sc0rpi0 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Kind of a simple concept...here it is anyway. It's a batch file which replaces a site for another on a computer. For example, using this tool, I could make it so that when I go to www.yahoo.com, I am given the page www.msn.com Not really hacking...but interesting nevertheless. http://www.mediafire.com/?9u91xnjypgz Quote
felony_destined Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 clever, I'm looking over the source for it now... Quote
sc0rpi0 Posted January 21, 2008 Author Posted January 21, 2008 Uses hosts files to display one website when another is accessed. Kind of a simple concept...here it is anyway. For example, using this tool, I could make it so that when I go to www.yahoo.com, I am given the page www.msn.com Not really hacking...but interesting nevertheless. http://www.mediafire.com/?9u91xnjypgz Quote
natural_orange Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 i hate of be the bearer of bad news, but this feature is as old as dirt. its been used numerous times for phishing and other kinds of trojans. Quote
felony_destined Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 having some trouble with the unblocking part though lol, oops? I guess my little sisters sure is gonna be mad at me for blocking barbiegirl.com Quote
snakey Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 you delete the ip and www. in the text file that appears. Its the bottom one. Quote
deleted Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 is as old as dirt. Its older than dirt, its the Original Meteors that formed the Earth. Quote
911alertme Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 This same thing gets posted twice on the same forum but in two different places. It gets shot down in one place and he is encouraged and it is told it is neat in another. Weird. The other one can be found at http://forums.hak5.org/index.php/topic,8372.0.html Quote
digip Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 Yeah, noticed that this morning, he double posted it. Aside form the point that a "HOSTS" file in windows has been around since the OS came with it.... Quote
Famicoman Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 Topics merged. Please do not double post again. Quote
sc0rpi0 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Posted January 22, 2008 Topics merged. Please do not double post again. Please accept my sincere apologies. I generally post all my stuff in the usb hacks forum. After posting, I noticed that this doesn't really go under the category of usb drive hacks, so I posted it in "Hacks and Mods" which I thought was a better place to put it. Sorry again if this caused any inconvenience. Quote
sc0rpi0 Posted January 22, 2008 Author Posted January 22, 2008 having some trouble with the unblocking part though lol, oops? I guess my little sisters sure is gonna be mad at me for blocking barbiegirl.com I am working on a better unblocking part of the program. For the moment, I just have the HOSTS file you need to edit pop up. As stated by another member of this forum, when the file pops up, just delete the bottom line and save the file. Please mention any simpler methods of unblocking a site. Here's an example of how the bottom line might look if you replaced the barbie site with hak5: 74.208.74.96 www.barbiegirls.com Quote
felony_destined Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I deleted the entries that i wanted blocked in the text file but still when i view the site in my browser I still get redirected Quote
Sparda Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 You need to reset the cached dns entries: ipconfig /flushdns but because windows is rather rubbish been explicit like that often will fail. Restarting the OS is needed. Quote
Scorpion Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I was about to say restart the IE or pc but u have to post just when i click reply damm you sparda's Quote
VaKo Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 <snip> but because windows is rather rubbish been explicit like that often will fail. Restarting the OS is needed. That's bullshit. Quote
Sparda Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 <snip> but because windows is rather rubbish been explicit like that often will fail. Restarting the OS is needed. That's bullshit. except it isn't. Quote
VaKo Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Never failed for me... who do I trust? You, or my own expirence? Quote
Sparda Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 Never failed for me... who do I trust? You, or my own expirence? My experience :D Quote
felony_destined Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 its not that serious... and anyways I have restarted browser &still nothing, didnt feel like restarting the whole OS because I had other processes running and flushdns I didnt even think of that o.O Quote
sc0rpi0 Posted January 24, 2008 Author Posted January 24, 2008 its not that serious... and anyways I have restarted browser &still nothing, didnt feel like restarting the whole OS because I had other processes running and flushdns I didnt even think of that o.O For some reason, sometimes when I close my browser, it stays open in the processes, making the change not possible. kill ie.exe in taskmanager. If this doesn't work, restart your computer. If neither works, boy, something is downright wrong with your computer. Make sure that the changes to the hosts file were saved and that an av didn't block you re-editing it. Sorry if this has caused you any trouble. Quote
felony_destined Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 its not that serious... and anyways I have restarted browser &still nothing, didnt feel like restarting the whole OS because I had other processes running and flushdns I didnt even think of that o.O For some reason, sometimes when I close my browser, it stays open in the processes, making the change not possible. kill ie.exe in taskmanager. If this doesn't work, restart your computer. If neither works, boy, something is downright wrong with your computer. Make sure that the changes to the hosts file were saved and that an av didn't block you re-editing it. Sorry if this has caused you any trouble. A. I'm offended that you assumed I was using ie B. I always kill processes in task manager just because its seems to close things alot more swifter than the "red X" method C. Any changes that I make to the host file effects all users of the system, correct? Quote
SomeoneE1se Posted January 24, 2008 Posted January 24, 2008 first IE is a perfectly good borwser so get of your high horse second ever wonder why it takes longer when you use the red x? it's because it allows the program time to clean up and exit nicely ending processes in your way is bad for you the program and can be bad for the computer (but you knew that by the warning that pops up) and yest host files affects the entire system Quote
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