I think I need a “weird” category for this kind of thing…
Via the open list comes mention of the “BlueScreen Screen Saver (3.2)” …. The screen saver details are quite disturbing:
“Bluescreen cycles between different Blue Screens and simulated boots every 15 seconds or so. Virtually all the information shown on Bluescreen’s BSOD and system start screen is obtained from your system configuration – its accuracy will fool even advanced NT developers. For example, the NT build number, processor revision, loaded drivers and addresses, disk drive characteristics, and memory size are all taken from the system Bluescreen is running on.”
At least someone in Microsoft has a sense of humour 🙂
Of course, the first thing that occurred to me is what damage can a screen saver do to a system’s configuration if it has even read access to it?
Run that screensaver as the equivalent of root and the fun will really start!
Keep that tin-hat on 🙂
This is freaky! I just tried it and it scared the pants off me even though I knew it was a screensaver.
First thing I have to do is secretly install it on the daughter’s boyfriend’s PC. 🙂
And people are going to start installing it on colleague’s PCs in work, which will bring IT departments to a standstill!!
I seem to remember hearing about this before; Microsoft bought the company that wrote it in the first place.
Donncha: most operating systems give non-privileged users access to details like that.