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What does this batch file do? (if anything)

I found some batch files a while back whilst working at a school in some student’s accounts on the network. This one confused me because it doesn't look like valid batch file syntax. Any idea what the student was attempting?

<c++>
<F:/ Echo on> Echo = *shut*. <restart>=<function>=<enter>.
<C:/ Minus = Memorybnk. <DIR> Scanning. =<Hunt function>
<N:/= close>

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SnowCrash89

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Unfortunately I no longer have access to his other batch files but from what I remember they consisted of adding himself to a local admin group and issuing a shutdown command on other computers in the classroom. Perhaps this was as you say some attempt to invoke the command, hence '*shut*'.

He did manage to do this, although I guess not involving this batch file; there were problems when deploying Vista images to computers that then were unable to attach to the domain - and then students were allowed to use them. :S

Nevertheless he was caught when leaving his name in the shutdown command message!

Kayg_Hunter

Pity you can't get the other batch files lol, I am back in a classroom environment atm and would love to mess around with some of the guys pcs lol...

Thanks for the points SnowCrash89

Regards,

Matt