Current Events > Guy reverse hacks a scammer network- Destroys their computers remotely

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This is gold

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I don't think deleting system32 actually does anything, like Windows has an autobackup that kicks in right away, iirc.
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COVxy posted...

I don't think deleting system32 actually does anything, like Windows has an autobackup that kicks in right away, iirc.

Most of the stuff it needs in order to run is loaded from that folder upon startup. You won't encounter problems until you restart the machine.

Mind you - all that does is corrupt the operating system; it doesn't damage the physical hardware in anyway. Reinstall the OS and your computer is working again.
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COVxy posted...

I don't think deleting system32 actually does anything, like Windows has an autobackup that kicks in right away, iirc.

I believe there's a service that will prevent accidental deletions. Disable the service, the protections go away.
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Literally back tracing
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DarkTransient posted...

Most of the stuff it needs in order to run is loaded from that folder upon startup. You won't encounter problems until you restart the machine.

No, I mean:
pogo_rabid posted...

I believe there's a service that will prevent accidental deletions. Disable the service, the protections go away.

There's probably a way to disable this, but if you just deleted system32, like it suggested he did, it wouldn't do anything.
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pogo_rabid posted...

COVxy posted...

I don't think deleting system32 actually does anything, like Windows has an autobackup that kicks in right away, iirc.

I believe there's a service that will prevent accidental deletions. Disable the service, the protections go away.

It's write protected, so you just need to do it as Admin. There's no special service. In addition you can't delete anything currently in use. But whatever you do manage to delete will corrupt your os.

That said, Windows recovery from a bootable USB can replace the files.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

That said, Windows recovery from a bootable USB can replace the files.

Is this the case with older installations of Windows? Like XP and 7?

silentwing26x posted...

Tyranthraxus posted...

That said, Windows recovery from a bootable USB can replace the files.

Is this the case with older installations of Windows? Like XP and 7?

I think anything Vista and up will do it but you need the stick to boot with the same version as your current os. (7 for 7 etc)
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Tyranthraxus posted...

It's write protected, so you just need to do it as Admin.

Idk, maybe things have changed. I remember deliberately trying this back in the day and it would simply instantly replace any file that was deleted.
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Tyranthraxus posted...

pogo_rabid posted...

COVxy posted...

I don't think deleting system32 actually does anything, like Windows has an autobackup that kicks in right away, iirc.

I believe there's a service that will prevent accidental deletions. Disable the service, the protections go away.

It's write protected, so you just need to do it as Admin. There's no special service. In addition you can't delete anything currently in use. But whatever you do manage to delete will corrupt your os.

That said, Windows recovery from a bootable USB can replace the files.

Right, but the downtime incurred is money that can't be recovered.
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If he really wanted to fuck with them he could've had the files on their machines get uploaded to the cloud in a small background process. And then he could've left the disk spinning so that it'd degrade and break much sooner than expected.

hope this guy is arrested for damaging other peoples property
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Are there still viruses out there that rewrite BIOS?
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Renault posted...

hope this guy is arrested for damaging other peoples property

babby's first troll attempt / 10

So, a scrub on a computer can do something the FBI apparently couldn't do in their investigations of the Parkland shooter?
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Renault posted...

hope this guy is arrested for damaging other peoples property

Same. Because in order for that to happen, the scammers would have to press charges, and thus reveal their identities, meaning they get caught.
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darkjedilink posted...

So, a scrub on a computer can do something the FBI apparently couldn't do in their investigations of the Parkland shooter?

Or maybe the FBI was able to get everything it wanted and simply didn't say anything because they're tracking a terrorist cell or some shit.