http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: Forkbombs en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:00:36 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37115 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:17:09 +0000 Aleeve 37115@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I reckon you should try it! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37049 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:55:12 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 37049@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>yes i do have an old pc and a ton of extra ram </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37038 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:38:53 +0000 Aleeve 37038@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Ok whs<br /> jack yes i am kinda interested too - could be exciting! :P<br /> jack<br /> if u have a v old pc for scrap<br /> try it! and take a vid? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37036 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:07:21 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 37036@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i'm just wondering it it would actually work because that could be really scary </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37033 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:05:14 +0000 whs 37033@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Guys, This is an interesting subject but I would not foster on it for too long. Somebody may get ideas. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37032 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:03:28 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 37032@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ya i seen that point. and we also used to see who's pc could last the longest before it froze. kinda funny for a while but it got old really fast and i wonder how the batch file could really blow the ram hmmm.. i guess we wait for someone who might know or who has actually tried it out. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37026 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:59:02 +0000 Aleeve 37026@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Oh right I see<br /> well this one is kind of a worse version of your jack, that is intended to blow the RAM </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37025 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:55:47 +0000 jack7h3r1pp3r 37025@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>me and my friends used to send things kind of like that to each other some times but they weren't batch file they were cmd files and we would write them so that when opened it would pop up like a 1000 windows and just freeze the system never had any problems though with things going bad and such. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-37005 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:56:34 +0000 Aleeve 37005@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Oh cool </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-36963 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:24:07 +0000 Lighthouse 36963@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I used to use a batch file like that for overwriting deleted hard drives. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-36961 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:22:45 +0000 Aleeve 36961@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Yes, this sounds quite similar </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-36959 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:20:44 +0000 whs 36959@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Never heard of it. A while ago someone had a virus on his system that did something similar. It loaded the CPU to 100%. The thing came from China. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-36953 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:58:26 +0000 Aleeve 36953@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Haha<br /> My friend tells me of something called a forkbomb</p> <p>apparently this is some sort of batch file<br /> that creates a file, that duplicates itself, so then there are two, that each duplicate, so then there are four<br /> etc etc</p> <p>and apparently if this goes on long enough, it can physically blow up your RAM, because it is tryinto do so many things at once!<br /> follow?</p> <p>so, i was wondering if you guys knew anything about them<br /> the wikipedia article isnt very helpful :(<br /> <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forkbomb'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forkbomb</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-36950 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:53:32 +0000 whs 36950@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Aleeve, I can usually follow your posts but here I am lost. How can I educate myself on this subject? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-36944 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:40:04 +0000 Aleeve 36944@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I am in no way intending ot make one! you have got to be jokin! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/please-feel-free-to-delete-this-topic-if-necessary#post-36938 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:31:35 +0000 Aleeve 36938@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>i know that they are very bad and can cause untold physical damage to your computer<br /> but have any of you guys ever come across these?</p> <p>EDIT: I guess they are not illegal as we have been talkin about them for quite a while!!! </p>