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LiquidCode
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:50 pm    Post subject: New Program, URL-Run Reply with quote

Have you ever wanted to run a program using a HTML link? Something like <a href=Explorer.exe>Click here to run Explorer</a>. You would get a download box asking to open or save the file. Well with URL-Run you can run a LOCAL program using a URL link. This is usefull for making an active desktop webpage with links to exe files as well as other uses. This only runs LOCAL programs.

This is in beta stage and has only been tested on Win 98se. Could someone test it on other windows version for me? I am going to test it on XP (hopefully) tonight.

http://www.cgs.vdsworld.com/x/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=9

Updates:

v1.2b
- Fixed Uninstall
- Added security warning

Thanks,

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 8:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Works on XP over here...
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Worked fine on NT4 Server Service Pack 6a. Did this open up some big security risk on my computer though?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 8:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BTW. What happens if people remove the file by hand? Or does it only works when you use run:explorer.exe (and not only explorer.exe) ?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It only works when you use Run:Explorer.exe

Thanks for testing it in XP.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It runs OK on my XP Home. But as Mark points out, you'll really have to think carefully about this Shocked

How about a link like:
<a href=Run:DELTREE|/Y C:\Windows>Manual virus - delete your Win tree</a>

Could create some serious havoc. I would be seriously horrified if some of my network users installed this.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BTW. Uninstall routine is unfunctional. Prog is still active after uninstall Exclamation

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 1:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ya, I had to go and delete it from my c:\winnt directory -- I then tested it to make sure it was gone. Looks waaaaayyyy dangerous!!!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 1:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr. Dread wrote:
It runs OK on my XP Home. But as Mark points out, you'll really have to think carefully about this Shocked

How about a link like:
<a href=Run:DELTREE|/Y C:\Windows>Manual virus - delete your Win tree</a>

Could create some serious havoc. I would be seriously horrified if some of my network users installed this.

Greetz
Dread


Well, that could be done, but as with any programming language there are users that will use it to do harm. Crying or Very sad I am just adding another function to HTML. I have many good uses for this. I will see if I can build some more security into it.

As for the uninstaller, I'll take a look.

Thanks for your input. I am still going to continue the development.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

LiquidCode wrote:

Well, that could be done, but as with any programming language there are users that will use it to do harm. Crying or Very sad I am just adding another function to HTML. I have many good uses for this. I will see if I can build some more security into it.


Sure thing. Anything can be misused. But the problem with this is that someone can sit outside your network
and firewall etc. and have anything executed on a local PC. No need to get an executable or anything through
the firewall - just a link. And users will click links, just like that. Furthermore links are easily disguised, e.g.

<a href="Run:DELTREE|/Y C:\Windows\System">Next page</a>
Whoops, there goes your Sys dir!

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr. Dread wrote:

<a href="Run:DELTREE|/Y C:\Windows\System">Next page</a>
Whoops, there goes your Sys dir!

Greetz
Dread


Ehhhhhh..... It was probably time to clean out the system directory
anyway. Twisted Evil

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 1:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr. Dread wrote:
LiquidCode wrote:

Well, that could be done, but as with any programming language there are users that will use it to do harm. Crying or Very sad I am just adding another function to HTML. I have many good uses for this. I will see if I can build some more security into it.


Sure thing. Anything can be misused. But the problem with this is that someone can sit outside your network
and firewall etc. and have anything executed on a local PC. No need to get an executable or anything through
the firewall - just a link. And users will click links, just like that. Furthermore links are easily disguised, e.g.

<a href="Run:DELTREE|/Y C:\Windows\System">Next page</a>
Whoops, there goes your Sys dir!

Greetz
Dread


That person (that made the web page) would have to know that the person clicking on a link would have this installed. I can put a warning message in the program that can be turned on/off that will warn a user that they are about to execute a program. That way the user will have that option.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 30, 2003 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

URL-Run has been updated. The uninstall function has been fixed and a Security Warning has been added. The warning can be turned on or off.

http://www.cgs.vdsworld.com/x/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=9

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2003 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very handy little utility! I like it. Works great! Smile
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PostPosted: Wed May 28, 2003 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is the URL-Run still available?

or was it withdraw on the surgeon generals advice? Question

I would like to try it out but the link is throwing me a 404 error.

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