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===========================================================================
The Floormatter Ver. 2.3 Copyright (C) 1988-1990 by Kenneth R. Casey, Jr.
All Rights Reserved
===========================================================================
The Floormatter is released as Shareware. While I reserve my
copyright, I give permission to distribute freely in its ORIGINAL form
consisting of the two files, FLOORMAT.EXE and FLOORMAT.DOC. If you use the
program, you are STRONGLY encouraged to send $5.00 for its use. If you
don't send it and continue to use it anyway, you should see the end of this
documentation about the SPELLBOUND! Software Super Duper, New and Improved,
All Purpose Shareware Curse!
FLOORMAT IS COMPLETELY HARMLESS!!!
This prank is completely harmless. If scanned, it will be found to
contain very scary messages, but it is not a Trojan or a virus program. It
will NOT harm data. Disk activity is the result of writing dummy files
which are then deleted. The dummy files are created with unique file names
which do not already exist in the current directory.
RUNNING FLOORMAT
This program may be used in one of three interesting ways:
FLOORMAT
Invoking without parameters causes it to display a brief information
screen with syntax. After pressing a key, you may enter your name, the
victim's name, and a short message to be displayed to the frightened victim
upon completion of the dastardly deed. Do not sign your name here as this
is supplied by the program. Press F10 when finished. To leave default
message without reference to your name, just press ENTER before entering
anything in the name field.
USE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FORMAT.COM
FLOORMAT F
or
Rename FLOORMAT.EXE to FORMAT.EXE or FORMAT.COM
Invoking with the parameter "F" (case insensitive) will cause it to
mimic the [F]ormat command as if you had just typed FORMAT C:. This may be
put into a batch file named FORMAT.BAT with ECHO set to off and FORMAT.COM
renamed to another name. When the victim sets out to format a disk in
drive A:, for example, instead of invoking FORMAT.COM, FORMAT.BAT will be
invoked.
New in version 2.3 is the ability to perform in the same way as by
specifying "F" on the command line, but instead of running it from
"FORMAT.BAT", rename it to FORMAT.COM or FORMAT.EXE. When the program
starts, it checks to see what it is called. If it finds that it is called
FORMAT.[EXE or COM] it mimics FORMAT. Instead of formatting A: or B:,
however, it appears to be formatting C:!
Use this with GREAT CAUTION! You wouldn't want to mistakenly run the
real FORMAT accidentally. Make sure that the real FORMAT.[COM or EXE] is
not in the PATH!!!!
FLOORMAT S
Invoking with the parameter "S" (case insensitive) will cause it to
[S]kip the prompting for a message to leave for your victim. It will just
replace its own command line with the DOS prompt. When the victim returns
and types in any command followed by ENTER, the words FORMAT C: will
replace what he typed on the command line, and the familiar FORMAT warning
message comes up.
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format? Y/N_
When he presses "N", the simulated format begins anyway!
The program saves the original screen, and you may abort at any time
by pressing CTRL-ALT-ESC. This way you can change your mind without
disturbing the original screen. (This is great when you have done it to
your boss' computer and then wisely reconsider.) The screen will be
restored to its original condition. The program will get a copy of the
prompt message, (eg. "C:\WP\DOC\LETTERS>" [PROMPT $p$g]) erase the original
command line, and replace it with the prompt. It will then wait for the
victim to type in a command when he/she returns from lunch or whatever.
==========================================================================
THE SPELLBOUND! SHAREWARE CURSE...
If you use the program and enjoy it, send the $5.00. If you fail to
send the $5.00, you will fall into the snare of the SPELLBOUND! Software
Super Duper New and Improved, All Purpose Shareware curse. When we at
SPELLBOUND! decided to come up with our own curse, we looked in the yellow
pages for a "medium". Although it seems like a contradiction in terms,
they are very "rare", so we had to settle for a "Weldon". Weldon is not a
medium -- but his rates were reasonable. He agreed to do the job for
mentioning his name in this documentation. This is what he was able to
come up with...
SPELLBOUND! Software's Super Duper, New and Improved, All Purpose Shareware
Curse!
by Weldon
(He never said we had to mention his last name!)
May...
...your pickup blow a head gasket,
...your toilet back up,
...your shrubbery turn brown,
...your boomerang not return
...your spouse become a Hare Krishna
...your dog mistake your leg for a hydrant
...your mother in law move in, permanently
...you develop the following maladies:
prickly heat
gingivitus
the heartbreak of psoriasis
halitosis
irregularity
painful warts
And worst of all...
May the most annoying man in America do a show from your
livingroom on:
"Users who secretly refuse to register shareware and the mothers
who raised them. One person reveals the whole sordid story 'I
refused to register FLOORMAT' -- next Geraldo"
Can you imagine how cheaply we're letting you off? You could run up
thousands of dollars in medical, psychiatric, plumbing, auto repair, dry
cleaning, and dental costs, the legal costs of deprogramming your spouse...
and BOOMERANG REPAIR! (Do you know how hard it is to find an HONEST
boomerang repairman? Yet they keep getting return business?! I got so
frustrated with ours I tried to throw it away. I gave up after 3 hours.)
$5.00 can save you all this heartache!
Send your $5.00 to:
SPELLBOUND! Software
P.O. Box 158
Shepherd, MI 48883
Do it BEFORE your spouse has to go to the airport, or Geraldo has another
slow week!