told him to think it was hilarious on his own computer all day long, and to stay away from mine.

I wonder if this is how master-hackers-wanted-by-the-law begin?

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Do wipe out his C drive, so he learns that viruses are not fun when they hit you.

[Race]

I think you found is calling tho.....computer programming.

 

Race

[mensa180]

Sounds funny to me, I've done it to my parents before.  They thought it was funny as well.

[Estes]

Whats that? The shutdown -s -t -c dos command thing?

[Curlew]

wow, gotta give him points from doing it at some young age

 

[Motherland]

You can do that remotely, too.

[Tac]

most master hackers end up with a criminal record but a very juicy career with corporations that hire them for anti-hacking.

anyways, its good he knows stuff that young. focus it on something productive. Perhaps compute game programming? Mmmm...

[spacer]

TexasMom  coming from someone who hasn't any kids you can take this with a grain of thought.  Doing something like that to me would have lost even his computer!
  I know that schools pretty much require kids to have access to them now days.  So maybe an hour or two to do his home work.  But no games, and Mom checking the back of his neck every few minutes would teach him not to do stuff like that.

  Good luck with the problem!

[Hangtime]

Ma.. 12 years old?

It's tuff sometimes, teaching kids respect for property.. theirs, or anybody elses. I found it was a mistake to NOT insist my wife strenuously disabuse my daughters notions of destructive humor at that age.

When it came time for her to go pick my daughter up at the police station few years later, it was pretty much too late.

[texasmom]

Do wipe out his C drive, so he learns that viruses are not fun when they hit you.

dang ~ GREAT idea!

[Curlew]

Do wipe out his C drive, so he learns that viruses are not fun when they hit you.

Better yet give him a realy virus, like the messels!

[WMLute]

get 'em back.

go to your kids computer and hit PRINT SCREEN.

then open up MS Paint, click Edit then PASTE.

Save as JPEG, open it up, and set that as the Desktop Background.

THEN just drag all the icon's on the desktop into a folder and move it onto the C: Drive.  (just go to My Computer, C: and cut/paste it in there)

Your kid will freak out when he can't click anything.

It's a good 'un.

[mensa180]

get 'em back.

go to your kids computer and hit PRINT SCREEN.

then open up MS Paint, click Edit then PASTE.

Save as JPEG, open it up, and set that as the Desktop Background.

THEN just drag all the icon's on the desktop into a folder and move it onto the C: Drive.  (just go to My Computer, C: and cut/paste it in there)

Your kid will freak out when he can't click anything.

It's a good 'un.

LOL!

I've done this to my parents and numerous classmates as well, always good for some laughs

[Curlew]

get 'em back.

go to your kids computer and hit PRINT SCREEN.

then open up MS Paint, click Edit then PASTE.

Save as JPEG, open it up, and set that as the Desktop Background.

THEN just drag all the icon's on the desktop into a folder and move it onto the C: Drive.  (just go to My Computer, C: and cut/paste it in there)

Your kid will freak out when he can't click anything.

It's a good 'un.

Hahahah used to do that to all the computers at school