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Dec 10, 2002, 6:30am

check it out click here

Dec 10, 2002, 10:28am

click WHERE??? ;-"/


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Dec 10, 2002, 10:58am

Judging from the lack of description, I'd say he was trying to trick you
into going to one of those lame vampire/zombie/druglord sites. Good
thing he doesn't know how to work his newsreader!

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Goober King
The text WINS!
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 10, 2002, 11:36am

You need to format and re-install Windows to make this work.

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Dec 10, 2002, 1:10pm

Man why does everyone do those stupid sites? Their so old now.

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Dec 10, 2002, 1:52pm

It's so old my Grandfather was doing the trick when he was 9 and he's 80.

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Dec 10, 2002, 8:27pm

*click*
....
*page loads*
....

.......

SWEET!
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- Syntax - >_<
http://www.swcity.net
http://forum.swcity.net

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Dec 10, 2002, 8:53pm

syntax? sw comit? ...

awmaki.com
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Dec 10, 2002, 9:09pm

Newsgroups: community
Subject: CHECK THIS OUT
Lines: 3
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.28.64.207
Message-ID: <3df5a638 at server1.Activeworlds.com>
From: "equin0x" <xeroer at hotmail.com>
Date: 10 Dec 2002 03:30:48 -0500
X-Trace: server1.Activeworlds.com 1039509048 211.28.64.207 (10 Dec 2002
03:30:48 -0500)
X-Authenticated-User: equin0x
Path: server1.Activeworlds.com!not-for-mail
Xref: news community:119856

check it out click here

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Ummmmm....

- Mark

Dec 10, 2002, 9:33pm

*points in the general direction of general.discussion*

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Dec 10, 2002, 10:16pm

When it has the Syntax signature, it's Syntax.
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- Syntax -
http://www.swcity.net
http://forum.swcity.net


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Dec 11, 2002, 12:48am

why are you posting under comit's name then ?

awmaki.com
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Dec 11, 2002, 1:27am

His cit expired and he's gonna renew it soon so Commit let him use his cit.

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Dec 11, 2002, 1:48am

cause he and his girlfriend keep forgetting to renew his citizenship. :P

Chris

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Dec 11, 2002, 8:27pm

lmao
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- Syntax -
http://www.swcity.net
http://forum.swcity.net

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Dec 12, 2002, 8:48pm

......i think it's supposed to be a blonde joke..........?

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Dec 13, 2002, 12:26am

so it didnt work. stop complaining geez. I aint online long enough to learn
about newsgroups.

Dec 13, 2002, 1:03am

I think there are more people wondering what was intended than complaining... you feel like letting them in on the secret, or are you going to just let them wonder? :)

TechnoZeus

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Dec 13, 2002, 5:29pm

"equin0x" <xeroer at hotmail.com> wrote in
news:3df94551$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> so it didnt work. stop complaining geez. I aint online long enough to
> learn about newsgroups.

In that case, don't post. HTML in news posts is evil anyway.

KAH

Dec 13, 2002, 6:58pm

[View Quote] Um... aren't we being a bit drastic? It's not as though the guy is attempting to perform surgery without a medical degree or something.

Instead of just telling him to go away for a relatively harmless mistake, you could attempt to help solve the problem by actually helping him learn the "rules" around here rather than shunning him out of the newsgroups.

Apparently we have a one-strike-and-you're-executed-by-a-rifle-squadron system around here :P

Dec 13, 2002, 7:05pm

All the SW names are just there to fool you. They're all actually part of one hive mind... the SW Collective.

The SW City and its community is only a cover story for its true hidden mission: to thwart Goober King and his secret plans for world domination by slowly infecting him with a mental disease code named "O_O".

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Dec 13, 2002, 7:43pm

We are the SWorg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add
your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is
futile.


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Dec 13, 2002, 7:44pm

Too bad. Stick around equin0x. You might learn something. :) I did! :D

I learned that pink elephants with umbrellas are cool.

Chris

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Dec 14, 2002, 12:29am

Doesn't anyone realize he was trying to hijack everyone's browser by forcing
a link to open without your permission?
He was trying to set up an html script that forces your browser to go to a
pre-specified link, the first step in hacking via usenet posts. Maybe his
link wouldn't have had malicious activeX scripting but nevertheless he had
no business even trying and had he succeeded he would have been turfed from
this news server probably permanently if not had his citizenship in AW
revoked. Be glad he's not only stupid enough to think that prank funny but
too stupid to pull it off.


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Dec 14, 2002, 7:20am

You must comply. If you attempt to intervene, we will destroy you.

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Dec 14, 2002, 12:08pm

Unless I'm missing something (and I may very well be), equin0x's post came through as plain text. It looked to me like he was trying to make an HTML hyperlink out of the word 'here'.

So... could you explain to me exactly how you came to the conclusion that he was attempting to "hijack" everyone's browser?

PS: If you're afraid of getting infected by scripts that run without your permission, dump Outlook Express/IE (infinite evil) :P

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Dec 14, 2002, 12:09pm

"anarkissed" <anarkissed at nospam.alt.2600.net> wrote in
news:3dfa977f$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com:

> Doesn't anyone realize he was trying to hijack everyone's browser by
> forcing a link to open without your permission?
> He was trying to set up an html script that forces your browser to go
> to a pre-specified link, the first step in hacking via usenet posts.
> Maybe his link wouldn't have had malicious activeX scripting but
> nevertheless he had no business even trying and had he succeeded he
> would have been turfed from this news server probably permanently if
> not had his citizenship in AW revoked. Be glad he's not only stupid
> enough to think that prank funny but too stupid to pull it off.

Well, actually I think he just tried posting a HTML link, not quite as
malicious as ActiveX controls. Still pretty stupid, though, and off-topic
as well.

KAH

Dec 14, 2002, 7:28pm

Ok, it's an assumption, but essentially he seemed to expect the opening of
the post to automagically open the link.
I use OE because it's the only newsreader that lets me use multiple servers
on one instance of the client.


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Dec 14, 2002, 7:59pm

Umm, Netscape can do the same thing, and I'm sure other newsreaders out
there, such as XNews can do the same as well. (Care to clarify, KAH?)

As for equin0x's post, I don't think he was expecting the post to
automatically open the link, otherwise he wouldn't have said "click
here". What most likely happened is he composed the message in HTML, but
didn't realize his OE was configured to only post messages in plain
text, so OE converted it to plain text when he posted it, thereby
removing the link. It's a common mistake which I'm personally thankful
for. :)

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Goober King
Just because it comes with your OS doesn't mean it's the best...
gooberking at utn.cjb.net

Dec 15, 2002, 1:28pm

"goober king" <gooberking at utn.cjb.net> wrote in
news:3DFBA2BD.7060200 at utn.cjb.net:

> Umm, Netscape can do the same thing, and I'm sure other newsreaders
> out there, such as XNews can do the same as well. (Care to clarify,
> KAH?)

XNews can do it, yup. You can even have groups from different servers open
at the same time (it's got a taskbar-like toolbar at the bottom of the main
window which allows you to switch). http://xnews.newsguy.com/

KAH

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