 Articles Archive
About the Articles Archive
All of these articles have been written by members of the AOL underground for
this site or have given us permission to post their work here. All of the information
is accurate to the best of our knowledge. However, if you notice an error in any of the
articles please contact the webmaster and
let us know.
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you want to get your reputation started then this is a good way to do it.
Status of the Exploits
Understand that all of the screen name exploits as well as the other major exploits
and loop holes are inactive unless otherwise stated. All of these are intended to
teach you about AOL's flaws and past exploits.
by Tau
How AIM names are being stolen by a loophole in the AOL 2.7 client on Macintosh systems and Hypah's action with it.
by BMB
The greatest AIM exploit that there has every been discovered by BMB for use on PCs. In this article he lays out step by
step how to make indented screen names and how to steal any AIM screen name.
by Tau
Also called the r2k exploit, this exploit allowed regular AOL members to make screen names with restricted
strings in them like Host, Guide, AOL, etc. This was done via a flaw in free.aol.com.
by Tau
Hours after AOL added a new feature to its screen name creation process that allowed users to choose words to assemble a screen name, a new exploit
was discovered that allowed users to make screen names with restricted strings after the 10th character of a screen name.
by Rogers
Changing your IP address allowed the creation of unlimited AIMs in one day; only two are allowed.
by Tau
Deleting a screen name then switching to it before it was deleted from the system allowed you to be on a dead, aka ded, screen name.
by Dracs
Information regarding AOL's screen name functions.
by BMB
A list of words that cannot be included in a screen name.
by Tau
How to add spaces and capitalization to your AOL and AIM screen names using AIM's Format Screen Name feature.
by The Knight
Information on the Screen Name Process 1995.
by The Knight
Information about restricted screen names such as releasing screen names, who releases screen names, the screen name systen, etc.
Forum Names and the screen name prefixes associated with them.
by The Knight
This article explains how one and two character screen names have been created in the past.
by Rob
How screen names with AO1 and TO5, both restricted prefixes, were made.
by Tau
How to add color and style to profiles by inserting HTML tags.
by Tau
Simple roll dice command as well as more complicated forms of it.
by Tau
How to stay in a chat room up to 20 minutes after signing offline.
by Tau
Sending a specific FDO stream would create an OnlineHost error in the chat room.
by Rob
Adding a specific string before the URL in a link would produce an "On AOL Only" subtitle to links.
by Rob
Entering restriced named rooms
by Tau
An AOL staff page required the user to put in his or her screen name and pin. A cracker was made and CL pin numbers were being cracked.
by Tau
Sending a series of tokens invoked a form with random Quick Checkout member's account information.
by Tau
The OnlineHost's name could be changed by hex editing AOL 2.5's chat.aol file.
by Tau
How to sign on more than one screen name by opening two AOL clients.
by Tau
Edit the screen names on AOL's sign on screen by editing the main.idx file.
Information about loading an AOL tool more than once.
by Tau
Craig's discovered that by editing the URL of the AOL Mail page he could send mail from any screen name...
by Lummox
Lummox explains the uses of TOD files as well as how to program your own.
by Tau
An explanation of what account numbers are and how you can get yours.
by Rob
The main AOL site for germany was hacked monday morning (02/26/01)...
by Tau
BMB edited over 100 keywords from a compromised internal account Friday (02/23/01)...
by Tau
Learn how to convert base 10 numbers that you are familiar with into base 2 (binary) numbers which consist
of 0's and 1's.
by Tau
Learn how to convert from base 10 numbers into any base.
Examine Object Information Example
by Tau
Tau's old opinions of how to act and behave properly on AOL. His ideas have changed since this article was written.
by Tau
Viowatch e-mailed Digital City CL's telling them that they have been fired. They believed him...
by Tau
Fafalone's chat log with an AOL Tech regarding AOL issues.
by Duckers55
One member's tale of his encounter with America Online.
A list of all of AOL's class names with picture examples and descriptions.
by Tau
by Tau
by Tau
by Tau
by Tau
by Tau
A list of all of AOL's class names with picture examples and descriptions.
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