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95 lines
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HACKING THE WAL-MART ARMORGUARD
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COMPUTER PROTECTION SYSTEM.
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***NOTE***
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To use this, you must have a system disk (i.e. a disk that has been
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formatted using [format a: /s]) in 3.5" format under Windows 95, because that
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is what they sell all of their computers with.
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***NOTE***
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In this file, instructions to be input into the computer are surrounded
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by [ and ]. Keys are surrounded by < and >. So if I say "hit [<CTRL>-<F1>] I
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mean to hold down the control button and hit F1.
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The armorguard is a program that prevents you from writing to the
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directories, changing the attributes of files, and deleting files. It
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basically prevents you from doing anything cool.
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The first thing to do is to go into Wal-Mart. Now, go to the
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computer section and turn off the screen saver. Shut down as many apps as
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you can with the [<CTRL>-<ALT>-<DEL>] and then choosing a program and
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hitting enter. You cannot simply do this to the ArmorGuard program.
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The next thing to do is to go to the DOS PROMPT. Most Wal-Marts
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take the mouse ball out of all of the display mice to make it harder to
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control the system. If you are adept at putting your finger inside the mouse
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and controlling it that way, fine. Otherwise, just hit [<CTRL>-<ALT>-<ESC>].
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This activates the start menu. Select "Programs", hit enter, then go down to
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near the bottom of the "Programs" menu and select "MS-DOS PROMPT". Hit enter.
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Now you are in a DOS window and in the C:\Windows directory. Hit
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[cd..] and then hit [fdisk /mbr], which restores the master boot record,
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preventing the password prompt from coming up when you reset the computer.
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Now just hit [<CTRL>-<ALT>-<DEL>] twice (once gets you to task manager,
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twice reboots) and wait. When you see
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Starting Windows 95...
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on the screen, hit [<F8>] really fast just once, then choose "Verify
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each step" (or something to that effect), usually choice number 4. It will
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give you an A: prompt and say "Please give the path of your command interpreter,
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i.e. C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM". At this point, put the system disk you have
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made in the drive and hit [A:\COMMAND.COM]. Say "Yes" to everything except
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the following:
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Log this bootup? (Bootlog.txt)? (y/n)
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C:\armguard.exe? (y/n)
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(***OR ANYTHING ELSE STARTING WITH "C:\ARM", LIKE "C:\ARMOR",
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for instance.)
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If you have done this right, ARMGUARD SHOULDN'T COME UP AT ALL. If
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it does, hit "command prompt only" instead of "Verify each step" and then
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specify C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT and C:\CONFIG.SYS if it asks for the configuration
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and the startup file. (IN THE OPPOSITE ORDER. CONFIG.SYS IS THE CONFIG FILE,
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AUTOEXEC.BAT IS THE STARTUP FILE.) Then immediately hit [<F4>] and it will
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give you step-by-step confirmation for each item. See above for the ones
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to say no to. Then you want to hit
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[C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EDIT.COM C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI]
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and the DOS edit program will come up. Choose "Search" and hit "Find" and
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then tell it to find ARM and make sure it's NOT on match whole word only.
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Delete any line with ARM in it that looks like a part of ArmorGuard. This
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should prevent it from coming up on Windows.
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*******IF NONE OF THIS WORKS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE READ-ONLY AND ARCHIVE
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ATTRIBUTES OFF OF THE WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, AUTOEXEC.BAT, AND CONFIG.SYS FILES
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BY HITTING [ATTRIB -A -R (c:\WHATEVERFILE.YOUWANTTODOTHISTO)]
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*******I'D ALSO RECOMMEND EDITING THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE TO PREVENT ARMGUARD
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FROM EVER COMING UP AGAIN.
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****************THINGS TO DO AFTER HACKING ARMORGUARD***********
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Hmmm....
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USE YOUR IMAGINATION!
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Think of this: Hit "shut down in MS-DOS mode" or start up in MS-DOS mode,
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put your boot disk in drive a: and hit the following commands
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[A:]
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[FORMAT C:]
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and then confirm this. You have just started the permanent erasing of
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EVERYTHING on the hard drive. You can also do some other cool stuff with
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it too, just basically IF YOU WOULD DO IT TO SOMEONE YOU HATE, DO IT TO
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WAL-MART. Personally, I'd think that INSTEAD OF ERASING THE HARD DRIVE, I'D
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WRITE A VIRUS AND PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER. THAT WOULD REALLY BE MORE FUN.
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JUST STORE IT ON A FLOPPY AND COPY IT.
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HAVE FUN, DON'T GET CAUGHT.
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SINCERELY,
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KwAnTAM_PoZeEtrON |