For the last year, America Online has fought a freely-distributed program called AOHell, which allows would-be hackers unlimited free access to the system–in part, by exploiting AOL’s free trial disks.

The program provides powerful add-ons to AOL software, but also exploits bugs in AOL’s system to allow high-tech harrassing of users in chat rooms and via e-mail. In the documentation for AOHell, its creator explains why he wrote the program and its connection to AOL’s hypocritical stance on child pornography.

*******AOHell v3.0 Rage Against The Machine*******
By:
Da Chronic
Part I ——————- What is AOHell?
Part II ——————- The features in AOHell v3.0
Part III ——————- Is it safe to use AOHell?
Part IV ——————- Why I made AOHell


Date Early 2000Founded HypahSubmitted By O0O and HypahSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive Using the same language code principles he discovered when finding the Aa token exploit, Hypah was able to figure out a way to make 2 character indented screen names. Although, at first Hypah figured out you could hijack AIM screen names doing this. During the account creation proccess the as token, which sets your screen name, did not check.....

Date 1997Founded Tang, LyriX and othersSubmitted By HypahSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive In 1997, people in macfilez saw Tang, LyriX, and others get 23 copies of the exact same screen name in one room. Quite simple, really…you would connect, block the SC token, enter a room, then disconnect and repeat. Each connection added the name to the room. AOL fixed this in private rooms first, then later, conference rooms. Then, entering.....

Date 1996Founded UnknownSubmitted By HypahSource AOL-Files.com/FDO-Files.com Archive Typing ]D or ]F on Mac AOL 2.7 or older would unlock null chars, including the return char, allowing you to fake others’ chat and what not. AOL slowly fixed this; as time passed, less and less manips worked. At the end, you could only send (return)l and (return)t right before they fixed it.

A computer security consultant loses his Instant Messenger account to a hacker, who finds the screen name too good to give up. BY DAVID CASSELHabeeb Dihu chose the name “MacGyver” for his America Online instant messaging account because, like the TV detective, he was adept at tinkering with equipment. But on Feb. 8 the Chicago computer security consultant encountered a problem even the real MacGyver.....