^ a b Oberhaus, Daniel (July 9, 2016).

'MEMZ virus: what is it and how it affects Windows PC?'.

^ a b Dean, Madeleine (August 26, 2016).

'Viewer-Made Malware 8 - MEMZ (Win32) (flashing lights warning)'. Then the user should run Startup Repair to finalize the cleaning of the boot sector. (Doesn't work with UEFI installations of Windows because the MBR system has been replaced.) Fixing the boot sector requires two commands: bootrec /fixboot and bootrec /fixmbr. To get rid of the Nyan Cat animation on boot-up, a user must use Command Prompt to fix the boot sector. While the virus is running, open Command Prompt as an administrator and type taskkill /f /im MEMZ.exe /t.

This variant has also been released to the public. This version of MEMZ is similar to the original, but features many references to Vinesauce, especially Jarvisson's other game streams, such as the bootleg game 7 Grand Dad and the adware program BonziBuddy. Ī variant of MEMZ, dubbed 'VineMEMZ', was coded by Leurak as a gift to Jarvisson after the livestream featuring the original MEMZ gained significant traction. The clean version allows the non-destructive payloads to be safely tested and gives the user full control about which payloads are active. Leurak also created a safer version of MEMZ called MEMZ-Clean. True to the program's name, many parts of the virus are based on Internet memes for example, the virus overwrites the boot sector with an animation of Nyan Cat. co.ck such as 'how to remove a virus' and 'how to get money' on the user's web browser, and opening various random Microsoft Windows programs (such as the calculator or command prompt). Examples of payloads include randomly moving the cursor slightly, opening up satirical Google searches under Google. The virus gained notoriety for its unique and complex payloads, which automatically activate after each other, some with delay.

It was later featured by Joel Jarvisson, alias Vargskelethor, a member of the live-streaming group Vinesauce on his series Windows Destruction, who demonstrated the trojan in action against a Windows 10 virtual machine after being provided with a copy by danooct1. MEMZ was originally created by Leurak for YouTuber danooct1's Viewer-Made Malware series. The MEMZ trojan is a malware in the form of a trojan horse made for Microsoft Windows.

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