--- title: bat Files | daily.dev description: A personal anecdote about a childhood experience running a malicious .bat file while trying to download a game hack for Graal Online (formerly Zelda Online).... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bat-files-i2rwna4qm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: bat Files | daily.dev og:description: A personal anecdote about a childhood experience running a malicious .bat file while trying to download a game hack for Graal Online (formerly Zelda Online).... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bat-files-i2rwna4qm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/i2rwnA4Qm.png og:image:alt: bat Files og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # bat Files **[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal anecdote about a childhood experience running a malicious .bat file while trying to download a game hack for Graal Online (formerly Zelda Online). The file turned out to be a prank that opened a text file repeatedly. The storyteller reflects on learning not to run unknown batch files as a 10-year-old. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Batch Managing Batch File](https://daily.dev/posts/the-batch-managing-batch-file-hax1bu5lg) · The Daily WTF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bat-files-i2rwna4qm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"bat Files","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bat-files-i2rwna4qm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bat-files-i2rwna4qm"},"datePublished":"2026-06-05T13:15:20.945Z","dateModified":"2026-06-05T13:16:05.876Z","description":"A personal anecdote about a childhood experience running a malicious .bat file while trying to download a game hack for Graal Online (formerly Zelda Online)....","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VukoNgzgcRY/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VukoNgzgcRY/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ThePrimeTime","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ThePrimeTime","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--J5-GjDeo--/f_auto/v1704628081/logos/primeagen.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/bat-files-i2rwna4qm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"bat Files","description":"A personal anecdote about a childhood experience running a malicious .bat file while trying to download a game hack for Graal Online (formerly Zelda Online)....","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VukoNgzgcRY/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-06-05T13:15:20.945Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/i2rwnA4Qm","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/VukoNgzgcRY"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ThePrimeTime","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"bat Files"}]} ```