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SneekerN's Guide To Phishing (Steam Accounts)

The Tutorials board's most infamous how-to: a step-by-step Steam account phishing guide, complete with free hosting and a .tk domain trick.

Posted in June 2009 by longtime member SneekerN, this was a widely-referenced tutorial in the Tutorials section explaining how to set up a fake login page using a free host and a .tk redirect to steal Steam credentials. It drew a steady stream of thanks and follow-up questions over several days, with members asking about spreading methods, hiding their tracks, and troubleshooting broken links. The thread captures the casual, transactional culture of the site's 'cheat scene' era, where phishing guides sat alongside gaming tutorials and were treated as just another useful skill to share.

Not really, the ones that are truly thankful will thank me. I don't want people spamming ''PLX UNHIDE''.— SneekerN

I know it's simple. People complain why their phisher don't work, but I has PICTOORZ guide.— SneekerN

He said if you don't hide it they can track you down and sue you. Can they and will they?— FknTheMan

Keylogging/stealing info (cjainy tutorial thread)

The infamous IStealer thread — reply to unhide, then everyone just says 'unhide' for two pages straight

A 2009 Tutorials-forum post by cjainy laying out a keylogging method for grabbing Steam accounts, rapidshare logins, and porn site passes, gated behind a 'reply to unhide' spoiler wall. The thread mostly fills up with members posting 'unhide' or brief thanks to unlock the hidden content, a VIP member plugging a paid upgrade (IStealer 4.0), and one poster grousing that antivirus flagged the tool. It's a classic snapshot of the forum's cheat/warez culture and its reply-to-unlock economy, plus a running giveaway banner touting stolen Steam accounts worth $400+.

Now rinse and repeat & hope to God nobody jacks your FTP info.— cjainy

Buy VIP and get the better version of this tutorial with IStealer 4.0— TheGrapist

arent you not supposed to use the hide hack?— jd00

How to Hack Servers & Websites from Scratch (Classic 'Unhide and Thanks' Thread)

The classic 'unhide and thanks' thread — one of thec0re's most-replied hack tutorials, buried behind a wall of one-word gratitude posts.

A 2009 tutorial thread posted by user jbfkenpwns in the Tutorials board, offering a step-by-step guide framed as teaching beginners to 'hack servers and websites from scratch.' The actual content was hidden behind a reply-to-unlock wall, a very common mechanic on this forum, so the entire visible thread is just page after page of members posting single words like 'unhide', 'ty', and 'nice' to unlock the guide. It captures the classic low-effort bump culture of cheat/hack forums of the era, where the value was rarely in the responses but in farming replies to access hidden content.

unhide and thanks— 1iceT1

work pl0x— lam3r

this should be fun if works— silvercola

iStealer V5 - Cleaned and Pictured Tutorial

The pinned tut that taught a generation of fkn0wned members how to set up a password stealer, screenshots included.

VIP member XpliciteR posted a step-by-step, screenshot-heavy guide for configuring 'iStealer V5', explicitly framed as clearer and cleaner than the existing V4 tutorial by Jamiee. The thread got instant praise, a sticky/pin request that was granted by a Retired-and-Respected staffer (ZoaQ), and a stream of members thanking the OP, reporting setup issues (missing logs, database privilege steps), and getting troubleshooting help in reply. It's a solid time capsule of the 'cheat scene' tutorial culture on the board — quick community validation, minor image-hosting hiccups, and casual offers to help via MSN.

I decided to create my very own tutorial to teach members how to setup their own iStealer V5. I'm informed that there are already different threads, but I do not think they are very clear.— XpliciteR

GHEY!!!!PINNED!!!!!!!!— ZoaQ

people don't forget the Step 3. Assign Privileges to Mysql DB.— albator

Great Scamming Method (Steam account scam tutorial thread)

A guide for stealing Steam accounts, credited to a guy named Eckos, racked up praise (and one "this better work!!") in the Tutorials board.

In this 2008 Tutorials-board thread, user method3909 reposted and expanded on a scamming script originally by 'Eckos,' pitched as an easy way to social-engineer Steam account credentials out of victims. The hidden content required replying to unlock, a classic forum tactic to farm post counts and engagement. The replies are mostly one-word thanks and hype, with method3909 later bragging about having scammed six accounts using the method — a small, matter-of-fact snapshot of the account-trading/scamming culture that ran through this corner of the forum.

Just an update for people, I got 6 accounts today doing this.— method3909

I hate these hidden things!!!— fouine

This better wokr!!— JaGx

How to Spot a Lier: A Leecher Culture Time Capsule

A picture tutorial on spotting liars, buried under 20+ pages of 'thanks bai' just to unlock the hidden content

A VIP member named RandyCandy posted a hidden-content picture tutorial titled 'How to spot a lier' in the Tutorials subforum under General Leechers Galore. The actual content was locked behind a 'reply to see hidden content' wall, a classic tactic of the era to farm replies and post counts. The resulting thread is almost entirely low-effort 'thanks', 'ty', and reaction posts from a rotating cast of members just trying to unlock the tutorial, offering a pure, distilled sample of the site's leecher culture.

+rep k thnx bai— RandyCandy

kiss the rings— husayn1972

how useful ;D— Lucky

How to enable Copy/Paste and unhide Steam passwords

A quick Steam trick from '09 that got the whole tutorials board saying thanks — including one guy who admitted he'd use it for phishing.

A short tutorial posted by moderator NIX in the Tutorials section, showing how to enable copy/paste and reveal masked passwords on the Steam login screen, illustrated with a screenshot. The reply chain is mostly one-word thanks ('unhide', 'ty', 'thx') from a wide cross-section of regulars, showing how popular and low-effort-to-praise these small utility tutorials were. One reply stands out as a candid, unsettling admission of intent to misuse the trick for phishing, capturing the site's mixed legit-tech/cheat-scene culture.

great ! i can use this while im phishing— Slickz

YES NIX YOU ARE THE BEST— Numi

thanks should be useful— a-lusion

iStealer 6.0 Setup + Download [Noob Friendly]

The tutorial that taught a generation of fkn0wned noobs how to stand up their own password-stealer logger, one 000webhost account at a time.

A step-by-step tutorial posted by longtime VIP member m1sterfopje walking members through setting up 'iStealer 6.0', a saved-password stealer tool, including registering free web hosting, configuring a MySQL database, editing the PHP logger, and building/testing the stealer executable. The thread explains the tool isn't undetectable out of the box and touches on crypters and the limits of stealing Steam credentials. It's a classic 'cheat scene' tutorial thread of its era, complete with disclaimers about reuploading someone else's build, and drew a steady trickle of one-word 'thanks' replies over roughly a year of bumps.

i fucking love you— Blackfathom

finally a good working link, been looking for one for ages!— Nickiller007

Congratulations, you have just set up your own iStealer 6.0 server— m1sterfopje

The VAC2 Ban Bypass Tutorial That Was Probably Just a Keylogger

Rebelz drops a 'VAC2 bypass' tool — half the thread says thanks, the other half finds a keylogger inside it

Posted January 2008 in the Tutorials section, this thread offered a supposed method to bypass VAC2 (Valve Anti-Cheat) bans and access VAC-secured servers, gated behind the classic 'reply to unhide' mechanic. Early replies were the usual wave of low-effort 'unhide'/'ty' posts typical of the era, but a few more skeptical members flagged that the required download triggered antivirus keylogger warnings, sparking a mini-debate about whether the tool was legit or a scam preying on desperate VAC-banned players. No firm confirmation of it actually working ever surfaced in the visible portion of the thread.

It found a keylogger, basically the same thing you have there.— CratycloS

There's always the saying of if it's too good to be true, it probably is.— CratycloS

this one is what kaspersky is saying is a keylogger, probably just a false positive— Huzzah

Steam Phishing Tutorial (Slickz's SneekerN-modded guide) — the 'unhide' spam thread

A modded phishing guide that got 9 pages of 'unhide' replies and not much else.

Posted in the Tutorials section, Slickz shared a reworked version of a phishing guide credited to 'SneekerN', hidden behind a reply-to-unlock wall. The thread ballooned to nine pages, but almost every reply is just a one-word 'unhide' or 'sneek' to unlock the hidden content rather than actual discussion. It captures the era's give-away culture and casual account-jacking normalized on the board, with staff and banned members alike replying alongside regular posters.

MAJOR TY to SNEEKERN— Slickz

fffffuuuuuu- i liekd when the hide tag didnt work. o.O gotta check it out anyways— THEFORCE

Selling steams PM me— Sasuke2525

CSS Phishing: How to Not Get Disabled Accounts

OldSchool drops a Counter-Strike: Source phishing tutorial and the whole board lines up to say 'unhide'

A veteran VIP member named OldSchool posted a guide in the Tutorials section explaining how to avoid getting phished accounts disabled while running CSS (Counter-Strike: Source) phishing operations, gated behind the classic 'reply to see hidden content' trick. The thread quickly filled with a long chain of low-effort replies ('unhide', 'ty', 'hmm') from a mix of regulars, VIPs, and even an admin, all just farming access to the hidden guide. It's a pretty representative snapshot of the era's account-phishing subculture and the reply-to-unlock forum economy that dominated tutorial threads.

Why do my accounts get disabled while phishin?— OldSchool

ooh let me see— ap3x

ah, hope this works.— blast3r

Make Your Penis Larger (chooken's Tutorials joke thread)

A troll tutorial with hidden content that had the whole Tutorials forum pretending they weren't curious

Posted in the Tutorials board on Fkn0wned, this was a joke topic by chooken with its actual content hidden behind the forum's 'reply to reveal' spoiler system, playing off the classic spam-email gag title. Members piled in with a wave of self-conscious 'lol this is gay' replies, half-mocking the thread and half-admitting they clicked in out of curiosity, which became the running bit of the whole page. It's a small, silly time capsule of mid-2000s forum culture — low effort, high engagement, everyone in on the joke together.

You're all saying its gay but I bet you're really trying it.— Blaqk

lol all you guys are responding just so others dont think your gay when they see that youve been writing how gay this is!— oinkypig

Not like that other gay tutorial— chooken

f0wh's Megavideo/RapidShare/MegaUpload Timelimit Bypass Plugin

Back when 72-minute Megavideo limits were public enemy #1, f0wh dropped the fix and the whole tutorials board showed up to say thanks

A 2009 Tutorials-forum post by veteran member f0wh sharing a Firefox plugin meant to get around the download/viewing time limits on Megavideo, RapidShare, and MegaUpload — the holy trinity of file-hosting sites in that era. The thread is mostly a long chain of one-word 'thanks/ty/unhide' replies from members racking up post counts, plus one user noting it didn't work for Megavideo and another lamenting they were stuck on Opera. Classic snapshot of the site's Tutorials section, which f0wh explicitly created this post to consolidate against a flood of duplicate 'how to bypass' threads.

I post this in the tutorial section to get rid of all the "how to bypass megavideo, rapidshare and megaupload" tutorials.— f0wh

Doesn't work for Megavideo.— Mutil8

Really awesome, Thanks too bad Im using Opera— KristofferZ

Free Microsoft Points

The classic hidden-content bait thread — everyone piled in just to say 'unhide'

A 2009 Tutorials-section thread posted by longtime [FkN] Crew member vermiLLion, promising a method for scoring free Microsoft Points (the old Xbox Live currency), locked behind the forum's classic reply-to-unlock spoiler tag. The replies are pure early-forum ritual: dozens of members posting one-word 'unhide', 'ty', or 'lol' just to reveal the hidden content, with a few skeptics chiming in ('lies', 'lolwut'). vermiLLion later claims in the thread that they personally used the trick to score points by claiming a Halo 3 DLC issue, giving a small glimpse of the actual scam being taught.

I actually did this myself and managed to get 800 points because i told them my Halo 3 DLC wasn't working.— vermiLLion

FO REAL?— bl1ss

lies— kubaxplx

Beer Can Mortar: The Unhide-Please Ritual

A hidden 2007 'tutorial' post that got 20 pages of people just begging to see it

A thread in the Tutorials sub-forum of the Red Light District, started by supervisor Janza in October 2007, sharing a (not his own) writeup on making a 'beer can mortar' behind a spoiler/hide tag. The rest of the thread is the classic forum ritual of dozens of members posting one-liners just to unlock the hidden content, ranging from polite requests to jokes about not wanting to order chemicals. It's a good snapshot of the low-effort 'unhide please' culture that filled hidden-content threads on the site.

hope i dont have to order chemicals...— Bonkers

beer+mortar=fun!!— necroviz

Once apon a time well before I was connected to the net........ NOTE: Not mine, I'm not married— Janza

Get All Steam Games for Free (2009 Password-Locked Warez Trick)

A password-locked "unlock every Steam game" trick that half the thread just showed up to say "unhide" for.

Posted by OutLawz in the Tutorials section, this thread shared a supposed method (credited to hp321helder) to download Steam games without needing legitimate game cache files, gated behind a hidden-content/password wall. Most replies aren't discussion at all — they're one-word posts like "unhide," "unh," and "asd" from members trying to unlock the hidden text, with a couple of skeptics openly questioning whether it actually worked or was a scam setup. It's a classic snapshot of the forum's reply-to-unlock tutorial culture on a defunct 2009-era cheat/warez board.

this would be cool probly dont work thow— LOGMEIN

Not sure if it is, but sounds like a method i used when i first started scamming.."found this..." anyways USE at you OWN COST.— b456

do the steam games work online ? such as CSS and CS 1.6 ?— parkie

"15 Second Hack": a classic reply-to-unlock hidden-content tutorial thread

A tutorial promising instant access to "other computers" — and a whole thread of members lining up to reply just to see the hidden text.

A May 2009 Tutorials-forum post from member mongoklomp claimed to reveal a way to remotely access another computer in seconds, with the actual content locked behind Fkn0wned's classic 'reply to unlock' hidden-content system. The thread quickly filled with members posting one-word replies like 'unhide,' 'ty,' and 'omg' purely to unlock the tutorial, alongside a few skeptics calling it fake and one member (h4voCK) pausing to question a technical claim and correct the OP's spelling. It's a snapshot of the forum's tutorial section at its most typical: a bold hacking claim, a wall of reply-to-unlock spam, and equal parts hype and doubt in the comments.

HERE I TELL YOU HOW TO ACCESS OTHER COMPUTER JUST IN SECONDS OF TIME— mongoklomp

No way dude. this is probably gonna be bs— joeym0nk

hope for you it's not fake..— misterfopje

How to Make a Dynamic Avatar (Obama/Bin Laden Swap Gif)

Ap3x's forum avatar flipped between Obama and Bin Laden — and everyone wanted to know how

A tutorial thread in the Tutorials board where longtime [FkN] Admin ap3x shared a script for creating a 'dynamic' avatar that alternated between animated .gif images (using Obama and Bin Laden pictures as the demo). The content itself was hidden behind a reply-to-unlock wall, a common tactic on this forum, so most replies are just members thanking ap3x or asking to see it. Low-drama, typical utility/tutorial thread vibe with the era's usual reply-farming and '+rep me' culture.

You may have noticed my avatar over to the right of this post changes between a picture of Barack Obama and a picture of Osama Bin Laden.— ap3x

Shit brix.— ap3x

SHOW MEEEHHH?!— zanderdanmark

How to Make 2 Really Bad Viruses in About 3 Minutes

Botoxx drops two batch-file 'viruses' for the lulz, and half the replies just beg him to unhide the goods

A 2007 tutorial thread from Fkn0wned's Tutorials board where regular Botoxx shared two simple homemade virus scripts (one named 'R.I.P') that were credited to another site, designed to mess with a victim's PC — closing programs, hiding files, flipping mouse buttons, and forcing shutdowns. The thread quickly turned into the classic forum shuffle of people demanding the hidden content be unlocked, a mod (DCLXVI) relocating it to the Random Tuts subforum, and a mix of casual praise, skepticism about antivirus detection, and general early-2000s script-kiddie banter. Nothing sophisticated by today's standards, but a good time-capsule of the era's cheat/hacking forum culture where 'viruses' were treated as fun toys to share and brag about.

HAVE FUN! Hidden Content You'll be able to see the hidden content once you reply to this topic.— Botoxx

sweet to bad it is most likely detected by the anti-virus before it can be executed— fatalsupernova

well there are many ppl who don't have anti virus prog..and if they have, I just write them in msn: click on ignore wen your anti virus prg pops up hehe— Botoxx

How to Enlarge Your Penis (No Pills) — The Troll Tutorial

A 'tutorial' with hidden content that was really just bait — and the whole forum piled on to roast it.

SubZero posted a joke tutorial in the Tutorials board, gating the 'content' behind a reply-to-unlock mechanism common on the forum. Dozens of members replied just to see the payoff, mostly reacting with mockery, disbelief, and one-liners once they realized (or suspected) it was a troll/joke post. It's a classic low-effort forum prank thread, remembered more for the community's reactions than any actual content.

Stupidest Tutorial Ever. I've seen some pretty fucked up tutorials.— Fluffman

put yo nuts on the table lets play the game.— Exerta

lolz this tut is 1337— SubZero

The Dragon Ball Z Cam Chat Prank

A member trolls a cam-site chat bot as a Dragon Ball super saiyan and the forum loses it

MillerLite and Dismal posted screencapped chat logs from a realitykings.com cam/porn account, where a member (chatting as 'cazoyj91') strung along cam performers with absurd Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon references instead of anything sexual. The thread is mostly the forum reacting with laughter, with Afteryou (who had apparently shared the account access) chiming in and offering to find more sites with private shows. It's a lighthearted, juvenile 'look what dumb thing we did' post typical of the era, generating a string of one-line 'lol' and 'wtf' replies rather than any real drama.

HIS LEVEL WAS OVER 9000!? WHAT 9000!?— cazoyj91 (in-thread chat log)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA i cant stop laughin at this xD— Master Dude

anybody joining me in saying wtf?— irishash

iStealer 5 Video Tutorial by lam3r

The password-stealer tutorial that had half the forum begging to 'unhide'

In the Tutorials section, longtime member lam3r posted an 11-minute video walkthrough for iStealer 5, a password-stealing tool, hosted on zshare after it proved too large for YouTube. The thread quickly turned into a low-effort reply chain of newer members posting 'unhide'/'show please' to unlock the hidden content, alongside a short technical exchange clarifying that iStealer was a stealer (grabbing saved browser/FTP/Steam credentials) rather than a persistent keylogger, and a mention that the forum's own crypter (FkNCrypt) was now heavily flagged by antivirus.

Yeah i made it, about 11 minutes long. Feel free to S my D.— lam3r

You better reply & say thanks in this post if you use this...or I'll find you...— lam3r

Istealer is a program which creates keyloggers and uploads the passes it gets on ur ftp acc on net.— aimshot120

Steam Phish Works! (Exposed as Stale Repost)

A hyped 'Steam phishing works!' tutorial post that turned out to be a stale, fake repost — called out mid-thread by its own readers.

A 2009 Tutorials-section thread by ghostface promised a working Steam account phishing method, gated behind the classic 'reply to unhide' trick. It drew the usual wave of low-effort 'thx'/'unhide' replies from members farming access to the hidden content, until veteran poster XpliciteR called it out as a fifth repost of the same old thing, and Nickiller007 flatly declared it fake, noting it had nothing to do with Steam at all. The thread is a good snapshot of the forum's tutorial-farming culture — content recycled endlessly for reply-count and cred, with regulars growing visibly tired of it.

Thanks for the 5th repost of this thing.— XpliciteR

better works EDIT: FAKE it has nothing to do with steam..— Nickiller007

How to Piss Off Someone in Xfire

SubZero's classic hide-tag prank tutorial that had half the forum begging to 'unhide'

A short, goofy tutorial thread from August 2007 where user SubZero posted a prank/joke guide for annoying people over Xfire (the old gamer chat client), locked behind the forum's classic 'reply to see hidden content' trick. Most of the replies are just members posting 'unhide' or 'ty' to unlock the content, plus a few one-liners of approval once they saw it. Low-stakes, low-effort fun typical of the Tutorials subforum — more about the ritual of unlocking hidden content than the prank itself.

hope you like it.— SubZero

thanks it worked with. Also the part with when I said cyber sex..yeah...STFU.— SubZero

actually that does piss me off when it happens— HaSh

Using Google to Find Phishing Logs

A hide-and-reply tutorial thread where the real content is long gone, but the reply-farming ritual lives forever

A June 2009 tutorial post by cjainy on Fkn0wned's Tutorials board, explaining how to use Google to locate phishing logs — the actual content was hidden behind a 'reply to unlock' wall, a common tactic on the forum to farm post counts and engagement. The thread devolved almost immediately into a wall of one-word 'unhide'/'ty'/'lol' replies from members just trying to unlock the hidden text, with barely any real discussion. One member, Jawn, briefly asked a substantive question about how phishing logs are identified, but it went unanswered amid the noise.

unhide— blast3r

How do you know what the phising logs go to?— Jawn

qwtkbnjgbeikgnqegnwolrmh— Tomppa

How To Really Bypass Rapidshare Limitations

A hidden-content tutorial that turned into a two-month chorus of 'unhide' and 'ty'

A classic Tutorials-forum post from thejah promising a real fix for Rapidshare's download-speed limits, gated behind the forum's 'reply to see hidden content' system. The thread mostly consists of members replying just to unlock the content, plus a few quick reports that it worked (or briefly didn't). It ran from October 2009 into November, picking up stragglers weeks later still saying thanks — a good little snapshot of how these download-era tutorial threads functioned as engagement bait as much as actual help.

it works for me so ur trippin— thejah

Omagod!! No wai!!— PaynE

chk it dwnl speeds 200/kbs+— thejah

10 Great High Explosive Mixtures - BIG BOOM

A random 'explosives recipe' tutorial thread that a bunch of teenage forum regulars just... replied 'lol' and 'sweet' to.

A tutorial-board thread in Fkn0wned's Red Light District shared a list of homemade explosive/pyrotechnic mixtures, and the surviving second page is mostly a long tail of one-line member replies — 'thanks', 'unhide', 'nice', 'BOOM?!' — with little real discussion. One member (mermaid00) jokes about a poster wanting to 'blow up his school,' while another (somebody) pushes back skeptically, pointing out the mixtures look more like oxidizers or smoke bombs than real explosives and warns they could just as easily do nothing or hurt someone. It captures the classic mid-2000s forum vibe: edgy content posted with zero vetting, followed by a wall of bump-style replies from members chasing post counts.

i think we should limit what we put on here lol like mystical1 is probably gonna go blow up his school...o well its cool thnx for it— mermaid00

Man. Where are the ratios? Looks somewhat like oxidiser mixtures to me. A few look like smoke bombs. They'll probably make a boom when you light them up.... But it'll just as well blow your fingers off or not work at all.— somebody

i smeell fireworks— Bonkers

Repost of the Steam Phishing Page Tutorial

A reposted phishing tutorial that mostly just farmed 'unhide' replies for a decade-old rep grind

A VIP member named Niceyyyys reposted a tutorial on building a fake Steam login page, framed as 'for people who don't already know how.' A veteran member immediately pointed out these guides were already common on the board, but the thread carried on regardless, filling up with dozens of low-effort 'unhide/ty' replies typical of hidden-content tutorial threads on fkn0wned, where users had to post to unlock attached files. It's a fairly ordinary artifact of the site's Tutorials section — more notable for the community ritual around it than the content itself.

There are so many of these already, i think we know how to make them.— TheGrapist

hmm better not be virus— Nickiller007

THANKS YOU IT WHAT I BEEN LOOKING FOR!!!!!!!!!!— silvercola

Increase FPS using Registry Key

A hidden registry tweak promised free FPS — half the forum showed up just to say 'unhide'

A classic Tutorials-section thread from May 2007 where forum regular DCLXVI posted a hidden-content registry tweak claiming it boosted their FPS from 70 to 90. As was typical on fkn0wned, the hidden content required a reply to unlock, so the thread quickly filled with low-effort 'unhide' and 'lets see' posts from members chasing the trick rather than discussing it. A few people who actually tried it reported it didn't work, and the thread trails off into shrugs about hardware differences.

This worked for me... This increased my FPS from 70 to 90— DCLXVI

hmm didnt work for me dk, might just be my hardware...— ballistic

it should increase mine from 20 to 40? lol— AKULA

How to Get Any Genuine Game CD Key (Reply-to-Unlock Bait Thread)

One hidden post, twenty members begging "unhide" — classic Fkn0wned tutorial bait.

A December 2007 tutorial thread in the Tutorials board where user xDEADFAMOUSx posted a hidden guide claiming to explain how to obtain genuine game CD keys, viewable only after replying. The thread quickly filled with members posting one-word replies like "unhide" or "show" just to unlock the content, a very typical forum-reply-gating pattern of the era. Little actual discussion happened beyond the reply-to-unlock ritual, with a few members expressing excitement or mild disappointment about the payoff.

works for me sunshire.... i have shit load of photos of cd keys from blocky b's F— xDEADFAMOUSx

unhide plz i LOVE U!!!— lordofrum

Bah, You got my Hopes up.— semper

How To Make Your Own Radarhack (CS reply-to-unlock classic)

A 2007 'radarhack' tutorial that mostly just farmed replies to unlock hidden content

In this Tutorials-section thread from November 2007, forum addict DCLXVI posted a guide claiming to teach members how to build their own Counter-Strike radar hack, explicitly noting it wasn't 'vac2proof.' As was typical for the era, the actual content was locked behind a reply-to-unlock wall, so most of the thread is just members posting quick thanks, jokes, and demands to 'unhide' the goods rather than technical discussion. A couple stragglers trickled in as late as February 2008, showing the thread had staying power as a bump-for-content classic.

why the fuck cant the crew auto see unhide...— PaRaNoID

unhide u stupid bitch j/k i luv u <333— pancake1224

Note: This is not vac2proof.— DCLXVI

Scam WoW Accounts Guide (2009)

A World of Warcraft account-scamming 'guide' that had half the forum lining up to say 'unhide' and 'ty'

In October 2009, member majrbrawl posted a hidden tutorial claiming a '95% success rate' method for scamming World of Warcraft accounts from other players. The thread quickly filled with the classic forum-tutorial ritual of members replying just to unlock the hidden content, mostly one-word 'ty'/'unhide' posts. One member, triplem, pushed back with a mild moral objection to scamming, but was largely ignored amid the crowd chasing the reveal. It's a small, typical snapshot of the site's Tutorials section and its account/item-scamming culture of the era.

Heres my way of getting wow accounts off suckers.— majrbrawl

Am I the only one who disagree's with scamming regardless of who it is?— triplem

unhide u dog ;p— Fknz0ned

[TUT] RAPIDSHARE HacK 16 download methods

The classic 'hide your content behind a reply' tutorial that everyone clicked and half the replies just say 'thanks'

A tutorials-board post by longtime member misterfopje promising 16 methods for getting around RapidShare's download limits, gated behind the forum's reply-to-unlock 'Hide' feature. The replies are the real artifact here — a string of low-effort 'thanks', 'ty', and one blunt 'hide = horse guano' from a skeptical newer member, plus a couple of curious members literally saying 'i wanna see' and 'unhideee'. Pretty typical mid-tier tutorial thread for the era, more notable for the community ritual around it than the content itself.

hide = horse guano— shadoze

i wanna see— rogier

unhideee— prowler.inc

Caller-ID Spoofing Tutorial (2009)

A 2009 caller-ID spoofing tutorial that racked up two decades' worth of "unhide" and "ty" replies

Posted in the Tutorials section in April 2009 by The Thief Lord, this thread shared a hidden guide/link for spoofing caller ID so calls could appear to come from any number. As was typical of the forum's hidden-content format, most of the thread is just a long chain of members posting 'unhide', 'thanks', or similar one-liners to unlock the content rather than real discussion. It's a small, low-drama slice of the site's prank/tutorial culture, notable mainly for the sheer volume of low-effort bump replies from a wide cast of regulars.

ive been into this for awhile... link/description below— The Thief Lord

unhide— GoldRenamon

lol thanks— Hatred!

Linux Was Made By a Russian Terrorist — Old adequacy.org Troll Thread

A 2001 satirical parenting article about a Linux-loving 'terrorist' son had fkn0wned's regulars absolutely losing it in 2006.

Member Spetznaz shared a link to the infamous adequacy.org satire article about a paranoid parent warning against Linux, AMD chips, and 'hackers,' and the thread devolved into everyone piling on to laugh at how absurd (and to some, believable) the misinformation was. It's a light, off-topic joke thread in the Tutorials section with no actual tutorial content — just forum regulars bonding over a shared laugh at old internet lore. Small but characteristic slice of mid-2000s forum culture: dumb humor, quote-mocking, and community shorthand like rank titles and post counts.

there fool accually think Linux was developed by a Russian terrorist :D— Spetznaz

lol lunix nooo keep it away.— Malware

his definition of a "Hacker" is liek....every gamer i know. stupid ass.— blah9087976

C-1 Plastic Explosive Tutorial (Misfiled)

A supervisor drops a wildly out-of-place explosives 'tutorial' — and immediately gets called out for posting it in the wrong section.

A thread posted by longtime supervisor Janza in the Red Light District's Tutorials section, purporting to explain C-1 plastic explosive with heavy warnings about its danger and illegality. The post reads more as shock/edge content typical of mid-2000s forum culture than a genuine guide. A couple of members quickly point out it's in the wrong subforum (mistaking it for the GFX tutorials area), highlighting the site's usual chaotic, half-joking moderation vibe.

Listen up, this shit is powerful, dangerous, and highly illegal. If you don't have any sort of background in chemistry, you'll probably kill yourself.— Janza

Oh really? Why is this in the GFX tuts?— waLLa

Wrong Section.— qwerty54

CSS World of Pwnage Guide - the classic 'unhide' bump thread ritual

A tenth-page-deep bump thread of nothing but 'unhide' requests for a long-dead CS:S wallhack tutorial

By page 10, this Tutorials thread had devolved into a long chain of members simply saying 'unhide' or 'thx' to reveal a hidden download link for a Counter-Strike: Source guide, with several posters noting the reupload link was already dead again. It captures the classic rhythm of hidden-content forum tutorials from the era: a mob of low-post-count Noobs and Members cycling through the same one-word replies just to unlock a file. Zeton's post stands out for its over-the-top, joke-filled profile flair and final note that the link still wasn't working.

unhide— Died2Soon

EDIT: dead link, can any one else upload it?— moviewatcher09

*edit* not working - you need to reupload it!!!— Zeton

Guitar Tabs for 'Rock On!!' (Bollywood Soundtrack)

A Fkn0wned regular takes a break from the usual chaos to teach the forum how to play a Bollywood rock anthem on guitar.

In the Tutorials section, longtime member kelton shared self-worked-out guitar tabs and chords for a song from the Indian film 'Rock On!!', including a homemade recording of himself playing and singing the intro. He was upfront that this wasn't the 'official' tab, just his own interpretation, and only covered part of the song due to time constraints. A moderator note shows the thread got tidied up to comply with the forum's link-coding rules, a small glimpse of the site's everyday housekeeping.

Ive tried out the new song ROCk ON... beautiful song really.— kelton

Now i dont claim this is the original used, this is just how i play it. So be subtle in your responses...— kelton

All links must be coded - including internal links— Zenova

How to Obtain YouTube Views and Comments

A hidden-content YouTube views hookup that kept 79+ leechers saying 'ty' for over half a year straight.

Member G_A posted a tip found on another forum about a site selling YouTube view counts and subscribers, gated behind hidden-content tags so replies were required to unlock it. The thread lived in the 'Tutorials' section under General Leechers Galore and became a classic low-effort bump thread, running from October 2010 through at least May 2011 with dozens of members dropping single-word replies ('ty', 'check', 'unhide') just to reveal the link. It's a good snapshot of the forum's leech culture and the era's YouTube-metrics-boosting hustle scene.

Site I found on another forum was noted, for selling view counts and subscribers.— G_A

Well i could use this on my dubstep vids! Thanks!— Recon

I hope it works. Thanks.— John

How to Memorize ANYTHING: a classic 'reply to unhide' rep-farming ritual

A self-help memory tutorial buried behind the classic 'reply to unhide' wall, farmed for +rep by two dozen bored members

Forum admin ap3x posted a memory-improvement tutorial in the Tutorials section, gated behind hidden-content-unlocks-on-reply, with the customary plea to '+rep me if this helped.' The thread devolved almost immediately into a long chain of one-word 'unhide' and 'thanks' replies from members just trying to unlock the content, plus some light joking about not wanting to actually put in effort to learn anything. Pure early-2010s forum-tutorial ritual: content nobody reads, replies nobody means, all in service of unlocking a spoiler tag and padding post counts.

Please +rep me if this helped! :)— ap3x

sounds good hopefully it doesnt include working for it :p— Nickiller007

Need moar memory!— PurePwnage99

How to Dual-Boot Mac OSX 10.4.6 on a PC (Hackintosh Tutorial)

The classic 'hackintosh' tutorial that got more shrugs than downloads

A 2007 tutorial thread in the Red Light District's Tutorials subforum about dual-booting Mac OSX 10.4.6 on a regular PC (the 'osx86' hackintosh scene of the era). The OP opens with a legal disclaimer about EULA restrictions before diving into the how-to, and the replies are mostly short, low-effort reactions from members saying they'd like to try it, that it worked poorly, or that Mac just wasn't their thing. Pretty typical of the forum's tutorial threads: a decent OSX86-era topic that fizzled into one-liners rather than real discussion.

Been there done that, wasn't that great.— lol

MAC sucks imo.— [LiP]STicK.

This better be about pizza— Igot2balls

iStealer 6 Tutorial

The classic 'stolen from Hackforums' tutorial drop that everyone thanked and nobody credited

Admin ap3x reposted a Hackforums guide for setting up iStealer 6, a password-stealer tool of the era, walking through hosting a PHP panel and building the stub. The thread is a typical hidden-content tutorial post: quick admin drop, a wave of 'thanks' replies, some ribbing that it was basically unchanged from iStealer 5, and a note that a newer 6.1 version already existed. Low drama, high nostalgia — a snapshot of the casual malware-tool-sharing culture that filled the Tutorials board.

(stolen from Hackforums ;))— ap3x

lulz pretty much the same as iS5 :D but ty!— lam3r

there is allready 6.1 :D— prowler.inc

World of Pwnage: CS Guide Thread

A nine-page Counter-Strike guide thread that just kept getting bumped with 'thanks'

This was a long-running tutorial thread in Fkn0wned.com's Red Light District, sharing a guide titled 'World of Pwnage' for Counter-Strike. By the time this final page was archived it had stretched to nine pages, mostly filled with short replies from members confirming the download worked and thanking the poster. It's a small but telling snapshot of the site's tutorials section, where cheat and guide links got passed around and kept alive by grateful low-effort bumps.

thanks i needed that!— Weealex14

Thanks— Flare124

FREE GIFT CARD GLITCH (kacash.com)

slumba claims he cashed out a $100 Amazon card by gaming a survey site's SMS confirmation — chaos ensues in the replies.

A Tutorials-section post by slumba described exploiting a rewards/survey site (kacash.com) to earn gift card points without actually completing the paid SMS confirmation step, framing it as an opportunity to 'mess with the site' en masse. He claimed a successful $100 Amazon gift card cashout. Replies were skeptical and confused rather than triumphant: Dresden asked for proof, and schehf reported the trick didn't clearly work for him, describing sketchy ringtone-scam popups and uncertainty about whether points still registered. A pretty typical small-time 'free stuff' tutorial thread from the site's Tutorials board, sitting alongside the era's open give-away threads for Steam accounts and rapidshare loot.

let's mess with the site and see if we can make them bankrupt by the end of the day.— slumba

Proof of concept? :)— Dresden

i get the fucking 10$/week scam on my cellphone, so i just send stop asap but the survey is still complete so i still get the points?— schehf

How to Make an Email w/ @steampowered.com

A 2008 tutorial thread promising fake @steampowered.com emails 'useful for scamming' — mostly just people begging to unhide it

Posted in the Tutorials section by lragnarok11 in February 2008, this thread offered a hidden guide for spoofing or faking a @steampowered.com email address, explicitly flagged by the OP as useful for scamming. As with most 'hidden content' tutorials on the forum, the actual replies are almost entirely low-effort bumps from members demanding to see the hidden text, plus a stray rep-farming request from the OP. It's a small, typical snapshot of the site's tutorial culture: bait title, locked content, forced replies, repeat cycle.

You'll be able to see the hidden content once you reply to this topic.— lragnarok11

You forgot to [hide_me]...— Stev0

unhide +rep— Christopher

How to get points on this forum

A 'tutorial' on the forum points system that barely explains anything — and half the replies just wanted the hidden text unhidden

In late October 2007, member minitureman posted a so-called tutorial on maximizing forum 'points,' though the actual explanation was vague to the point of uselessness and ended with a request for donations. Most replies just asked to unhide the hidden content, admitted they didn't understand what points were even for, or pointed out the point system was disabled at the time. A light, low-effort thread typical of the Tutorials subforum, more notable for the confused/apathetic community reaction than any real info.

it depends entirly on how you intrpet and who on. how fast your points will go up if this helpd please donate to me thanks— minitureman

Um ok, points arent very useful, I hope this changes.— hunterbrute224

a bit useless atm coz there are no points— pyeman

89% working WoW account scam

A guide promising a near-guaranteed way to scam World of Warcraft accounts — locked behind the classic 'reply to unlock' wall.

Posted by Metal425 in the Tutorials section in July 2008, this thread offered a hidden guide claiming an '89% success rate' for scamming World of Warcraft accounts, viewable only after replying — a common engagement trick on the forum. Most of the visible thread is just members posting 'unhide,' 'ty,' or one-word bumps to unlock the content, with Metal425 claiming he'd already scored a geared druid account using the method and teasing a follow-up guide. It's a pretty unremarkable but representative slice of the forum's Tutorials board, showing the account-scamming/warez culture and low-effort reply-farming that were everyday fixtures there.

It depends, I already got a T6 Druids doing it. It depends on the ignorance of your target.— Metal425

I guess this should work if it's an 89% chance.— Monkeygeek

do it faggotr— fatbasterd

How to Steal Steam Accounts (Combined and A New Idea)

A one-post-wonder drops a hidden 'Steam stealing' tutorial, and the regulars immediately smell a reposted rehash.

A low-post member named bunbuidoi posted a hidden tutorial claiming to combine existing methods with a 'new idea' for compromising Steam accounts, in the Tutorials board. The thread quickly turned into a mix of members demanding to 'unhide' the content and skeptics — including a self-described 'Steam Account Seller' — accusing the poster of just reposting material that had already circulated. It's a small, low-effort thread typical of the forum's tutorial section: heavy on hype, light on originality, and mostly remembered for the bickering over whether it was actually new.

UNHIDE BITCHES! :D— bunbuidoi

wow can we stop postin the same tutorial over n over?— weezy69

Way to copy the exact same thing that I posted.— method3909

Biggest Boobs in the World (misfiled off-topic shitpost)

A 2007 off-topic shitpost thread that somehow got filed under 'Tutorials'

A classic off-topic goof from the General/Tutorials section where [Kc]aC!d posted links to 'world record' photos, prompting the usual chain of one-liners and gross-out replies from regulars. The thread quickly derailed into jokes about a separate 'man-tits' image and back-and-forth ribbing between members, with zero actual tutorial content despite the board it landed in. Purely a low-stakes laugh thread, notable mainly for how many old regulars and staff (Smod KZA, 5000-Club Afteryou, 3000-Club Botoxx) piled in on something this juvenile.

Lol, holy shit her nipples are almost as big as my face.— Pinoy Ninja

hmm no record for the smallest? lol.— KZA

at first I read:"biggest noobs in the world" and as I read again I got it^^— Botoxx

Earn Easy Cash (Reply-to-Unlock Bait Thread)

A hidden 'make money online' tutorial that just farmed a year's worth of 'unhide' replies instead of actually earning anyone cash.

A classic hidden-content bait thread in the Tutorials section: AKULA posted a 'moneymaking' guide locked behind a reply-to-unlock wall, and for the better part of a year members simply posted one-word replies ('unhide', 'show', 'kk') to unlock it rather than discuss the method itself. The thread limped along from February to October 2008 with no real engagement or feedback on whether the technique worked, just steady bumps. It's a good snapshot of the era's forum economy, where 'reply-to-unlock' tutorials were a currency for post counts as much as actual info.

hide hack isnt working— that 1 dude

lets see.. I'm home sick and really bored. so why not make some cash? lol.— glish

hopefully ezz— Dylan10311