This is the seventh and final installment of the computer possession prank.  Obligatory Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, and Part Six links.

Disclaimer: This prank involves some steps taken which may be ethically unacceptable if abused.  I assure you that we did not do anything to harm anyone, and we certainly wouldn’t encourage that kind-of behavior.  It was all in kind-hearted fun, and though we had absolute power over Jordan’s computer, we only ever utilized it for comedy.

April 1, 2010 – Part Two

So it was finally time to finish the prank, conveniently concluding on April Fools day.

Mark and I created the following website: Mac Exorcism, complete with back-story and removal guide.  Definitely check it out.

We also uploaded this shell script to his computer for the removal process.

Mark then went into Jordan’s room to show him the website.  I recorded a 500 second video of what went on from there.  Unfortunately, we couldn’t capture the very last moments of it, which were fairly exciting, but most of it, from reading the website to performing the removal are all here.  Keep in mind, everyone is in on it, except for Jordan, the guy on the computer.

Instead of explain what happened, I’ll just post the video:

After that, the script made a final speech, sang the Daisy song from 2001, and then said, “Extended April Fools, Jordan.”

After all that, it wasn’t apparent what was going on, and Jordan looks to us and says “I don’t think it’s completely gone!”

We then asked him if he heard that last line.  He said he did and repeated it verbatim.  He looked at us, confused, and asked, “Wait.. what?”

We came clean about that whole thing.  It was clear he felt a mix of both admiration and betrayal.

I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to top this prank.

related post

• SSH Computer Possession Prank - Part I
• SSH Computer Possession Prank - Part III
• SSH Computer Possession Prank - Part VI
• SSH Computer Possession Prank - Part II
• SSH Computer Possession Prank - Part V