AOL4Free
Discovered By:
Happy Hardcore
Date:
Spring 1995
Patched:
n/a
AOL4Free was actually a Mac program that modified the AOL client to send
the free area token repeatedly and at different intervals. This was
before AOL went flat rate and people were getting charged $3 an hour to be
on AOL. Well, the free area token tricked AOL into thinking you were at
keyword: Billing or something else and you never had to pay for the
service. Tricks like this still exist today and are useful with foreign
AOL accounts.
This program ended up getting Happy Hardcore arrested and charged with
violating the Federal Computer Crimes act. His sentence was 6 months on
house arrest, 2 years of probation and over $50,000 in restitution.
Contributed By:
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