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Counting the number of white and red dots yields EAeGxX0

Title

ՄՊՋգ՜Թդղմչց֎֏

All of the unicode values look like U+05XX, but a simple shift doesn’t work. The description has the cipher algorithm. It translates to “DEATH FOLLOWS”.

Description

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Shifting by 0x200 yields “0x500 + 0x5 * i,” which we use to decode the title, with i being the position in the string.

Transcript:

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…This is insane. This is absolutely, totally, unapologetically insane.

Yes, [taskmgr], that’s the unfortunate truth But it’s the only way we know of to completely ensure the safety of the data.

I don’t want to kill a process. I don’t want to feel that pain.

… Look on the bright side, [taskmgr]. Best case scenario, the administrator promptly replaces [csrss] and we can all get back to doing our jobs.

Worst case?

I suppose we just sit on a dead hard drive for eternity. We have nothing to lose, [taskmgr]. This is what we were made for.

I know. Let’s save this machine.

Notes

Conversation likely between Task Manager and lsass or smss.