Vampire_god Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Recently one of my friend and i discovered that on any machine which is running by MS Windows (any version) u cannot create any type of file by name "con" (e.g con.txt, con.mp3, con.doc.......).it is strange and mystery to me so we asked MS Geeks and till now they didnt figure it out.guyz try it out urself as i'm sure that most of u r using MS OS.if there is/are anyone who think that they can solve this mystery then please share with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boooggy Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 (edited) removed Edited October 11, 2005 by boooggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velos Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Hi. This probably happens because "con" is reserved for the standard input/output.Try thisOpen a command prompt and write copy con conEach line you write will be dublicatedExit with Ctrl-Z (or F6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter468 Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 there are several words that you cant write in Windows There was a topic once about these things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rock Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Check this out.Source: MicrosoftWhat's this bulletin about?Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-017 announces the availability of a patch that eliminates a vulnerability in Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows 98, and Windows 98 Second Edition. Under certain circumstances, the vulnerability could cause affected systems to crash. Microsoft is committed to protecting customers' information, and is providing the bulletin to inform customers of the vulnerability and what they can do about it. What's the scope of the vulnerability?This is a denial of service vulnerability. If a malicious user were able to entice another user into attempting to access a file whose path contains certain reserved words, it would cause the machine to crash. The vulnerability does not provide any way for the malicious user to usurp control of the machine or to read, add or modify data on it. The machine could restored to normal operation by restarting it, but any work that hadn't been saved when the attack occurred would be lost. What causes the vulnerability?The vulnerability results because of a flaw in the way Windows 95 and 98 (including Windows 98 Second Edition) parse file path names. Device names such as COM1, CON or LPT1 are reserved words, and they can't be used as folder or file names. When parsing a reference to a path, Windows 95 and 98 check for the presence of a single DOS device name in the path. If one is found, the path is correctly treated as invalid and an error is returned. However, neither Windows 95 nor 98 check for multiple DOS device names. This is the source of the vulnerability. If a read or write operation is attempted to a path whose name contains multiple DOS device names, it will cause Windows 95 and 98 to attempt to access invalid resources. In some cases, the effect of this invalid access would be to cause the application that supplied the path to hang, but the more likely effect is that the machine would present a blue debug screen and crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheWayBoy Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Warez hackers use those a lot when they take over an FTP server...allows them to hide their files a little longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 you can't call anything ' ' (space)but you can hold ALT, press 255 -release ALT and get a blank to use instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genosaber Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Recently one of my friend and i discovered that on any machine which is running by MS Windows (any version) u cannot create any type of file by name "con" (e.g con.txt, con.mp3, con.doc.......).it is strange and mystery to me so we asked MS Geeks and till now they didnt figure it out.guyz try it out urself as i'm sure that most of u r using MS OS.if there is/are anyone who think that they can solve this mystery then please share with us.Well I heard about this rumor from a friend of mine said that some one discorvered about this and claimed that no one from microsoft knows the answer. *Sigh* I was one of the few people who weren't suprised by this fact. So for all other people who aren't aware about this or somehow amazed that no one in microsoft know about this well microsoft knows about this and if you want proof that they know then I suggest you read on. Here is the link wherein it points you to MSDN "MICROSOFT SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK" which microsoft geeks know about. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....ming_a_file.aspHope this clarifies it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k33 Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 1. from command promptmkdir \\.\c:\conrd /S /Q \\.\c:\conormkdir c:\con\ rmdir c:\con\ 2. save the following text into a htm file, then browse it <html><body><script type="text/vbscript">dim filesys, newfolder, confolderconfolder = "\\.\c:\con"set filesys=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")If not filesys.FolderExists(confolder) ThenSet newfolder = filesys.CreateFolder(confolder)document.write("Create CON folder<br>")elseset newfolder = filesys.GetFolder(confolder)newfolder.Deletedocument.write("Delete CON folder<br>")End Ifdocument.write("<B>CopyRight ©2005 k33, k33@k.ro</B>")</script></body></html> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 this is something i didn't knew about, thanks for the tips i usually create my 'noname' folders by renaming it and using alt+0160 ' ' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMe Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 But you can't do anything with the folder..you can't copy move it or place something in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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