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 Windows 95 first you must start the machine in MS-DOS 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 Windows 95 (Windows) directory:

C:\> ATTRIB -h -r IP.EXE C:\> DEL IP.EXE C:\> 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 Windows 95 (Windows) directory type:

C:\> ATTRIB -h -s -r SYSTEM.386 C:\> COPY SYSTEM.386 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DRV C:\> 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:

Computer\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 DirecTV lockout system.