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CS:S Support FAQ - Read Before Posting

The stickied FAQ every CS:Source hacker had to read before begging for help in Support.

A pinned support thread from the Counter-Strike: Source Support subforum, posted by admin Malware in late 2006. It's a catch-all FAQ answering the most common newbie questions about using cheats from the site's release section: how to unzip files, load order for injection-based hacks, fixing DLL/menu errors, keyboard layout quirks preventing menu navigation, and reassurances about VAC/demo bans. Very much a 'read this before you post the same question for the hundredth time' housekeeping thread typical of cheat forums of the era.

Can I be banned by VAC from a demo? A) No! This is against steams stated policy so it isn't going to happen.— Malware

ALWAYS READ THE README.TXT, that will solve some common problems associated with the hack— Malware

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

8-Bit's MapleStory Hacking Tutorial

Back when even MapleStory wasn't safe from the FknOwned crew's tool kit.

A member known as 8-Bit, part of the '500 Club' rank and originally a CS:S poster, started a tutorial thread in the Maple Story sub-board explaining how to set up a third-party engine tool paired with a process-injection utility to modify MapleStory client behavior. The post promised more write-ups to come, showing the forum's reach extended beyond its core Battlefield/Counter-Strike cheat scene into other popular games of the era. It's a small but telling artifact of how MMORPGs like MapleStory were also targets in the mid-2000s cheat community.

MapleStory Hacking Tutorials!! , I will update them as i finish writing them— 8-Bit

More coming soon.. PM me if you have any questions— 8-Bit

Hacking Windows Users - Random Tuts Thread

A 2007 tutorial thread teaching forum members how to 'hack Windows users' — complete with the obligatory 'not responsible, this is illegal' disclaimer.

This is an old Gametration.com thread from the Off-Topic > Random Tuts subforum, started by a member posting a Windows hacking guide with a tongue-in-cheek legal disclaimer before the actual content. It's typical of the era's 'cheat scene' culture where tutorials on hacking, cracking, and cheating were shared casually alongside gaming discussion. The thread ran to at least 7 pages, suggesting it generated real engagement or back-and-forth among members. Both the original poster and an early replier were later marked as banned members, hinting at the site's eventual moderation history.

Do not hold me responsible, hacking is illegal. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY— hunterbrute224

WARNING IF YOU DONT LIKE TO READ, DO NOT CONTINUE— hunterbrute224

Password Jacking Tutorial Thread

A 2007 'password jacking' how-to that ran for 7 pages of low-effort bumps and 'thanks' posts

Started by member Gushwa in March 2007 in the Random Tuts subforum, this thread offered a step-by-step guide related to hijacking passwords — exactly the kind of grey-area 'tut' that filled Fkn0wned's Off-Topic section back in the day. It stuck around long enough to stretch across 7 pages, mostly filled with members replying 'unhide', 'thanks', 'ty', and similar one-liners just to reveal the hidden content. By early 2008 it was still getting bumped regularly, showing how long-lived these tutorial threads could be on the forum.

Easy, step by step tutorial..— Gushwa

hawt— sniperownsdicks

Steam account theft 'tutorial' with classic reply-to-unhide gating

A staff member's "MUST READ" 4-step guide to jacking Steam accounts, hidden behind the classic 'reply Unhide to see it' wall.

A thread posted in the Random Tuts sub-board of Off-Topic by staff member mr.N0Nam3, claiming a '4 easy steps' method for stealing Steam accounts, credited partly to another user (HaSh) and boasting of results with a CAL-M (Cyberathlete Amateur League) player. The actual content was gated behind the forum's typical 'reply to unhide' mechanic, encouraging engagement/replies before revealing anything. Early replies are lighthearted and off-topic, with one member jokingly asking if it works on WoW accounts, capturing the casual, low-stakes tone typical of these tutorial dump threads.

I've gotten a 5 digit with CAL-M experience doing this. Have fun.— mr.N0Nam3

lemme see do u need like an WoW account for this— Tundergun

Bypass Your Computer Teacher's Computer Overriding

One kid's Windows 2000 escape trick to dodge the teacher's screen lockdown — got him a detention.

A member named Chester shared a quick classroom trick he'd discovered for regaining control of a school computer after a teacher remotely took it over, noting it only worked on the school's Windows 2000 machines and not their standard XP setup. It's a small, very of-its-era 'Random Tuts' post, the kind of low-stakes mischief tutorial this section was known for. Chester admitted the method wasn't reliable and that trying it again got him caught and sent to detention, which gives the post its punchline.

Tried again today and I got a detention D:— Chester

This is how u work on your personal things instead of listening to BS from the teacher when a teacher takes over students' computers.— Chester

Kaspersky Lifetime Beta Key Trick

One member's registry tweak promised free-forever Kaspersky keys — straight from Kaspersky's own beta servers.

Posted in the Warez > Security Tools subforum of the Red Light District, member ckgx shared a detailed guide claiming to flip a full retail Kaspersky Anti-Virus/Internet Security install into 'beta' mode so it would perpetually self-activate with fresh keys, bypassing the need to hunt down blacklisted or expired license keys. The post is a classic early-2010s warez-scene tutorial: heavy on screenshots, step-by-step registry edits, and reassurances that a flagged download was a 'false positive.' It captures the site's Red Light District vibe — cracked software, keygens, and antivirus-evasion tricks shared casually alongside gym-supplement ad banners and hide-hack shoutbox chatter.

Welcome to world of keys given to you by Kaspersky themselves which makes your KIS or KAV 100% Genuine!— ckgx

Just trust me on this one— ckgx

Hold Reload - CS:S Scripting Thread

A ten-page CS:S 'Hold Reload' script thread, still getting quiet thank-yous years into its life

This is the tail end of a long-running Counter-Strike: Source scripting thread on Fkn0wned.com, focused on a config script that let players hold down a key to reload rather than tapping it. By early 2008 the thread had stretched to ten pages, mostly filled with short replies from members downloading and trying out the script. It captures the everyday rhythm of the Scripting subforum: a useful bind/script gets posted, and it slowly accumulates gratitude posts for months.

Kickass, gonna give this a spin, thanks— astralblade

nice haha— Echo419

Badazz CoU4 Config for Call of Duty 4 (High FPS)

Eight pages of guys begging to 'unhide' a config just so their crappy graphics card could run CoD4.

This was a long-running Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare thread sharing a performance-boosting config aimed at squeezing playable framerates out of low-end video cards. By page 8 the thread had settled into the classic forum ritual: a wall of members posting one-word replies like 'unhide' or 'ty' just to unlock the hidden download/config content, with the occasional genuine question about whether an old Pentium 4 rig could handle it. It's less a discussion and more a snapshot of the site's reply-to-unlock culture and the era's obsession with wringing extra FPS out of aging hardware.

do you think this will let a pentium 4 run it?— zawmintu

unhide— tempic

What are GCFs and NCFs?

The classic newbie question that every early Steam-hacking forum had to answer at least once.

A short explainer thread from the Steam Client subforum where a moderator named DCLXVI breaks down what GCF and NCF files are — Steam's game container files — and how they related to running games on 'cracked' Steam clients, a common topic on this scene. It's a basic FAQ-style post rather than a discussion, reflecting the practical, tutorial-heavy culture of the forum around pirated Steam usage circa 2007. The thread reads as reference material other members would've been pointed to repeatedly.

GCFs and NCFs are steam's files that contains the game you have downloaded.— DCLXVI

Hope this helps.— DCLXVI

How to Play CS:S on Mac (moron2u's Guide)

The forgotten fix for the eternal 2010 problem: you bought a Mac and just wanted to frag in CS:S.

A member named moron2u posted a step-by-step guide for getting Counter-Strike: Source running on a Mac using CrossOver, back when Mac gaming support was practically nonexistent. The guide walks through installing CrossOver, getting Steam and CS:S running through it, and tweaking launch options plus a custom autoexec.cfg for better performance. It's a classic slice of the era's DIY tech-support culture, complete with a sketchy 'undetected hacks' ad banner sitting right above the tutorial.

Hello, in this guide I will be teaching you how to get CS:S on a Mac and make it fast.— moron2u

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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

Silent Run - 4 Versions (CS 1.6 Scripting)

The classic 'Silent Run' script drops with four flavors — and immediately someone begs for a CSS port

Coder 'Christ' (AKA DigitalEDD) posted a cleaned-up, 60fps version of the old 'Silent Run' movement script for Counter-Strike 1.6, crediting original author timmeh of elxdraco. The thread ran nine pages, kicking off with a quick request from 'randomher0' asking for a Counter-Strike: Source port. A typical Scripting-subforum moment: config tweaks, credit-passing between scripters, and the community trading requests for game-specific variants.

can you make this for css as well?— randomher0

Creating an autoexec.cfg (Beginner's Guide)

The classic autoexec.cfg 101 post every CS:S scripter on Fkn0wned cut their teeth on.

A beginner-friendly tutorial thread posted in the Counter-Strike: Source Scripting subforum, explaining the basic process of setting up an autoexec.cfg file so users could run custom scripts in-game. Posted by Shifty, a Co-Manager and clearly a senior, long-standing figure on the site (member #6, joined 2006). A staple 'how it's done' reference post typical of the CS:S scripting scene at the time.

to get the best use out of scripts you need to put your scripts in an autoexec.cfg folder in your steam directory— Shifty

How To Install Skins (CS:S Materials Guide)

Kimmi's old-school guide to swapping custom skins in and out of Counter-Strike: Source, back when SV_Pure servers were the only thing standing in your way.

A locked how-to thread in the CS:S Scripts/Tools section where forum admin/Smod Kimmi laid out a folder-renaming trick for switching between a 'legit' materials folder and a custom skins folder in Counter-Strike: Source. It's a classic snapshot of the era's cheat-scene culture, where cosmetic skin swaps were casually filed alongside hacks. The thread is locked, meaning it was treated as a static reference guide rather than an open discussion.

Materials only work on servers with SV_Pure 0 so try different servers until you find one that works.— Kimmi

How To Install Scripts (CS:S autoexec.cfg guide by Kimmi)

The old CS:S autoexec.cfg tutorial that every regular remembers scrolling past

A short, plain tutorial thread posted in the Counter-Strike: Source > Scripts/Tools board by longtime staffer Kimmi, explaining the basic process of saving a script into an autoexec.cfg file for use in-game. It's a locked, single-post reference guide rather than a discussion, typical of the site's Scripts/Tools section where members shared CS:S configs. The page also carries the era's telltale clutter — an 'Anabolic Innovations' supplement giveaway ad and a stray 'hide hack is working now' note — giving it that classic late-2000s gaming forum atmosphere.

Enjoy— Kimmi

How to Make an Autoexec.cfg (by Kimmi)

The old-school CSS scripting 101: Kimmi's autoexec.cfg tutorial that every scripter on the forum probably read once.

A short, no-frills tutorial posted by senior moderator Kimmi explaining where to place and how to save a Counter-Strike: Source autoexec.cfg file so custom scripts would load properly. It's a classic piece of early cheat/scripting-scene housekeeping content, the kind of basic groundwork post that every CS:S tweaker needed before diving into fancier binds and scripts. The thread was locked, as was typical for reference/guide posts meant to stand as a static resource rather than a discussion.

You need an autoexec.cfg to get the best use of your scripts.— Kimmi

Predator Pain 4.x.x Keylogger/Stealer/Binder Kit [Free, UD]

The one where a 'fully undetected' keylogger kit got passed around for free — replies, page 2, please?

A Tool Setups thread advertising a cracked/leaked release of the 'Predator Pain' malware kit — a well-known real-world keylogger and info-stealer package bundled with a binder and encryption features, offered for free with claims of being undetected by antivirus. The thread ran to at least three pages, typical of the board's release-and-beg-for-replies culture in its Security & Hacking section. It captures the era's grey-market cheat/malware-sharing scene rather than any legitimate tool.

[UD]Predator Pain 4.x.x[Free V.][Binder][Stealers many][Keylogger][Encryption]New D/L

1276 vBulletin Mods/Hacks! (mega mod list dump)

One post, thirteen hundred vBulletin hacks — the ultimate copy-paste toolbox thread.

A single massive post by InzaneHacker dumping the titles of over a thousand vBulletin mods, hacks, and addons — everything from AJAX shoutboxes and arcade integrations to adsense tricks, anti-spam tools, and profile customizations. It reads less like a discussion and more like a directory/index someone compiled or scraped, likely meant as a resource list for forum admins tweaking their own vBulletin installs. Posted in the Red Light District's Scripts & Templates subforum, it's a snapshot of the mid-2000s vBulletin modding ecosystem that fed sites like fkn0wned itself.

Apple Support 'Box Method' Social Engineering Tutorial

The old Apple support 'box method' social engineering tutorial that ran three pages deep.

A tutorial thread posted in the Social Engineering subforum, walking members through a social engineering technique aimed at Apple support/accounts, framed as an 'easy box method.' The thread stretched across at least three pages, suggesting it got decent engagement or follow-up questions from other members. It sits within Fkn0wned's broader Tutorials section, alongside similar guides in the Security & Hacking / Social Engineering space typical of the forum's cheat-scene culture.

SE Apple iDevice - No Box No VCC

An old-school social engineering thread on how forum regulars tried to talk their way into free Apple gear.

This was a tutorial-style thread in the 'Social Engineering' subforum of Fkn0wned, focused on Apple iDevice scams that didn't require an original box or a virtual credit card (VCC). It reflects the site's broader 'cheat scene' culture, which mixed game hacking/cheats databases (CS 1.6, CoD, etc.) with sections on hacking, leeching, and social engineering tutorials. The thread sits deep in a long-running board (page 1 of 7), suggesting SE-for-freebies was a popular, recurring topic among members.

Huggies Prepaid Visa Method Thread

An old social-engineering thread on getting prepaid Visa cards under the Huggies brand — three pages of members chasing 'free money' schemes.

A tutorial-board thread in the Social Engineering subforum discussing a method involving Huggies-branded prepaid Visa cards, apparently some kind of promo/rebate exploit or scam technique popular in early-2010s cheat/carding-adjacent forum culture. The thread ran to at least three pages, suggesting decent member engagement and back-and-forth about whether the method worked. As with much of this board's content, it sits in the grey zone between 'social engineering tips' and outright scam tutorials that were common on sites like this.

How to Get a Free Game Server (COD2, COD4, CSS, WET)

The old thread that promised free CSS and COD4 servers to anyone willing to follow the steps.

A tutorial thread posted in the Gaming Tutorials section explaining how members could obtain free game servers for titles like COD2, COD4, Counter-Strike: Source, and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. It ran to at least 4 pages, suggesting decent community interest at the time, likely from players wanting to host their own servers without paying for hosting. Typical of the forum's tutorial culture, mixing gaming tips with the site's broader cheat/hack-database ecosystem.

CS/CS:S Strats Compilation - 28 Teams, Hundreds of Strats

A dusty compilation thread of old-school CS and CS:S team strats, buried in the Fkn0wned archive.

This page is a resource/tutorial post from the Fkn0wned forum listing strategy compilations for Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Source, apparently pulling together strats from 28 different competitive teams. The bulk of the captured content is actually forum navigation and category chrome (Database, Cheat & Hacks database, Gaming Market, Security & Hacking, etc.) rather than the strat content itself, giving a good sense of the site's broader structure as a cheat-scene and gaming community hub. It's a small artifact showing that the forum served legitimate competitive Counter-Strike content alongside its more infamous hacking/cheats sections.

Half-Life Source Code Leak Thread

Someone dropped the leaked Half-Life source in the Programming forum and it kept the thread alive for months

A Programming board thread on Fkn0wned.com where user [Kc]aC!d posted a download link (password-protected, per site convention) claiming to share Half-Life source code in C++. The thread limped along for a couple months with a handful of members bumping it with low-effort 'thanks' and 'nice' replies, plus a random newcomer 'Godmin' resurfacing it much later. Typical of the era's scene forums, it mixes casual code/leak sharing with the site's usual ad banners for its hack-selling storefront and IRC channel.

Bow chika wow WOW!— chooken

kool ty— ericsme123

oh magical hidden content!— Godmin

Snagit Keygen thread — classic hide-content-to-unlock necrobump

A five-page keygen thread that was really just a hundred noobs saying 'unhide' and 'thanks'

A long-running Programming subforum thread sharing a keygen for the screen-capture tool Snagit, originally posted by DeMeNt3d with a hidden reply-to-unlock component. By page 5 the thread had devolved into its natural late-life state: a stream of one-post-wonders and low-post noobs posting 'unhide', 'thanks', or 'muhahah' just to unlock the hidden content. It captures the classic fkn0wned dynamic of hide-content-behind-a-reply threads keeping old download threads alive years after the original post.

unhide what does that mean?— RedRumLoki

muhahah— ronald111

thanks ^^— pronob298

Fkn' Fake Login..

A member pitches building a fake-login credential stealer disguised as a 'wallhack' download — right in the Programming subforum.

In the Programming subforum, member Klud floats an early-stage project idea: a fake login screen meant to harvest whoever logs into it, dressed up with a bogus wallhack/aimbot to lure people into signing in. He shares a screenshot of just the login button and says the rest is unbuilt. Other members, including forum owner TuxifieD, press him on what exactly the tool is supposed to do and steal, with Klud clarifying he's aiming for passwords, keystrokes, and system info. A pretty typical slice of the site's 'cheat scene' underbelly — half bravado, half half-finished tinkering.

Basically it will be simular to a trojan, it will feed you the person who logged into the systems, computer, what they are running ect.— Klud

What exactly is this program meant to steal?— miLLer

Im hoping it will steal passwords, keystrokes, what computer there running, ect.— Klud

Visual Basic 6 rapidshare drop

A user named laptops dumped a Visual Basic 6 download link and 'beginner tut' — cue two full pages of one-word 'unhide' replies chasing hidden content.

This Programming subforum thread was a classic download-share post: member 'laptops' posted a rapidshare link to Visual Basic 6 along with a beginner tutorial, likely hidden behind spoiler/hide tags as was standard practice on the site. The rest of the thread is filled almost entirely with short 'unhide'/'thanks' replies from members trying to reveal the hidden content, stretching across at least two pages over several months (Aug 2007 to May 2008). It's less a technical discussion and more a snapshot of forum culture around gated downloads and low-effort bumping.

yay first person, unhide beotchh— Tripn

cool tnx— Tundergun

unhizzle— IxPKxALL

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express Bundle Share

irishash drops the free Visual Studio 2008 Express bundle for anyone tired of coding on VB6 and Studio 2003

In the Programming subforum, longtime member irishash shared a package of Microsoft's free Visual Studio 2008 Express tools (VB, Web Developer, C#, C++, and SQL Server Express) along with basic instructions for handling ISO downloads, promising tutorials to follow. The thread drew a steady trickle of low-effort 'thanks'/'unhide' replies from newer members over several months, plus a bit of pushback from MasterGamer1337 questioning how novel the free tools were. irishash clapped back noting most of the forum was still stuck on old Visual Studio 2003 and VB6, and mentioned he was busy working on something called the 'FkN Project.' A pretty ordinary but representative slice of the Tech & Security board's programming-help culture.

most people on this forum are still using Studio 2003 and VB6 etc— irishash

i will post some tutorials soon, but im currently working on the FkN Project— irishash

This is free and very well known. I dont post Linux here, too. Maybe i should...— MasterGamer1337

[VB] Hardware ID Anti-Leech — w0lf's coding release

A VB6 anti-leech system that sparked a mini-debate about whether hardware IDs even mean anything

Member w0lf shared a Visual Basic-coded 'Hardware ID Anti-Leech' system meant as a learning resource for programmers wanting to protect private applications from being leeched by unauthorized users. The thread got a warm reception with plenty of 'nice job' and 'unhide' replies over nearly a year of bumps, but also drew a sharp technical critique from veteran coder A-Nihilist and dismissive skepticism from MillerLite, who argued HWID spoofing made the whole approach pointless. A request for a C++ port surfaced but nothing ever came of it in this thread.

theres no point for this, because its just as easy to spoof hwids... just ask your friend what his is and spoof it to yours.— MillerLite

So, in order to use this particular method, one would first have to know the method at which the "Hardware Generator" was coded itself.— A-Nihilist

I wonder what hwid gen they used... wait doesnt even use hardware IDs.— moron

[TUT] Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional + More!

The old DreamSpark trick that got half the forum saying 'unhide' in unison

Shadow14l posted a guide explaining how members could legitimately obtain free license keys for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional, SQL Server 2008, XNA Game Studio, Windows Server 2008, and Visual Studio 2005 via Microsoft's DreamSpark student program. The actual steps were hidden behind a spoiler tag, which triggered a long, low-effort chorus of members replying 'unhide' hoping to see the content without needing to post. Shadow14l eventually linked a second, unhidden version of the thread with screenshots. The thread is a good snapshot of the forum's culture around software/license 'freebies' and the copy-paste reply spam typical of hidden-content tutorials.

I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS IS BUT I SAY UNIHIDE!— epictroll

mystikal unhide secrets LOLZ— Mihawk

SHOW ME THA MONEHHH— lulraep

Christ Script Pack for The Specialists (TS)

One member's grab-bag of movement and combat scripts for a niche HL1 mod, and the endless 'link is hidden, where hax' replies that followed.

In this Programming subforum thread from mid-2006, a member going by Christ (aka DigitalEDD) shared a personal pack of custom scripts for The Specialists (TS), a Half-Life mod, covering things like movement tricks, visual tweaks, and combat-related binds. The thread ran for months with a steady trickle of newbie replies thanking him, asking for setup help, or getting confused by the hidden-link anti-leech system and the CS/TS distinction. It's a small, low-drama slice of the era's scripting/scene culture — more community craft-sharing than controversy, with Christ patiently re-uploading fixes and fielding basic questions.

abra kadabra SCRIPT ME— youdontneed2know

hi i wont to hax but the link is hiden??? wat do i have to do???— nzs__best

This one is for TS, aka The Specialists, not CS, I have another pack for CS in this section.— Christ AKA DigitalEDD

[C#] Key-hooking and Mouse-hooking

A 2009 C# tutorial for building your own keylogger from scratch — 'don't want it to become detected' energy.

User CTSSTC posted a hidden C# code snippet/tutorial on global keyboard and mouse hooking, explicitly framed as educational material programmers could build into their own tools (with an obvious wink toward keylogging use). The thread devolved into the classic forum ritual of members posting 'unhide'/'thanks' just to reveal the hidden content, with almost no real programming discussion. Site regular Tr3Nx chimed in to note his site was being used to host the linked files against its intended purpose. Notable board fixtures like PopTart (Smod), Yunyun, DvS, and kubaxplx all dropped in just to grab the download.

Could make an undetected key logger.— CTSSTC

First post, unhide/— joshuar

lol this is really simple.— papanyquiL

Fkn WebBrowser [Pre-ALPHA]

A member tried to build fkn0wned its own custom browser — complete with an auto-unhide-topics feature

Member CTSSTC announced a personal C# side-project: a custom web browser built mainly as a GUI coding exercise, with planned forum-specific features like automatically unhiding hidden topics, a version-checker, and a fullscreen mode. The thread got a friendly, low-key reception typical of a hobby-project showcase — mostly one-word 'unhide' jokes/requests, encouragement, and a few offers of icon designs. CTSSTC paused development for a couple days for his birthday and gave a small progress update with a screenshot, but the thread trails off without any release, common for pre-alpha hobby projects on the forum.

Working on a web browser for here, it's mainly a gui challenge for me in C#— CTSSTC

Project put on delay for 1-2 days, it's my birthday today ; )— CTSSTC

unhide— joshuar

Dev-C++ Thread Turns Into 'Let's Form a Hack Coding Team'

A free IDE recommendation quietly turns into '...so who's forming the hack coding team?'

SteveUK shares a link to Dev-C++, a free open-source C/C++ IDE, sparking brief appreciation from regulars prefeK and KZA. The conversation drifts almost immediately from 'nice free tool' into talk of assembling a programming team to build a custom hack, with d00kStErR and KZA bantering about avoiding a 'pub' (public) release. It ends with newer members Frosting and Fr0Gs showing up asking to be handed ready-made game-hacking code, the classic noob-request energy that closed out a lot of these old programming threads.

We gotta get some programming team together, make some crazy hack ;).— d00kStErR

Yea a FKNOWNED pub hack sounds good.— KZA

I Love This Can Someone Post A Little ESP Source Code Hack For CounterStrike Source Thanks :D— Fr0Gs

[JS, VB] Source Code Collection by mongoklomp

140MB of JavaScript and VB source dumped in one file — the thread that kept giving 'thx' for months

In this Programming subforum thread from May 2009, user mongoklomp shared a 140MB RAR archive claiming to contain thousands of JavaScript and Visual Basic source code snippets, hosted on Depositfiles. The thread itself carried little discussion of the code's contents or quality — it mostly filled up with drive-by 'thanks', 'unhide', and one-word replies from members over several months as people bumped it to reveal the hidden download link. It's a fairly ordinary resource-sharing thread typical of the era's 'hide/unhide' download culture rather than a hub of technical debate.

thx man u helpin me lern— noobsarenew

FknBr0swer unhide— CTSSTC

undehideit!— pl0xy

Hook DirectX (Wallhack/Chams) in C#

A guy claims he coded aimbots in C#, a year later someone finally calls BS

A member calling himself d1gitalSLR asked in mid-2008 whether it was possible to hook DirectX for a wallhack/chams effect using C# instead of C++, claiming he'd already built aimbots in C#. The thread went quiet for over a year before other coders piled in, culminating in a September 2009 reply flatly debunking the original claim by explaining .NET can't do native code injection without a C/C++/ASM wrapper. It ends with a 'nice gravedig' jab and the topic getting locked — a small, dry snapshot of the forum's Programming subforum and its low tolerance for unfounded coding claims.

did you really create your own hax in c# :) ?— Rock

No, you didn't code any hack in C#. The .NET framework doesn't allow native code injection into a process.— papanyquiL

Nice gravedig... -.-— Spaz

How to Mass-Open Email Clients (mailto: Prank Thread)

A guy wants to prank-bomb his friends with a hundred email windows — the crew argues PHP vs JS vs plain HTML to make it happen.

ImmortalMadness remembers a friend's old prank site that spammed visitors with a flood of email client windows and asks the Programming subforum how to recreate it. What follows is a low-stakes, good-natured troubleshooting thread: admin ap3x tries a PHP redirect loop that just throws a parse error, security crew member t0pP8uZz offers a working JavaScript loop using window.open on mailto links, and lam3r chimes in with the plain-HTML mailto anchor tag answer — which gets gently ribbed by ap3x for being 'lame' compared to the loop version. It's a small, quintessential slice of forum life: a silly nostalgia-driven prank request turned into a mini code-golf debate among regulars.

It was a lot of fun sending the link to friends. Does anyone have this code?— ImmortalMadness

Kinda lame compared to what was posted before.— ap3x

How so? He asked for it in HTML, and I gave it in HTML...— lam3r

[PHP] SQL Query => HTML Table

A Smod drops a plug-and-play PHP snippet, gets a polite security check from the resident Security Crew.

In the Programming subforum under Tech & Security, forum staffer ap3x shared a small PHP helper function that ran a MySQL query and rendered the results as a styled HTML table, complete with alternating row colors and a result-count footer. It's a classic early-2010s forum-programming post: a reusable code snippet shared for the community's benefit. inSpired, from the Security Crew, chimed in with a friendly reminder about SQL injection risks, and lulraep dropped a quick compliment on the code before the thread went quiet.

This is a function that will take the specified SQL Query and output it to an HTML table for you. It does all the heavy lifing! (^.^/)— ap3x

Might want to add filtering to the query - SQL injection is still one of the biggest threats to website security.— inSpired

nice code though :)— lulraep

[CSS] 3 Shot Burst Script by Hatred!

Hatred! drops a burst-fire CSS script, everyone just wants the hidden code unhidden

A quick Programming-subforum post from Hatred! sharing a homemade Counter-Strike: Source burst-fire script, tucked behind a [hide] tag so replies were required to reveal it. The thread devolved into the classic forum ritual of members posting 'unhide' just to unlock the content, alongside a few genuine questions about how it worked, where to place it, and whether scripting risked a VAC ban. h4voCK chimes in to clarify scripts wouldn't get you VAC banned but were banned in tournaments, giving the thread its one substantive exchange.

unhide pls (hehe trick :D)— macman507

There is literally no chance of a VAC ban from scripts. They're not allowed in tournaments however.— h4voCK

fail— addem1234

[BAT] System32 virus written by CandleJack

A one-line batch script promising to nuke your Windows install — and half the thread just wanted the spoiler tag unlocked to see it.

In the Tech & Security > Programming section, member CandleJack posted a batch-file script (hidden behind a spoiler/hide tag) that wiped the system drive and forced a reboot, framed with an emphatic 'educational purposes only' disclaimer. The replies are mostly low-effort curiosity: people just wanted to unhide the code, say thanks, or react with disbelief, with barely any real technical discussion. One reply from sgt_white offered an actual critique, noting the full-drive wipe would take too long and suggesting targeting specific files instead. It's a small, dated snapshot of forum-era 'edgy script' culture — more bravado and clout than genuine malware development.

I MADE THIS TOPIC FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. I HAVE NO INTENT OF HARMING ANYONE'S COMPUTER FROM THE TECHNIQUE HEREIN.— CandleJack

That would take forever to erase. So you need to target a few files instead of the whole damn system root. haha, Good luck— sgt_white

OMG IM GONNA DIE— Keke10000

Fkn WebBroser [BETA] — homemade browser project by CTSSTC

A forum member built his own web browser from scratch and dropped it in Programming for the community to poke at

CTSSTC, a regular member, shared a beta build of a custom-made web browser he called the 'Fkn WebBroser', complete with a hidden download link and screenshot. The thread is a classic low-key show-off/feedback post: a handful of members hop in with quick 'unhide' requests and one-line reactions, while joshuaxoxo gives actual constructive criticism about the clunky Paint-like GUI compared to Firefox. It's a small, friendly slice of the site's Programming subforum — more amateur hobby project than serious software release, with the usual mix of banned members, VIPs, and mods dropping by to say 'nice' or 'meh'.

unhide EDIT, u need to work on gfx man, it doesnt blend at all and the interface looks like it was made in paint... look at programs like firefox how the blend and very neat and organised. But welldone so far.— joshuaxoxo

I knowz you lie, but at least you tried lol— CTSSTC

The alpha thread looked promising, hope it's top-notch!— xXHeistXx

[Tut]No Flash[Materials] — Sasuke2525's CS:S flash-block tutorial

13 pages of 'unhide' just to dodge flashbangs in CS:S

A 2009 Counter-Strike: Source tutorial thread posted by Sasuke2525 in the Scripts/Tools subforum, sharing a 'no flash' materials tweak that dimmed the blinding effect of flashbangs (framed as harmless cosmetic material edits rather than a bannable hack). The hidden-content mechanic meant the actual files were locked behind replies, so the thread quickly filled with dozens of members posting 'unhide' just to unlock it — a classic reply-to-unlock ritual typical of this era's tool-sharing threads. Little real discussion happened beyond a quick ban-risk question, some skepticism, and a wave of one-word bumps from regulars.

No they are just materials. Like skins.— Sasuke2525

can this get you ban? (sorry for the noob answer noob to hacking)— FknTheMan

unhide , i hate flash xD— sto0ka

2 Names Exploit (CS:S Scripting)

Talk in yellow 'console' text while your scoreboard name stays normal — a little CS:S name trick from December 2009.

A short Counter-Strike: Source scripting thread from late 2009 where user darksoul32 posted a client-side script/alias trick that made chat text appear as if it came from the server console (yellow text) while the scoreboard name stayed unchanged. Reception was mixed — one user (strideowns) couldn't get it working and got a curt reply from darksoul32, while subzer00 chimed in with simplified setup steps and Filip520 confirmed it worked but not on every server.

If you cant even get that simple of a script to work dont even bother looking in the scripting section.— darksoul32

dude icant get any of ur shit to work dude wow....— strideowns

This works, but not on all servers.— Filip520

CS:S ManiAdminPlugin v2 Remote Crash Exploit

A remote server-crash exploit for CS:S's ManiAdmin plugin drops, and the thread instantly floods with 'unhide' pleas

User fafafafa posted a release for a remote crash exploit targeting the ManiAdminPlugin v2 admin mod for Counter-Strike: Source, dated 2009-04-22, with the content locked behind a reply-to-unlock wall. True to fkn0wned form, the replies are almost entirely low-effort 'unhide' and 'thanks' posts from members farming access to the hidden download, with only a couple of people actually asking how the exploit worked. It's a classic snapshot of the Scripts/Tools subforum grind: someone drops a tool, dozens pile on for the unlock, nobody really discusses the technical details.

plz, dont post stupid questions how to use shit....— fafafafa

how is it remote?— jab2000

For real?— Bulle7

Web_Rcon + Listbuilder: CS:S Server Admin Toolkit

A web-based RCON panel for CS:S servers, a maplist-builder tool, and a wall of 'unhide' replies farming hidden content — peak forum culture right there.

SNK, a Database Admin on the fkn0wned forum, posted a toolkit for Counter-Strike: Source server admins in the Scripts/Tools subforum: a browser-based RCON frontend called Web_Rcon (with a couple of tracked security updates from March 2009) and a small FTP-based utility called Listbuilder for generating maplist/soundlist files, plus a mention of 'PCW-AntiCheat'. The actual downloads were hidden behind reply-to-unlock, so most of the thread is filler replies just saying 'unhide' or similar low-effort bumps to unlock the content over several months (Oct 2009–Apr 2010). A couple of forum staff (ap3x, NIX) chime in with genuine interest, including NIX wanting to set it up for his 'war server'.

Now this is usefull SNK I wanna set up that web rcon thingy for my war server :D— NIX

ready for updates— ap3x

dzfhzxfdhzxgchzdgfh— Minipimp

Windows XP 'Gamer 4' tweaked build release thread

A stripped-down, 'tweaked' Windows XP build promising double the FPS in Doom 3 — the classic 2007 gamer-optimization download thread.

A Supervisor member named DCLXVI posted a download for a modified Windows XP build ('Gamer 4') marketed as a lightweight, performance-tuned OS with fewer background processes, tweaked registry settings, and claims of doubled frame rates in games like Doom 3. The thread runs typical of the Software subforum in Red Light District: a wall of one-line 'thanks'/'unhide' replies from members looking to access the hidden download link, with a couple of complaints later on that the links had stopped working. It captures the era's fascination with miracle system tweaks and 'debloated' Windows builds circulating on cheat/gaming forums.

Proven technology which can double the frames per second rate in games such as id Software's DOOM 3 and similar shooters.— DCLXVI

good shit but i still like tinyxp— hax3d

Bleh the links are not workin— Tenz

Windows Vista ULTIMATE, Permanently Activated

A six-page Vista activation thread that ran for months and just kept dragging in "nub" newcomers

This was a long-running (6-page) thread in the Red Light District > Software section offering a way to permanently activate Windows Vista Ultimate, and this page captures the tail end of it running from late December 2007 into January 2008. Most posts are drive-by one-liners from members thanking the OP, reporting success ('unhide', 'sweeeeet', 'F***EN NICE'), or confusion from newer members who couldn't figure out how to use it. A staff member ('typeusernamehere') even chimes in, showing the thread had reach beyond regular members. It's a pretty typical snapshot of the site's software/warez subculture — low-effort bump culture around a popular crack thread.

Boo Microsoft! Yay cracking!— ayah

umm im a nub and i dont know how to open this.. -.-— pn0ykid

F***EN NICE— zombbomb96

Adobe CS5 Master Collection Login/Keygen Dump

The thread every broke design student on fkn0wned bookmarked: a full Adobe CS5 suite dump with login, keygen, and instructions.

Posted by VIP member duckbutta in March 2011, this thread dropped access details, a keygen, and install instructions for the entire Adobe CS5 lineup — Design Premium, Master Collection, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, Lightroom 3, and Photoshop Elements 9. It quickly became a low-effort 'thanks/ty' bump-fest typical of the Red Light District's Software subforum, with dozens of members replying just to unlock the hidden content. One user later reported the activation kept reverting and asked for help, but no fix appears on this page.

Fucking dope thanks man, now I can make myself look skinnier.— SchnookieKin

Damn why didnt I come across this few weeks ago ? +rep— Anthrax

every time I open up an installed adobe program it comes up with a window saying that the serial key seems to be incorrect— anthonyz20