I was just at a warez board (been looking for v2.2.2 for ages, anyone got that? ;)), and they had the Lockdown hack installed.
And I must tell you, that it's one of the most useless hacks I have ever seen and used. Sure it hides the text in showthread and you must reply to see it and all... but when you hit Quote on the post you can see the full text in the textarea!

Stupid pirates... :p

*kicks pirates* lol
heeyy.. i have a copy of vB I can send ya :supwink: :D

i still dont see the use of a lockdown hack, you are only getting people to spam the forum with "thank you" messages which they dont even mean.

i remember i saw a lockdown hack on a warez board before, but as firefly said you could just quote the message to see it, plus you could click to get a printable thread and see everything.

i hack forums that run vB illegally,

nothign wrong with destorying somehting that shouldnt be there in the first place? right :p

you have no possibility of knowing if vb is run illegal or not on a warez board, cuz they might have bought a license.

but .. then again, YES HE DOES. It's called a Powered by: vBulletin version 2.2.1, copyright ?2000 - 2002 If it isn't there, they are breaking the law.

O_o

Actually if i'm correct you are able to pay a price to remove the copyright notice.

< ! -- auto name hack -- > or { bbusername } not very nice:)

I'm guessing that it isn't me you sent that to.

As for Warez, it's been giving me some problems lately so I haven't been using it. Not to mention how much porn pops up...not that it is a bad thing...:p

hmm...My site has "warez links" on it, only cuz it's what seems to draw people in the most...But I set one strict rule on that and it was nobody was allowed to request vBulletin or UBB. I bought my vBulletin b/c I believe it's a great piece of software and deserves the support. And I believe strongly in the theory of "if you like the product, buy it". If you don't support software companies, then they won't be encouraged to make more software or games that many people like. So if I do download what many call "warez" its to test it out, because a lot of the time the demo's don't allow access to the full features. That's just my $0.02 on the subject of "warez" ;)

lets not forget the terms of service agreement with vbb. every single warez board breaks this agreement and i know a few that have been shutdown becuase of the tos and the board using ways to get pirated softwares. so..hack away at the illegal boards cuz even if its purchased, that dont mean squat! :)

Radon3k, I'm afraid that's against the license agreement.

• vBulletin may not be used for anything that would represent or is associated with an Intellectual Property Violation, including, but not limited to, engaging in any activity that infringes or misappropriates the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, software piracy, and patents held by individuals, corporations, or other entities.

bah..I didn't realize that...guess it means it's time to take those down...sorry about that

Ok FireFly, they are gone...Sorry about that, I didn't know it was in violation of the TOS...Guess I should have read it more closely :( Sorry about that, they're gone....

Well actually if you use the latest version of the lockdown, the quote option doesn't reveal anything. And it stops people from going to the site, and stealing links and putting it on other sites. Most sites can see users who only post replies, and they get banned after a while. I dont promote warez, just letting you know.

-Dimava

which exact part says you can't link to warez? because what i understood is you are not allowed to use it on a warez site or use it on a forum that links to a warez site which you are associated with. correct me if im wrong.

Just a reminder to you ...

Your simply not destroying a piece of software, your tampering with intellectural property and the security of a hosting company as well. I believe there is a place for your kind ... jail! If any of you jerks think that this a-hole is proper at mentioning this type of activity, then I will report you all to the authorities ... including you FireFly!

You all know like I know there are other way to display you talents and other means to resolve issues of such. Not in a sense that you uphold so much of allegance to vBulletin and its intellectural property that you would allow a member to publicly mention that he would hack the intellectural property of a hosting company to delete a forum that runs illegal versions of vBulletin.

I can't believe this ... if any of you Mods and Admins believe that i'm wrong in my assessment, then I want a full return of my money back, remove my copy of your software from my company server and I will publically post this thread and your responses to all hosting companies (that I can find) of your acknowlegement of this hackers activities! :mad:

Regards,
Rolodex (aka DJ Bowen)
Vbulletin Licensed (Owner)

I'm sorry - where did FireFly or any other Mod say they agreed with this one member's comments? Jelsoft never has and I believe never will condone such activity.

As for 'allowing a member to post' this, we generally don't get too involved in censoring our users posts. Is it your opinion that we should more actively censor the post of our members? If so, are you willing to live with the guidelines we may choose in deciding which posts and members to censor?

But if you follow the thread, you'll see that this members actions were ignored over the subject of someone using a pirated copy of vBulletin. Your Moderator/Admin Firefly deliberately ignored his comment and continued show proof of the license agreement to another participant and never went back to correct this hackers comment about hacking hosting company servers!

I see also that the mention of this so called Lockdown hack is censored, and it doesn't come close the the legality of a hacker admitting on your forum to hacking intellecrural property computer systems to rid them of pirated copies of vBulletin. No law in the land will stand and justify with you or anyone else in that regard.

Steve, which thread do you think needs more Moderation (attention)? A hacker on your forum laughing and admitting to hacking hosting company intellectural property (servers) to delete pirated copies of vBulletin or a member asking for information about a Lockdown hack?

First and foremost, you, me and everyone else here NEEDS the hosting companies to be able to use this software. Now what kind of message do you think that sends about your company when you allow free speech as such to go on about this form of behavior?

Please advise ...

Its a No Win situation. If you allow free speach people arn't happy, if you censor people aren't happy and accuse the staff of not letting them have a view.