A new hack of WinMx ?

[chmeee_ab_cdn]

On Friday, March 23rd 2007, I noticed several user names attempting to download the same
MP3 file.  On closer examination, they all had the same 5 digit auto generated suffix, number
of shared files and available queue slots. 

MxMonitor log excerpt:

   2007/03/23    11:33:53   H37M‚ñ‚Ä‚³6BRƒe‚ÉHƒ\441_19847      30   36:03:54    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    11:38:48   P‚«J7F‚©T‚ëJWDƒIƒG935_19847      30   36:08:53    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    11:43:55   NGU‚Ë‚³Zƒ`‚Ì2OK‚¯M‚Ö585_19847      30   36:13:56    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    11:48:49   A‚ʃP‚é4QB‚³0ƒ`A‚Ù2539_19847      30   36:18:55    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    11:54:02   A38ƒˆ0IY3ƒtEE1‚ÂWƒGL888_19847      30   36:24:02    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    11:58:50   ƒXD‚¦‚¦‚©OL‚·OE8UVL861_19847      30   36:28:57    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    12:03:57   OQI1‚냏‚ꂵ‚â1V7Uƒ„537_19847      30   36:33:57    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    12:08:59   4‚¹UD‚·5‚É4‚ËM8ƒ\ƒw627_19847      30   36:39:03    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    12:13:59   ‚¤3‚ç2H6ML‚¯2ƒ†‚¯Zƒ^‚â376_19847      30   36:44:00    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    12:18:55   ‚ÄOHQU‚¯ƒRM‚¨PB1T‚©‚ë439_19847      30   36:48:59    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    12:23:59   QV2UV‚¹‚âXE3‚·D871_19847      30   36:54:00    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/23    12:28:58   7‚¢KƒjMIA0‚æOW‚¿854_19847      30   36:59:01    6 of 6 available

The same occurred the following day: (same file request)

   2007/03/24    14:00:14   V‚êZR1‚ 19‚ÖS2‚¢ƒX‚ç‚»259_57948      33    1:59:38    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/24    14:05:12   9‚ÐJ‚¤‚ÄAƒŠ‚ëSƒL862_57948      33    2:04:40    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/24    14:10:15   FB2XSXM‚µƒXƒkAV454_57948      33    2:09:39    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/24    14:15:08   ‚ñGTVƒˆID‚µ‚ÙQ8‚¤ƒm0319_57948      33    2:14:40    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/24    14:20:18   ƒ‰ƒlVƒnOA‚êƒN‚¤‚ËV7UK7443_57948      33    2:19:43    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/24    14:25:28   MNƒi‚­URƒJ‚±‚çƒJ‚ëƒn566_57948      33    2:24:56    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/24    14:30:08   GC‚ÈMƒP7ƒYCJHDƒT774_57948      33    2:29:42    6 of 6 available
   2007/03/24    14:35:26   ƒRZ‚ñ‚½QK‚Ä‚é‚ÙU‚³‚ê‚R766_57948      33    2:34:56    6 of 6 available



Is this a new WinMx hack that someone is trying?


Chmeee_AB_CDN
2007-03-24

[GhostShip]

There is a program that will alter the username rather fast to try to get around programs like MxMoni if you take a look you can see the times are all later than the prceeding one, its a Japanese program so the Japanese usernames are there by default, once while testing the program it changed my name in the chatroom too, had me puzzled for a minute as to what was happeneing 

Its nothing to be worried about just a selfish user  :|

[KM]

as ghostship said, it's an attempt to get around programs like mxmonitor blocking them...

which is kind of pointless unless i'm missing something, because if it blocked you once it'll do it again...?

[Max™]

i have had a leech using the (0 of 0 available) with over 100 in his queue, he tried to get 8 items off me and every time i sadded him to ignore he changed name and tried again and again for a good 15 minutes, so i unshared in the end to stop him annoying me any futher that day,
i HATE these people, they are destroying the good faith of file sharing, they are simply steeling.
i see more and more every day, so either unshare, or use the 0-0 hack myself defeating  the object or dont use winmx  stay on robo only.

[Max™]

forgot to add, if only mxmonitor spotted the 0-0 hacks  it would make life easier, but without that added extra its useless apart from a sound that some1 joins my queue so i can check the whois, i dont like leechammer as its on a timer, not when someone joins

[DarkElves]

he trade hack or  what ever they choose to call it as they say on a site you download it from its not a hack it just gives ppl better control of whom they upload to  like room members but at same time its ruining the free file sharing structure of winmx in my opinion  and tahst just my opinion alone .

mxm moni if you look at the log picks up everyone of them using it  as i canceled and blocked about 20 ppl today with it already as i believe in file sharing  to a point of which my bw can handle without leaving myself short to run my room and torrents.

it shows like -2 of 0   or 0 of 0 like you said  max       

in mxm   one quick scoll up the window and they are all gone 

[chmeee_ab_cdn]

Thanks all for your comments.  This was new to me.  As KM says, MxMonitor will get them
anyway if they fail the criteria.  This individual would have passed unnoticed by MxM on my
system if not for constantly disconnecting and re-queuing with a new username. 

As Max said, it would be nice to have the  0 of 0  blocking from LeecHammer in MxM, but
it seems unlikely that we will ever see that.


Chmeee_AB_CDN
2007-03-25

[Max™]

well, the other day i was busy doing something for about an hour, in that time what was shopping the 0-0 leeches?  nothing, its ok to look at monitors log and see who has leeched off you while your not watching, but apart from that, you can add names in the filter strip (untill someone changes it) or block a low speed connection (unless someone sets to T1 when they are 56k dial-up) so i turned my winmx off,

robomx is the best option now, because things like the famous "come to my room and be a member & i'll start you, if you don't, i won't" and the 0-0 available leeches,

i was invited to a room & asked to park purely to make numbers look good, by parking in 6 or 7 rooms, then i was told its about time i had their tag, well if i had a tag for every room i go in i wouldn't have enough space to have a name, it would bee all tags.

there's a couple of movie rooms im not allowed in because 1st i haven't got any movies,  2nd i have to use the 0-0 hack to be a member
if i go in on a robomx that's an instant ban because its not sharing (but the 0-0 hacke & 100 in queue is sharing?)

[Max™]

well the leeches are out in force, i turn my back for 30 mins while i answer the door and talk to a visitor, in that 30 mins 4 leeches with the 0-0 hack had completed u/l's off me, looking in monitor shows me what has happened, also i now know that even if you set up nomitor to block 0 files, it does not see them symbols like japaneese, it reads their connecting & completing, did not show their names & files etc in the whois, monitor is worse than useless, its crap & i closed my mx off, i wont share now.
defeating the object of a file share network thanks to the leeches. im pissed off & giving up, will use robo or get the 0-0 hack myself

[Joshua203]

well max joining them is not a very good solution in my opinion

if i remember correct there was a 0 upload block in mxm, dunnow in what version that was (not really fair to those who have just started up winmx and simply donot have an upload yet, but it would help to stop these baddiezzzz)

nother thing what you could do when stepping out is lowering your bandwith for the time being

what i do is a simple whois when i can find the time though the whole que

[app]

I consider it sharing if they are uploading something to someone, regardless of any 0of0 hack (some people run mxm to autostart people they are downloading from, so you might want to try downloading something from them to see).

I also consider it not sharing if they are sharing crap people don't want, like 100's of album art .jpg's (in this case they wouldn't be actively uploading to anybody when they come to my queue)

There is a setting in mxm that will kick people not actively uploading:


Kicking people that are not actively uploading acts as a sort of 'quality control', killing those that share crappy files and those that run 0of0 and don't upload to anybody.

[Max™]

Thanks App,
but that feature will ignore anyone that is not uploading like someone new with only a few files that might not be as popular at that time, innocent people get ignored,
im just discusted by the anmpount of selfish people that use the 0-0 hack, they are killing winmx by not sharing, no wonder people go to torrents, if you use the 0-0 hack on torrents you are banned forever, so all the dregs of the earth that get banned from torrents will suck off good people like us, i share a lot of software not movies, yet alot of 0-0 users have movie tags so they can use the "come & be a member of my room or i don't start you" PM's, so im collecting movie tags to add to an auto ignore, so soon people with tags will be ignored even if they do share.

[]-[êll.Ôñ.ËÀR'][']-[.]

good idea max & the more people that do this the better the network will be for it .....cheeky gits even tell you to come to there rooms when they are uploading off you and you ask them for a start ...... time some people played fair afterall without our files they would have none in the 1st place to base there rooms on ...... as for people with 1 or upload slot 100 ppl in there q but d/loading like 30+ files GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR i wont even get started on them .... at least split your d/loads and uploads fairly and give others a chance after all it is called file sharing not file leeching

[Victim]

Jesus.. Leeches these days..