Hacking a V-bulletin smile - Evil Thought of the day
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Above is the standard vbulletin file adress for a smile emoticon on any vbulletin forum. I put myself in the mind of a black hat SEO over a smile. I said to myself, what would I do if I was a hacker who found a dead forum (there are plenty out there). I would simply put a different link to the less used of the emoticons on the smilies folder and move on. You could check the link command to see how often the emoticon is used. Ironically, if the owner of the forum changed those files to contain a link to a page on your site that makes people purchase something so that they are happy (even with an alt tag.) .
Weird thoughts pass by my mind everyday. Not that, I would do it….. (a big grin comes to my face.)
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