Defeating CyberPatrol

by Franz Kafka

     CyberPatrol is a bitch to delete.  They have anti-hacker technology to
prevent people like us from deleting their programs and gaining free reign
over the Internet.

To delete CyberPatrol from Win95 first you must start the machine in MSDOS mode.  

Type 'cd patrol' from the DOS prompt and then type 'attrib -r *.*' in the patrol
directory.

At the root directory, type 'deltree c:\patrol'. 

You also must remove all references to cp, CyberPatrol, and ic.exe.

(Warning: Do not remove files that look like 'cp_*.nls' - these files control 
the keyboard.  I found this out the hard way.)

     You still are not finished because CyberPatrol reconfigured system.386
to block access to Winsock.ini.  (You'd be amazed at what you can find out
by social engineering.  By the way, lying to Tech Support about your age will
get you more help then even I can offer.  How do you think I found this out?)
In order to regain control, type in the following commands in the Win95 
(Windows) directory: 

	attrib -h -r ip.exe
	del ip.exe
	attrib -h -r *.ini

     Delete all .ini files with "cp" or "ip" in it that are under five
characters long.

     Finally you must restore the original system.386.  The following three
commands will restore system.386.  In the Win95 (Windows) directory type:

	attrib -h -s -r system.386
	copy system.386 c:\windows\system.drv
	copy system.386 .\system\system.drv

     Now restart your machine.

     If your parents were smarter that you, you will have to use 'regedit' to
remove the password for AccessControl.  This is located in:

	Hkey-Local-Machine->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->Security

and is a "binary entry" entitled key.  Delete the key you find there.

     Now you can surf the Web to any location you want!

     Note: I hope someone will write an article on how to defeat the v-chip or
the DirectTV Lockout system.