iMatt's User Educator Application [Denied]

Contents
+ Visual Basic Beginner Tutorial
+ Simple Movie Making
+ Protecting Yourself Online
+ Social Engineering
+ Hacking Your School

Why should I become a User Educator:
+ I think I should become a User Educator because I love to help fellow forum members, I am very friendly and I have great socialising skills. I can calm matters like a Moderator and can generally make forums better places.
I never argue and I get on with things. I do my jobs correctly and I never slack. I genuinely think that if you accepted my application, you would not regret it.

I didn't want to use images, sorry. In the future I will do if nessescary.

1) Visual Basic Beginner Tutorial

Visual basic is a fun language. It's simplicity is brilliant; for any serious, commercial or unserious programmer - VB6 is the way to go.

VB6 is a great language, and can generally do any job. This guide will basically cover the simple things you can acheive with this exe compiling beauty!

First thing's first, open up Visual Basic 6. Double-click the 'Standard EXE' icon, to start a standard application project. You now will see the whole VB6 GUI. Before starting anything you may want to explore the whole GUI.

The whole thing is very user-friendly, and most of the icons you have probably seen before.

You will see a blank form in front of you. The default name is 'Form1'. If you double-click on a space in the form, a box will pop-up. This box is where you type the code in. A code for an application basically operates the application. Think of it in this way; the form is the body and the code is the brain and organs.

Okay, when you have double clicked on it, the following code will be displayed:

Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()

End Sub

The top line represents what actions take place when the Form is loaded, so say you double-click on a program, inside these two lines, that's what will happen.

Okay, now for the interesting part. Add this as a test to demonstrate a message alert when the form is loaded:

Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
MsgBox "Hello Sythe.org", vbCritical, "From iMatt"
End Sub

Okay, so far we have placed a line of code inside the Form_Load Sub. This means that when the form is loaded, this line of code will activate.

You may be wondering what I have just added; fairly simple. MsgBox means Message Box obviously, the 'Hello Sythe.org' in quotes is the message which the Message Box will show.

We seperate the MsgBox properties with commas, as you can see I have. Moving on, the vbCritical is the type of Message Box. It will make the message box a critical message, which will basically add a red 'X' logo to the box.

After another comma, the "From iMatt" part is the message box's title. If you would like to test the code, click the 'Run' button, displayed at the top toolbar. It's got the same logo as you might have on a CD or DVD player..

Right, so now you've worked out how to do Message Boxes, you might want to move on. If you're stuck, you better read it again or you'll get nowhere!

Forms are made up of objects. Look at your web browser, see the 'Back' button etc, those are objects.

On the left toolbar that displays little mini-icons, those are the objects. They are also known as components. To add different components, right-click on a place in the toolbar and select components, or go to Project > Components.

Okay. Add a Command Button. Hover over the object icons in the toolbar to find the Command object.

Once you have found it, left-click it once and draw one onto your Form. It will create a Command Button. Do the same with the object; Label.

To change the text in the button, also know as the Caption, left-click on the command button once to select it. On the right you will see a properties box. This will display the selected object(s). Find Caption and edit 'Command1' to 'Change Text', or anything you like. Do the same with the other object; Label1.

Now double-click on the command and it will open the code box. Instead of Form_Load it'll be Command_Click. This is the same as Form_Load, the same sort of principles. Except, instead of a MsgBox popping up on Form_Load, it pops up when the Command is clicked! Wonderful!

Add this to the inside of your Command1 code:

Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Label1.Caption = "OMG CHANGED!"
End Sub

This will mean that when the command1 is clicked, the label (label1) will change it's text (or caption) to OMG CHANGED!, you can see that for yourself.

Again, test it by running it using the 'Run' button.

There are other statements like If, Then and Else, For and Next. I'll give you a quick example of an If, Then and Else code. Then you can find out the rest, after all; it's best it comes from your brain and not mine. Teaching yourself to code is a great way to program, as you don't know what could happen next?!

Okay. Start a new Project. Add a CheckBox, a Command and a Label to your form. Edit the Label's caption to 'Check1 is unticked'. Edit the command's caption to 'Test Check1'. You can edit the Check1's caption to anything you like.

Okay, double-click on the Command1 and the code box will appear. Add this to the inside of the command1's click sub:

Code:

If Check1 = 1 Then
Label1.Caption = "Check1 is ticked"
Else
Label1.Caption = "Check1 is unticked"
End If

This means that when Command1 is clicked, it will see if Check1 is ticked or not. It finds it by seeing if the status is 1 or 0. 1 is ticked and 0 is unticked.

In English, the code means - If the Checkbox is ticked, the Label's caption will be 'Check1 is Ticked'. If it isn't ticked, the Label's caption will be 'Check1 is unticked'.

Visual Basic uses English terms, which makes the language all that nicer! That's if you're English of course..

With this tutorial, I hope you learnt something. VB6 isn't too hard when you get into it. You can enhance this tutorial alot. This just explains how to edit captions and properties by the click of a button or by the tick of a checkbox.

If you wanted a label's text coloue changed to red on command1_click, the code would simply be:

Code:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Label1.ForeColor = &HFF&
End Sub

This works with all the different properties. But of course, there is a lot more to learn. If you would like more help with VB6, search for source codes at pscode.com. It is recommended you study and learn from them, they can be very useful for experts and beginners.

Have fun and stay safe,

iMatt.

2) Simple Movie Making

Obviously the first and most best tip I can give you is, get yourself a camera! You need a nice one that is compatible with USB, but you won't have to worry about that as all new cameras now are.

First things first, get to know how to use the camera. Flick through a few functions, video your brother and annoy him, ya'know - test it!

Okay, this tutorial will teach you basically how to aim your shots. There are long shots that can be used at a start of each film. This basically sets the scene. If you do not include one at the start of a film, the viewer(s) will not have a clue as to where the characters/objects are.

There are medium shots that basically display the focus of the film/characters/the focus of the current scene. The medium shot is used in almost every scene. It displays each scene's topic/subject.

Close up shots can be dramatic. If in your film, a man realises that he is locked in a room and any second he's going to get blown up into tiny pieces, you might want to keep it nice and dramatic and have a real close-up of the man's eye blinking. Then move out to a longshot of the whole place exploding. Ahh, happy days.

Okay, so that's how the shots can be used. The main thing is you need to have a script. Scripts can have many dilemmas to solve, but here's a little layout I made that basically shows you how a film/movie is structured:

- Beginning/Introduction
- Introduce Characters
- Build-up
- Dilemma
- Loss/Consequences
- Solving Dilemma
- Ending

You want to keep it exciting though. Scenes that consist of violence can entertain the viewer(s), but can also destroy the plot; so you want a couple of speech scenes every now and then to keep the plot going. Without speech, films would be nowhere other than Charlie Chaplin, so yeah - if we were all deaf we'd be screwed.

Moving on..

Once you have captured your film, you may want to edit it. If you do not edit it, you will most likely have false shots/your mum offering you a packet of crisps when the world is about to cease to exist!

So, any video editing software is great. Adobe do great ones, but there's one for everyone. Most are commercial, so if you don't have any money to spare, you can use Windows Movie Maker. Apple and their Macs also have a movie maker.

If your video camera does not support the movie format that your video camera uses, you may want to convert the format. A very nice one is imTOO MOV Converter. Although it is meant for MOVs, it works just as well with *.avi and *.mpgs.

When you have converted the movie clips, cut and paste them to a folder and import them into the video editing software.

You may want to delete scenes altogether to keep the plot nice and secure and interesting. Get rid of those nasty mums and dads and little brothers jumping into the camera's sights, and make sure you add titles (if need be) in suitable places.

Okay, I hope this tutorial helped. You can find many more advanced tutorials by searching on Google. Adding Sound effects and special effects also does boost the level of excitement.

iMatt.

3) Protecting Yourself Online

There are so many AVs (Anti-Viruses) that you can download and buy. It's just choosing the one right for you.

Unfortunately, AVs do not do the whole thing for you. Although they do most of the job, there's a lot of sense needed!

The basics are;

Do not download things that sound too good to be true

Because they probably are. If you see a download called 'FREE KEYLOGGER, HACK ANYBODY' it's probably a virus or a trojan or probably a keylogger itself.

Scan before using

Even if a friend has recommended a link to you, it's best to scan a file before using it. Ever heard of the saying - "Better Safe Than Sorry", this means a lot when it comes to the Internet.

I'll just explain what exactly viruses do and how they do it.

To start off, Trojans are basically two files. A Client and a Server. The Server is the thing that the victim runs. The Client is the hacker's program, that uses your IP and the server to connect. Once the hacker has connected to your computer, they can steal vital information, bank PINs and passwords. Also, I'd just like to say that even *.doc files that open in Microsoft Word can have macro viruses in. Don't open ANY macros that you have received from people you are not aware of.

There's no point in rebooting as most Trojans register themselves to your directory, which means they run on startup etc. They hide themselves from the task manager, and some even disable the task manager.

RATs (Remote Admin/Access Tools) basically run on the same principles, except they are slightly more enhanced viruses. They usually have a lot more features and a lot more harmful things.

Keyloggers are the same except they just monitor your PC and log any keys/applications/websites you press/use.

If you think/know that you have a keylogger, a good thing to do is to (when you type in passwords/pins etc) use an on-screen keyboard. You can obtain an on-screen keyboard by going to Start > All Programs > Accessibility > On-Screen Keyboard.

If you are a victim, it is first a good idea to change all passwords and pins on a friend's computer or just another computer. It is then a good idea to change your IP address by contacting your ISP. Before, you should print off ways as to how to remove a keylogger. Then disconnect from the Internet and do the IP changing part.

But the simple way to stop the whole thing is to basically follow the guidelines, get a decent AV like ZoneAlarm Pro. Googling is the best.

Free programs like Ad-Aware are very useful. Google Ad-Aware and download the free Personal version. You should run it once a day/week to remove any malicious files or cookies etc.

Online file scanners can also work. KasperSpy is a good one. And they're all free etc.

If you would like to keep yourself anonymus on the web, download a proxy or simply use a Web-based Proxy. Proxies are basically servers, once you download one, each time you connect to the internet it tells your computer to connect to the proxy and then to the website! So your IP address is hidden. Clever, eh?

The three types of IP addresses are;

- Static
An IP that does not change and stays the same all the time. They usually cost more.

- Dynamic
An IP that changes all the time and usually costs less. Can cost more to move to from a static IP.

- Sticky
An IP that changes once in a while. A cross between a Dynamic and a Static IP.

I hope this tutorial has explained the basics to you about Web and PC Security. The moral of the story is, keep a good AV, do not download of the stranger and use your common sense.

Stay safe!

iMatt.

4) Social Engineering

In Computer Security, Social Engineering is a term used that basically relies on Human persuasive techniques and interacting. It is a non-technical way of gaining access to files, accounts and databases.

Via Social Engineering, hackers can gather very vital information that can come in handy at some points in time.

Although hacking requires a lot of skill, and you need to know how to deal with things such as programming, staying anonymus and leaving no tracks - there is also another side of it.

Social Engineering can be a sort of "con" act really. It includes things like eavesdropping and listening in to people's conversations, but it can also include flirting on the internet etc.

There are many ways of gathering information with this method. Firstly, find the person. They may be active on a forum. Make friends with them, get their age, e-mail address, name - any information that you may need.

Add them to msn or keep in touch via e-mail. Get friends with them even more and generally be nice to them. Now that is the hardest bit, but the next part is also quite hard.

Now you need to gather more important information, say they owned a website like a forum. You may want to talk to them about exploits and what sort of security he/she has. Gather as much information as you can about how they keep their site, what hosting he/she has etc and put them into a txt file for future references. Eventually, you will have a nice txt file with many things that could well come in useful, so now hacking that website/person would be a much easier/less daunting task than it use to be.

Ways in which you can gain information via the internet:

- Flirting
- Ask as if you didn't care too much
- Don't sound desperate
- Talk about things and lead those conversations into things you want to learn more about.
- Request files off them that you may find useful, also if you have an IPget script on msn, this would let you get his IP too!

I hope I have covered most of it. Now it's up to you. You may think hacking is all about nerds who have never seen the sun, but it's not. Being socialable really does help.

Stay safe!

iMatt.

5) Hacking Your School

Okay, I'll teach you the basics on how to hack your school. You could just use this tutorial to kill the network's C:\ drive - but I'll leave you to work out that one.

This tutorial will explain exactly how to send global messages across your school's computer network, it will also teach you how to edit user accounts to admin and how to delete/create new accounts. It will also teach you how to access blocked sites.

Okay, first thing's first. Open up notepad and type in 'command.com' without the quotes. Then click File > Save As and save it as a batch file (*.bat).

Now you have a command prompt. Well, what are you waiting for - open it?!

First we'll learn how to send a global message. Be careful with this as it shows your PC's name to everyone else. It also could well send to the nearby school's network - if so, you could well be an elite h4x00r!

Anyway, type in 'Net Send * own3d m7chzz???' without quotes. Hit Enter and the message own3d m7chzz??? will display in the centre of everybody's computer screen. Owned much?

Okay, next is the pinging part. This will give you access to blocked sites, please don't go on porn - that's for your laptop at night, right?

Moving on.. enter 'ping www.gayporn.com' without quotes. Oh and you may want to replace the example, as the result could scare you. Anyway, it'll give you the IP address of the chosen website.

Simple enter this IP address into the address bar, along with the http:// etc, but do not include .com etc.

To add another user account (you greedy person), simply enter this code into the command prompt and hit Enter.

Code:

C:>net user myusernamehere /ADD

But it is recommended you have a password. So simply type this in instead:

Code:

C:>net user myusernamehere mypasswordhere /ADD

Now, the delete function is probably obvious now. Here it is, for all you unintelligent people.

Code:

C:>net user myusernamehere /DELETE

Now, I wouldn't do this really because poor old Joe Bloggs will get all his work deleted, "nooooo.." - do it to your enemies.

Moving on.. if you would like admin priveleges (who wouldn't?), simply type this into your command prompt:

Code:

C:>net localgroup administrator myusernamehere /ADD

If you would like a list of the localgroups, type this into your command prompt:

Code:

C:>net localgroup

Okay. This tutorial would of explained the basics, now try and find out how to destroy your school.

Actually, don't, it's a bloody school.

 

Thanks for the visual basic tut!

 

Haha, you're welcome. I'm glad you found it useful!

 

wow nice application. Pended.

 

Omg thank you so much WoW Sucks. I wasn't too sure if I had sent a proper one. I'm glad.

 

*Claps*

Great Guides

Nice to see someone who actually knows how to ""H4x0r"" Though, I'm sure that many people don't know what an exploit is

To any1 who doesn't know:
If someone finds an exploit for your type of forum, usually, they can have access to ModCP/AdminCP, even if you don't want them to

 

Haha, yeah. I've searched up and found that so many forums are vulnerable to those exploits, the user to admin is so fun!

 

nice app man. i wish someone could delete mine and I can put some good guides.

 

I really was not aware that my application was any good. I almost gave up thinking I was typing complete nonsense, so all your comments really are nice to read.

Thank you again.

 

http://www.totse.com/en/hack/hack_attack/hackingyoursch179365.html is all i got to say...

 

:0 Ripping :0

 

And how is that ripping? Ripping is copying and pasting word by word. When you write an essay about Shakespeare in English in your own words, your teacher doesn't say 'OMG RIPPER!!', unless of course you're writing about Jack the Ripper..

 

Dude, the last tutorial doesn't even work since you don't have admin priviliges.
Can I say... H4x0r3d?

 

good try, however don't think you're ganna make it to user educator

 

Why not, elaborate.

WoW Sucks thought it was a nice application. Oh and I'm pretty sure the admin priveleges thing works, I've tried at school and it did. Others admins kind of deleted the priveleges though, lol..

The rest work, nothing was ripped. I didn't use copy + paste once during the whole thread making process.

 

Video record it testing it at your guest account >_>

 

The school delete any exes that are made without permission etc, or do you mean at home?

And also I really cba. If it doesn't work, sorry. It's just one little command in the tutorial.

 

Ok, first off to clear this up.

Plagiarism = Copy+Paste
Ripping = Not using your own knowledge/words to describe/make a tutorial.

Also, there are many people that make that kind of tutorial so, he could just be sharing his way of getting admin. This only works if you have access to MS-DOS and your school does not run under a Novell client, etc.

 

You can get the cmd but my written method, and my honesty still stands.

 

You can get the cmd up, but you can't create accounts.