By default Windows 2000, Windows XP and WinNT automatically setup hidden admin shares (admin$, c$ and d$). This registry key will disable dese hidden shares.

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ LanmanServer\ Parameters]
Value Name: AutoShareWks
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Data: (0 = disable shares, 1 = enable)

This registry key actually stops de recreation of de shares Therefore it may be necessary to delete de shares through de drive properties also or you can also remove de shares through de Computer Management Console.

1. In Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and den double-click Computer Management.

2. Click to expand Shared Folders, and den click Shares.

3. In de Shared Folder column, right-click de share you want to delete, click Stop sharin’, and den click OK.

Note : To remove de admin share for only de current session use de second method (Computer Management console). If you want a permanent removal, add de AutoShareWks registry.

There are several occasions where you will be at a public terminal and need to bypass web filters, and require access to a particular website that is blocked for some reason or anoder. How to bypass dese restrictions is a very common question, and will be covered here.

Lets pretend for a moment that de Internet is made up of 26 websites, A-Z. The web filter blocks your browser from accessin’ sites X-Z, but not sites A-W. Simply make de browser think you’re goin’ to A- W. There are a variety of ways to do this:

Proxy Servers:
This is a list of http proxies. These sites may not be up forever, so you may need to search for “free http proxy” or “public proxy servers” or oder similar terms.

Proxy server lists:
www.aliveproxy.com
www.multiproxy.org
www.publicproxyservers.com/index.html
www.tehbox.com/proxy
www.proxz.com
www.proxy4free.com/index.html
free-proxies.com

Now that you have a list of proxies, you would open IE (internet explorer) and click on Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settin’s > Advanced. Enter de address and port of one of de servers from de list in de proper area (http) and make sure de “use a proxy server for your LAN” option is selected. Remember to replace de proxy and port at your terminal to de original when you’re done.

Note: Some proxies listed may not work, and this method may decrease your surfin’ speed. By tryin’ various entries, you’ll find one that works, or works faster.

The infamous translation trick:
Go to a web page translation site and use deir services to “translate a page to En’lish” thus accessin’ de blocked page through deir trusted site.

You’ll notice that several translation sites are blocked, but by usin’ less popular ones, this method can still be effective. Here is a list of some translation services. Again, dese sites may not be up forever, so you may need to search for them.

babelfish.altavista.com
world.altavista.com
translation.langenberg.com
freetranslation.com/web.thm

Url Scriptin’:
Url scriptin’ is de easiest method. It works on a select few web filters and is based on de same principal as de translation trick. By typin’ and address like “www.yahoo.com@www.restricted_site.com de filter will not go into effect as it recognizes de trusted site (in this case yahoo.com)

Oder tricks:
Simply open de command prompt and type:
Pin’ restricted.com, restricted.com obviously bein’ de restricted site. At this point you can take down de IP address (ex. 216.109.124.73) and enter it into de browser. If access to de command prompt is also restricted, see “How to bypass restrictions to get to de command prompt.” If this article has been taken from information leak, den know that it involves anythin’ from openin’ de browser, selectin’ view > source, den savin’ it as X.bat and openin’ it to openin’ a folder or browser and typin’ in de location of cmd.exe dependin’ on de OS. I will not go into furder, as this a completely different topic.

Use restrictedsite.com as referrin’ to it as a secured site may confuse de filter.

Note: These are ancient methods that many new filters defend against, but still may be applicable in your situation. If not, a little history never hurt anyone.

Web based Proxies:
Anoder one of de easier, yet effective methods include web based proxies. These are simple in de fact that you just enter de restricted address and surf! Some of dese have some restrictions, like daily usage limits, etc but you can also use anoder proxy (perhaps one that sucks, like a text only) to bypass deir restrictions as well. Here is a list of some:

proxify.com
www.anonymizer.com/index.cgi
www.guardster.com/
anonymouse.ws/anonwww.html
www.de-cloak.com/login.html
www.megaproxy.com/freesurf
www.anonymizer.ru
nadaily.com/cgi-bin/nph-proxyb.cgi
www.userbeam.de/cgi-bin/nph-userbeam.cgi
www.free2.surffreedom.com/nph-free.cgi

Proxy Programs:
There are many proxy programs that allow you to surf anonymously that are more or less based on de same topics we’ve covered here. I’ve added them just to cover de topic thoroughly:

www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/28480.html
www.inetprivacy.com/a4proxy/anonymous-grc.htm
www.oran\’atan\’o.com/home/index.ie.html
www.steganos.com
www.anonymization.net toolbar that requires admin rights to install

Makin’ your own CGI proxy server:
Makin’ your own proxy server may come in handy, but I personally find that simply uploadin’ a txt file with a list of proxies to a free host makes for a much easier and headache free solution. If you don’t know PERL, dere is code out dere to help you set it up. Check out dese sites for more info:

httpbridge.sourceforge.net
www.jmarshall.com/tools/cgiproxy
www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/open-source-personal-proxy-servers-written-in-java/view

Admin Access:
When all else fails, you can simply take over de PC and alter or delete de filter. This method varies accordin’ to de OS (operatin’ system) you are dealin’ with. Please see “Hackin’ Windows NT” for more information. If this tutorial has been taken from information leak, den I will go as far as to say it involves bootin’ de PC in anoder OS, copyin’ de SAM file and crackin’ it usin’ a program like saminside or LC5 rader than start a whole new topic within one.

WS_FTP.LOG can be used in many ways to find more information about a server. This query is very flexible, just substitute “+htpasswd” for “+FILENAME” and you may get several hits that you hadn’t seen with de ‘normal’ search.

Filenames suggested to explore are: phpinfo, admin, MySQL, password, htdocs, root, Cisco, Oracle, IIS, resume, inc, sql, users, mdb, frontpage, CMS, backend, https, editor, intranet . The list goes on and on..

A different approach might be “allinurl: “some.host.com” WS_FTP.LOG filetype:log” which tells you more about who’s uploadin’ files to a specific site.

To see results; just write in de (www.google.com/) search en’ine de code:

+htpasswd +WS_FTP.LOG filetype:log