fkn0wned archive

Rootkit Removal Help Turns Into Forum Banter

A member's PC gets hijacked by fake IEXPLORER.EXE, and half the forum shows up just to roast him for suggesting a reinstall.

User linh6496 posted asking for help removing a Win32/Mebroot rootkit disguised as IEXPLORER.EXE that was messing with his sound and spamming pop-ups. The thread turns into a casual back-and-forth of malware removal advice (rootkit scanners, HijackThis logs, Malwarebytes) mixed with the usual forum ribbing after he asked if reformatting Windows would clear a virus. He ends up reformatting anyway and reports the problem solved, though later replies note that wasn't strictly necessary. Small, everyday tech-support thread that captures the community's laid-back, teasing dynamic.

So I guess you're new to the whole computer scene— Junnyerr

The ONLY thing that will work is a rootkit remover Or reformatting NOTHING else will work— bLunts

I also love how junnyer is using my picture as his avatar, what an unattractive spic.— pikachu

How much would this cost? (upgrading an old PowerBook G3)

A free ancient Mac, big dreams, and a forum full of people telling him to just throw it away.

Member silentrock, having received a free but very old PowerBook G3, asked the Tech Support board how much it would cost to upgrade its RAM, video card, processor, and hard drive so it would be a usable Mac. The thread quickly turned into a pile-on of tech-savvy regulars and admins explaining that most of the components were soldered to the board and not upgradeable, and that buying a new machine would be cheaper and smarter. It's a small, mundane slice of forum life showing the community's tech-support culture and its usual blunt, joking tone.

why the fuck would you bother lawl. theres no point. throw it away and buy a new one for cheaper.— lulraep

most, if not all of the components you speak of here (except for maybe RAM) are soldered to the motherboard.— ap3x

You'll be able to upgrade the ram and hard drive, but do you really want to be an idiot today?— x1xtomx1x

Steam Community [German Thread]

German members chit-chat about the new Steam Community rollout — and low-key roast each other's typing tics along the way

A casual German-language thread in the 'Deutsche Hacks' subforum where members discuss the then-new Steam Community feature, debating whether it was an improvement over the beta, complaining about load times and resource usage, and briefly touching on the fact that friend-based account theft was no longer possible. The conversation quickly drifts into lighthearted banter between albert90 and flatschGER, plus a few members asking basic questions about profile privacy settings and forum point systems. Overall a low-stakes, friendly hangout thread rather than anything dramatic — just regulars passing time and half-jokingly picking each other apart.

Also meiner meinung nach is es voll toll... Einige von euch werden traurig sein das man nicht mehr accounts ber friends klauen kann..aber mir ist das wurscht— albert90

ich bin ein psycho-genie.....— albert90

bin fast immer neben der spur ^^ aber ohne drogen xD— flatschGER

FLYFF (Fly For Fun) - Ever Played It?

SlinkingZero asks if anyone played FLYFF... and gets dogpiled by members who thought it was 'shite'

A short, casual MMORPG sub-forum thread from late 2009 where SlinkingZero asks if anyone else had played Fly For Fun. The replies are mostly good-natured trash-talk, with several members calling the game boring or ugly, while SlinkingZero defends it as a nostalgic six-year habit from childhood. It closes out with a member noting private servers were the only tolerable way to play, dunking on the game's publisher GALA-NET for being money-hungry. Small, low-drama thread typical of the MMORPG's section's casual chatter.

Lmao. Shittiest game i have ever tried. Plz don't play it.— PaynE

ive tried it and it made flying boring— Yunyun

The private servers are the only way to get any decent fun out of it, because they're not money hogging bastards like GALA-NET.— MonoStereo

hey :D — bmbq's introduction thread

New guy shows up claiming design and 'hax' skills — turns out he's a familiar face from another CS scene under a different name.

A classic Introduce Yourself thread from February 2010 where newcomer bmbq greets the forum, mentions an interest in design and movie-making, and gets a warm welcome from several established staff and community members. The thread turns mildly notable when member awshit recognizes bmbq as 'trikzer' from another Counter-Strike community (xjcss), which bmbq confirms. Otherwise it's a low-key, friendly onboarding thread typical of the forum's culture, with staff encouraging him to post his movie work in the video section.

hi all, my name is bmbq ^^ i like everything about design and hax :D— bmbq

Are you the trikzer dude from xjcss?— awshit

ye, but already not jumper :]— bmbq

Hello World - joeroot's Introduction

New guy rolls in claiming pentesting, malware, and 'some other black stuff' skills

A routine new-member introduction thread in the 'Introduce Yourself' board. User joeroot introduces himself, listing skills in coding, PHP/HTML/CSS/VB, malware, and reverse engineering, and gets a couple of brief welcomes from forum regulars including owner TuxifieD and VIP InfectedKush. Standard low-key onboarding thread, notable mainly for who responded rather than any content.

i love all type Malware's , Reverse Engineering littel bit 40% , And Good in Some Other Black Stuff— joeroot

Welcome. Would love to see what you can do to help the forum.— TuxifieD

Welcome to the forums! Please, enjoy your stay here and dont forget to follow the rules ^^— InfectedKush

hi, im yassine :)

A Delphi-curious newbie says hello, and half the FkN0wned staff roster shows up to welcome him.

A classic Introduce Yourself thread from June 2011: new member yassine_hell drops in to say hi and mentions he's interested in programming and learning to make cheats in Delphi. The thread is a wall of one-line welcomes from a cross-section of the community — regular members, VIPs, [1K] Club veterans, and [FkN] Crew/SMod staff alike — showing how tight-knit and quick to greet newcomers the forum was at the time. Nothing dramatic happens; it's a snapshot of everyday forum courtesy and the site's social fabric.

i love programming , and i wana learn how to make some cheats with delphi ^^— yassine_hell

Welcome to our little family dude (:— samunknown

Hey, welcome. I hope you find some info on the cheat making. You could also talk with some of us on the shoutbox, or just discuss stuff on the board.— EqueL

edd1z's belated intro post

A member joined in October 2010 and finally said hi... over a year later

This is a classic 'Introduce Yourself' thread on Fkn0wned, where member edd1z (of the [1K] Club) finally posts an intro long after joining, inspired by seeing others like HoOkz and Grim doing the same. He shares his location (Israel) and the games he plays, including a casual mention of running cheats in COD: Black Ops. The thread is short and lighthearted, with regulars ojj321, FR3QU3NCY, h4x0rZ, Grim, SuperStaRRRRR, and ZeuS chiming in with jokey welcomes and banter typical of early-2010s forum culture.

fuck u and welcome penis— ojj321

Welcome edd1z, youll learn a lot from me the master h4x0rZ— [VIP] h4x0rZ

welcome but i dont know who are you :D xD sorry i'm joking :D— [1K] SuperStaRRRRR

Guild Wars Guild Recruitment Thread

One guy tries to start an FKN Guild Wars guild — gets politely turned down by everyone, then scolded for gravedigging his own dead thread a month later.

A modest recruitment thread in the Guild Wars sub-forum where user Cud asks if any fellow members want to team up and form an 'FKN guild' in-game. A couple of members reply, but mostly to decline — one's already guilded, another burned out on it. A month later, a Supervisor drops in just to warn against gravedigging, prompting a dry retort that the whole Other Games section is basically a graveyard anyway. Small, quiet, and a bit funny in retrospect — a snapshot of a niche sub-forum nobody was really using.

hey , i play guild wars and am looking for a guild, so i am thinking any others players on here that would like to make a fkn guild ?— Cud

Don't gravedig please.— DCLXVI

DC bro, this whole section's a grave.— Peski-Ruski

[Raffle] Steam from 2007, with COD MW2 and Portal [by Foyd]

An old-school 2007 Steam account with MW2 and Portal, raffled off to whoever typed 'in' fastest

User foyd ran a raffle giving away an aged 2007 Steam account loaded with COD Modern Warfare 2 and Portal, with entry simply requiring a reply in the thread. A steady trickle of members dropped their 'in'/'IN'/'mee' posts over about two weeks, with the draw running noticeably later than the promised Saturday deadline — a delay one member called out with mild sarcasm. The raffle wrapped up with cr0ssf1re declared the winner and foyd closing the topic himself.

Their entry is their number— foyd

Pretty sure this Raffle was meant to end like 10 days ago... Lol— Venomz1337

cr0ssf1re winner my raffle, close my topic pls.....— foyd

[Vote] Caption This Competition Number 5

An Osama bin Laden joke image ran away with Fkn0wned's fifth caption contest — one entry allegedly got dropped for being a dead link.

A weekly community meme/caption contest voting thread run by admin PopTart, where members voted on submitted captioned images via poll. Turnout was modest (21 voters), with one image pulling away a landslide 66.67% of the vote. A minor bit of drama surfaced when member DannZy complained his entry was missing from the poll, and PopTart explained it had been a dead link at thread creation. Several members singled out an Osama bin Laden-themed caption as the funniest of the bunch, giving a glimpse of the forum's off-color, early-2010s meme humor.

Osama bin Ladin one is really funny haha!— qbakkali

Why the fuck is my entrie not in there? O.O!?— [1K] DannZy

Dannzy at the time i made this thread your image was dead.— [FkN] PopTart

Post Your Online ID (PS3 / Xfire, 2008)

Old members trading Xfire handles and PSN IDs while everyone waits on Killzone 2 and CoD4

A simple 'post your online ID' thread from the Playstation 3 subforum (filed under Old Forums / Trash Can), running from January into November 2008. Members traded Xfire names, gamertags, and aliases, and chatted casually about what they were playing at the time — mostly CoD4, Madden, Resistance: Fall of Man, and anticipation for GTA and Killzone 2. Admin Shifty drops in briefly to pin the topic, and a few regulars note past alias changes or lost logins.

Dont Play COD 4 with me i get extremely racist and angry— IPwn3d

Atthack an alias I had on an account here on this site but i forgot the login and was forced to resign as DeviantX— DeviantX

Topic pinzord.— Shifty

This or That: Part 2

Weed, Facebook, TeamSpeak, and Katy Perry vs. Carly Rae Jepsen — the classic 'This or That' game grinds on.

A casual back-and-forth game thread in General Discussion where members answer a rapid-fire 'this or that' question and pose a new one for the next poster. Topics ping-pong between vices (weed/alcohol), tech and gaming preferences (Facebook/Twitter, TeamSpeak/Ventrilo, CS/CSS, Dota/League), and pop culture (Katy Perry vs. Carly Rae Jepsen). It's a low-stakes community bonding thread full of regulars, inside jokes, and forum signature clutter typical of the site's social side.

Your mistakes, like mine, are a part of who you are now. You can't move on from that.— PopTart

Lazy as fuck— trs

Save Money Militia— Panda

New Year's Four In A Row Tournament — Final Results

The bracket comes down to the wire and DarkRood takes the crown.

This is the tail end of a bracket-style Connect Four tournament thread in the Competitions section, where members posted match results with screenshots as proof. The final stretch sees trs, Neox, eyalman, and gametest12 battling through the semis before eyalman edges into the finals, only for DarkRood to close it out as the tournament winner. It's a small, chill slice of forum life — casual game results, sig credits, and a quick congratulatory exchange at the end.

DarkRood in the finals!— DarkRood

EYALMAN IN THE FINALS!!!— eyalman

WINNER: DARKROOD— DarkRood

fractaz's Steam Accounts Raffle (Page 3)

A pile of forum regulars all typing "in" for a shot at free Steam accounts.

This page is the third page of a raffle thread in the Raffles section, where user fractaz was giving away Steam accounts to forum members. Most posts are simply members entering with "in" or similar, alongside vouch spam and rep exchanges typical of the site's trust/vouch culture. Notable regular mrxfire97977 (a '1K Club' member) reposts a block of vouches for himself, and VIP member FaTalFLaVoR chimes in with signature and vouch spoilers. It's a low-drama, high-volume entry thread capturing the everyday grind-for-freebies culture of the forum.

in!— eliac7

vouch for this nigga got a bf3 prem account from him— mrxfire97977

thanks man!! +rep!!! worked— FaTalFLaVoR

Vouch Thread for trs - Top Sellers District

A seller's thread gone quiet — but the vouches kept rolling in anyway.

This is a leftover 'Top Sellers District' vouch thread for a member called trs, originally meant to advertise items for sale but by these posts mostly reduced to a string of community vouches confirming trs (and tangentially dnbmatrix) as trustworthy traders. Regular names from the site's economy and staff pop in just to co-sign trades — Legend, admin NigelStrawberry, dnbmatrix, and Fractaz all drop quick approval posts. It captures the low-key social glue of the forum's trading scene: reputation built one 'vouch' at a time rather than any big drama.

vouch— Legend

Vouch for my man trs (also a bump hehe)— NigelStrawberry

/vouch for this lady <3— dnbmatrix

New Member Introduction Thread

A brand-new member says 'Hi' and the whole crew shows up just to say it back.

A classic Introduce Yourself thread on fkn0wned, where a newcomer's simple greeting draws a string of welcomes from established members and VIPs. The replies are short and friendly, mixing casual welcomes with a bit of forum culture — signature shoutouts, a Steam group plug, and the general low-key camaraderie typical of the board's community section. Nothing dramatic here, just the everyday texture of the forum welcoming new blood.

Hi.— Jimy

Welcome, enjoy your stay. Peace! ^^— kina1978

Welcome Bro to fkn0wned !— DarkLoler

It's NERFFFF!

A member named Nerf announces his return and gets a two-post welcome party

A short, low-key General Discussion thread from November 2007 where a staff member going by 'Nerf' pops back into the forum after time away, greeted with a quick welcome from regular mystical1. The thread trails off with Don Ruski (nicknamed 'FkN Godfather') posting right after, though his message content wasn't captured. It's a small slice of everyday forum life rather than any major event — just members checking in on each other.

I'm back suppp— Nerf

welcome back nerf— mystical1

Trading LifeTime Megaupload Account (18k points)

One member's lifetime Megaupload account, up for trade for a CoD4 key — with a full reputation-based haggling ritual attached.

A Market Place classifieds thread from December 2009 where user mutantcookie offered to trade a lifetime Megaupload premium account (18k points) specifically for a legit CoD4: Modern Warfare key or Steam account. The post laid out a whole reputation-based trust system for who goes first in the trade, and directed interested parties to add him on MSN only after posting in-thread. A handful of members (mcm, hitmanre, Shiney) chimed in with simple 'added' replies, a mod (ap3x) had to clean up a spam post, and mutantcookie closed the thread out a week and a half later confirming the trade was done.

Lower rep goes first, higher rep goes last— mutantcookie

mod please close trade done— mutantcookie

Steam Accounts For Sale (Wrong Section, Right Away)

Newbie tries to sell two old 7-digit Steam accounts, gets shut down before lunch.

A brand-new member with only 7 posts tried to sell a pair of vintage 7-digit Steam accounts (one loaded with HL1 titles, the other HL2) by posting screenshots directly in the General Counter-Strike 1.6 board. Regulars pounced almost immediately, pointing out this belonged in the dedicated Trading section and that the poster lacked the post count needed to trade at all. The thread fizzled out fast, a tiny but classic example of Fkn0wned's rules-enforcement-by-mockery culture.

hi kl well 1 this is the wrong section post in tra...— scuddzilla

This is in the wrong section, AND you dont have en...— Sonikk

First Python Script (That a Desktop Shortcut Would've Replaced)

A brand-new Ubuntu user shares his first Python script — then admits a desktop shortcut would've done the same job.

A member with the handle BEG! posts about just installing Ubuntu and writing his first Python script, meant to shortcut a long remote desktop command on Linux. He immediately worries he posted in the wrong subforum, and after a slow reply from another member offering to check it out, BEG! circles back nearly two weeks later to sheepishly conclude the whole script was pointless since a simple desktop launcher would've worked just as well. A small, low-stakes, very early-programmer-era thread capturing the casual, self-deprecating tone of the Technology > Programming board.

hey just installed ubuntu...this is my first python script.— BEG!

wow this is really usless..you can just create a new launcher on your desktop..type the command arguments there...wow im a noob— BEG!

Thankz! (Locked Spam Thread)

A one-word 'thank you' post that got insta-clowned and locked in under an hour

A near-empty vent-your-gratitude post from Kevino0nline in the Programming subforum, with no actual content or context attached. Regular the unnamed immediately called it out as spam-worthy, and CandleJack jumped in with mock 'back seat mod powers' before NIX, an actual [FkN] Crew member, closed the thread for real minutes later. A tiny, forgettable thread preserved mostly as a snapshot of the community's quick, joking self-moderation culture.

What is this topic about really. Spamming is not good, you should get warned.— the unnamed

lol back seat mod powers activate! /close postnb4close— CandleJack

learn to mod/hack — 0nimusha's intro thread

A college programmer wanders into fkn0wned asking how to get into game modding — and gets met with the classic 'which game though?' reply.

A newer member, 0nimusha, opened a thread in the Programming subforum asking for guidance on getting into game modding/hacking, mentioning his background in C++, COBOL, Visual Basic, and web languages from a college course. Two other members, joeypc1 and veteran '500 Club' poster Nickiller007, replied asking him to narrow down what platform or game he actually wanted to mod (PC, PS3, Xbox, Wii) before anyone could point him in the right direction. The thread is short and never really goes anywhere beyond that clarifying question — a small, everyday snapshot of how newcomers found their footing on the board.

if you first would tell what you wanna mod that makes it easyer to point at certian things :)— joeypc1

what do you want like which games? ps3? xbox? wii? pc games?— Nickiller007

Whose good at coding PHP and CSS?

lam3r wanted a partner to build a mafia text-based MMORPG — and recruited one in five replies flat.

A short, friendly recruitment thread in the Programming subforum where longtime member lam3r (of RAWRCADE.net) asked for help designing and running a text-based mafia MMORPG he'd already scripted the core of. VIP member TheGrapist quickly volunteered to help moderate and manage in-game content despite not knowing PHP, and the two worked out a rough division of labor before taking the collaboration off-forum via Xfire. A small, low-drama slice of the era's DIY project culture.

I'm looking for someone to help me run and design a mafia text-based mmorpg.— lam3r

Im down for whatever, sounds like a good idea to me.— TheGrapist

First-Ever Rage Montage: F.E.A.R. Edition

A CS:S regular shares his first-ever rage montage, cut to F.E.A.R. footage — and gets ribbed for still not having a CSS account.

hacksfreakingrock posted his first attempt at a rage/montage video (set in F.E.A.R.) in the Other Games subforum, sheepishly bracing for criticism since it was his debut edit. -Still Life-, a banned but still active member known for Maple Story hacking, welcomed him back and joked about him finally getting a Counter-Strike: Source account. The exchange is short, friendly, and full of typical mid-2000s forum banter — avatar jokes, Metalocalypse references, and a member named SubZero chiming in at the end. It's a small, casual slice of the community's day-to-day rather than any major event.

This was a first time try at a rage video, so ya don't like it..welll.........Piss off— hacksfreakingrock

lewl @ exodus. nice. welcome back motherfucker. get a css account lol.— -Still Life-

Day of Defeat rage

A guy posts a goofy Day of Defeat spawn-blocking video and gets teased two months later for breaking his own TK rules

Member Goron_Elder_Chris shared a lighthearted Day of Defeat video, more about blocking teammates in spawn for laughs than actual rage-quitting. A handful of regulars dropped in over the following weeks to praise the clip, with fatsanta and Blaqk getting a kick out of a moment where a player got stuck. The thread wraps up months later when bobbafett07 resurfaces it to needle the OP for contradicting his own advice from an earlier 'TK 101' video.

omg there was part that 1 guy couldent move i laughed pretty hard nice job— fatsanta

In your TK 101 video you said you should never TK with the para, it's rate of fire is too slow. And yet you did it anyway— bobbafett07

Teach Me Please: The Great Multi-Part Download Confusion of 2007

One guy just wanted to know why his warez download was in 40 pieces — chaos ensued.

A newer member asked for basic help downloading multi-part files off warez sites, unsure why partial downloads wouldn't open. Fellow members chimed in suggesting a download manager, with a Supervisor (Janza) offering troubleshooting tips for dead links and a nudge toward premium hosting accounts. A low-stakes, helpful exchange typical of the forum's tech-support corners, ending without real resolution on WillowZ's corrupted downloads.

Flash get i think its called but there are others. i even googled for you— Trained Noob

And how do you work this? I Just Tried to use it and it download the files each of em being 5.6kb and Currpt'd— WillowZ

Happy Thanksgiving! (2007)

Fkn0wned pauses the raging just long enough to say happy turkey day

A short, casual holiday thread from November 2007 where members of the Fkn0wned.com forum wished each other a Happy Thanksgiving. Posts are brief and lighthearted, featuring a couple of turkey/pie meme images and quick one-liners rather than any real discussion. It's a small, wholesome snapshot of the community's off-topic vibe outside the usual cheat-scene and gaming talk.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you in the US. Its time to get fat and watch football.— Jack Daniels

woot. happy turkey day— mr.N0Nam3

What's Everyone Getting for Christmas?

Old-school forum small talk: iPods, cash, and a day off from VAC bans.

A tail-end fragment of a long-running Christmas wish-list thread on Fkn0wned/Gametration's General Discussion board. Members casually listed what they hoped to get for the holidays, ranging from mundane gifts like clothes and money to a joking wish for a break from the world. Nothing dramatic here, just the ordinary chatter of a cheat-scene forum's community outside its usual VAC-dodging and hacking talk, showing the human, everyday side of the site.

I get a day off from the world if all goes well.— chaosabsolute

I getting an iPoD - Whatever. Clothes, Money and so on..— face

What happened at your Superbowl?

Chips, dip, and dial-up nostalgia: fkn0wned members recap their 2008 Super Bowl Sundays

A casual Off-Topic thread from February 2008 where staff member Nerf asks the community how they spent Super Bowl Sunday — food, company, and setup. Replies are low-key and mundane in the best way: solo snack sessions in front of the TV, a pizza night with a girlfriend, and other members chiming in on their low-stakes evenings. It's a small slice of everyday forum life outside the usual cheat/gaming talk, showing the community's more personal, hangout side.

I watched it up stairs on my T.V with a huge ass bag of chips and a shit load of salsa dip and other shit lol.— Nerf

lol just me and my GF watched it plus we ordered a pizza and had some coke— DarkHour

Post your Xfire/Gamertag

The thread where old-school Xfire handles got dropped like modern-day gamertag exchanges

A simple General Discussion thread on Gametration/Fkn0wned where members shared their Xfire usernames (the era's go-to gamer messaging/status service) to connect outside the forum. Early replies came from regulars pato, Eckos, and Shifty, with the usual mix of banned and active members chiming in. A low-key, functional thread typical of mid-2000s gaming forums building community outside the board itself.

Post yours today!— pato

Look in my sig.— Eckos

Can Someone Name Me This Song, Please?

A guy posts an unidentified mp3, gets side-eyed for low post count, mystery solved in under half an hour.

A low-key General Discussion thread from December 2009 where a member (mcm) asked the community to identify a song used in a CSS plugin, linking a Mediafire mp3. A [FkN] Crew member briefly cast suspicion on the file due to the poster's low post count, but another member vouched for him and correctly identified the track as DMX ft. Swizz Beatz's 'Get It On the Floor.' The thread was closed minutes after being solved — a tiny, everyday snapshot of the forum's social dynamics and trust culture around file links.

No one is going to dl an mp3 file from someone with that few of posts IMO.— vermiLLion

Nah he cool lol. I know that song i just can't name it omg. I got it Get it on the floor DMX ft. Swizz Beats— majrbrawl

Christmas PSP Save File Request Shut Down

A Christmas Day plea to 'hack' a Yu-Gi-Oh PSP save file gets shut down by staff faster than you can say 'FkN isn't your private army.'

On Christmas Day 2007, member jorskobe asked the forum's 'hackers' to modify a PSP save file for Yu-Gi-Oh GX Tag Force so he'd unlock all the cards. Other members razzed him for the game choice and reminded him (again) that the forum wasn't there to do favors on demand. Co-Manager Shifty closed the thread the next day, calling out jorskobe for only showing up to ask for things.

lol the sigs are gettin better industry and as quotes millions of time FkN isnt ur private army... F— Famousss

No. Stop coming on only when you want to ask a question of ask for something.— Shifty

Admin Bricks His Own Vista Partition, Just Buys Windows

FkN admin nukes his own Vista partition messing with Linux, then just... buys Windows legit.

Site admin ap3x posts to the Support board after botching a dual-boot setup — he removed Fedora 10 and GRUB using a Linux LiveCD's gParted, resized his Vista partition in the process, and broke the boot. Fellow members thejah and -Alex chime in with MBR/repair advice, with -Alex noting the same thing happened to him during a partition resize. ap3x ultimately sidesteps the fix entirely by buying a legit copy of Windows Home Premium straight from Microsoft and reinstalling, closing the thread as resolved.

so IMO backup everything and clear the MBR. (Resets your HDD)— -Alex

I ended up buying the Legit Home Premium from the Microsoft website, product key and everything.— ap3x

Is it all lost? WD hard drive connector damage

A member fries his Western Digital drive's connector and asks the forum if his data can be saved.

A short, mundane tech-support thread in the Fkn0wned Support section: user trialqw posts photos of a Western Digital external hard drive with a damaged connector ('golden strips') and asks if his data is recoverable. Regular Riggex chimes in with general advice about bent pins versus a broken board, and months later superwoman1 drops in just to ask how he even managed to break it that way. A quiet, low-drama slice-of-life thread showing the more ordinary, helpful side of the forum outside its cheat/gaming scene.

The female socket of my Western Digital external HD is busted by getting its golden strips owned.... is there a way to recover all my data— trialqw

how did u even managed that?— superwoman1

Block Websites

Gabe just wants his little brother off The-West and Grepolis, and half the forum shows up with hosts-file tips and 'FUUUUUUUUU that should work'

A member named Gabe asks in Support how to block specific websites (not IPs) using Windows Firewall or AVG, so his younger brother can't access browser games like The-West and Grepolis. Regulars and staff chip in with suggestions ranging from parental controls and router-level site blocking to editing the Windows hosts file, with admin ap3x and member Shadow14l trading corrections on the exact syntax. It's a low-drama, everyday tech-support thread typical of the forum's General/Support section, ending inconclusively with Gabe noting he's on a Firefox beta and Windows 7 compatibility is unclear.

FUUUUUUUUU that should work— [FkN] ap3x

I want to block access to certain websites. e.g.: my little brother plays with: The-West , Grepolis , etc.— Gabe

First Guild Wars Thread on Fkn0wned

The inaugural post in the Guild Wars subforum — a small clique chats RPGs, Guild Wars 2 hype, and activation card questions.

This was the very first thread ever posted in Fkn0wned's newly created Guild Wars subforum, started by xJumper who admitted he wasn't really into RPGs but wanted to get the section going. Over its two pages, a handful of members drifted in to talk about owning Prophecies/Factions/Nightfall, speculate about the then-unannounced-feel of Guild Wars 2 being 'better than WoW,' and ask basic account/activation questions. It's a low-key, casual side-forum thread typical of a hack-scene site's 'Other Games' section — more idle chat than any real community building.

Well anyway come and talk about the game here! First poster in this forum!— xJumper

i dont think its coming out for awhile though. oh well i can wait lol..— Eckos

Wrong Section, Kid: The Great Hitbox Hack Ask

A two-post newbie wanders into Suggestions & Feedback asking for a 'hitbox' hack — the regulars weren't having it.

A brand-new member with only 2 posts asked for a good CS 1.6 hack with a targeting/hitbox option, posting it in the wrong forum section entirely. Veteran members quickly clowned him for both his low post count and his misplaced thread, with one delivering some classic dry sarcasm and another simply pointing him toward the correct Counter-Strike 1.6 support section. A small, mundane, very typical slice of forum gatekeeping culture — new guy asks obvious question, old guard rolls eyes and redirects.

Yes, its the right section. You have 1 post aka you haven't downloaded a single hack.— banak

no that is not the right section...the right setion would be counterstrike 1.6/support— albert90

Where to Get a Capture Card

slingblade just wanted to record some MW2 clips — the forum's console vets showed up with Newegg, Best Buy, and eBay wisdom.

A short, friendly help thread in the Console Gaming > COD4/MW2 section where longtime member slingblade asks the community for advice on buying a capture card to record Xbox 360 gameplay. Regulars zanderdanmark, deX-, PaynE, and smod PopTart chime in with practical suggestions — eBay, local electronics stores, Newegg, and a specific Dazzle setup with A/V splitters for around $55. Low-drama, purely helpful exchange typical of the site's console gaming crowd looking to start making montages or capture footage.

Best Buy Buy a Dazzle and A/v Splitters = price of 55$ for everything Records in Great quality!— PopTart

so instead of looking myself for a capturecard when i have the community of fkn0wned right in front of me i thought i would put to good use the collective knowleadge of the fkn people to help— slingblade

Caption This! Competition Rules

The rulebook for fkn0wned's weekly caption contest, laid down by King of Random herself.

A locked, stickied rules post for the 'Caption This!' (CTC) competition in the General > Competitions board, maintained by staff member Kimmi. It lays out formatting requirements for submitting captioned images, voting etiquette (no self-votes, no spam votes), the weekly Monday-to-Sunday submission and voting cycle, and consequences for rule violations up to being banned from the competition. It's a small, orderly corner of the forum showing the community's more lighthearted, creative side alongside the site's hacking/gaming focus.

Have fun and be creative and original. Your skills will improve every time you enter.— Kimmi

Not following the rules will result in being disqualified. Being disqualified multiple times will result in being banned of the Caption This! Competitions.— Kimmi

hii :) — introduce yourself thread

A newcomer named jusSx says hi, and half the forum's old guard shows up to welcome them in

A classic 'introduce yourself' thread on Fkn0wned, where new member jusSx dropped a casual intro mentioning years online and old crews like g00ns and n0ths. Established members Fopje ([FkN] Crew), cloudoflqb, and Kubenos (both 1K Club) replied with quick welcomes, the kind of low-key ritual that filled the General board. Kubenos's post doubles as a mini trading-rep showcase, with several vouches pasted in praising smooth Steam/game account trades — a snapshot of the forum's parallel life as a trading marketplace alongside its social side.

yohh its juSsx been around the interwebZ for 8 years . hung around with g00ns. diditforthelulz. n0ths & a few otherz. here to chill so welcome— jusSx

hello, enjoy your stay on fkn0wned.com— Kubenos

GFX Card Help: Budget GPU Advice for MW2 (2010)

Yunyun's got $200 and needs a graphics card that'll run MW2 — the forum delivers.

A straightforward Tech Support thread from June 2010 where member Yunyun asked for GPU recommendations under a $200 budget, mainly to run Modern Warfare 2. Regulars chimed in with era-appropriate suggestions like the Nvidia 7600GT, 9600GT, GTX 260, and 9800GT/GTX, giving a nice little time-capsule snapshot of budget PC gaming hardware circa 2010. Low-drama, helpful, community-support energy typical of the Tech & Security section.

If you have $200 to spend, DEFINITELY, without a doubt, get the GTX 260. It's an amazing card for the price, and plays any game you want on max settings.— Filter

nvidia 7600gt isnt that expensive and will play games like mw2— drplobble

Some Sites Won't Load: A Router Mystery Solved

f0wh can't load half the internet, blames everything but the router — spoiler: it was the router

Long-time member f0wh posted a Tech Support plea about certain websites (and MSN/Steam) refusing to connect while others, like the forum itself, loaded instantly. A reformat attempt made things worse (temporarily flagging Windows as non-genuine), with drplobble and thejah chiming in with reinstall/update advice. f0wh eventually solved it himself by fiddling with router settings and changing his MAC address, and mentions getting a genuine Windows 7 key from fellow member toasties. A minor, everyday tech-support thread that captures the casual troubleshoot-together vibe of the Tech & Security section.

I hate you and I will definately kill you. My computer is really fucked now, it says the windows copy isn't genuine— f0wh

I can close this because I found a fix and toasties gave me a genuine W7 key :)— f0wh

f0wh's Graphics Driver Meltdown

A crew member's laptop downgrades itself to 'Standard VGA' and the tech forum tries to talk him through it

f0wh, a longtime [FkN] Crew member, posts a quick tech support cry for help after his ATI Radeon mobility HD 5470 driver mysteriously reverted to the generic Standard VGA driver. Admin ap3x and VIP member fkngames chime in with basic troubleshooting (reinstalling drivers, Device Manager, Control Panel Display settings), but f0wh struggles to follow through, self-deprecatingly admitting he's a 'nub' at this. The thread ends anticlimactically with f0wh admitting he messed up the fix, and the topic gets locked as a mundane but charmingly human slice of old forum tech support.

I'm ultrasauce nub at this— f0wh

EDIT: I just did it wring— f0wh

Super Mario

A guy just wanted to relive Super Mario 64 on his PC — cue the eMule and Rapidshare rescue squad.

A short, sleepy German-language thread in the 'Deutsche Hacks' subforum of Fkn0wned's Other Games section. Member Keskin^ asks where to download a Super Mario 64 PC emulator after getting nostalgic from YouTube videos. Fellow member albert90 offers to dig up a copy via eMule, virus-scan it, and upload it to Rapidshare — classic mid-2000s file-sharing helpfulness. Nothing dramatic, just a small slice of old-school forum camaraderie around retro gaming.

Also weiss wer wo ich das downloaden kann? Heisst Super Mario 64 Emulator oder so— Keskin^

hab was in einem p2p netzwerk gefunden (emule) wenns fertig is werd ich es noch schnell mit virustotal scannen und dann wenns clean is bei rs hochladen— albert90

Gunbound?

A guy named Hamit just wanted to know if anyone still played Gunbound — a month later, someone confesses the game deleted all his hacked loot

A short, low-key thread in the MMORPG's board where newcomer D3Lli (posting as 'Hamit') asked if anyone still played the old tank-artillery game Gunbound, which he'd been into since 2004/2005. Replies trickled in over weeks and months rather than in real time, ranging from lukewarm nostalgia to a member casually admitting he'd used a gold/XP hack in-game before getting his items wiped. Nothing dramatic, just a quiet slice of early-2010s forum life and old-game nostalgia.

Really boring game, might be a little interesting in the beginning IMO. Everybody lagged and etc.— Smeckle

Yeah I've played GunBound, I remember I used some kind of Gold/XP hack then bought the best money farming items. All my items got deleted and I got money for them lol?— DarkRood

BlizzCon 2009 Free Livestream Thread

Someone tried to stream BlizzCon 2009 for free and half the replies were just "unhide"

In August 2009, member viper107 posted hidden links to a Justin.tv livestream of BlizzCon 2009, covering the WoW, Diablo III, and StarCraft II panels across both convention days, so members without a ticket could watch along. The thread devolved almost immediately into the classic forum ritual of members posting one-word 'unhide' replies to unlock the hidden content, with a bit of off-topic banter about someone's avatar thrown in. It's a small, low-drama slice of the site's gaming culture — more about community streaming access than any real controversy.

I came when i saw that avatar.— Dank

no sure how hide stuff so hope it works ANTI LEECH :)— viper107

KingOfTheNight Says Hello

A ten-year CS:S cheat veteran finally makes an account and says hi — the forum welcomes him warmly, warns him off 'venomz'

A routine introduction thread in the General > Introduce Yourself board. New-ish poster KingOfTheNight, a longtime CSS cheat user from Scotland who'd lurked fkn0wned for a decade, made his first forum post. Site owner TuxifieD and VIP members InfectedKush and Monster welcomed him, with InfectedKush tossing in a cryptic warning about a user/name 'venomz'.

I started using cheats about 10 years ago with css, I found fkn0wned and this was the main place I came for cheats.— KingOfTheNight

Welcome to the forums! Enjoy your stay and read the rules! BTW: Dont deal with venomz xD— InfectedKush

IrishAsh Introduces Himself

An 18-year-old Manchester rugby lad rolls up applying for a coder gig during Fkn0wned's post-relaunch reshuffle.

A classic 'Introduce Yourself' thread from 2008 where new member IrishAsh, an 18-year-old CS:S player from Manchester UK, gives a quick bio and mentions he'd applied for an [FkN] Coder position. Panda, a Senior Mod at the time, welcomes him and explains the site was going through a rebuilding phase under new management, with staff positions opening up as things got sorted out. Low-key, friendly onboarding chatter typical of the forum's community-building era.

this forum is like finding out life has a purpose... who knew... Lie, Cheat & Steal your way to the top h4x ftw im not going anywhere— IrishAsh

There are currently a LOT of staff positions open within the new management team, so hang on for more about that.— Panda

A New Idea! - The 'Caption This Picture' Format Debate

Fkn0wned members argue over how a caption contest is even supposed to work.

This is a late-2007 thread in the site's 'Caption This Picture' subforum, where members hash out the format for an upcoming caption contest — mostly confusion over whether users submit their own edited pictures or caption a single provided image. A Manager (tKeR) steps in to confirm the rules changed based on member feedback, promising the contest would launch before that Friday. The tone is casual, back-and-forth clarification rather than drama, typical of a niche site-events subforum.

honestly, i think you are all just plain ignorant, this isnt 'making a pic', its about putting a caption on a pic— ballistic

Sorry guys! Our plans changed a bit because of your suggestions, we hope to host it before Friday this week.— tKeR