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Upload Sites! (2008 mega-list of file hosts, forums & free web tools)

One member's giant 2008 link-dump of every free upload site, host, and forum script the internet had to offer — and it got pinned.

Started by dark_skillz in early 2008, this thread is a sprawling reference list of file-sharing/upload sites, free web hosts, forum software, remotely-hosted forums, free subdomains, free domains, webmail providers, and site counters — basically a survival kit for broke teenagers trying to host cheats, images, and websites without paying for anything. The community reception was warm and appreciative, with several members suggesting additions (like uploadarmy.com and niggorex.com) and staff eventually deeming it useful enough to move and pin in the Software section. It's a solid time capsule of the mid-2000s 'free everything' web ecosystem — Rapidshare alternatives, Geocities-era hosting, and old-school forum engines like YaBB and phpBB2 all get name-checked.

Should Be pinned— blackxthink

So many free altenatives to RS.— wirmware

moved and pinned in software section.— HaSh

How to RUN Steam w/ Proxy — the classic Random Tuts 'unhide' thread

One guy posted a proxy tutorial in late 2007, and the whole board spent a month replying 'unhide'

A late-December 2007 tutorial thread on Gametration.com's Off-Topic > Random Tuts board, where member lragnarok11 shared (crediting original author p3ng3l) a modified guide on running Steam through a proxy. The thread became a magnet for dozens of members over the following month simply posting 'unhide' or short one-liners to unlock the hidden tutorial content, a very typical cheat-scene forum ritual of the era. It's a snapshot of the site's community texture more than a notable event — lots of names cycling through, some jokes, a stray troll comment, and the general grind of a mid-2000s tutorial board.

Now this is the story all about how My life got fl...— cheesewhiz

Don't eyeball fuck me boy, I'll fucking sk...— lol

sweet show me nigga— jacal

"HOw to hack IPB Forums" — the IP.Board exploit tutorial thread

A 2007 tutorial thread promising to break any IPB forum below version 2.1.6 — posted, ironically, on an IPB-powered site.

In this Random Tuts thread, member Nur5 posted a tutorial claiming to exploit IP.Board forums running versions prior to 2.1.6, including guidance on how to check a target forum's version from its footer text. Regulars reacted with a mix of excitement, skepticism, and self-awareness that fkn0wned itself ran IPB, prompting sammo101 to archive the tutorial locally before it could be pulled. A coder pushed back questioning whether the exploit was outdated, while others reported errors trying to reproduce it, giving the thread its classic 'does this even still work' cheat-scene energy.

You do realise this site is IPB, so im saving this tutorial to my hdd just incase it gets taken down.— sammo101

Old exploit that don't work?— Gate Guardian

Error: couldn't get a post key. Aw man!! I would really like to hack a forum lmao— AKULA

Secrets of Lockpicking

Old-school Fkn0wned tutorial thread teaching members the basics of physical lockpicking, back when 'random tuts' meant anything went.

Posted in June 2007 under Off-Topic > Random Tuts, this thread by pyeman shared a tutorial on lockpicking, a topic outside the site's usual cheats-and-hacks wheelhouse. Regulars and staff like Fluffman, Bucketface, and Peski-Ruski chimed in with quick thanks and mild curiosity, and it ran long enough to stretch across 9 pages, showing how these off-topic 'tuts' threads could pull a crowd just as much as the gaming content.

This may be interesting... Thx!— Fluffman

maybe it could be very funny— prinz

yes plz!— TheFlow

[TUT] How to bruteforce PayPal accounts

A late-2007 'tutorial' promising cracked PayPal accounts — mostly remembered for everyone begging to 'unhide' the goods

This was page 2-3 of a long-running Random Tuts thread from late 2007 claiming to teach members how to bruteforce PayPal accounts. The actual content is long gone from the archive; what remains is a wall of replies from members thanking the poster, asking for proxies, or pleading 'unhide' to unlock the hidden instructions — a classic pattern on cheat-scene forums where tutorials were hidden behind reply-to-unlock quote tags. A few skeptical or joking one-liners break up the parade of thank-yous, giving a good snapshot of the site's Off-Topic/Random Tuts culture at the time.

lol lets read this then ^— Paws

Sweetness, How do I use the Proxy, I never did get them?— TheFlow

Time to order a dildo.— Nerve

Good Steam Phishing Trick

One "hidden content" post about Steam phishing turned into a two-month, 70-reply "unhide" chant fest

Started November 9, 2007 by bobbafett07 in the Random Tuts section, this thread posted a write-up on a Steam phishing method behind hidden/spoiler content. What followed was the classic forum-tutorial ritual: dozens of members flooding in over the following weeks with one-word 'unhide', 'thanks', or 'lol k' replies just to reveal the hidden text, with a trickle of new posts still arriving as late as January 2008. It's less remembered for the content itself and more as a snapshot of how hidden-tutorial threads generated engagement (and spam) on Fkn0wned.

Hmm, hope it's not one of those long and borin...— Darkness

phising?— Jasongheng

Unhide this for me plox?— {}JuNNeZ{}

Get Around Your School Filter

A classic school-filter bypass tutorial that racked up over 60 replies of pure 'unhide' spam and one-word thanks

A Random Tuts thread from late 2007 where member TheLoneMan posted a 'noob-friendly' guide claiming to help students and workers dodge internet filters at school or work. The thread became a magnet for hidden-content tutorials, with dozens of members posting one-word or one-line replies (mostly just 'unhide', 'ty', 'lol') purely to reveal the hidden instructions. It's a perfect snapshot of the era's forum culture, where tutorials were gated behind reply-to-unlock mechanics, drawing a long tail of low-effort but earnest bumps well into 2008.

find a web proxy, tutorial over— RoboTron500

i cant download anything OR use command prompt so ...— slingblade

This i'll be real helpful if it actually works...— PoppityPopster

How to Crack RAR Passwords! (Random Tuts)

The tutorial thread that just wouldn't die — seven pages of 'thx', 'unhide', and hopeful noobs trying to bust open password-protected RARs.

A long-running tutorial thread in Fkn0wned's Off-Topic > Random Tuts board where the OP shared a method for cracking passwords on RAR archives, likely aimed at unlocking password-protected downloads (cheats, warez, torrents). The bulk of the visible content is dozens of short reply posts — 'thx', 'unhide', 'sweet', 'ty' — from members hiding the OP's content behind reply-gates, a common tactic on cheat/warez forums of the era to force engagement. It's less a discussion than a ritual: newcomers bump through page after page just to say thanks and reveal the goods, giving a real flavor of the grind-for-content culture on forums like this one.

I need this -- some torrent-makers don't let you know the password.— xkentax

crack? or as in brute force lets see— lopolop

I hate these hidden things!!!— fouine

How To Shut Down All PC's On Network

The old 'unhide to see the secret trick' network-shutdown tutorial thread everyone farmed replies on

A long-running Random Tuts thread where the OP (dark_skillz) posted a tutorial on remotely shutting down all PCs on a network, gated behind a 'reply to unhide' mechanic typical of the era. This page is the tail end of the thread (page 5), consisting almost entirely of low-effort bump replies from members just trying to unlock the hidden content — 'unhide', 'ty', 'teach me', 'nice thx' and similar one-liners. It's less about the tutorial itself and more a snapshot of classic forum culture: hidden-content bait posts driving activity and post counts.

god my school blows lets see this— Epic Failure

i know how to do i let me see if your way is better— dimscix

teach me=)— mirco182

How to Install Skins for CS:Source

The old guide every CS:S skin junkie bookmarked — and the noobs who still couldn't figure out how to unrar a file.

A member named Darkness posted a detailed hidden-text tutorial explaining the difference between models, textures/skins, scripts, and sounds in Counter-Strike: Source, and exactly which cstrike subfolders each file type belonged in, plus a FAQ for common install mistakes. The thread ran for over a year (2006-2007) and became a long-running reference point in the Random Tuts section, with dozens of members thanking the poster, admitting confusion, or asking basic questions like how to unrar a file. It's a good time-capsule of the low-tech, folder-fiddling era of game customization and the patient-vs-clueless dynamic typical of tutorial threads on the site.

Hope this helps you skin junkies out there.— Darkness

great tut, hopefully a lot of people will find this usefull.— c0ke

How do you "unrar" a file?— fagru

How to Steal ppl's Hotmail

Seven pages deep into 2008's most-quoted 'unhide plz' thread on Fkn0wned's Random Tuts board.

This tail-end of a long-running Random Tuts thread from spring 2008 shows a tutorial about accessing other people's Hotmail accounts that had clearly gone viral by forum standards, stretching to seven pages. By this point the actual content is buried behind spoiler tags, and the visible posts are almost entirely members begging to have it 'unhidden' or thanking the OP, with a few skeptics doubting it would even work. It's a classic snapshot of the site's throwaway 'random tuts' culture, where any promised trick — legitimate or not — could rack up dozens of low-effort bump replies.

Steal what— Cookie1456

lol bet it wont work— Skorpian

unhide please— BlueWall

How to Scam Steam Accounts (mega-thread)

A years-long, hundred-plus-reply tutorial thread on scamming Steam accounts — mostly just members saying 'thanks' and bumping it back to the top.

This was a long-running Random Tuts thread built around a guide for scamming Steam accounts, a topic that clearly had staying power on Fkn0wned given it stretched past 190 replies over several months (late 2007 into early 2008). The pages captured here are mostly the tail end of the thread's life — a steady trickle of members dropping in months apart to say thanks, ask for the tutorial to be unhidden, or just bump it with a one-word reply. It shows the community's dynamic well: a low-effort but high-demand 'tut' post that stayed relevant thread-necro style for ages, with regulars and total noobs alike chiming in for access. The actual method content is not part of what's preserved here, just the aftermath of interest around it.

OMG THANKS— 1676593

hope its better than them other methods— brandey187

zomfg wtfux pro. =')— energy

Top 15 Security/Hacking Tools & Utilities

A hidden-content tools list that racked up 12 pages of 'thanks +rep' from the whole crew

A member named [FkN] Fopje posted a curated 'Top 15' list of security/hacking tools and utilities behind hidden-content spoiler tags, requiring a reply to unlock. The thread quickly became a classic forum-currency exchange, with dozens of members from newbies to VIPs and 1K Club regulars dropping quick 'thanks'/'ty' replies just to reveal the content, stretching the topic to 12 pages. It's a snapshot of the site's reply-to-unlock culture and its tiered member ranks (Members, VIP, 1K Club, Crew, Smod) rather than a deep technical discussion.

nice find fopje— [FkN] NIX

I wouldn't call them "top 15", I only use 3 - but i guess that's just IMO.— [1K] Riggex

THANKS =DDD— darkanima12

Shifty's MP3 Script

The co-manager's ready-made in-game jukebox script that had eight pages of CS:S kids saying 'nice' back in 2007.

A tutorial-style thread posted by longtime co-manager Shifty in the Counter-Strike: Source Scripting section, sharing a pre-built script that let players cycle through custom MP3 tracks in-game without having to write the config themselves. It spawned a long, low-drama thread of short replies -- mostly one-word approvals, emoticons, and a few requests to 'unhide' the code -- typical of a popular script-sharing post. No major controversy here, just a well-received utility thread from a well-known staff member.

I fixed it all up so you dont have to script anything yourself— Shifty

My windows media player crashes my game at the end of every playlist— DoG::mp3

unhide— viper1

[Tutorial] How to install skins

A beginner's guide to reskinning CS:S guns and player models — with a comment section full of members just chanting 'unhide'

A basic 2008 walkthrough by alexthemegaman explaining how to install downloaded weapon and player skins/models into Counter-Strike: Source using WinRAR and the game's cstrike folder structure. The original content was wrapped in a [hide] spoiler tag, which led to a long, repetitive stream of replies from members simply asking to 'unhide' it rather than discussing the actual content. It's a quintessential low-stakes guide thread from the Guides section, more notable for the community ritual around hidden content than for any real drama.

unhide plz :)— SuperJord

fear the mighty UNHIDE— ImHunter

i ferget how to install skins so i COME HERE!— HotCoCo

[TuT] $45 Starbucks Giftcard/Check via Social Engineering

An old fake-allergy sob story that got forum members free Starbucks giftcards, one 'ty' at a time.

Started by BlackHawk in March 2012, this tutorial thread laid out a scripted sob-story scam for talking Starbucks customer service into handing over a $45 gift card (or a card plus a check), built around a fake lactose-intolerance/allergic-reaction backstory. The bulk of the 200+ replies across 9 pages are just members dropping quick 'ty'/'thanks' posts to bump or acknowledge the guide, with a handful of one-liners like someone joking they're 'poor' or asking how to find a Starbucks contact page in their country. It's a classic snapshot of the forum's Social Engineering subforum: low-effort scripts for scamming corporate customer service, farmed for easy thanks and reputation.

Im poor.— KenjiMishima

Thank you! Time for dates— Recon

There is a starbucks in my country, but there is not a website for it, where can I contact them ?— Oncheonche

Tired of Admins Messing With You?

A 2007 CS:S survival guide for players who'd had enough of trolling server admins renaming them, killing them, and hijacking their binds.

A one-post user named reghar kicks off a guide teaching CS:S players how to lock down their config.cfg file so server admins can't rename them, rebind their keys, force fake chat messages, or otherwise mess with their game via server-side plugins. The thread got steady long-tail traffic for months, with dozens of members (mostly Noobs) chiming in with quick thanks, a few asking whether it could block kicks/mutes (answer: no), and one poster noting a later Steam update neutered a lot of the tricks. It's a classic low-drama, high-utility 'tutorial thread' that just kept getting bumped with gratitude replies for almost a year.

Admins that do this are not 'hackers' they are simply using server side plugins which most servers have.— reghar

Great thread, very useful to know when your raging a server.— Malware

Just like to point out that most of this isn't useful anymore, since a recent Steam update that seriously limited Client Execution commands.— Timeleft

Unhackable Laptops?

Aussie year-9 kids vs. their government-issued Lenovo netbooks — a forum full of teens plotting to break their own school laptops

Started by majrbrawl, this thread is a group effort by Australian high schoolers (several from the same school) trying to bypass the lockdown on their government-issued Lenovo S10e netbooks handed out under a national year-9 laptop program. Members swap theories on BIOS resets, cold boot attacks, sticky-keys/cmd tricks, and hardware tampering, while debating whether the school's 'intrusion detection' and monitoring claims are even real or just scare tactics. It's a fun time-capsule of early Windows 7-era school IT lockdowns and the DIY hacker curiosity of bored teenagers, with a running joke about stealing a WA kid's laptop and micro-soldering a new BIOS chip.

where there is a will there is a way— lulraep

since when did schools give a shit about their IT equipment?— lulraep

if your tech people are anything like the tech people in my school. you could get away with ANYTHING. i mean ANYTHING.— lulraep

iStealer 5.0 Source Release Thread

The infamous password-stealer tool's source code got dumped on Fkn0wned — and everyone just said 'thanks' and moved on.

A veteran member, f0wh, posted a link to the source code for iStealer 5.0, a widely-known password-stealing tool of the era, noting the original 5.0 release had turned out to be fake and framing this as the 'real' fix for detection issues. The thread reads like a classic forum drop: a wall of one-word 'thanks/ty/nice share' replies from a mix of regular members, VIPs, and a couple of banned users, with barely any actual discussion of the tool itself. One reply jokingly suggested spinning up a forum-branded version called 'FkNStealer.' It's a small but representative snapshot of the site's Server & Computer Security section and its cheat/tool-sharing culture.

I have not tested this myself as I don't have much time left before the bomb explodes, but here's the download link— f0wh

Time to make a fknsec version of iStealer, called FkNStealer. :3— OhUGuise

That's hotter than pr0n. Thanks.— ap3x

[CS1.6] Tutorials and FAQ by DCLXVI

The forum's go-to reference thread for cheat terminology, VAC bans, custom sprays, and outsmarting server admins — later called out for actually being written for the wrong game.

Longtime member DCLXVI compiled a multi-part reference thread covering common cheat-scene terminology (aimbot, ESP, wallhacks and related jargon), basic troubleshooting for missing DLL errors, a rundown of what VAC would and wouldn't flag, how to install a custom spray, and a set of config tricks to stop server admins from messing with a player's name, binds, or settings. It reads as a community-made FAQ/glossary rather than a single how-to, aimed at newer members trying to understand the scene's lingo and etiquette. The thread drew a handful of years-spanning 'thanks' replies, and eventually some pushback from members noticing it was posted in the CS 1.6 subforum despite referencing CS:Source file paths and mechanics — prompting a mild mod-plea to move it.

AWESUME TUTORIAL ! thanks— AnonymousAkuLa

How come its a CS 1.6 tutorial and the spray tag info is for CS:S ? (o_O)— canyonlord

Damn, MOVE THIS ! CSS THING -.-— c3

Mr_Nickle's Fast Fire Script - G3 Burstfire

A humble CoD4 rapid-fire script thread that snowballed into 94+ posts of thank-yous, config swaps, and the classic 'is this bannable' debate.

A member named Mr_Nickle (posted here under MillerLite) shared a custom scripting solution for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare that let semi-automatic weapons like the G3 and M14 fire in preset burst counts via keybinds, branded with his signature 'JH' filename prefix. The thread became one of those long-running community staples where people debated whether it was PunkBuster-safe, other members like Anexxion chimed in with their own tweaked configs, and dozens of members over the following months just dropped by to say thanks or bump the download. By the end it's mostly one-line 'thx', 'ty', and 'nice' replies from members long since forgotten, a quiet monument to the CoD4 scripting scene of early 2008.

This is 100% PB-Safe— MillerLite (posting Mr_Nickle's script)

lol its cool but arent those cheat protected w/o a cvar unlocker?— MillerLite

thansk a lot— shaag82

LJ Script 259 units - Scripting board release thread

A KZ longjump script, one Rick Roll link, and a chorus of "unhide" replies just to see the download.

A member named Sparkyp shared a personal CS 1.6 longjump ('LJ') script tuned for 259-unit jumps, noting it couldn't quite handle the game's toughest 262 jump on kz_longjumps maps. The thread quickly filled with the classic forum-currency ritual of members posting 'unhide' just to reveal the hidden download link, plus some griping after the link turned out to be a Rick Roll troubled by one poster's confusion. It's a small, low-drama snapshot of the CS 1.6 scripting subculture and the forum's reply-to-unlock content economy.

Been my personal script for a while now but i think its time to give it to other people.— Sparkyp

omg this linked to a Youtube clipp -.- Fake , but pretty good song with Rick Roll— miffonumberone

rick rolling is gay— sth

Zeton's Simple Spinscript

A basic bind-toggled spinbot script that kept members saying "unhide" for over a year straight

Member Zeton posted a bare-bones spinscript (bound to the 'v' key to toggle spinning) in the Scripting subforum back in March 2008. The hidden-content mechanic meant nobody could actually see the script without replying, which led to a long, low-effort thread of members just posting 'unhide' or similar one-word replies over more than a year to unlock it. It's a pretty typical artifact of the old forum's reply-to-unlock culture rather than any real discussion of the script itself.

Just press "v" to start spin like hell and press "v" again to stop spin.— Zeton

unhide— revaz

UNHIDE :(— epictroll

Cracking Steam: PacSteam Download and Tutorial

A 20-page monster thread on cracking Steam — by the tail end it's just a wall of 'ty' and 'thanks'

This was the tail end of a long-running Steam Client subforum thread centered on a tool/tutorial called 'PacSteam' for cracking Steam. By page 20 the substantive discussion had long since given way to a stream of short gratitude replies from members downloading the release. It's a good snapshot of how these download threads aged on Fkn0wned: massive initial interest, then years of bump-and-thank posts from newcomers finding it late.

thanks— FknKingy

Cheeers!— Kingaldinho

ty— unknownsoldier

Emulators written by SNK

Play every console ever made on one Celeron PC, courtesy of the Emulators subforum's resident encyclopedia guy.

A veteran member and Super Moderator, SNK, dropped a massive reference post rounding up emulators for GBA, SNES, N64, NES, DS/GBA multiplayer, and even PSP homebrew, complete with console specs, system requirements, and rehosted download links. It reads like a mini museum catalog of retro gaming hardware, clearly meant as a one-stop resource for the console emulation crowd. The replies are short and grateful ('thanks', 'i <3 you'), with one banned user still popping in to compliment the effort, and a request for DS emulator support that never quite gets addressed in-thread.

i <3 you— xfallout

Great post, I'll pass on the link.— Don Ruski

OMg. I luv this! now... where to dl the games for em?— geiz

Google Hacking Master List (reply-to-unlock)

A classic 'reply to unlock' bait post that kept members grinding out low-effort thank-yous for eight months straight

VIP member Fopje posted a hidden 'Google Hacking Master List' (likely a collection of Google dorks for finding exposed files, logins, or vulnerable sites) behind Fkn0wned's classic reply-to-unlock wall. The thread ran from September 2010 to at least mid-2011, filling up almost entirely with one-word 'ty', 'thanks', and reaction-emoji replies from members farming access and reputation. One user, silentrock, chimed in to correct the terminology, noting the technique is properly called 'google dorks' rather than a generic hacking list. It's a perfect time capsule of early-2010s forum culture: content locked behind engagement, and a community happy to bump a thread hundreds of times just to see it.

Umm,i think its names are "google dorks"— [VIP] silentrock

Got to hate hide, what is this even?— Emxo

Thanks for your sharing generosity— iFlux

"Make Games Run 100% Better" FPS/Performance Guide

The old forum ritual: post an [hide] guide, watch the whole board reply "unhide" for karma points

A 2009 guide thread by member omfg2007 on the Counter-Strike: Source Guides board, offering a stack of PC optimization tools (Game Booster, GameGain, CCleaner, JkDefrag) plus a full CS:S autoexec/launch-option config claimed to boost FPS and stay 'CAL/Cevo legal'. The thread quickly turned into the classic hidden-content routine, with dozens of members posting one-word 'unhide'/'ty' replies just to reveal the spoilered content. One member called out that the recommended GameGain tool was flagging pirated serials and phoning home, and the OP later plugged his own guide as better than a rival's, tossing in a casual crack recommendation. Pure early cheat-scene/tech-help forum culture — low-effort bump replies, a competitive dig at another guide author, and shady freeware recommendations all in one thread.

Gamegain doesn't work, sends my ip and a report to there site, for illegal serial number, sigh..— Xclusiv

Proven betetr fps improvement then zoaq's Get good FPS *09* btw if cd key not work try crack.— omfg2007

unhidmatafaka— cheri

Hacked Keylogging FTP Logs Access + Webpanel

A member bragged about debugging a fake WoW generator to snatch its keylogger FTP logs — replies were mostly just people yelling 'unhide'

In this 2009 Raging-section thread, member maningrey claimed to have reverse-engineered a bogus 'WoW generator' that was secretly a keylogger, using a debugger and packet sniffer to intercept its FTP-uploaded logs and access a webpanel. The actual content was hidden behind a reply-to-view wall, so most of the thread is just members posting 'unhide' to unlock it. A side conversation broke out about 'reverse phishing' FTP/YouTube accounts, with CTSSTC and SnEaKyJoKER swapping notes on hunting compromised accounts via YouTube searches, and a mod jokingly egging on a full public 'leak' of the victim's stuff.

Love doin reverse phishing on ftp accounts <3 got 12 accounts my self, youtube is like a big fish pond— CTSSTC

Lol very nice :) you should just leak his shit haha— Hatred!

I basically youtube "[something] generators", Sort by date added and start from the top and work my way down. Fantastic stuff :)— maningrey

Pomp's HL1 Base Source Release

A cheat dev drops Pompz's old CS 1.6 engine-hooking base code — for coders only, y'all.

In the Counter-Strike 1.6 General board, member h4xor_bob shared a download link for an old HL1 engine base source (credited to Pompz and dated Oct. 2007), described as a C++ development skeleton rather than a finished cheat. It required actual coding knowledge to be useful, and a moderator briefly chimed in expressing interest in checking it out. A short, low-key technical exchange typical of the site's cheat-dev subculture.

this IS NOT A COMPLETE HACK, just a base... hope ya'll enjoy this shit!— h4xor_bob

Might check this out— DCLXVI

The Fkn0wned Virus Collection Thread

That one thread where a coder just... dropped a folder of self-made viruses for anyone to send to their 'foes'

Started by member Gate Guardian in July 2007, this was a running release thread in the Programming subforum where homemade prank/malicious executables (things like an input-blocking notepad-spam bomb and an IE-window-flooding shock-site tool) were packaged up and shared for members to fire off at people they didn't like. The thread ran for five pages and months, stretching into October 2007, with other members chiming in and presumably contributing or requesting more payloads. By the time later replies rolled in, the original download links were already dead — a common fate for this kind of hosted-on-a-random-site content.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU UNZIP THEM UNLESS YOU ARE RENAMING THEM.— Gate Guardian

links down.— snuffz

[Release] IPB Database Extractor (Perl script by c0777)

A bored coder's Perl script for parsing lifted Invision Power Board databases — posted in 2006, still limping along by 2009.

In the Programming subforum, member c0777 shared a small Perl script (credited in the code header to 'JaMMer077') designed to parse a raw Invision Power Board 'members_converge' database dump into separate lists of emails and password hash/salt data. c0777 framed it as a boredom project knocked out after being pestered by a 'n00b', and left the parsing rules unfinished, inviting others to improve it. The thread sat mostly dead for three years until a single 2009 reply from SpAzZOwNz reported the script didn't run right, with no further discussion. A classic slice of the era's forum culture: casual data-scraping tools shared as quick, half-finished 'releases' for internet clout rather than polish.

I coded this script because I was bored. Also, some n00b was bugging me too much about it.— c0777

I tried this but as soon as i open it it closes right back :(— SpAzZOwNz

PHP Week 1 Coding Contest - PayPal Donation Script

Fkn0wned tried to run its own weekly coding league — first prize: a Steam account and bragging rights among the site's coders.

Founder TuxifieD launched what was meant to be a recurring weekly PHP coding contest, modeled loosely on the site's 'Screenshot of the Week' format. The inaugural challenge asked members to build a PayPal donation-tracking script, judged by a mix of public voting and 'expert' coder evaluation, with a private win-blooded a rewards section, and top entrants gaining access to previous winners' source and a private affiliate-coder subforum. The thread laid out a full weekly schedule (announce, submit, judge, repeat) and an entry agreement giving Fkn0wned rights to use submitted work. Early replies show only a couple of members (Farkie, s0beit) casually signing on, suggesting the contest was ambitious in structure but modest in actual turnout.

Welcome to the first official Fkn0wned PHP coding challenge!— TuxifieD

Hm i'll enter— Farkie

[C++] Play2Hack Project source code release

One user open-sourced their entire Battlefield Play4Free cheat project for the community to pick apart

A member called ettans posted the full C++ source code for 'Play2Hack Project 2.1.5', a cheat/ESP tool built for the browser-based shooter Battlefield Play4Free, built on top of another coder's (CypherPresent) base. The post reads like a proud technical showcase, listing rendering, hooking and ESP features and framing the release as educational, gated behind the classic forum 'reply to see hidden content' mechanic. It's a good snapshot of the forum's programming subsection: reverse-engineering game internals and sharing source for others to learn from or build on.

Have fun and perhaps you'll learn something from this source.— ettans

Fkn0wned Exclusive !— ettans

Valve & VAC2 Overview

The admin's cheat-sheet on cheat-sheets: how VAC2 actually worked, and what happened when it caught you.

An admin post in the CS:S Support section breaking down VAC/VAC2 detection status categories (VAC2 Proof, Detected, and Unknown) and explaining what a VAC ban meant for a Steam account. It includes practical disclaimers lifted partly from Valve's own site, warnings that bans were permanent and unappealable, and a nudge toward the site's hack database for those who wanted to keep playing without full detection risk. The tone is house-rules-meets-customer-service: matter-of-fact, slightly cheeky, very much of its era in the 'cheat scene' where forums openly hosted this kind of support content.

Word of advice, if you cant live without hacking then I advise you to use texture hacks— Shifty.

Valve have 0 tollerence for hacking and will not take sympathy votes so dont waste your time emailing or posting on their forums.— Shifty.

Common Hack Terms and Definitions

The MapleStory hacking scene's homemade glossary — vacs, godmodes, bypasses, and bot lingo all in one pinned post.

A locked, pinned reference thread in the Other Games section where user c0ke compiled a glossary of terms used around MapleStory hacking culture circa 2007: cheat engine names, memory/CE jargon, CPU register flags, GameGuard bypass terminology, botting vocabulary, and a long list of named 'vac' and godmode hack types. It reads like an internal dictionary for the era's cheat scene, crediting another member (Mahiney) for the original list that c0ke edited and expanded. The tone is dry and instructional rather than dramatic — it's essentially the forum's in-house textbook for newcomers trying to understand the slang thrown around in other threads.

Credits to Mahiney, I just Edited it and put some other stuff in— c0ke

UCE - Undetectable Cheat Engine

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

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

Script Requests (Sticky) - CS 1.6 Scripting

The official 'ask a coder for a script' thread — plus a rundown of what scripting actually could and couldn't do.

This was the standing sticky in Fkn0wned's CS 1.6 Scripting subforum where members could request custom configs/scripts using a simple template (ModID, action description, how it's normally done, extra info). Coder 'Christ' set it up with an example (a silent-run duck script) and included a widely-referenced explainer by ELX[Draco] clarifying the real limits of Half-Life engine scripting — no aim/wallhacks, no stat checks, no VAC risk since it's just config/bind trickery. The one visible request that followed shows the classic forum-noob energy: a broken-English plea for a script to boost FPS and 'make more headshots,' promising +rep in return.

there is no way you can ever get banned by VAC for using it (remember that mp3 player that got lots of people banned?)— Christ

if u will do me something that will grow my fps as shit ill +rep if i can if u didnt understand my english than call me a gay XD— TheLithuaniansLeader

Silent Defuse - Replacing the Defuse Sound with a Use Sound

A CS 1.6 scripting classic: swap the bomb-defuse sound for a quiet 'use' noise — HLGuard-proofing included.

A scripting thread in Fkn0wned's Counter-Strike 1.6 subforum where user Christ (AKA DigitalEDD) posted a script that replaced the standard bomb-defuse sound with a shorter, less noticeable 'use' sound, clarifying it wasn't truly silent. The post included a tip about customizing a variable to avoid detection by HLGuard, a common anti-cheat tool of the era. It's a small but representative snippet of the forum's core identity as a hub for CS 1.6 script-tweaking and anti-detection tricks.

This is not completely silent. What this does is replaces the normal defusing sound with a short use sound.— Christ

As always, to make this 100% HLG proof, please replace xI3 with any 3 characters you like. Do not change this setting!— Christ

Spam Pack by Christ: CS 1.6 grenade/voice spam suite with command menu

A coder named Christ built FkN a whole grenade-and-voice spam suite, complete with a command menu

In the Scripting subforum of the Counter-Strike 1.6 section, member Christ (AKA DigitalEDD, part of the Coders group) released a custom 'spam pack' built at the request of an admin. The package bundled HE/flashbang/smoke grenade spammers, a banned-phone-style voice spammer, a name changer, and text/radio spam tools, all wired into an in-game command menu with configurable keybinds. It's a classic snapshot of the era's cheat/utility scripting culture, complete with a Rapidshare download link and a Geocities-hosted wav file.

Here it is, it has a commandmenu and everything, I worked out all the bugs.— Christ

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l3m0nz Defacing Tutorial

A banned member's 'simple yet detailed' guide to website defacing, dropped in the Random Tuts corner of Fkn0wned.

In this Off-Topic 'Random Tuts' thread, user l3m0nz posted a self-described full tutorial on website defacing back in January 2008. It's a snapshot of the old cheat-scene forum culture where technical tutorials, script-kiddie bravado, and community banter mixed freely in the same threads. The thread ran to 8 pages, suggesting it got decent engagement, with early reply from regular minitureman. l3m0nz is noted as later 'Banned' in the archived profile data, a common fate for members who pushed the site's rules.

My full defacing tut— l3m0nz

Read this haha now i have your soul— minitureman

Hack your iPhone and iPod Touch (iJailbreak Tutorial)

The classic 2007 'unhide to see the trick' thread that taught half the forum how to jailbreak their first iPhone.

A late-2007 tutorial thread in the Random Tuts subforum walking members through jailbreaking an original iPhone or iPod Touch using the iJailbreak method, with the OP reassuring everyone it was low-risk and just needed a wireless connection. The replies are the usual tutorial-thread ritual of the era: a wave of 'unhide', 'thanks', and short acknowledgments as members grabbed the guide, plus a quick aside about non-US users needing an extra step since iPhones were US-carrier locked at the time. Nothing dramatic here — just a snapshot of the forum's tech-tutorial culture and the pre-App-Store jailbreak scene.

THIS WILL IN NO WAY BRICK YOUR IPHONE/IPOD.— UserID_7588

Also if your outside the U.S you need to do this cos currently they only run on an American company— AlbinoBoi

[TUT] How to Avoid Cheat Scanners / IRC Scans

The tutorial thread that taught you to vanish before the scan ever landed.

A 'Random Tuts' post from August 2007 promising a guide to wiping evidence of cheats before a cheat scan could catch you. Classic hidden-content format — the OP gated the actual tutorial behind reply-to-unhide, driving quick engagement from regulars. Short thread but a good snapshot of the site's cat-and-mouse cheat-scene culture, where staying ahead of admins and scanners was its own subculture.

This tut will show you how to delete all evidence of hacks youve used incase you get called for a cheat scan. reply below to unhide to content— laptops

unhide— pyeman

The REAL Way Of Steam Phishing

A 16-page phishing 'tutorial' thread that ran long enough to become a running joke about easy money.

This was a long-running Random Tuts thread on Fkn0wned.Com centered on Steam account phishing methods, stretching to at least 16 pages of replies. By the tail end captured here, the discussion had mostly petered out into short thank-you posts and lighthearted comments, with members responding to whatever method or guide was originally shared. It's a snapshot of the site's cheat/hacking-adjacent culture, where 'tuts' threads on account theft and game exploits lived alongside the rest of the forum's Steam Related and Trading sections.

Thanks Maybe ill get money— blackxthink

yeye— ClassX

Rate of Fire SCRIPT

A CS:S rate-of-fire script thread that ran seven pages deep — back when 'z-block' was the enemy of every scripter.

A 2006 thread in the Counter-Strike: Source Scripting subforum where user Markis posted a rate-of-fire script offering extra shooting options, noting that the anti-cheat tool z-block was already blocking scripts containing 'wait' commands. The replies are short and approving, typical of the era's script-sharing culture — quick thanks and one-word praise rather than deep discussion. It ran to 7 pages, suggesting decent community interest at the time.

This one has a bunch more options for shooting. (though z-block is blocking scripts with "wait" in them)— Markis

sweet— thircexxd

Setting Up an Alpha-Era WoW Private Server

Before there was a beta, there was this — old Ironforge, a Statue of Liberty in STV, and a nostalgia trip via private server.

A member named kanetheheatsink posted a guide to standing up a private server emulating World of Warcraft's pre-beta 'Alpha' build, touting oddities like an early version of Ironforge and unused/placeholder content such as a Statue of Liberty in Stranglethorn Vale. The post walked through downloading client/server files and configuring them to connect locally. It got one quick reply thanking the poster for the easy instructions, and the thread fizzled out without much further discussion.

You are now playing on the official warcraft Alpha server.— kanetheheatsink

Very nice mate thanks. And pretty easy instruction thanks for that too, nice.

Kimmi's Custom Spray Guide: Animated CSS Sprays and CS1.6 Decals

The old-school tutorial that taught half the forum how to spam Butters at their teammates.

A pinned, locked tutorial thread by longtime staff member Kimmi walking members through creating custom sprays for both Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike 1.6, using a Butters (South Park) image as the running example. It covers image prep, file formats, and the tools of the era (Photoshop/GIMP, Wally, an animated texture converter) needed to get a working spray into the game. The thread reads as a classic early-2010s gaming-forum how-to post, locked afterward presumably to keep it as a clean reference rather than a discussion.

The 1.6 half life engine is shit compared to source. And that 8bit textures don't look very good. Therefore, your custom sprays wont look very good. BUT, they can look ok.— Kimmi

Have fun guys.— Kimmi

[TuT] $250+ Check - Social Engineering

The old T-Mobile trade-in scam that had half the forum saying 'ty' and nobody asking if it was a good idea

A 2012 tutorial thread in the Social Engineering subforum posted by BlackHawk, laying out a scheme to exploit a phone carrier's trade-in program for a cash payout by falsely claiming shipped devices went missing. The thread ran to 18 pages and 428 posts, though the visible content is mostly low-effort 'ty' and 'lol' replies rather than discussion, typical of the copy-paste tutorial culture on this board. It's a good snapshot of the forum's Tutorials/Social Engineering section and the era's fraud-adjacent 'money making method' threads.

DEMAND AND I REPEAT DEMAND A CHECK/REFUND!— BlackHawk

sucks to suck.— mcwillzz

[TUT] Drops for Apartment Complexes - 2 Methods

A forum staple 'Smod' shares two social-engineering tricks for receiving anonymous packages — and a long train of one-word 'ty' replies follows for months.

Posted in the Social Engineering subforum by longtime member and staff 'Electric 1995' (Forum God / Smod), this thread laid out two package-drop methods tied to apartment buildings, aimed at receiving items anonymously without a traceable home address. The post drew almost no discussion beyond a long tail of low-effort 'ty'/'thanks' replies stretching from August 2014 into the following year, showing how popular and evergreen the guide was as a reference thread rather than a discussion. It's a good snapshot of the fkn0wned Social Engineering board's culture: practical scene-craft tutorials collecting quiet gratitude posts for bump/reputation purposes.

Thanks for the method!— Tices1932

thanks for this method— pepsiguy_2

[Question] Website Management

Guy has stolen admin logins but no idea where to type them in — the forum happily walks him through it

A member called lam3r posts in the Server & Computer Security board asking how to actually use a set of cracked admin credentials when he can't find any login page for the target site. Fellow members ([FkN] Crew and Security Crew regulars) jump in with casual advice on port scanning, SSH/FTP connection tools, directory-mapping utilities, and eventually mention spawning a shell via SQL injection to explain why FTP access wasn't working. It's a snapshot of the site's late-2009 tech/security culture: matter-of-fact talk about breaking into other people's websites, treated like everyday troubleshooting.

It sucks cuz i have the password + usernames cracked but nowhere to use them xD Help me pl0x!— lam3r

I spawned a shell via sql injection on the server and reasons above is probably why its not working.— wrynx