Steam Monitor Window

DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
edited April 2005 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">its showing my C: drive O.o</div>I ran into something really wacky today w/ Steam's update monitor. Where the banner ad should be it had an Explorer process looking at C:\. I could scroll the menu and click the directories on my drive and everything. Odd.

<img src='http://members.cox.net/doomaniac/steamftl.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

<img src='http://members.cox.net/doomaniac/steamftl2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Anyone else run into this?
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    show that to valve, that's really odd...
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  • LofungLofung Join Date: 2004-08-21 Member: 30757Members
    congraduations, u r steamed.
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  • DrfuzzyDrfuzzy FEW... MORE.... INCHES... Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21094Members
    Nice background ;D
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  • Seph_KimaraSeph_Kimara Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19359Members
    OH NOES STAEM IS STEELING UR FIELS
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  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    omgz, ur megahertz!

    - Yea.. I really doubt it's anything major, just some explorer putz up.
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  • SkulkBaitSkulkBait Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13423Members
    If I'm not mistaken, its possible to do that if the banner ad had an activeX control in it or something... honestly I don't know a whole lot about MS specific technologies.... But even then it would be pretty weird.
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-enf0rcer+Apr 27 2005, 10:33 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (enf0rcer @ Apr 27 2005, 10:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> omgz, ur megahertz!

    - Yea.. I really doubt it's anything major, just some explorer putz up. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    o_O

    The question is: <i>how major</i> a putz up is it? This kind of thing hints at bugs which lead to loopholes which lead to security exploits.
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  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-SoulSkorpion+Apr 26 2005, 09:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SoulSkorpion @ Apr 26 2005, 09:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-enf0rcer+Apr 27 2005, 10:33 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (enf0rcer @ Apr 27 2005, 10:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> omgz, ur megahertz!

    - Yea.. I really doubt it's anything major, just some explorer putz up. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    o_O

    The question is: <i>how major</i> a putz up is it? This kind of thing hints at bugs which lead to loopholes which lead to security exploits. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    the kind of putz that sinks battleships, makes loopholes in spacetime and explodes entire galaxies founded around the basic prinicples that is cheese.
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  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    Hahah that's a nice <s>bug</s> feature <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    I am willing to bet that it was simply one of the "sponsors" putting in that little toy that makes a webpage point to your HDD.
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  • brute_forcebrute_force Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21433Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-SkulkBait+Apr 27 2005, 04:38 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SkulkBait @ Apr 27 2005, 04:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> If I'm not mistaken, its possible to do that if the banner ad had an activeX control in it or something... honestly I don't know a whole lot about MS specific technologies.... But even then it would be pretty weird. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Actually, it's surprisingly easy. I'm sure you've all seen the sites that claim "I HAVE STOLEN UR C: DRIEV OLOLO"
    <iframe src="c:"></iframe>
    That's it. Silly Internet Explorer.
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  • tuemmykidstuemmykids Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20884Members
    The exact same thing has happened to me a few times aswell, really made me go WTH...
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  • BaconTheoryBaconTheory Join Date: 2003-09-06 Member: 20615Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Apr 26 2005, 09:05 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Apr 26 2005, 09:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> show that to valve, that's really odd... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    And that will accomplish what? We've shown Steam Friends to Valve and that's remained unfixed for about a year now...
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  • CookieboogerCookiebooger Join Date: 2005-01-07 Member: 33343Members
    That's not really a big deal. There should be a file called download.htm or .html and it shows the website url for VALVe's download content servers. Just find download.htm in your steam folders and fix it to another site. Done.
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  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    i, for one, would want that
    my c:\ beats banner ads any day
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