Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Lotus Notes : April Fools' pranks

Hey admins! A funny one, just add this line (Or a similar message) to the QueryOpen event of the memo form:

Msgbox "You mail file is corrupt, your computer may be infected by W32/Conficker.worm" ,0+16,"Microsoft error 80004005"



Every time a person will create\read a memo, he will get this message

Disclaimer: Do this on a friend's mail file :-)

5 comments:

Benoit Dubuc said...

Not, sure about this, JY. I think there is already enough panic in the air regarding that virus! It may be OK if you are working in a small shop, but where I work, with 20,000+ users, there is no way this one is going to happen.

But it would be a funny one, indeed. Maybe I'll try that with my wife's Notes mail...

I'll let you know if I need to pack my bags and leave!

JYR said...

@Benoit - I know, it is not to be done on a large basis. I know the panic around this worm.

JYR

Andy Donaldson said...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

I pulled this prank on my director this morning and he fell for it hook, line and sinker!

Unknown said...

I actually published an article on the company news page about how we would be releasing worm eating warblers throughout the buildings in order to protect us from this worm.

JYR said...

Finally, it was a good test. I advised the head chief of security before doing it. He did not advise the members of his team. When calls were opened, it has allowed to see their state of preparedness... which was very good.