Those who call it will be connected with the very scammers who created the fake BSOD screen in the first place and then they will convince the victim into paying an unnecessary fee for the unwanted support or service.
Press F11 to maximize the browser window for full immersion. (You can press F11 again to exit fullscreen mode)
Press ENTER or spacebar for a bluescreen of death. (This will really get them worried)
Try to keep a straight face the entire time. (hold your laugh!)DisclaimerWe are not responsible for possible revenge actions involving your own computer ;)
A good prank shouldn't last long, and should definitely not be harmful. If you know someone is working on their life's work, then relieve that person from freaking out as soon as possible. (or consider going for another target)
Prank your boss, wife or parent(s) at your own risk. (we warned you!)AboutThe idea behind updatefaker.com originates almost a decade ago in an obscure Steam group chat. "Wouldn't it be funny if you could fake system updates?" That's basically all it took for this idea to take off. Still, it took quite some time (several years) before the website would actually go live. A huge thank you to Vlovsky for providing us with the code for the various fake system update screens.
You can read our complete history in detail on the history page.Ever since the launch of updatefaker.com we've been flooded with positive feedback from around the world both online and in real life. And everyone who's ever fallen victim to Update Faker will never leave their PC unattended again, which certainly is a good thing. You never know what bad things people are up to. This website is literally one of the least bad things that can happen to an unattended PC.
TIP: Lock your PC people. All it takes is WINDOWS KEY + L (Microsoft Windows) or CONTROL + SHIFT + POWER (Mac OS X).SuggestionsIdeas including, but not limited to, "fake system update screens" are always welcome. How do you get these to us? Simply use the hashtag #updatefaker on Twitter. It'll reach us eventually. (you can also send our Facebook page a private message if that's your thing) You will always get credited, that's a promise.We'd like to thank ryanmercer for coming up with the ideas to also include older systems like Microsoft Windows 98 and Microsoft Windows XP. Both "fake update screens" have since then been added and have confused a fair share of people!
Another user on Reddit wrote "Oh great, Windows crashed and the Vegas globe now just shows blue screen of death". The same image was reposted by various social media profiles and websites, including Russian and Czech-speaking ones, and the earliest posts we have found were dated July 7.
Time to prank your friends by creating a fake blue screen of death in your windows PC. Blue Screen of Death (also known as a blue screen or BSoD) is an error screen displayed on a Windows computer system after a fatal system error, also known as a system crash.
The method is quite simple and straight, yes, really, as here you will not need any of the third-party tools in your Windows PC as the method that we are going to discuss is just a cool notepad prank that will help you get the fake blue screen of death. So follow up the below steps to proceed.
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