Around the times of Windows 7, MusaLLat.exe was considered a worldwide computer threat that would make computers unusable until a complete reset. It could not be detected by any well known antivirus program or it could not be deleted on any platfom by hand.
What Exactly Is MusaLLat.exe?
Musallat in Turkish means haunted, and just like it’s name, it haunts your computer beyond usage. By the education site meb.k12.tr’s definition “Musallat.exe virus is a virus that prevents access to the task manager in Windows operating systems, infects especially USB memory sticks and infects other computers via USB sticks. Technically, it is a Trojan.Agent/Gen-Malagent type of malware.” It would hide itself to a point that it could not be detected by any antivirus program to be get rid of.
Birth Of The Monster Virus
It all actually started because of a very small argument between two highschool classmates, let’s call them E and Xerox, during computer class. To get a small revenge on his friend, Xerox made a “small” computer virus to lock E’s computer with some tutorials he watched here and there. He put the virus into an old USB stick he didn’t have a use for anymore and gave it to E the next day on computer class. After inserting it onto his class computer, E also used it on other devices that day causing it to spread even more. What Xerox didn’t take into considiration happened and musaLLat.exe first spread itself onto all of school computers through shared network, then it spread with blogs and files shared with said computers.
Due to it’s fast spreading nature and hazardous behavior, it started become worldwide news. It was first a big problem across companies in Izmir, Turkey but it grew quickly enough for some schools to even halt computer lessons all together in an effort to stop it from spreading even more. Many people have tried downloading antiviruses or deleting it themselves, but because it would hide itself under important system files, it was almost invisible and invincible.
Only The Creator Could Destroy
Through browsing forums, Xerox started to come across his consequences. Many people sending him death threats and saying bad and hateful things about him on blogs even though they didn’t know the creator’s name or who he is. By then Xerox had become a young responsible adult and upon seeing everyone trying to kill this beast of a virus but failing miserably, he decided to finally take the matters into his own hands. He made another program called “hakkinizihelaledin.exe”. ‘Hakkınızı helal edin’ means roughly something like ‘Forgive my wrongs’ in Turkish. The name was given because of the dreadful feeling of regret Xerox had with all of the hate comments he saw on those forums.
“Forgivemywrongs.exe”
The program itself looks very simple, as it only has one and only mission; Find musaLLat.exe and destroy it without harming the computer further. It has a message on top saying “Guys, I am extremely sorry for all the damage MusaLLat.exe has caused, please forgive my wrong-doings. You can erase the virus with this program. If you still cannot delete it and need any help, you can always contact me by messaging on ‘Facebook.com/TurkCoder’. “
You start the program by simply clicking on the “Hakkımı helal ediyorum” (I forgive your wrong-doings) The program first scans your computer for the virus and if it doesn’t find it, it notifies you that the virus couldn’t be found on the computer. If it finds it, it terminates it immediately and just notifies you that your computer is now clean from musaLLat.exe.
With this simple program, many people has saved their computers and musaLLat.exe stopped being the huge threat it used to be. Now, thanks to “Xerox” (It was the username he uploaded the antivirus with before deleting the account to not recieve hate any further), it is all lost within the infinite history of the internet. We forgive you.
