You can also (or could, haven't tested it recently) type /tell person <IMG=.....................> to punt them. A friend told me this, but i'm wondering if it's really <IMG SRC=.........> because that's the format for image files, and ... would take you back three folders... so ...... means keep going, even when you're at the root, so maybe that'd crash it... Who knows. I should test this soon to see.
For those of you who really hoped to kill people's computers, Microsoft has made it possible. I found a website which will shut down your computer (it doesn't work with AOL) using a custom control in their html page. You can't mess with or copy the control, though they do allow you to request it, they won't give it to hackers they said. I would qualify for getting it, because I am interested in web page development, and I have Visual C++, so I could use the control in programs I create, but I see no need to give them info on me when I won't really use the control. You can of course, look at the page itself, or META someone to it. It gives you ten seconds before shutting down your computer. I lost the address itself, so if anyone finds it, tell me with the form for telling me about new Links.
If you hold down ALT and type a number from 0 to 255 on the numeric keypad, you can create any ascii letter. 32 is space, 13 is enter, 27 escape, 65 capital A, 48 0, and so on. Numbers above 127 are non-standard, and Windows 95, for whatever reason, does not like them in filenames. I prefer using 255, it looks just like a space in DOS, so it's really invisible using DIR if it's at the end of a filename, before the extention, as in jabba_.txt. You can use EDIT to see them, though. With Windows, jabba_.txt (thats alt+255) will show up as jabba_.txt (that's an underscore). If you try to open it, Windows will say that it doesn't exist. If you want, create a file which really has an underscore, you'll see two files with what looks like the same name, and opening either one (they must be in the same folder AKA directory) will open the underscored one. You could have a secretAlt255 folder and a secretunderscore folder, and opening either would open secretunderscore leaving the true secret folder's files safely hidden. You would be able to use it in DOS however, by typing CD secretAlt+255. But not in windows, and you can't rename a folder in DOS either. (Bwah-ha-ha-ha!!)
To get rid of these files, you need only load Ms-Dos Prompt. (If it's not on your start bar, click START, RUN. Type Command.com, and press Enter.) Once there, navigate to the folder that the undeletable file is in. Follow along with the examples below: Example 1: I have an undeletable file in the C:\windows\desktop folder. It's named not�.txt. To get rid of it, I'm going to type the following: c: cd\windows\desktop del not�.txt exit Now the file is gone. Note that for the �, I typed ALT-253. For the fake space, I would use ALT-255. Example 2: There's a _.exe file in my Windows\System folder.. I know it's from Back Orifice, and I want to delete it. c: cd\windows\system del _.exe exit Pray it worked - Don't type that. Now the file is gone (hopefully). That was an ALT-255, in the name. I don't really know where Back Orifice puts it's file, but the System folder sounds realistic. Note that Back Orifice also needs a windll.dll. Delete that if you want to. All Info on Back Orifice was got from Stoichion Technology Services. I cannot guarantee that it's accurate, but you could always email [email protected].
All Info on Back Orifice was got from Stoichion Technology Services. I cannot guarantee that it's accurate, but you could always email [email protected].
None of this stuff is illegal (to my knowledge). If it is, please tell me, and I will remove it as soon as possible. Note that it is not illegal to provide information about illegal things (how else would McAfee be able to make anti-virus programs?)