Brawllux
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Post by Brawllux on May 11, 2024 13:42:24 GMT -8
Alcatel sent token loggers to lots of people and committed numerous cyber crimes. Literally leaked people's personal information and sent racist messages from their accounts. The program he used is a custom build of DWMBLURGLASS. If the build of DWMBLURGLASS you are using is NOT from the official repository or it's version is 3.0 delete it IMMEDIATELY,change all of your account passwords and do a full scan on your computer. Do not use any themes,Windhawk mods,dll patches or basically anything by Alcatel if you value your accounts security and your personal information.
Mods and Admins this is a pretty serious situation so please pin this if possible.
Stay away from these programs/mods/places:
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neptune
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Post by neptune on May 11, 2024 14:12:38 GMT -8
i've created a replacement for alcatel's basicthemer5 it might not be the best, but it's lightweight and functions well, contributions are appreciated github.com/catneptune/basicthemer6 |
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on May 11, 2024 14:19:10 GMT -8
Stop with this stupid mess. I don't want discord drama to contaminate this forum. Go play somewhere else.
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on May 11, 2024 14:20:36 GMT -8
R.O.B.anixxThe JackalI advise you not to delete anything urgently, but to think about it beforehand. As always, think before you click.
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aubymori
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Post by aubymori on May 11, 2024 14:21:35 GMT -8
Stop with this stupid mess. I don't want discord drama to contaminate this forum. Go play somewhere else. >drama >look inside >personal information being leaked |
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Brawllux
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Post by Brawllux on May 11, 2024 14:23:02 GMT -8
Stop with this stupid mess. I don't want discord drama to contaminate this forum. Go play somewhere else. It is very sad to see a senior member of this forum to trying to stop us from protecting other users personal information and privacy. You should get some common sense,now. |
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ephemeralViolette
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Post by ephemeralViolette on May 11, 2024 14:31:28 GMT -8
Stop with this stupid mess. I don't want discord drama to contaminate this forum. Go play somewhere else. It's not just Discord drama. This person is verifiably a malicious actor who has hacked other users and spreads malware designed to steal people's personal information and accounts. |
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on May 11, 2024 14:34:56 GMT -8
All I ask the staff is not to delete non-malicious code.
If code is obviously malicious, it must indeed be deleted.
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on May 11, 2024 14:41:39 GMT -8
There have already been stories at least as serious as this in open-source projects. Each time, a code audit was carried out to determine precisely whether the code was healthy or not.
I don't see why this would be any different.
Earlier, I panicked because I was afraid that useful information would be deleted, just because of where it came from. I'm not talking about the malicious version of DWMBlurGlass, but about the rest (the Windhawk mods, BasicThemer5...).
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Brawllux
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Yeeting metro settings out of the window
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Post by Brawllux on May 11, 2024 14:53:13 GMT -8
There have already been stories at least as serious as this in open-source projects. Each time, a code audit was carried out to determine precisely whether the code was healthy or not.
I don't see why this would be any different.
Earlier, I panicked because I was afraid that useful information would be deleted, just because of where it came from. I'm not talking about the malicious version of DWMBlurGlass, but about the rest (the Windhawk mods, BasicThemer5...).
Anything that is made by this dangerous person must be obliterated IMMEDIATELY. There is no useful information in those programs/mods either,and there is no guarantee that those mods will be used for something like this in the future as well. |
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on May 11, 2024 15:00:46 GMT -8
Anything that is made by this dangerous person must be obliterated IMMEDIATELY. There is no useful information in those programs/mods either,and there is no guarantee that those mods will be used for something like this in the future as well. I sometimes use BasicThemer5, as well as a script for switching the login screen to console mod. These files do not currently contain malicious code, they are on my computer, even if Alcatel wanted (which seems unlikely to me) to add malicious code, he would not be able to modify those on my computer. And you don't have to tell me what I should use or not. I have every right to find these two programs useful if I want to.
On the other hand, I apologize if I offended you earlier. Finally, you say that my behavior is damaging due to my rank on the forum; my rank did not fall from the sky, it is there because I help many beginner users (rather than just telling them that their configuration is not good). I am therefore relatively aware of what may or may not constitute a risk for the user, even if, I admit, I am not aware of everything that is happening on Discord at the minute (I have a life outside this community).
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ephemeralViolette
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Post by ephemeralViolette on May 11, 2024 15:06:44 GMT -8
Anything that is made by this dangerous person must be obliterated IMMEDIATELY. There is no useful information in those programs/mods either,and there is no guarantee that those mods will be used for something like this in the future as well. I sometimes use BasicThemer5, as well as a script for switching the login screen to console mod. These files do not currently contain malicious code, they are on my computer, even if Alcatel wanted (which seems unlikely to me) to add malicious code, he would not be able to modify those on my computer. And you don't have to tell me what I should use or not. I have every right to find these two programs useful if I want to.
Alcatel is not the author of BasicThemer5, but you should probably compile the upstream project from source rather than using his version. You don't know for a fact if he slipped malicious code into the binary that he built, but the upstream project is definitely safe. |
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Post by The Jackal on May 11, 2024 15:06:51 GMT -8
They've been banned. I've seen the evidence provided, and it's sad to see someone who gained trust in this community abuse it.
You can continue to post, but keep it civil, folks.
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on May 11, 2024 15:24:27 GMT -8
As giving everyone a right of reply seems important to me, I am posting the apology message from Alactel :
Officially, he seems to no longer want to have anything to do with the community.
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zxcv1234
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Post by zxcv1234 on May 11, 2024 15:27:37 GMT -8
As someone that used BasicThemer5 everyday even though Norton360 always deleted it, should have listened to the anti-virus...
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on May 11, 2024 15:29:57 GMT -8
As someone that used BasicThemer5 everyday even though Norton360 always deleted it, should have listened to the anti-virus... Don't listen to the antivirus. ClassicThemeTray is also systematically deleted, and sometimes SimpleClassicTheme too. And I forget a lot. The problem has been known for a long time, as have the causes. |
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Post by The Jackal on May 11, 2024 15:41:49 GMT -8
As giving everyone a right of reply seems important to me, I am posting the apology message from Alactel :
Officially, he seems to no longer want to have anything to do with the community.
Yeah, I've seen the malware they used, it's pretty nasty stuff. "Trust me, bro" doesn't really cut it. My advice to Alactel would be to stick to what you saying you're going to do and focus on sorting themselves out.
To anyone else who ran that file - change your passwords and contact your banks. Better to be safe than sorry. |
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on May 11, 2024 15:52:17 GMT -8
Yeah, I've seen the malware they used, it's pretty nasty stuff. "Trust me, bro" doesn't really cut it. My advice to Alactel would be to stick to what you saying you're going to do and focus on sorting themselves out.
To anyone else who ran that file - change your passwords and contact your banks. Better to be safe than sorry. I quite agree. What worries me is the possible loss of mutual trust between members in the future.
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johnnyghost
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Post by johnnyghost on May 11, 2024 22:43:38 GMT -8
Giving my two cents on this matter. It's sad that Alactel ended up mentally broken by the WinClassic community, because that is definitely something someone should not feel like.
A lot of us are brought together by our enjoyment of the Windows designs Microsoft abandoned over the years to get to where we're currently at with default Windows 10/11.
At the same time, injecting code that can leak personal information and allow potentially Alactel to send nasty stuff to people as a form of revenge is a dangerous thing to do. And like you said OrthodoxWin32, this could affect the trust people have in other users. I hope Alactel is able to get help, and can recover, while also looking at this whole situation as what isn't a good way to get a one last, "forget you" on toxic people.
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PetroleumBarbacoa
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Post by PetroleumBarbacoa on May 11, 2024 22:52:51 GMT -8
When i read this i got really worried because i added some WindHawk mods and downloaded the Windows7 theme on my brother's computer... Thankfully i did not added any mod of this user there and i am very sure that the Windows 7 theme was Aero10 by another user
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