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Register any email on MSN [[email protected]]

The old MSN trick that let you make your Hotmail address @fbi.gov

A member named Fenway posted a 2007-era browser script tutorial for bypassing MSN/Hotmail's domain restriction during signup, letting users register an email under any custom domain (jokingly demonstrated with fbi.gov). Staff member Fluffman clowned the OP for a minor code typo before confirming it worked and flexing his new joke email address. Another member ribbed the OP for accidentally posting the thread multiple times. A pretty typical lighthearted 'Red Light District > Tutorials' post from the site's early script-kiddie/prank era.

Congratulations you fucked up the code. Javascript is one word. Other than that it works. Could be useful. Thanks— Fluffman

Cool now my new MSN address is [email protected] Feel free to add me!— Fluffman

yea nice job kinda interesting but you posted in 3 times— doobie5

How to Scam Steam Accounts (mega-thread)

A 13-page monument to shady Steam account tricks — this is the tail end of it, still getting bumped years later.

This is the closing stretch of a long-running, sprawling tutorial thread in the 'Red Light District > Tutorials' subforum, dedicated to methods for scamming Steam accounts. By page 13 the original 'how-to' content had mostly given way to short bump/thanks replies and quoting of an older post (attributed to a user named Eckos) claiming a combined method that reportedly netted 18 accounts in one day. The thread illustrates the site's darker, less moderated corner where account theft and scamming tips circulated openly, a notable contrast to the site's cheat-database and gaming focus elsewhere. Low-effort one-word replies ('thx', 'ty', 'right') dominate this page, typical of a thread that had become a running community fixture rather than active discussion.

This is the method I use. Its kind of like a bunch of tutorials combined to make one super pwnage way to get accounts. My friend and I got 18 accounts IN ONE DAY using this method.— Eckos (quoted)

right— Hazz

Powerful Pipe Bomb (Red Light District)

One of fkn0wned's Red Light District 'tutorials' — a homemade explosive thread that just made members go 'wtf'

A 2007 thread in the Tutorials sub-board of the Red Light District, where Supervisor member Janza posted a description of a homemade explosive device, claiming it left a sizable crater and split a cinderblock. Replies were mostly short reactions of disbelief, curiosity, and low-effort 'thanks' posts from a mix of longtime and brand-new members. Typical of the era's edgier forum sections that hosted content forums today would quickly remove, with little actual discussion beyond a handful of one-liners.

I have got to see this.— minitureman

WTF— Ronaldo322

The '1000 Tutorials' Megathread

One thread, five pages, a thousand text files: the internet's entire mid-2000s how-to knowledge dumped in one post.

A sprawling dump-thread in the Red Light District's Tutorials subforum where a since-banned member ('HaSh') posted an enormous single-post archive of hundreds of old .txt tutorial files covering everything from Windows XP tweaks and registry hacks to IRC, DC++, FTP servers, disc-burning, phreaking, and general early-2000s 'warez scene' file-sharing know-how. It reads like a time capsule of a specific era of internet culture — the kind of catch-all grab-bag thread every forum with a 'Red Light District' section had, mixing legit PC tips with sketchy old-school hacking/downloading lore. Replies were minimal and low-effort ('show please', 'nice', 'cool thx'), suggesting most visitors just came to browse the file list rather than discuss it.

show please— d0m3sh0t

cool thx— Bonkers

Runescape Millions Guide

A 'guaranteed gold' Runescape guide that half the thread swore was a keylogger in disguise

A December 2007 thread in the Tutorials section of the Red Light District where a member posted a supposed money-making method for Runescape, claiming to have made 300k before quitting the game. Most replies were just 'unhide' posts chasing the hidden content, but suspicion quickly grew that the downloadable file was actually a keylogger rather than a real guide, sparking a back-and-forth about the .exe extension and a staff member confirming they'd scanned it themselves. It's a classic snapshot of the era's forum culture: low-effort bumps for hidden links, casual paranoia about malware, and off-topic jokes derailing a mundane gaming tutorial thread.

I'm alost certan that's a keylogger. ... Because to be honest, guides don't usually consist as a .exe file. Nice try?— Guru_Danny

No, youre fucking retarded, I downloaded it and its an EXE, I scanned it, but it doesnt seem to be a virus.— HaSh

rs is gay— lordofrum

Make Firefox 10x Faster (about:config broadband tweak)

The classic 'about:config' Firefox speed tweak thread that somehow ran seven pages deep.

A 2007 tutorial thread posted by DeMeNt3d in the Red Light District's Tutorials sub-board, sharing a popular broadband-tweak trick for speeding up Firefox page loads. It's a classic piece of mid-2000s forum culture — the kind of 'network optimization' tip that circulated widely across gaming and tech forums of the era. The thread apparently grew to seven pages, suggesting decent engagement or at least a lot of back-and-forth commentary from members.

Well Heres something for people that will really speed Firefox up: If you are using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!— DeMeNt3d

Crack an MD5 Hash Tutorial

The thread where Fkn0wned learned to break MD5 hashes wide open — and half the replies were just 'thanks bro'

Posted in the Tutorials subforum of the Red Light District, Darkcha0s (later hidden behind a spoiler tag) shared a guide on cracking MD5 password hashes. Staff member typeusernamehere chimed in with links to online hash-cracking lookup sites as a shortcut for single hashes. The thread mostly filled up with two pages of one-line 'thanks' and 'nice' replies typical of a popular utility post, plus the usual gallery of long-forgotten member handles and Xfire tags.

Awesome job on this one Dark— Don Ruski

www.passcracking.com www.plain-text.info Two good online MD5 Cracking sites plus searches for previously cracked ones.— typeusernamehere

I got some hash pw that is like impossible to crack— lragnarok11

Reply-to-Unlock: Hacking: The Art of Exploitation Book Thread

A five-page thread of forum regulars quietly farming replies to unhide a shared copy of a famous hacking book.

This was the tail end of a long-running Tutorials thread in the Red Light District section where a copy of the book 'Hacking: The Art of Exploitation [ILLUSTRATED]' was being shared, with content hidden behind reply-gated 'unhide' tags. The page mostly shows a string of low-effort bump posts from members thanking the OP or just posting to reveal the hidden material, spanning late January into early February 2008. It's a small snapshot of the era's classic 'reply to unlock' download culture rather than any real discussion of the book's content.

you knowz its gonna be cack but ah well unhiiiide..— Dahjeeling

thanks— Died2Soon

200 Restaurant Recipes Cookbook Share

200 stolen restaurant recipes, dropped in the Red Light District between the warez and the passwords.

A random off-topic share in the Tutorials subforum of the Red Light District: member anarchie65 posted a download for a '200 restaurant recipes' cookbook file, framed with cheesy cooking-show flair. The thread got a handful of light, appreciative one-liner replies from regulars thanking him or joking about learning to cook, with zero actual discussion of recipes. A perfectly mundane, oddly wholesome outlier tucked between all the pirated media and gaming hacks the section usually hosted.

ima teach howto cook now, ty— AveLoN

lol wow ive always wanted to cook.— [LiP]STicK.

Hahah thanks, I'm hungry— Peski-Ruski

WoW Guides Megathread (HaSh) — bump-thread filler

A megathread of WoW guides that turned into a 50+ reply parade of 'ty' and 'unhide'

This was a compilation tutorial thread in the Red Light District's Tutorials subforum, gathering World of Warcraft guides into one place (originally posted by a user called HaSh, per replies referencing them). By the time this third page rolls around, the actual content is long buried under dozens of low-effort bump replies from members thanking the poster, asking to 'unhide' the hidden content, or just posting one-word reactions. It's a classic example of an old-forum resource thread kept alive purely by drive-by gratitude posts rather than discussion.

Sweet post HaSh, should help some of the newer players.— Nerve

tysm been lookin everywhere for this— Superzxoz

i love wow— JimJim4

How to Lock Your PC in Under 1 Second (Windows+L Ribbing)

A dead-simple desktop shortcut tutorial that got instantly roasted for reinventing Windows+L

A short, low-stakes tutorial posted in the Red Light District > Tutorials board showing how to make a desktop shortcut that locks a Windows PC using a built-in rundll32 command, no extra software required. The thread's real charm is the replies: multiple members quickly pointed out that pressing Windows+L does the exact same thing instantly, turning the 'tutorial' into a good-natured ribbing of the OP. It's a small, dated snapshot of everyday forum banter rather than anything dramatic.

and what will be the password??— azerone

Windows key + L would be faster;\.— trance144

Lol this turned out to be a tutorial for him.— minitureman

Building Forums with vBulletin

A 2007 how-to-run-your-own-forum guide, tucked away in fkn0wned's Red Light District tutorials.

A 2007 tutorial thread in the Red Light District's Tutorials sub-board, posted by longtime '1K' member anarchie65, sharing a guide/download about setting up and customizing a forum using vBulletin's Admin Control Panel (users, skins, templates, maintenance, etc.). The replies are brief and low-effort — a handful of members dropping quick thanks with no real discussion. It's a small, unremarkable utility thread typical of the site's tutorial dumping ground rather than a dramatic or notable one.

This will grow your understanding and familiarise you with the power and possibilities of vBulletin.— anarchie65

Roger that ground control.— SpaceOddity09

cool! thks— Games

[E-Book] Pro Perl Debugging (rapidshare share)

A staffer drops a Perl debugging e-book — and a cheeky fake 'thanks' download to troll gratitude-seekers

A brief tutorials-board post from Fkn0wned.Com staffer Sonikk sharing a scanned copy of the Apress book 'Pro Perl Debugging' via Rapidshare, common practice on early forums like this one for e-book and resource sharing. The post includes the usual synopsis blurb about Perl's usefulness and a joke 'thanks.txt' download link, a running bit where posters bait people who reply 'thanks' without actually engaging. It's a small, ordinary piece of the site's Red Light District > Tutorials section, useful mainly as a snapshot of the community's file-sharing culture and humor.

Feel like saying thanks for the download? Then download this file to support me:— Sonikk

How to Hack PayPal! (Tutorial Thread)

A bold tutorial-forum promise that PayPal-payable stuff could be 'hacked' — classic Red Light District bravado.

A short post in the Tutorials subforum of the Red Light District section, claiming to offer a method for obtaining PayPal-payable products without paying. Posted by forum regular DCLXVI, a high-post-count member who was banned at some point. Typical of the sketchy, edgy tutorial threads that populated this corner of the site, mixing bravado with dubious claims rather than substantive content.

How to hack paypal-payable products! Thanks!— DCLXVI

[ReqTut] Perfect Keylogger - Setup Trouble

One member's keylogger wouldn't cooperate, and it shows exactly what the Red Light District was really about.

A short, single-post thread from October 2007 in the Tutorials sub-board of Fkn0wned's 'Red Light District' section. User Matt11 was struggling to get Perfect Keylogger's FTP and remote-install features working and asked for a tutorial to fix the errors he was hitting. The post got no replies visible on the page, and Matt11 even flagged that he might have posted it in the wrong section. A small, mundane snapshot of the era's casual trade in monitoring/spyware tools on gaming forums.

Could somebody please post a tut on this?— Matt11

EDIT: just realized that this may be in the wrong section, could somebody plese move if it is— Matt11

Tutorials Board (Red Light District) - Fkn0wned.com

From CS demo-to-movie converters to homemade pipe bombs and 'hacking PayPal' — this board's index was the internet's early-2010s anarchist's cookbook, gaming-forum edition.

This is a board index for the 'Tutorials' sub-forum under Fkn0wned.com's Red Light District section, listing dozens of user-submitted guide threads rather than one single discussion. Topics ranged wildly from Counter-Strike/CSS skill guides and Photoshop DVDs to internet-speed tweaks, WoW and Runescape guides, and dual-booting Mac OS X, alongside far more troubling how-to threads on scamming Steam/PayPal accounts and making explosives (pipe bombs, C-1, beer can mortars) — all sitting casually next to a pinned '1000 Tutorials' megathread. It captures the loose, unmoderated 'anything goes' culture typical of mid-2000s cheat/gaming forums, where staff like HaSh, Janza, DCLXVI, and LoRd Ragealot were prolific tutorial posters. The mix of harmless nerdy content and genuinely dangerous or illicit material side-by-side is the defining, slightly unsettling flavor of this page.

C-1 Plastic Explosive - What the fuck? It's C-FUCKING-1— [Supervisor] Janza

Get High Without Drugs— DarkLight

How to: Scam Steam Accounts.— Eckos