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Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« on: 27 August 2005, 18:07 »
http://kintaro.noobify.com/kintarolabs/viewtopic.php?p=398#398

Read that, and if you don't believe me, try it yourself.

I will try it on other Operating Systems like Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 2003, etc.
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Aloone_Jonez

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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #1 on: 27 August 2005, 21:01 »
They've fixed this bug in XP, the contents of these files is removed when you delete the files the old fashoned way using Internet explorer, see here for details.
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #2 on: 28 August 2005, 07:35 »
« Last Edit: 28 August 2005, 07:43 by X11 »
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #3 on: 28 August 2005, 14:38 »
If people are really botherd about Windows 98 they can just add a deltree command to the autoexec.bat to remove them on startup.
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #4 on: 28 August 2005, 16:03 »
Yeah, but its pretty pointless.
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #5 on: 29 August 2005, 17:46 »
The Microsoft Genuine Advantage ActiveX controls sneak down the .dat files on your system to see what warez sites you have been to if the checks failed and hopefully bust pirates. However this information is also obtained halfway by the United States government to find terrorist links/URI.
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #6 on: 29 August 2005, 17:55 »
Errr... right.
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #7 on: 29 August 2005, 18:40 »
Too bad I use Firefox so they'd never catch anyway but what you've just said is complete bullshit, please read this thread from the beginning.

EDIT:
Why are ActiveX controlls a good this when they allow viruses to be installed and porn sites to rip people off by making their modems dial premium rate numbers?
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #8 on: 30 August 2005, 21:31 »
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Too bad I use Firefox so they'd never catch anyway but what you've just said is complete bullshit, please read this thread from the beginning.

EDIT:
Why are ActiveX controlls a good this when they allow viruses to be installed and porn sites to rip people off by making their modems dial premium rate numbers?


Microsoft thinks they're good because 90% of Windoze users don't know they exist, let alone how to disable them.
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #9 on: 1 September 2005, 17:36 »
Erm, IE7 warns you about every ActiveX control you encounter by default, and so does IE6 with SP2 when I think about it. And on Windows 2003 Internet Explorer owns Firefox security wise.
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #10 on: 27 September 2005, 14:02 »
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Erm, IE7 warns you about every ActiveX control you encounter by default, and so does IE6 with SP2 when I think about it. And on Windows 2003 Internet Explorer owns Firefox security wise.


But the average windows user is stupid and just hits [Yes] [OK] [Agree] without reading anything.

And owning firefox security-wise, just because they DISCOVERED more exploits in it, doesn't mean it's more or less secure. It just proves someone found more exploits. And those figures were based on those that the vendor acknowledged. There were actually about 30 found for internet explorer iirc, but Microsoft said 27 of them weren't serious. Mozilla said that 18 of the 20 were. Who'se being more honest here?
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #11 on: 6 October 2005, 07:07 »
simple problem: IE (any version)
 simple solution : firefox, opra, mozilla, ect
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #12 on: 4 November 2005, 21:35 »
The links at the top of this thread did not work for me...how do you find the really hidden files in 2000?  I have that on two machines and XP on another...I already saw that XP deletes them but I am lost on the 2000...

 
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #13 on: 4 November 2005, 22:08 »
You insert a linux install cd and reboot. That'll get 'em.
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Re: Really Hidden Files: Proven Myth under Windows 2000.
« Reply #14 on: 4 November 2005, 22:29 »
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You insert a linux install cd and reboot. That'll get 'em.

Or FreeBSD if you are a fan of that :)
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