I recently rewrote the code in Javascript just for fun. I'll have to post it somewhere someday.
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Tangentially related, I once stole a 4-character AIM screenname from someone who infected a computer at my school with some backdoor. I found his IP address via `netstat`, and then was able to access his C: drive because Windows File Sharing was turned on with anonymous access. I guess he didn't even have a firewall to block the port. I copied his registry database, and decrypted the AIM password and changed it. He got it back by using AOL's password reset by email tool.
Ctrl+F "AIM PW Decrypter" @ http://patorjk.com/programming/vb6examples.htm
I recently rewrote the code in Javascript just for fun. I'll have to post it somewhere someday.
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Tangentially related, I once stole a 4-character AIM screenname from someone who infected a computer at my school with some backdoor. I found his IP address via `netstat`, and then was able to access his C: drive because Windows File Sharing was turned on with anonymous access. I guess he didn't even have a firewall to block the port. I copied his registry database, and decrypted the AIM password and changed it. He got it back by using AOL's password reset by email tool.
I wonder if whoever it was (he or she) reads HN.