Schopenbulb

[AztecWarrior]

Prologue

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CDL Desert Base
2:43 AM
Sputty's PC
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"Sputty, it's three in the morning, call it quits." implored Manitou.

"Just a second. There are just a few more lines of code..."

"Damn, Sputty, how good is this going to be?"

"Awesome. It is designed to format and crash any computer on the network."

"What was its name again?"

"Schopenbulb."

Knoll, Sputty's friend, walked in with the two cups of coffee requested.

Schopenbulb was a virus, made by Knoll and Sputty, designed to track down and destroy everything on the New Conglomerate network. It would be a logistical nightmare for the New Conglomerate.

[Flameseeker]

Uh-oh... :(

[AztecWarrior]

"Manitou, we've set up these three computers as an example of what will happen." said Knoll. "The first is connected to the second via LAN, but not the third. The second is connected to the third via LAN but not the first. The first is a normal PC, the second a server, and the third is a mainframe. There are numerous security systems in place."

"How do you infect a computer?" inquired Manitou.

"As of now, you must manually install it. However, other forms of transmission will be developed." responded Sputty.

Knoll put the infected data disc into the guinea pig's tray. Within minutes, the virus had spread to the server. Almost immediately, it spread to the mainframe.

"So it spreads. Now what?"

The fans on PC one suddenly turned off. It had been shut down.

"Whoa."

Soon the server and mainframe shut down.

"Manitou, you have the honor of starting up the PC." said Sputty.

He pressed the button. It turned on, then did nothing.

"The computers have become energy-wasting boxes." said Knoll. "Everything, even the BIOS, has been deleted."

"This is amazing."

"Yes, sir. And it's at the TR Command's disposal. We'll propose it to them if you let us."

"You have my full permission."

[Knoll]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

OMFG. I love it!

[starrider]

that'd be bad if i were a NC but ....... well just wait

[Crono]

This is teh best! (So far...).

[AztecWarrior]

The mini-test was great, but a small test. The next test composed of a mini-network composed of about 75 computers with a broad spectrum of performance ranging from 16 GhZ PCs to 3200 GhZ mainframes. Trained anti-hackers, sworn to secrecy, were at each computer, ready to stop Schopenbulb. Security systems including Ecliptical-curves, Proxys, Firewalls, Monitors, Passwords, and Direct Data Uplinks were in place. Not even the best hacker could infiltrate this network.

The network was composed of ten LANs with about 7 computers each. One had the only link to another LAN- if it were shut down, access to the other LAN would be cut off completely. Also, it could disallow all access, in effect containing the virus.

All of it proved futile.

Schopenbulb was designed to break any network barriers extremely quickly (it turned your processor speed against you, so the mainframes went down almost instantly while the PCs had a few seconds), then spread, then delete everything on the host computer.

Despite trained anti-hackers, all data were destroyed within fifteen seconds.

The test took place in a TR Sanctuary Tech Lab.

Schopenbulb was ready to rock. It worked perfectly.

[Sando138]

Quick Question: when you said it deletes bios, did you mean it deletes biological records?

[AztecWarrior]

No. The BIOS is the thing built in to every computer telling it what to do before Windows. When you start your PC up, before Windows starts, the DOS-like thing you see is the BIOS.

[Sando138]

ahh, i thought you meant bios as in biological data... it all makes sense now...

[Flameseeker]

Make a big blinking Schopenbulb appear on an infected computer monitor, and make it so you can't turn it off. Heheh, it needs to say something annoying too.

[AztecWarrior]

Originally posted by Flameseeker
Make a big blinking Schopenbulb appear on an infected computer monitor, and make it so you can't turn it off. Heheh, it needs to say something annoying too.

"You didn't say the magic word!"

-Your ass in park....I mean Jurassic Park

[Flameseeker]

Lol! I forgot about that movie. :lol: Yeah, a fat guy going "Ah-ah-ah, you didn't say the magic word."

[AztecWarrior]

Connect to: 305.235.321.234

connecting....

Target:
HART pod NC12
Attack? Y/N
Y
Spread? Y/N
N

Commencing.....

All files deleted in 00:03.

Computer attempting to restart...
Restart failed.
Disconnecting all users.

*Connection terminated*

[Sando138]

uh oh. a computerized drop ship with a complete wipe? again,
Uh oh...

[AztecWarrior]

A small crowd had gathered around Sputty and Knoll's PC as they hit their first target- a HART pod in orbit, going from the NC Sanctuary to Ceryshen. Manitou was telling them what to do.

"Do not let this spread. We have to make sure that this is going to work."

"Manitou, it's obviously going to..."

"Do not let it spread."

"Wilco."

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High Altitude Re-entry Transport
HART NC12
Currently at 20,000 feet and rising
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Major AztecWarrior was on his way back to Ceryshen with his girlfriend-turned-fiancee Black Widow, whom he had proposed to at the New Ritz restaurant. She accepted.

My entire career as a soldier has been pain, suffering, bleeding, and sweat. Now I'm getting married...what a contrast!

"ALL PASSENGERS! WE JUST LOST THE MAIN COMPTUTER! WE CAN'T EJECT THE PODS! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LAND! GET IN YOUR SEATS AND PUT THE BELTS ON!"

The HART's fly-by-wire systems were knocked out. The pilot switched over to manual. The engines were started again. The whole HART basically had to turn on again.

Then the power system exploded due to lack of computer management. Then the engines exploded.

Aztec was stuck in his pod. It was on fire, and falling fast. He was burning. A large hole had been ripped in the side of the pod, but not nearly enough for him to get out.

"Open! Open! Open!" he screamed as he tried to push it open. The air pressure had him stuck to the hole. He was being cut and burned. He pushed as hard as he could, and the metal did not bend.

He took off his helmet and armored vest. He was cut badly as he fell.

Then the pod exploded, sending shrapnel everywhere. Aztec's suit was still on fire. The kinetic dampeners kicked in late, possibly due to having a fragment in them.

He hit the ground, hard. He was at six health. He rolled, painfully, and the fire stopped. He could hear sirens far away. Smoking wreckage was all around him.

What the hell did that...ughhhh....

He fought to remain conscious. The sirens got closer, and closer.

"There's one there!"

"We've only got room for one more! Get him quick!"

The medics came up to him. They saw his insignia on his suit.

"Sir! Can you hear me?"

Aztec tried to move his lips.

"Can you hear me?"

He tried again to speak, but he only stuttered.

"He's proably in shock. Life signs are present."

"Will we have to stabilize him here?"

"Negative. Let's get him out of here."

They picked him up and put him into the back of a Deliverer. He rotated his head. He noticed the smell. It smelled like cooking meat. He was burned all over. He noticed the other victim in the Deliverer.

It was Black Widow.

He tried again to speak, but could only whisper.

"HHhey. Iitsss mmme."

"Aaaazzztec...."

"I'll be alllll right...."

Aztec lost consciousness.

[AztecWarrior]

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Freedom Corps HQ
MrVulcan's room
10:51 PM, NC Sanctuary time
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An aide came in, interrupting MrVulcan's triple-level chess game with the computer he programmed. MrVulcan is leader of the Freedom Corps. He is a genius. His eyebrows are slanted the wrong way and he has unusally pointy ears...

"I have instructed you to not bother me with trivial information, lieutenant. Please proceed."

"Sir, I've got bad news and more bad news. They're both personal."

"What can be the cause of this catastrophe?"

"Your friend, Major AztecWarrior, is severly injured after a HART pod exploded shortly after takeoff."

"That is illogical. HART pods are invulerable."

"Sir, that's what I am being told. It's all over AGN."

"Amazing. What is the other catastrophe?"

"Sando Kaltoon, leader of the Silver Falcons and the maker of the Reaver Mk. II has just been captured after being shot down by Clan Draconus Lupus."

"This will not be good for our dominance of the air. Organize an extraction team. We must get him out. As for Aztec, I belive that his well-being is beyond our immediate power, but I will visit him. Prepare my Galaxy. I have lost my faith in HARTs for the time being."

"Yes, sir!"

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NC Sanctuary
Liberty Hospital
ICU bed #8
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Aztec came to again. There was an IV in his arm, with numerous machinery around him.

"Major...can you hear me? Speak to me."

An obese nurse wearing lots of makeup was looking at him while he was in his room.

"Yes. Where am I?"

"You're at Liberty Hospital, sir. Intensive Care. Your HART transport exploded..."

"Oh, yeah. What's wrong with me?"

"Shards of metal, burned skin, at least the shock is gone."

"Where's my fiancee, Black Widow?"

"She's a little better off. She doesn't have so many cuts, but she has a broken right arm."

He then noticed the sharp pain in his left foot and arm.

"Aaaugh! What's that pain?"

"You broke those bones. Major, you have a visitor. It's Brigadier General MrVulcan. Do you want to let him in?"

"Yes."

He walked in.

"Salutations, AztecWarrior. You were lucky to survive that."

"Yes, sir. Are the death counts in?"

"That transport had a large amount of civilians on it. Ten dead, two injured. The pilots managed to get out."

"What caused the accident?"

"It is undetermined at this time. I suspected sabotage of some sort, but the black box gave me sufficient reason to alter my hypothesis."

He showed Aztec his PDA. Visually he saw the ship's data logger. The tiny speaker played the intercom.

No sound, then the screen went blank. That's when the voice came on:

"ALL PASSENGERS! WE JUST LOST THE MAIN COMPTUTER! WE CAN'T EJECT THE PODS! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LAND! GET IN YOUR SEATS AND PUT THE BELTS ON!"

"It troubles me greatly that the data loggers just shut off. However, the computer had a new installation just before it went off: Schopenbulb.exe."

"Never heard of that, sir."

"It is very peculiar. I now suspect that it was hacked."

"Hacked?! The ship's computer doesn't accept remote connections!"

"Actually, it does. It is designed so that connecting gives you an information log about that specific HART aircraft. It simplified maintenance."

"Can we get anything from the access logs?"

"They have been wiped out. The virus was very powerful and careful. Major, I'm afraid that I have some bad news."

"What is it, General?"

"Your friend, Sando Kaltoon, has been captured by CDL..."

His mind reverted to the horrors. He closed his eyes and thought.

"When am I getting out of here?"

"You should not be rash. A full recovery..."

"Give me a splint and my Agile Armor. I'm going with you."

"Aztec, piloting a vehicle in that condition..."

"I won't be piloting. This is personal."

[AztecWarrior]

Connect to: 305.235.321.235

connecting....

Target:
HART pod NC13
Attack? Y/N
Y
Spread? Y/N
N

Commencing.....

All files deleted in 00:03.

Computer attempting to restart...
Restart failed.
Disconnecting all users.

*Connection terminated*

[starrider]

AHHHHHHHHHH they'd better not attack a Vanu hart pod or im ganna have a new CDL attack campain in my story.

[AztecWarrior]

-Transcript-

Linda: Hello, I'm Linda Trenon, and you're watching a special AGN news alert. Just fifteen minutes ago, a New Congolmerate HART pod, number 12, exploded mid-air over the NC Stronghold. The HART pods are litterally invincible. Attacking it will not bring one down, which is what troubles everyone. We are now going to Commander General MrVulcan of the Freedom Corps, who submitted an explanation of the crash to the Director of Aircraft. He has approved of it.

MrVulcan, what went wrong on that flight?

MrVulcan: You are correct in stating that the HART pod is invulnerable to enemy fire. However, this pod was not attacked by a missile, bullet, beam, or explosive. It was not destroyed by any weapon in general use. I believe that it was hit by a computer virus. I do have black box recordings to prove my hypothesis.

As you can see *points to computer screen set up*, we have data from the flight recorders and voice chatter from the cockpit.

Computer speaker: Pod NC12 to control, engines ignited, we are clear of the hangar.

MrVulcan: However, as we accelerate to just seven seconds prior to the accident *pushes button on remote control*...

*seven seconds go by*

*Computer screen blanks out*

Computer speaker: ALL PASSENGERS! WE JUST LOST THE MAIN COMPTUTER! WE CAN'T EJECT THE PODS! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LAND! GET IN YOUR SEATS AND PUT THE BELTS ON!

MrVulcan: Now, did you catch the final instant of the data logger? Let's go back *uses remote* and pause *screen stops*.

Look at that new installation: Schopenbulb.exe.

The ship computer is designed to connect to the NCNetwork and, when you connect to it, you get a log of the ship and a maintenance log. So, remote connection is possible. I believe that someone hacked in and installed schopenbulb.exe, which deleted everything.

Linda: But that does not explain the explosion.

MrVulcan: The ship's power unit then exploded due to lack of computer control.

Linda: We just recieved the casualty count. There were ten civilians aboard. All of them died due to lack of kinetic dampeners. Two military personnel were injured badly, perhaps due to a faulty kinetic dampener. The two pilots and two others landed safely. We cannot release any names at the moment.

MrVulcan: I have met the two injured personnel, they are in stable condition.

Linda: We're just getting word now that another HART pod has exploded, this time with nobody aboard and on the ground...

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NC Stronghold
HART Drop center
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BOOOOOOOM!

"What the hell was that?" said one of the guards.

"It came from the HART room! MOVE MOVE MOVE!" replied another.

The walls had a hole in them where the HART exploded. It was on the ground, waiting for the pilots to get on again and allow people to enter. The pilots had gone out for a bathroom break. Nobody was aboard, but the HART was a total loss. The hangar, too, would be out of service for at least two weeks.

[AztecWarrior]

Sputty, Knoll, and Manitou were brought before the Governor of Auraxis.

"So, this virus will completely destroy the computer network?" asked the Governor.

"If it's on the network, it's dead." replied Knoll.

"I like that. A lot."

"Can we use it?"

"It is truly devastating. Give me some time to tell our spies to leave the network. In 48 hours, I may give you clearance."

"Yes, sir!" replied Sputty and Knoll.

"You may leave."

They marched out, proud of their creation.

[starrider]

this is so cool

good thing they hit a down HART pod.

NOW I MUST STOP THE CDL FROM ATTACKING THE VANU WITH THIS THING.

ok mabye not nut it is an idea....

[AztecWarrior]

Connect to: 203.121.241.23

connecting....

Target:
VS PC- Owned by 'starrider'.
Attack? Y/N
Y
Spread? Y/N
N

Commencing.....

All files deleted in 00:03.

Computer attempting to restart...
Restart failed.
Disconnecting all users.

*Connection terminated*

[AztecWarrior]

Click here to see Schopenbulb (it's not a virus). (http://www.knollsoft.com)

starrider was at his personal computer, talking to his commander in a secure chat room.

"If you disconnect, you're screwed, because I have ONE chance to show you the blueprints." typed the commander.

"Let's do it!" typed starrider.

A large, blinking, Schopenbulb appeared on his screen.

"You didn't say the magic word!" blared his speakers while the Schopenbulb blikned.

"What the FUCK?" screamed starrider.

It was there for ten seconds. Then his computer shut off. He restarted. Nothing. Nothing started.

[starrider]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

NOO QUICK STAR FORGIVE ME IT WAS A DANGED VIRUS i NeeD tHE BLuE PRINTS TO THE SHADOW!!!!


:realizes he leaked about the shadow and hits himself with a big fish: ummmm i didnt just say that WACK and there is NO fish here WACK

oh and my commander is Quick Star and my outfit is the ~ghosts~ read my story it tells all...and it needs some replies...

[AztecWarrior]

"So, we should be able to find...ha! there it is!" said the admin. He was the admin of the whole Vanu network and had been called over there just to examine the third strike of Schopenbulb.

The admin was a civilian. He had been given Standard armor for his trip into a war zone. He was medium height, a bit chubby, and had small glasses. Rumor had it that he deserted from the war, but that was not on their minds right now.

"66.36.213.152. That's his IP...no wait...that's the Vanu national bank! He must have bounced his connection.

"So he was at a bank?" asked starrider.

"No, sir. He bounced his connection off of the bank and somewhere else. He managed to destroy your PC. Again, because you were hosting the ~ghosts~'s website, you could accept external connections. However, he failed to delete the logs from the connection tracker on the mainframe. Let's look at the path he took."

He traced the logs to different PCs. In many cases he had to act quickly, as he entered some NC networks. However, after about fifteen minutes, he found the last log: 36.40.1.13.

"It's a Terran IP. I can't connect, but I can use the IP Lookup...It appears to be owned by 'CDL-Knoll'."

"Damn it! CDL again!" exclaimed starrider

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CDL Desert base
6:43 PM
Manitou's office
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Manitou was reclining in his cushoned chair. High command ranks did that for you. He took a look at the TV. AGN was on.

AGN News Alert- Schopenbulb strikes again!

Hello, I'm Linda Trenon, and this is AGN news. We have just been informed that the computer virus Schopenbulb.exe has struck again, this time, the victim a Vanu personal computer. This clearly identifies the aggressor as a Terran. We now go to the Vanu network administrator, Nedry Smithson.

"Linda, I'd like to add that not only do we know to what faction the aggressor belongs, we also know who he is, or at least whose computer he uses. We have identified the IP as 36.40.1.13, which is the personal computer of Knoll of Clan Draconus Lupus..."

Manitou got up, ran down the hallway, and to the cafeteria. He screamed to the top of his lungs. He was foaming at the mouth.

"KNOLL! SPUTTY! GET YOUR F**KING ASSES OVER TO MY OFFICE RIGHT NOW!"

"Sir, yes, SIR!" they replied, and walked over to his office.

The door hissed shut, and he started screaming.

"LOOK WHAT THE DAMN TV SAYS! WE'VE BEEN CAUGHT! THEY KNOW IT'S US! NOT ONLY HAVE YOU BEEN USING THE VIRUS WHEN TOLD TO WAIT, YOU HAVE GIVEN AWAY WHO IT WAS!"

"How did they find out?" said Sputty. He glanced at the television screen.

CDL-KNOLL IS SCHOPENBULB HACKER and FOUND VIA IP LOGS LEFT ON SERVER MONITOR scrolled across the bottom of the screen as the announcer talked. Then someone at the station screwed up, as SO I CAN TYPE ANYTHING I WANT HERE AND IT WILL APPEAR ON SCREEN appeared.

"As of right now, I'm siezing your computers. You'll have them in, oh, 24 hours. Then you'll take down the networks." said Manitou.

"...but, sir..." said Knoll.

"THAT'S FINAL!" yelled Manitou. They saluted, and returned with their computers.

[starrider]

ROFLMAO!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


ok so lets see what should i do first go after the NC or the CDL hmmmmmmm.

[AztecWarrior]

24 Hours later...

He went by 'Xenomorph'. He was the number three hacker on Auraxis, second only to 'Lemming' (who died in an apparent suicide) and 'KrazyIvan' (in the military, thus inactive). He worked for the Vanu, but retained his privacy. He was actually a Vanu civilian. His name is unknown, to this day. That's how good he covered his tracks. Was he male? It is unknown, but for the sake of saving me time and effort, I will write only 'he'.

He recieved an e-mail from the government. It was encrypted with a Level 7 encrypter, the highest that civilians could decrypt.

"Xenomorph- This is the Vanu Sovereignty government. We need you to accept a certain mission. You won't be hacking. You will be protecting a hack.

No doubt by now you have heard of Schopenbulb. We have been working around-the-clock to produce an anti-virus, called 'Hope'. It can track down Schopenbulb and wipe the memory of any computers infected with Schopenbulb. It also cuts off network access to any computer infected with Schopenbulb.

You will be, in effect, saving our network.

Please accept."

He accepted.

Thus, the cyber-battle had begun.

[starrider]

lol that sounds like a friend of mine....

but i have this to say...NONONONO!!! I HAVE THE VANU STORY AND IM GONNA BE COVERIN THE VANU SIDE OF THE ACTION....well tomarrow i will i have to get off now...

[AztecWarrior]

If they trace me, they'll disconnect me. I have to work fast. thought Xenomorph. He had recieved Hope and was now in the process of hacking the CDL website.

At the same time, Knoll and Sputty were back with their PCs, about to make the master hack. The virus would spread. They were going to attack the Vanu first.

Xenomorph bounced of of every computer he could, and arrived at the CDL website. He could, from there, launch Hope from it and anull Knoll's computer.

As Sputty was watching Knoll hack, Sputty heard the beeping from the server.

"Knoll! We're being hacked! I'll hold him off, you launch Schopenbulb!"

"How far is he?"

"He's right now trying to hack the voice commands...damn! He did it!"

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Earlier that day...

Sputty woke up at 3 AM, because his phone was ringing.

"Hello? Hello? Who's there?" he said before hanging up.

Xenomorph had connected to his phone and fooled Sputty. Xeno's Voice Analyzer had gotten enough of his voice to make an accurate synthesis. He had, in effect, stolen the password.

Thus, the Analyzer, using the "Hello? Hello? Who's there?", correctly synthesized the rest of his voice.
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"Knoll! He just broke through the voice print! How far are you?"

"I'm still bouncing the connection around."

"Hurry up! He's cracking the password!"

Sputty began looking through the logs. He quickly scanned through the logs and found that Xenomorph was hacking them.

"Knoll! It's Xenomorph! MOVE IT!"

"Ok...connecting!'

Knoll connected to a relatively unimportant Vanu website. He had to hack the password, and then launch Schopenbulb.

Xenomorph cracked the password. He now had full access.

"Oh, crap! He just got in!"

"Shut down the server! Shut it down! Sputty! I'm uploading it..."

"He's uploading hope.exe!"

Sputty raced for the power switch. He turned it off just before the counter-virus completed.

"Got it! How's the virus going?"

Xenomorph saw his screen go blank, then *Connection loss*. He hit the table with his fist. Then he recived an instant message.

XENO THIS IS VANU COMMAND THE SAIM-DATHEDI WEBSITE IS BEING HACKED ITS SCHOPENBULB TAKE ACTION

Obviously there was no time for grammar but he did it anyway oh boy did he take action

"Haha! Virus 75% uploaded! I smell victory, Sputty!"

"Oh, man, we're getting promoted for this."

The virus uploaded.

Just as it started to delete, Xenomorph hacked it (he didn't have the time to ask for a password) and launched Hope.

Xenomorph sat, nervously, at his desk. Had he done it in time?

The server dropped off of the map. All files had been deleted.

It was too late.



















Or was it? No other computers went down.

"Sputty, something's wrong. The virus didn't spread."

"Didn't you tell it to?"

"Yes, I did, you saw me."

"What's wrong..."

"I don't know. It should have worked! It did work! Let's look at the logs..."

He scanned the system console's last moments. It had been saved on Knoll's PC for postierity. He found two odd lines.

hope.exe installed.

RUN C:/Hope/hope.exe.

The Vanu network had been saved.

"Damn it! Xenomorph put the anti-virus on!"

Knoll's PC screen went blank.

"What the...?"

The computer had been wiped clean.

[starrider]

actually i need the ideas keep going with the Vanu stuff. its really good.