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- REAL Hidden Directories
- DOS Trick by kM & mR.dISCO
- 03/25/97 (screwing around at work)
- - This is old but newbies need to know about it -
- Another Original from the HackerZ Hideout
- www.hackersclub.com/km
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- OK here is a trick that you can do with your DOS/Windows3.x and Windows 95 machine that works.
- If you use Windows NT 3.51/NT4.0 or Win95 OSR2 w/FAT 32 this little trick doesn't work. It
- only works on people who don't know DOS and the ASCII table. Use at your own risk!
- If you're trying to hide kiddie porn from the feds and get busted its not our fault!
-
- Maybe we will do another revision of this that will be more malicious to the end user with this
- hack. I'm sure if you play with it long enough and read your DOS manual maybe you can guess
- what we are thinking.
-
- Send us your own ideas about this trick...we will publish them here if they are good.
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-
- What it Does:
- This trick can be used to hide data on a computer in a directory. Unless you know how to
- change to the directory manually you won't be able to access it. (meaning Windows File
- Manager and Windows Explorer although it sees it, it can't access it).
-
- Why it Works:
- In DOS there are 256 characters (i.e. letters, numbers and symbols numbered 0-255). Look
- in the back of any DOS manual to find these. When you hold down the ALT key and type the
- ASCII code from the number pad it will print it to the screen. For example ALT (155) is ó
- and ALT (129) is ⁿ. However, ALT (255) is the NULL character (it is true nothingness).
- If you create a directory using ALT (255), it will appear to have no name, but...=)
-
- NOTE: You will not have the access to the full character set unless ANSI is loaded.
- Look in your DOS book, or in WIN 95 help to do this.
-
- How to Do It:
- Goto DOS and do these commands
- C:
- cd\
- md {hold ALT (on your numberpad only)} 255 <- this is an ASCII NULL Character
- cd ALT 255
- and put something in there
-
- -=> If you want to be cruel and evil do something stupid like "ALT-255xxxpics" on a computer
- at a local CompUsa. See if the idiots could delete the directory or see if there are
- actual XXX Pics in there.
-
-
- Limitations:
-
- This can only be created in DOS or a DOS window. If you create this in explorer or file
- manager it will let you access the directory.
-
- What the Average User Sees:
- To test it...go into windows File Manager or Explorer...you will see a C:\_ directory...when
- you double click it will say :
- " c:\_ not accessible.
- This Folder was moved or removed"
- Heheh...If you really want to be bad ATTRIB the directory +H so no one in DOS can see it.
-
-
- Updated on 6/30/97...
- An Email I received by Gizmo
-
- Subject: Limitations using 255
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 01:01:18 -0500
-
- I was just messing around and found the neat dos trick.
- Not that it really matters but another limitation of the trick is that
- if the "special directory" is a subdirectory then you can just use "deltree" on the parent
- directory.
-
- Here's an even simpler method...
- Say you make a directory called "trick" inserting the null character in front.
- Just type "deltree *trick". And it's gone!
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- Why should I use this?
- - Good for kids who want to hide porn from mommy and daddy!
- - If your a tech support person you know how lame users can be. This is handy for making
- backups of configurations and covering your ass.
- - Its probably also good to pull batch file pranks and such on unsuspecting lamers that use
- the 16 bit file manager in Windows 95. (that one was for you Wyle)
-
- Its a small hack...but its for newbies who need to learn even the littlest of things count.
-
- If you have a small hack you think newbies should know please send it to
- km@hackersclub.com
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