How to Create Fake Error Message Using Notepad?

Sometimes you just want to have fun with your friends. There are many computer pranks but here is one awesome trick to showoff  your friends that you’ve created a virus or you’ve virus in your computer ! Yes, that’s possible. Actually it’s just a regular message box, and not a real virus. So before we start, take a look at this final result :

Open up Notepad. 

Copy and paste: x=msgbox ("message here" ,16, "title here")into Notepad. 

It Should Look Like This:  

Save the file name as ".vbs" or it will not work. 

Open it up and voila!  

           

Message Description: Write some warning message you want to display (In above image the description is “iNiyant has killed your computer” ).

Title: you can write any title (in above image the title is “Virus Detected”).

The numbers: In above image 0+16 is used. Well, it is a combination of two different codes. You can write any numbers from 0,1,2,3,4 instead of 0 (before the ‘+’ symbol) and here is the meaning of each number:

0 = Ok Button
1 = Ok/Cancel Button
2 = Abort/Retry/Ignore button
3 = Yes/No/Cancel
4 = Yes/No

You can write any numbers from 16,32,48,64 instead of 16 (after the  ‘+’ symbol) and here is the meaning of each number:

16 – Critical Icon
32 – Warning Icon
48 – Warning Message Icon
64 – Information Icon

Now, if you want to create multiple Message Boxes, simply duplicate the line as shown below:

X=MsgBox(“Message Description”,0+16,”Title”)

X=MsgBox(“Message Description”,0+16,”Title”)

So this will display the message pop-up two times ! It’s really easy, but if you need more instructions, check out this video for step by step instructions including how to change the icon :

In this video, I’ve created a fake virus using the code shown above, it works in Windows 7,  XP and Windows Vista.

Remember: You must save it as a ".vbs" file! 

Note: This is not a real virus, it is just a simple Message Box that display your text in horrible way ! It’s completely safe to use it in your own computer. Have a fun !