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Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by n0obie4life on 08-05-2007 at 02:31 AM
code:
// list based on http://trac.adiumx.com/wiki/MSNCensorship
// urlencode chart = http://i-technica.com/whitestuff/urlencodechart.html
function OnEvent_ChatWndSendMessage(ChatWindow, Message)
{
Message = Message.replace(/\.\info/gi, "%2einfo");
Message = Message.replace(/profile\.php\?/gi, "profile%2ephp?");
Message = Message.replace(/download\.php\?/gi, "download%2ephp?");
Message = Message.replace(/gallery\.php/gi, "gallery%2ephp");
Message = Message.replace(/pics\.php/gi, "pics%2ephp");
Message = Message.replace(/ListAllTopics\.php/gi, "ListAllTopics%2ephp");
return Message;
}
Just create a new script..yaah..
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by markee on 08-05-2007 at 04:11 AM
Don't you realise there is a reason behind Microsoft putting such measures into practice? The whole idea is to limit the possibility of viruses being spread between people over messenger whereas people like you who are trying to bypass these slightly impeding constraints are just opening up problems for a whole lot of people again.
I ask that people do not make any more of these scripts as I feel they are AS BAD as the people who make the viruses because they are allowing it to go on.
I'm sorry, this is not solely directed at you but anyone else who decides to create such a script in the future as well, they should realise the consequences of their actions.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by prashker on 08-05-2007 at 05:21 AM
TinyUrl script fixes all this 
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quote:
Originally posted by matty
Eljay's reply to [Request] TinyURL Script
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by -dt- on 08-05-2007 at 06:53 AM
quote:thats just stupid, take a look at what they are blocking "download.php", "gallery.php" those things are so general, tones of normal people could send legit links containing those and not even get a message saying "sorry this has been blocked" its just insanely stupid
Originally posted by markee
I ask that people do not make any more of these scripts as I feel they are AS BAD as the people who make the viruses because they are allowing it to go on.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by markee on 08-05-2007 at 12:24 PM
quote:Well in that case then the likes of a script to create those warnings would be a better option. And this would also make things more noticeable for someone to realise they have been infected by a virus.
Originally posted by -dt-
quote:thats just stupid, take a look at what they are blocking "download.php", "gallery.php" those things are so general, tones of normal people could send legit links containing those and not even get a message saying "sorry this has been blocked" its just insanely stupid
Originally posted by markee
I ask that people do not make any more of these scripts as I feel they are AS BAD as the people who make the viruses because they are allowing it to go on.
There are many ways to fixing problems, sometimes you just have to steer clear of the simple solution and find one that is the best for the situation.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by brian on 08-05-2007 at 12:30 PM
quote:
Originally posted by markee
Well in that case then the likes of a script to create those warnings would be a better option. And this would also make things more noticeable for someone to realise they have been infected by a virus.
There are many ways to fixing problems, sometimes you just have to steer clear of the simple solution and find one that is the best for the situation.
What's the chances that gallery.php is something legit? What's the chances that gallery.php is a malicious script?
First one is much higher.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by ShawnZ on 08-05-2007 at 12:35 PM
markee: you'd have to be an idiot to approve of ANY sort of url censorship so draconian. this is even AFTER they've added UAC and windows defender to vista, and secure mode to internet explorer (which is now supposedly even more secure than firefox and opera.)
besides, even if they're *attempting* to fix the problem, it's fruitless. tinyurl takes <3 seconds, and allows virii writers to completely evade the entire issue while LEGIT urls (and there are a lot of them) are being blocked.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by markee on 08-05-2007 at 12:42 PM
quote:It still doesn't matter, the precaution was put in there for a reason and we should not enable it to be bypassed easily, it is a moral duty to make sure we hinder viruses and the likes as much as we possibly can.
Originally posted by brian
quote:
Originally posted by markee
Well in that case then the likes of a script to create those warnings would be a better option. And this would also make things more noticeable for someone to realise they have been infected by a virus.
There are many ways to fixing problems, sometimes you just have to steer clear of the simple solution and find one that is the best for the situation.
What's the chances that gallery.php is something legit? What's the chances that gallery.php is a malicious script?
First one is much higher.
We now have many more security checks at airports and the likes because of terrorism and we have learnt to live and accept it as it has the possibility of saving lives, however minute the chances of dying from a terrorist attack are. As users of the internet we are far more prone to virus attacks, trojan horses, spyware, etc, etc, etc and you aren't willing to have a far minor inconvenience of a pop-up warning and having to modify your message slightly just so we can help stop some of these more common attacks? I do realise that the consequences are far different, but that is not the point, the point is that we should try and limit the harm to everyone. People are still falling for the Nigerian email scams even though they are over a decade old, so how vulnerable are people in general to new attacks? You also have to remember that IM is starting to be used more by people who aren't familiar at all to computers as well (the young and the elderly for example) who are very likely to fall victim to such things. Although gallery.php viruses might be very uncommon, I highly suspect that they are far more likely to occur than the likes of a terrorist attack. Just think about others not just yourself, you might have the skills to recognise when a link isn't trust worthy and you might be able to fix it yourself with ease, but other people aren't as fortunate and we should respect that and make sure we help them by not allowing such bypasses of security systems.
quote:Well it will still stop any current ones rather than just making an EXTREMELY easy method of opening it all back up again. It means that the virus makers have to get another version out and then when it happens we can notify the likes of the people from tinyURL or whatever and get them to remove the link as well as report the person to their ISP as they will have the IP address that was used.
Originally posted by ShawnZ
markee: you'd have to be an idiot to approve of ANY sort of url censorship so draconian. this is even AFTER they've added UAC and windows defender to vista, and secure mode to internet explorer (which is now supposedly even more secure than firefox and opera.)
besides, even if they're *attempting* to fix the problem, it's fruitless. tinyurl takes <3 seconds, and allows virii writers to completely evade the entire issue while LEGIT urls (and there are a lot of them) are being blocked.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by foaly on 08-05-2007 at 12:59 PM
quote:I haven't terrorism can't be stopped...
Originally posted by markee
We now have many more security checks at airports and the likes because of terrorism and we have learnt to live and accept it as it has the possibility of saving lives
but Markee your point about less experienced computer users isn't valid because off the fact that they have to "make" the script them selfs thus having to have some technical knowledge off computers...
The security checks WLM makes are stupid... you cant even send Msgplus.Scriptpath (it contains .src boohoo)
And the workarounds for virus makers is so much easier then this work around (just use somethingelse.php or just an ip address.)
So I really don't see the problem... about this script...
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by ShawnZ on 08-05-2007 at 01:08 PM
quote:
Originally posted by markee
Well it will still stop any current ones rather than just making an EXTREMELY easy method of opening it all back up again. It means that the virus makers have to get another version out and then when it happens we can notify the likes of the people from tinyURL or whatever and get them to remove the link as well as report the person to their ISP as they will have the IP address that was used.
do you know how long it takes to compile and distribute a new version of a virus? considering every virus these days is typically a botnet client, all the author would have to do is type ".download newpath" or related. you're really not making any point at all.
lets ban markee, because there's a one in a million chance that his msghelp.net account will be compromised some time in the future and have a virii writer post a link to a virus on the forums. in another one in a million chance one or two people might actually run it and be infected.
preemptive censorship owns
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by markee on 08-05-2007 at 01:46 PM
quote:Firat of all that makes no sense because anyone can join the forums, it is not like it is invite only. Secondly, it is FAR more likely that a virus will get linked to you than one in a million I do believe. I know for a fact that I have had my friends get infected by at least 4 different attacks through messenger this year alone (and we are only just in August remember). I'm not saying that all .info domains have viruses but the reasoning behind censoring them in the beginning was clear and well thought IMHO, however I do believe there should be some kind of alert to the message not being sent rather than just making a method to bypass the security feature. By making and distributing scripts (even just the code) we are opening up a lot of potential problems, maybe we have shown that the security system that the Messenger team has put into place has loop-holes, but we should report it rather than exploit it.
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by markee
Well it will still stop any current ones rather than just making an EXTREMELY easy method of opening it all back up again. It means that the virus makers have to get another version out and then when it happens we can notify the likes of the people from tinyURL or whatever and get them to remove the link as well as report the person to their ISP as they will have the IP address that was used.
do you know how long it takes to compile and distribute a new version of a virus? considering every virus these days is typically a botnet client, all the author would have to do is type ".download newpath" or related. you're really not making any point at all.
lets ban markee, because there's a one in a million chance that his msghelp.net account will be compromised some time in the future and have a virii writer post a link to a virus on the forums. in another one in a million chance one or two people might actually run it and be infected.
preemptive censorship owns
I do realise that links from friends aren't normally harmful, but if we have sufficient warning about it and work around them in safe ways then it should all be fine and make the little bit of extra effort worth it.
I do realise it is more convenient not to have these security measures, but isn't it more convenient to just use through stuff into the normal, general waste rather than recycling, or take a car rather than walking to the corner store for the milk and paper? These are just some of the things that we are realising we should do in the way of sacrifices so that everyone can enjoy their time, now and in the future.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by ShawnZ on 08-05-2007 at 01:50 PM
"I'm not saying that all .info domains have viruses"
"the reasoning behind censoring them in the beginning was clear and well thought IMHO"
cheers to contradiction
![[Image: go_you.gif]](http://shoutbox.menthix.net/images/go_you.gif)
edit: and i'm not even getting IN to how fucking awful that third paragraph is. THEY'RE PAID DEVELOPERS. your metaphor was absolutely useless.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by Deco on 08-05-2007 at 04:45 PM
Hey guys
If you need to argue this bad I think you guys should do it on private messages.
My take is that if someone asks for a script to avoid a feature...this is the right place to ask for it. Or to show his/her work in a script.
Other than that our moral judgements even though could be very interesting are most certainly out of place.
Just my two cents.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by ShawnZ on 08-05-2007 at 04:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Deco
Hey guys
If you need to argue this bad I think you guys should do it on private messages.
My take is that if someone asks for a script to avoid a feature...this is the right place to ask for it. Or to show his/her work in a script.
Other than that our moral judgements even though could be very interesting are most certainly out of place.
Just my two cents.
pot, kettle.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by Spunky on 08-06-2007 at 11:49 AM
I think if people are worried about it bypassing "security measures", the script should be changed so that it alerts users that the messages hasn't been sent rather than sending the original message.
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by Steel Froggy on 08-07-2007 at 04:23 AM
Ok,
So do both sides need to have the script installed?
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by ShawnZ on 08-07-2007 at 06:37 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Steel Froggy
Ok,
So do both sides need to have the script installed?
no, read the code
RE: Bypass Censorship [SCRIPT] by Steel Froggy on 08-07-2007 at 06:39 AM
EDIT:
NVM. I'm a moron.