How to virus in Warcraft III

[Sevion]

I don't Batch, but what about this: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/1906...le_current_user_account_finding_current_user/

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

People should stop suggesting using variables like %USERNAME% or something, the fact I've found is WC3 will only save to a literal path, so for my exact trick to work, there must be an exact, literal path where the OS will look and run things from on start. This means either the Startup folder in the start menu for Windows XP, or something like C:\autoexec.bat (which would be a brutal example if you use it, so I didn't). The operating system should be irrelevant, as long as there is somewhere to write to that gets run on startup..

 

[cano]

People should stop suggesting using variables like %USERNAME% or something

I only suggested using it inside *.vbs file which is obviously viable. Accname and DioD don't seem to get that.

 

[Sevion]

Sorry. I didn't read through the entire thread

 

[Accname]

I only suggested using it inside *.vbs file which is obviously viable. Accname and DioD don't seem to get that.

and i think you dont get what i mean, in fact i think we both are talking about absolutely different things. what you are talking might be nice and good but it is not relevant to what i said at all, at least not for me.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

Does anybody know if Blizzard has released a fix for this when playing online? Logging onto battle.net still doesn't bring up a patch, for me. Did they do a no-download fix like for the bytecode stuff initally, or anything..? :thdown:

 

[DioD]

they wont make patch just to fix this before someone started virus attacks with maps.

soo i suggest to start massive virus attacks on random bnet users to speed up patch production.

 

[Bribe]

Blizzard will likely never patch the game again, let alone a worthwhile patch.

 

[DioD]

they patch sc1 after 10 years, soo we still have a chance.

 

[Bribe]

I had a 5 minute wait time for solo last time I was on battle.net, on Northrend, which used to take 30 seconds as the displayed time; but really took 0.30 seconds... before sc2 came out. blizzard will likely never patch the game again, let alone a worthwhile patch.

 

[Jedi]

They would probably remove preload natives with new patch

 

[DioD]

blizard propably love to remove things.

hashtables + returnbug much more better then hashtables only.

 

[Laiev]

They would probably remove preload natives with new patch

so they will need a new preload way

 

[trigger_newb]

my 'friend' owns an internet cafe and he said half his computers got infected from viruses caused by playing warcraft 3 LOL; i wonder if this has anything to do with it...

 

[Darthfett]

Does anybody know if Blizzard has released a fix for this when playing online? Logging onto battle.net still doesn't bring up a patch, for me. Did they do a no-download fix like for the bytecode stuff initally, or anything..? :thdown:

I've heard nothing, but then again it took them a few months to patch the last security hole you uncovered.

 

[Jesus4Lyf]

my 'friend' owns an internet cafe and he said half his computers got infected from viruses caused by playing warcraft 3 LOL; i wonder if this has anything to do with it...

I would not be surprised. Especially if they are running Windows XP.

it took them a few months to patch the last security hole you uncovered.

I actually find this really disturbing, that my bug report would go vastly ignored for this long, when it's already posted in a fully working format to the public. :thdown:

 

[Darthfett]

I actually find this really disturbing, that my bug report would go vastly ignored for this long, when it's already posted in a fully working format to the public. :thdown:

Sure, it's disturbing, but Blizzard doesn't even update the game anymore.

They have to take people off of other jobs to fix it. They would have to get a new intimate feeling with the code, and then create a solution that will try to patch everything, without breaking anything.

Good work takes time, and the last patch they merely had to disable the return bug, and add some type checks under wrapper functions.

 

[Bribe]

my 'friend' owns an internet cafe and he said half his computers got infected from viruses caused by playing warcraft 3 LOL; i wonder if this has anything to do with it...

I fantastically doubt they are playing WarCraft III. 300% likely they are World of WarCraft zombies.

 

[BlackRose]

I fantastically doubt they are playing WarCraft III. 300% likely they are World of WarCraft zombies.

I notice a lot of people playing Warcraft III in an Internet cafe, majority is DotA, but a few other maps are played .__.

 

[Moogle]

i think you dont really get what i was talking about.
if this is supposed to be a kind of "virus" then it shouldnt be my task to make it fit my computer. most probably someone else would make that virus map and try to spread it over the internet, for example to me. and hence he doesnt know on which harddrive windows is installed for me he wouldnt change C to D only to hit me you know? he doesnt think, "hmmm Accname doesnt have windows on C but on D, i should change the map shortly before he downloads and plays it to kick his ass" and i most probably wouldnt try to virus my own computer either.

of course, if what DioD said works then it isnt neccassary at all.

He doesn't have to know what hard drive letter you use. There are things you can do inside the script that make it work on your main drive: instead of putting D, for example, he can put %systemdrive% or something and it will work. You're hardly safe.