Tutorial help on Happyhacker.org

I was checking out these tuts on happyhacker.org and some of the steps were a little vague and i was hoping somebody here could point me in the right directoin since everybody in their irc channel decided to ignore me. :D

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http://www.happyhacker.org/gtmhh/vol3no6d.shtml
Whoa, look at all those file folders that come up on the screen. Now for fun, click "Program Files" then click "Accessories" then click "Paint." All of a sudden Paint is running. Now paint your teacher who is watching this hack surprised.

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Next close all that stuff and get back to the URL window in IE. Click on the Windows folder, then click on Regedit.exe to start it up. Export the password file (it's in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT). Open it in Word Pad.

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I could not find the password file in the hkey_classes_root folder of my registry(i looked for a while). whats the name of it? (im running windows xp home)

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http://www.happyhacker.org/gtmhh/vol3no6e.shtml#cheap

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1) Click "help", then "About Microsoft (name of program inserted here)," then "System Info..."

2) This brings up a window which includes a button labeled "run." Click "run" and put in anything you want, for example regedit.exe! (That is, unless the security program you are trying to break has a way to disable this.)

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didnt see a "run button" when i did this. im using microsoft office xp.

HappyHacker.org is an evil place full of bullsh*t. I would stay away from it, and anything else associated with Carolyn Meinel for the sake of your own sanity.


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1.) This works on . . .

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its Windows 95 computers

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this doesn't work on [versions proceding] MS Office 97

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I strongly agree with D0pp139an93r on this subject, HappyHacker.org is a childish site. You will learn a lot more be staying and browsing the forums here.

Sorry for the short reply, here's a better explanation:


Carolyn Meinel is the mind (or lack there of) behind happyhacker.org. She has written a great amount of literature in many areas of computers. What she does is learn one small fact about computers, ie an exploit or something, and she proceeds make up 15 more things that sound good. Many of the examples of source code she provides will not compile on any *NIX box in published form. The very idea of her having any knowledge of computers or security is ludicrous.


/End rant. I gotta go home soon....

The last I heard of her she was 50, and people on a number of security sites - including www.attrition.org - were dissing her to the nth degree. So I guess the site is only good to give you a very basic idea of what kind of things you could look for. Stop after reading the titles :)

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I am aware that attrition.org has been also negating the value of AntiOnline.com. But please see past this difference when judging these things
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I am aware that attrition.org has been also negating the value of AntiOnline.com. But please see past this difference when judging these things

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To each his own. If you actually listen to everybody's opinions you'd lose your own. The community here is one of the best I've ever found online. There is alot of knowledge here also. Most of the folks I've chatted with are busy using it however instead of bashing other security sites. That should tell you something.

/rant


Be safe and stay free

Ah happyhacker now that brings back some pleasent memory's.
Nah but seriously if i was you i would stay away from that site it's filled with outdated rubbish.
99% of the s**t there is made up.
And don't make the mistake of buying any of her books either, waste of money, and now i'm stuck with some paper weights that i carn't get rid off.
Tried donating them to the local Library but they just laughed in my face.

Anyhow like yeah if you wanna read tutorials then visit the tutorials section here, at least there not made up and there always up to date information.

cheers
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It is true, Carolyn Meinel is less skilled than my ass but happyhacker.org is the first site that actually learnt me something I could actually use. (That can also be because my knowledge of English was very limited at that time so I didn't understand anything serious lol).
If you are older than 14 or if your native language is English that site is a waste of time, otherwise it'll teach you "something"

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I could not find the password file in the hkey_classes_root folder of my registry(i looked for a while). whats the name of it? (im running windows xp home)

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Highlight the key you are concerned with. Then go to the menu at the top.
Click "registry", "export registry file"
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happyhacker....that brings back some memorys.

Its a rubbish site, but before i completly write it off I think that it does have some value like providing newbies with the technical jargon (although limited) to use in searchs on google.

I think thats the greatest hurdle for someone new to this sort of stuff is to know what to put in google. Sure you can write things like hack, hacking, how to discover password and stuff but things like DNS, SSH, gopher, WiFI, RSA, Cron Job and the list goes on are never gonna be guessable for someone new to it

i2c

Muhahahah ohhhh yes!

The gypsy selling snake oil. Although the years have come and gone, somethings never change. And there will always be a salesperson on every corner selling their wares. She has learned to grab the ear of an unexpecting person and have them buy her products. Have to give her credit though, she is making money. But there are some issues involved when you advertise something as being new and provocative when it's old and used.

actually, one of the tutorials on this site directed me to happyhacker.org so i expected it to be a good site. it did look a little wierd tho(terrible page design, hard to navigate) but a lot of hack sites are like that. thanks for the heads up, i was actually considering buying one of the books for some good reading material. the fictional one might be pretty cool tho the heretic or whatever i used to read net force by tom clancy or somebody like that

lol, I still own one of her books but luckly I didn't buy it..I decided to borrow it from the library for a while then report it lost and show this slip which clears my account from any due money. Luckly I didn't pay for it otherwise I would've asked for a full refund, or exchange.

Can I go ever so slightly against the flow? Although, yes I do know that the information she gives is ever so slightly out dated, and ever so slightly inaccurate (I like the one about the IP address 216.999.248.174), it does give a good view of ethics.

It encourages readers to learn with permission and for it to be learning for learning's sake, not so you can destroy someone's life. It (the literature) constantly reminds you of this fact, and then goes on to point the reader to other white hat/real security sites (such as AO- again the link they've got is slightly out of date, but hey, it's all good :P)

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If you are older than 14 or if your native language is English that site is a waste of time, otherwise it'll teach you "something"

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I am 14 and I started getting into security when I was 10. Not *all* young people are stupid (although I have found that many of them are :D).

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A couple years ago I found that site... I tried some of the stuff on it but either it didn't work or it was completely useless.

If you want to learn about security, you would do better to spend time on AO reading tutorials and asking questions, setting up a Linux box and learning about it, and maybe learning a programming language if you already haven't. I think you will learn a lot more doing this than you would performing trivial tasks that make you feel like you are actually hacking.

And if this sounds mean, I didn't intend it to... I'm just giving my opinion/advice.

Just my .02

mjk

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Originally posted here by da'dodo
it does give a good view of ethics.

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Those who no longer know or care about the differences between right and wrong usually end up straped to a chair prepareing for the moment that they either get zaped or poisoned to death in order to somehow pay for what they have done. If you need help from others or some text file to chose between right an wrong then you should be quickly killed before the rest of society experiances your acts of stupidity.

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Originally posted here by da'dodo
It encourages readers to learn with permission and for it to be learning for learning's sake

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Why do peaple always say that? Thats tottaly crap. Anyone who wastes time with that "hacker" bullshit isn't out to learn anything. Its just another scene for bored peaple to be appart of... these peaple don't learn for learning sake. Their only reasoning for this is a excuse. And in this type of scene the more know-how you seem to have equals the more chances you get to boost your image or gain a sence of belonging to something.

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A couple years ago I found that site... I tried some of the stuff on it but either it didn't work or it was completely useless.

If you want to learn about security, you would do better to spend time on AO reading tutorials and asking questions, setting up a Linux box and learning about it, and maybe learning a programming language if you already haven't. I think you will learn a lot more doing this than you would performing trivial tasks that make you feel like you are actually hacking.

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I think you understood me wrong, I mean that it is useless crap for anyone older than 14.
It was useful for me because the English Carolyn uses is easy, and when I was still younger I couldn't understand very well the things on most other sites. (English is not my native language he)