NOTE:         NOTHING on this page is actual hacking. To hack someone, you have to access their computer via a connection. None of the scripts below do this. You are only connected to Geocities at this moment, and I am DEFINATELY not sitting at home trying to get into your hard drive.

These tricks simply use your own hardware against you.  Nothing below will actually harm your PC.  They are only intended as fun (which they are) and in no way do any damage whatsoever to your computer. It's all just a trick, folks. Fake. Not real.  Illusionary.

Want to scare the crap out of your friends? Just put my famous "Scary Hard Drive" button on your page! (This simply browses your own PC and displays the contents. I am NOT accessing your computer!!!!!!!!!!!)

It's simple really, it's a java script thingie that, when clicked, displays the contents of the viewers' hard drive on their browser screen.

The possibilities are endless....I have one on my home page that says "Password Only Site". Of course, that only makes people want to click it! It used to say "Email Virus Launcher", but that got too many flames from stupid newbies.

Here's the code:

<!-- Put your own special comment HERE!-->
<form action="FILE:///C:/" method="GET">
<p align="center"><input type="submit"
value="Password Only Site"></p>
</form>


Now, here's an even nastier version. (It really belongs under Netscape Bombs, but I couldn't resist putting it here!). When the button is clicked, viewers get an error alert that reads: "Error: 107x has occurred. A virus has begun to infect your hard drive. Please erase all infected files." When they click the "OK" button, the following error alert pops up: "Please inform the the hardware vendor of this error." If that's not enough, the next error alert reads: "The problem has not been fixed, the browser must be shut downtown to prevent further contamination." And thus you have an annoying Netscape shutdown bomb!
Example:


Panic Button:

Here's a nifty little trick that will freak people out....all it really does is create a color bomb on the page, but label the button creatively, and wait for your visitors to panic!

To stop the insanity, click the "Back" button on your browser.(Copy the source and adapt to your own pages!)

 

 


BALLS! Like the bouncing balls on this page? Copy the source and use for yourself!


By the way, have you checked out the status bar? It's fake, but really nasty good fun!


NETSCAPE Tricks
courtesy of The JavaScript Planet

NOTE: NONE OF THESE DO ACTUAL DAMAGE TO YOUR PAGES!

Playing with these WILL render your Netscape client useless.
You have been warned!

Exploding Windows Bomb continously opens windows, over and over and over again. Sucking up memory resources. If you are running Windows'95 check out the nice scrollbar on the taskbar!
This one continously prompts the user that their session has been taken hostage! Rendering the Netscape client useless to the user. Although under Windows'95 the user can perform the 3 finger salute to kill the process. By doing this it will kill all Netscape's threads regardless if you are killing a child browser or not!
The Reload Bomb forces the user to stay at the current page, by refreshing the page the smallest interval possible. Users will not be able to stop the reloading process by clicking Stop or jumping to another page.
The While Loop Lock Bomb is nothing more than a while loop that does not do anything but loop! It still effectively renders Netscape clients useless. One thing is interesting about this bomb, is that on the local side Netscape does not interfere asking you if you wish to abort. However on the client/server side, it jumps in asking you "Lengthy JavaScript still running. Continue?". This was tested with the beta version of Netscape Gold for Windows'95.
The Eat Memory In Time is a really interesting one! It slowly consumes as much memory as it can over time. Watch the status bar to see how much memory is being consumed! It has been known to do various things such as crashing machines, increased swap file size, affecting other programs, eating cpu time and of course making your machine perform like a c64..
The Form Action Bomb just plains crashes Windows'95 Netscape 2.0 clients. If you are running something else other than Windows'95 and it crashes for you please let me know!

Chris reports that Netscape 2.0 (final) crashes on a Indigo (uname -a: IRIX europa 5.3 IP22 mips) with a bus error.