MEMZ

MEMZ was originally created by Leurak for YouTuber danooct1's Viewer-Made Malware series.

The trojan gained notoriety for its unique and satirical payloads which automatically activate after each other, some with delay. Examples of payloads include displaying a Windows Notepad file that reads:

YOUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN FUCKED BY THE MEMZ TROJAN. Your computer won't boot up again, so use it as long as you can! :D Trying to kill MEMZ will cause your system to be destroyed instantly, so don't try it :D

Others include randomly moving the cursor slightly; opening up comedic Google searches under Google.co.ck, such as "how to remove a virus" and "how to get money" on the user's web browser; reversing text; and opening various random Microsoft Windows programs, such as the calculator or command prompt. True to the program's name, many parts of the trojan are based on Internet memes; for example, the trojan overwrites the master boot record with an animation of Nyan Cat. Leurak also created a safer version of MEMZ called MEMZ-Clean. The clean version allows the non-destructive payloads to be safely tested and gives the user full control about which payloads are active.