Strimage.exe
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Strimage.exe is a screamer program that gained popularity in China during the year 2005. Developed using the VB6 programming language, the program featured an icon resembling a Win9X-style folder, disguising itself as a regular directory.
When launched, the program self-replicated across various system directories, removed the original file, and assigned itself as the default application for opening JPEG files. Consequently, whenever a user attempted to open a JPEG file, the program would be executed. To ensure its operation, Strimage.exe checked the local computer's date. If the day was not Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, the program would terminate itself. However, on one of these specified days, the screamer initiated a countdown period lasting between 5 and 15 minutes, which runs in the background.
Once the countdown concluded, the program's main payload was unveiled: a haunting image of a girl with half of her face a skeleton. The remaining eyeball on the other side could move, accompanied by a somber crying sound effect. Users could exit the screamer by clicking anywhere on the screen. Additionally, within the program's source code, its initial project name "StarField" can be found; the screamer window's caption also shares the same name. The code includes a "Type" class named "Star," featuring properties such as "X, Y, Speed, Size," and "Color." It appears that the author was initially planning to write a screensaver or a similar visual program.
Links
NOTE: The following download link contains a screamer application and a well known malicious script that could potentially harm your computer!
- files.screamer.wiki/other/Strimage.zip (Including the cleaner program and VB6 source code)