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╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Avalanche V2.8 Documentation Avalanche Copyright 1996-1997 H-Master No parts of this document can be replicated, without the WRITTEN consent of the copyright holder, for uses other than the promotion / distribution of this software. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Contents ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Contents Introduction Legal Issues Features Bare Necessities Quick Start Explanations of Main Menu Commands Explanations of Sub Menu Commands Format of SERVER.LST Format of MAILER.LST Format of INSULT.LST Format of MAILING.LST and other mailing lists Format of FRAME.LST External Utilities True SMTP Sproofing News Contact Information ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Introduction ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Avalanche is a program you use to bomb someone's e-mail address. It was made to with 2 objectives in mind: anonymity and speed. On average, Avalanche can send about 20 e-mails in 5-7 seconds using 5 clones and running on a 28.8k connection. That's almost 3 times faster than Kaboom! What's more, Avalanche will include fake mail headers which makes it seem like the mail did NOT originate from you. Cool eh? ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Legal Issues ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Although Avalanche is a FREEWARE, it is NOT public domain software. If you would like to distribute Avalanche as part of a shareware distribution, magazine, internet book, CD ROM, etc. please contact me for permission. All commercial use interests in Avalanche should be directed to h-master@post1.com. The integrity of the original Avalanche distribution file as distributed by the author is essential. Avalanche and all of its related files must be distributed together in the original format. The Avalanche distribution file may not have files added to it or removed from it, and none of its contents may be modified, decompiled, or reverse engineered. Avalanche is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall the author be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if the author has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Avalanche is provided as an educational medium. All uses of Avalanche are assumed by the author to be for education. In no event shall the author be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if the author has been advised of the possibility of such damages, due to the misuse of this software, improper handling of this software, etc. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Features ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Features of Avalanche: -> Multiple connections with server -> FAST! -> Super fast, can send at an average of 20 mails every 5-7 seconds using 5 clones and on a 28.8k connection. That's almost 3 times faster than Kaboom! -> Configurable. -> Anonymous. Fake mail headers will be added that will make it look like you are just one of the relay servers and NOT the sender of the e-mail. -> Supports relay servers. -> Emulates other e-mail programs so as to get YOU off the hook. -> A mailing list bomber to let you subscribe your favourite victim to all the mailing lists in the world. -> Random insult in message body or subject. -> Lamer Framer. -> Ability to save sessions and resume bombing at a later time. -> Menu controlled by tabs. This greatly reduced the size of the menu and thus, even users with a screen resolution of 640x480 can use the program without a hitch. -> Others features found in most other e-mail bombing programs. -> For more enhancements, refer to WHATS.NEW. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Bare Necessities ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ I'm not sure of this list, but it should not be too far off. -> IBM PC or compatible. -> Microsoft Windows 3.x or Microsoft Windows 95 / NT. -> Winsock 1.1 API compliant networking package. -> Access to internet via PPP. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Quick Start ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Here's how to start bombing ASAP! 1. Decompress the package which Avalanche came in. If you are reading this, you should already done that. 2. You should get the following files: ALANCHE DOC 40,217 02-20-97 1:00a ALANCHE.DOC * ALANCHE EXE 212,528 02-20-97 1:00a ALANCHE.EXE * CSWSKCTL VBX 43,648 11-29-96 12:34p CSWSKCTL.VBX FILE_ID DIZ 775 02-20-97 1:00a FILE_ID.DIZ * FRAME LST 15 02-20-97 1:00a FRAME.LST * INSULT LST 47,899 02-20-97 1:00a INSULT.LST * MAILER LST 1,452 02-20-97 1:00a MAILER.LST * MAILING LST 831 02-20-97 1:00a MAILING.LST * SAXTABS VBX 23,312 10-13-93 7:36p SAXTABS.VBX * SERVER LST 832 02-20-97 1:00a SERVER.LST WHATS NEW 7,137 02-20-97 1:00a WHATS.NEW Directory of .\LISTS * PSUVM LST 1,878 02-20-97 1:00a PSUVM.LST * HRI LST 2,408 02-20-97 1:00a HRI.LST * SINGLE LST 521 02-20-97 1:00a SINGLE.LST * VECTOR LST 1,048 02-20-97 1:00a VECTOR.LST * TAMVM LST 1,459 02-20-97 1:00a TAMVM.LST * SHORE LST 1,681 02-20-97 1:00a SHORE.LST * ASUVM LST 1,096 02-20-97 1:00a ASUVM.LST * UA LST 434 02-20-97 1:00a UA.LST * BERKELEY LST 409 02-20-97 1:00a BERKELEY.LST * AMERICAN LST 1,332 02-20-97 1:00a AMERICAN.LST * INDIANA LST 702 02-20-97 1:00a INDIANA.LST * JEFF LST 1,426 02-20-97 1:00a JEFF.LST * BOLIS LST 2,141 02-20-97 1:00a BOLIS.LST * IGC LST 5,044 02-20-97 1:00a IGC.LST * JEWISH LST 3,885 02-20-97 1:00a JEWISH.LST * POBOX LST 5,211 02-20-97 1:00a POBOX.LST * ANTHRAX LST 2,608 02-20-97 1:00a ANTHRAX.LST * HWAY LST 1,154 02-20-97 1:00a HWAY.LST * INDMD LST 2,072 02-20-97 1:00a INDMD.LST * MSU LST 1,239 02-20-97 1:00a MSU.LST * PO LST 1,113 02-20-97 1:00a PO.LST * SHAMASH LST 1,080 02-20-97 1:00a SHAMASH.LST * TELEPORT LST 2,455 02-20-97 1:00a TELEPORT.LST * XMISSION LST 2,572 02-20-97 1:00a XMISSION.LST * ZELDA LST 1,264 02-20-97 1:00a ZELDA.LST Directory of .\UTILS SORT EXE 4,304 02-20-97 1:00a SORT.EXE DUPE EXE 4,064 02-20-97 1:00a DUPE.EXE MLMAKE EXE 4,640 02-20-97 1:00a MLMAKE.EXE <Note: Those files marked with a "*" are required for the proper> <execution of the program. > 3. Delete all the files you do not want. 4. Start your internet connection. 5. Execute ALANCHE.EXE and have fun! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Explanations of Main Menu Commands ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Here's a BRIEF explanation of the menu commands in the Main Menu. Mail Bomber Starts the mail bomber Mailing Lists Starts the mailing list bomber Exit Take your best guess... ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Explanations of Sub Menu Commands ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Here's a BRIEF explanation of the menu commands in the sub menus. In the Mail Bombing menu, you will find: File, with: Save Session Saves the current settings. If there is no session file in use, you will be prompted with a menu to select the file. Save Session As Saves the current settings. You will be prompted with a menu to select the file. Load Session Loads the settings from a file. You will be prompted with a menu to select the file. Load Clones Load more clones. Unload Clones Unload some clones. Note that you must have at least ONE clone. Exit Take a guess? Bombing, with: Start\Stop Start bombing. Clear Clear the form. Random Subject Sets a random subject. Random Message Sets a random message. Random Insult Opens a new window to let you select an insult. On the form itself, you will find 6 commandboxes. For information about them, refer to previous definitions. Note that if you click on Start, it will change to Stop and if you click on it again, bombing will be aborted. On the form, you will find the following tabs: Mail Properties Allows you to configure the mail properties. Options Allows you to select options regarding the mail. Message Allows you to edit the message body. Log Shows the log. Under the Mail Properties tab, you will find: Domain name: State that your domain name (E.G: microsoft.com) is this. To: Bomb this address. From: Pretend that the mail came from this address. Server: Server to use. Subject: Subject for message. E-Mailer: E-Mailer to emulate. Carbon copy: This is a list of people who will get the bomb as well. Enter each address on a NEW line. Relays: Total number of relays (including server, excluding you) Under the Options tab, you will find: Number of e-mails: Number of e-mails to send. If you select this, the textbox beside it will be enabled and you have to type in the number of e-mails to send in the textbox. Mail until stopped Keep sending e-mails until you click on the Stop button. If you select this, the textbox beside it will be disabled. Use real IP for mail If this is enabled, Avalanche will attempt to headers get the real IP of fake relay servers and use that instead of a random IP. Note that this will make the phrasing of the headers a LOT slower. Use random insult for If this is selected, the subject you provided subject will be replaced with a random insult. Append random insult If this is selected, the message you entered to message will be appended with a random insult. Randomly frame others If this is selected, the From field will be replaced with random people to frame. Under the Message tab, you will find: Message: This is the message to send. Under the Log tab, you will find: Messages left: This informs you of the number of messages left to send. If you select Mail until stopped then you will see the total number of mails sent, it will also change to "Message sent:". the Status box This is used to log down anything worth logging. In the Mailing List Bombing menu, you will find: File, with: Start Start/Stop bombing. Clear Clears everything. Exit Exit mailing list bombing menu. Lists, with: Update Update the mailing list listing. Untag All Untag all the lists. Tag All Tag all the lists. On the form itself, you will find 6 commandboxes. For information about them, refer to previous definitions. Note that if you click on Start, it will change to Stop and if you click on it again, bombing will be aborted. List File: Selects the file to use for the mailing lists. Address: Address of the victim. Must be real. Name: Name of the victim. May be faked. Server: SMTP server to use. Lists Left: Lists left to subscribe. In the Insult menu, you will find: A combo box, which lists all the insults availible. Choose a Random Generates a random insult. Insult Copy to Clipboard This will copy the insult to the clipboard. Note: After the insult is generated, you must paste it onto the clipboard or manually type it out. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Format of SERVER.LST ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ SERVER.LST is a list of the SMTP servers that Avalanche may include in the mail relay or use as the server to connect to. The format is as follows: <Server1> <Server2> <Server3> ... Simple eh? E.G: acad.bryant.edu atlanta.com ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Format of MAILER.LST ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ MAILER.LST is a list of the e-mail program and their "signature". Using this information, Avalanche is able to emulate the e-mailer program. The format is as follows: <Program>[||<Signature>] <Program>[||<Signature>] <Program>[||<Signature>] ... Whereby <Program> is a string identifying the e-mail program. If the signature of the e-mail program is "X-Mailer: <Program>" then you can ignore [||<Signature>]. Otherwise, you must add "||" followed by the signature. E.G: Pegasus Mail/Windows 1.22 (16)||X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.22) The name of the e-mail program is "Pegasus Mail/Windows 1.22 (16)" and the signature is "X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.22)". Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) The name of the e-mail program is "Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32)" and the signature is "X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32)". ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Format of INSULT.LST ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ INSULT.LST is a list of insults for the random insult generator. The format is as follows: <Insult> <Insult> <Insult> ... Whereby <Insult> is an insult. E.G: I'll hit you so hard you'll have to take off your shoes to shit! I'll hit you so hard you'll have to unzip your pants to say hi! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Format of MAILING.LST and other mailing lists ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ MAILING.LST is a list of files containing mailing lists. The format is as follows: <Filename> [Name] <Filename> [Name] <Filename> [Name] ... Whereby <Filename> is the name of a file and [Name] is an optional field specifying the name to display when allowing the user to choose the list. If a path is not provided, it is assumed that the file is in the program's directory. E.G: .\LISTS\ESOSOFT.LST Esosoft (MD) .\LISTS\PSUVM.LST The filenames in MAILING.LST refer to other files containing list server information. The format of such files is: <T/F><Address> <T/F2><Format> <List> <List> <List> ... Whereby <T/F> is either 1 or 0 (1 = true, 0 = false) specifying whether the list server supports more than one command in each mail. <Address> refers to the address of the list server. <T/F2> refers to whether the command should be in the message body or the subject. If this value is 0, then the command will be in the subject. Otherwise, it will be in the message body. <Format> refers to the format of subscribing to a list. <List> refers to a list supported by the list server. E.G: 1Majordomo@VECTOR.CASTI.COM 1subscribe <LISTNAME> <ADDRESS> aaheg access-team action-alert apanet Another type of format is for single mailing lists. I.E: Servers that only server one list instead of many lists like the example above. In such a case, the format should be: SINGLE LISTS <ADDRESS> <T/F><COMMAND> <ADDRESS> <T/F><COMMAND> <ADDRESS> <T/F><COMMAND> ... Whereby <T/F> is the same as <T/F2> in the previous format, <COMMAND> is the same as <FORMAT> in the previous format and <ADDRESS> specifies the e-mail address of the list server. E.G: SINGLE LISTS DOGWRITER-H@h19.hoflin.com 0subscribe DWAAPRESSRELEASES-H@h19.hoflin.com 0subscribe In <Format>, you can add in some macros. They are: <LISTNAME> Refers to the name of the list. <ADDRESS> Refers to the address to subscribe the list for. <FULLNAME> Refers to the full name of the victim. May be faked. E.G: subscribe <LISTNAME> <ADDRESS> will be converted to something like: subscribe apanet victim@die.com ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Format of FRAME.LST ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ FRAME.LST is a list of people to frame. The format is as follows: <E-Mail> <E-Mail> <E-Mail> ... Whereby <E-Mail> is the e-mail address of someone to frame. E.G: SomeDork@aol.com HisFriend@aol.com ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ External Utilities ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Avalanche now comes bundled with some external utilities. Their functions and usage are described below: EXEname : DUPE.EXE Function: Removes all duplicated lines from a file and the new list is output to a file. Input : <Inputfile> <Outputfile> Uses : Can be used to check for duplicates in your lists. Notes : If the outputfile already exists, it will be overwritten. T. Notes: If the input file does not exist or the command line is wrong, then the program will quit with errorlevel 1. If the input file contains more than 250 lines then the program will quit with errorlevel 2. EXEname : SORT.EXE Function: Sorts a list in ASCII order. Input : <Inputfile> <Outputfile> Uses : Can be used to sort your lists. Notes : If the outputfile already exists, it will be overwritten. T. Notes: If the input file does not exist or the command line is wrong, then the program will quit with errorlevel 1. If the input file contains more than 250 lines then the program will quit with errorlevel 2. Note that in order to save space and MY time, the program uses bubble sort to sort and thus may be a bit slow. EXEname : MLMAKE.EXE Function: Provides an interface with the making of a mailing list. Input : Nothing. Uses : Can be used to make mailing lists. Notes : When you start, the program will prompt for a file to read from. This file must contain the lists supported by the server. The file must have one list on each line. Leading and appending spaces are removed. Also, only the first word will be used. For example: ALIST This is list A. BLIST This is list B. CLIST will be saved as: ALIST BLIST CLIST After you input the file to read from, it will ask you for a file to save to. Note that if this file exists, it will be overwritten. Then it will prompt for the name of the server, just enter the e-mail address of the server. The fourth question is whether the server accepts multiple commands. If you enter a word starting with "n" then it will be taken as a no. Otherwise, it is assumed to be yes. The next question is the format of the command. The last question asks whether the commands should be in the message body or the subject. If the first character of the string you enter is "M" then message body is assumed, else subject is assumed. After that, the list will be made. T. Notes: If the input file does not exist then the program will quit with errorlevel 1. Note that Single Lists are NOT supported. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ True SMTP Sproofing ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ A lot of e-mail bombers claim anonymous sending. However, there are some things that need to be looked at. First off, you must understand the Windows Socket (winsock) structure. If you do, you would realise that it is hard, if not impossible, to sproof. Also, you would realise that most of those e-mail bombers come with a list of SMTP servers. Why? Is it because they are fast? NO! The reason is that they DO NOT LOG YOUR IP WHEN YOU SEND E-MAILS! That is how most windows-based e-mail bombers send "sproofed" e-mails. If you do not belief me, use your local ISP's SMTP server (assuming it logs IP) with the e-mail bomber, or use a normal e-mail program, such as Eudora, and mail using that server. As an example, I quote (upyoursX.doc, paragraph 2): "Now enters Up yours 3.0, as with previous versions you were completely anonymous and had not the fear of getting busted to ward you from completing your task, but now you can also completely spoof e-mail from another individual you hate and pretend you were them while bombing the fuck out of the first guy you hate. this usually ensues a war between the individuals you hate (which is a good thing) and you can aid this via up yours 3." Note the following extracts before you continue. Extract 1: "as with previous versions you were completely anonymous and had not the fear of getting busted" Note especially the word "completely". Extract 2: "spoof e-mail from another individual you hate" I tried the above-mentioned program using a public SMTP server, pobox.org.sg, and the reply (only two lines are listed because they are the important ones and also, my IP is replaced with X's): Line 1: "Received: from x.x.x.x (x.x.x.x [x.x.x.x]) by plato.pobox.org.sg (8.7.6/8.7.1) with SMTP id VAA05050 for <t8208119@poboxes.com>; Tue, 31 Dec 1996 21:33:59 +0800 (SGT)" Line 2: "X-Authentication-Warning: plato.pobox.org.sg: Host x.x.x.x [x.x.x.x] didn't use HELO protocol" Note: The server returned my IP (the IP I sent the mail from) in the mail but it is censored here so as to protect myself. If you do not believe me, feel free to try it out yourself. Looks to me that the method the e-mail bomber used to "sproof" is to NOT use the HELO protocol (which by the way is used to identify a server). Either that or it depends solely on SMTP servers that DO NOT LOG IP. Thus, if you wish to "sproof" e-mails using Avalanche, just use one of the following SMTP servers as your primary server. acad.bryant.edu cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr electriciti.com iclnet93.iclnet.org miami.linkstar.com ohio.net palette.wcupa.edu post1.com rainbow.rmii.com wheel.dcn.davis.ca.us www.abovtech.com www.andrews.edu www.free.net www.iowa.net www.pbs.org www.vicon.net www.whitehouse.gov Note: It is possible that the servers above changed their SMTP programs, so check it out before using it to bomb! ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ News ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ This new section is devoted to announcements, interesting stuff, tips, tricks, questions, etc. on Avalanche. Feel free to send me e-mail on additions for this section. - Announcements - -> You can get the latest copy of Avalanche at http://www.post1.com/~h-master -> I have a new idea. If I set up a mailing list and then subscribe it to all the mailing lists I can find, then the amount of mails it generates will be literally millions. Then, if you subscribe someone to my list, he can get up to 3 mails per day from each of the mailing lists and together, that can amount to 3000-5000 mails per day! However, I would need a e-mail account to run the program from. Therefore, if you have a server and can spare me one, inform me. -> If you have trouble reading this DOC file, or any of my other DOCs for that matter, go to my homepage and download H-Master's DOCs viewer! Comes in 16 and 32 bit. - Interesting Stuff / Tips / Tricks - -> When you load clones, you are advised to load 1/3 or a close factor of the total number of bombs. This way, the chance of sending more e-mails than specified is lesser. E.G: If you want to send 9 mails, load 3 clones. if you want to send 10 mails, load 2 clones. -> One great way of using Avalanche is to switch it to Mail until stopped mode and then start bombing. Then you can go and have a nap (or hibernate). Better yet, leave it on while you go for that trip around the world you always wanted. -> If you REALLY REALLY need to test out Avalanche on YOUR e-mail address using the Mail until stopped mode, you are advised not to leave it on for more than 1 minute, regardless of the number of clones loaded, if you have a 14.4k or faster connection. Trust me on this one. -> If you want to do major bombing, DO NOT USE YOUR REAL E-MAIL ADDRESS in the From field. This is because most e-mail accounts have a limit of around 2-4 megs and each e-mail is about 1-5k (including headers, etc.). This mean that if you send more than 1000-2000 e-mails, it is highly likely that some of them rebounce. Actually, if you want to do major bombing, it's best to send about 500-1000 mails PER DAY. This way, you will keep the victim's mailbox full of "fan" mail for as long as you keep it up. -> One good way to do continuously bombing without being on-line is: In the From field, put in the victim's e-mail address. Then send a few thousand 5-10k e-mails. When the e-mails rebounce, they will grow larger (due to added rebounce message) and the bigger message will go back to the victim. It will then grow again and go back to the victim. This will continue until the victim manages to clear his mailbox. This trick is especially useful if the victim's mail server is VERY fast. Then, the mail can grow at the rate of more than 1 meg per second! -> A great way to remain completely anonymous is to use the mailing lists bomber and subscribe to all the mailing lists you can find. Then, using the victim's e-mail address, you send mails, that will gurantee flames back, to the mailing lists, such as an entire mail full of vulgarity. After that, the people in the mailing lists will kindly do you a favour by flaming the victim with tons and tons of flame mails. -> Another good way to remain completely anonymous is to put the victim's e-mail address in the "From:" field and then send the mail to a service like ATI or USR's support service. This will make the service send a 5-10k auto reply mail. Great if you know lots of services that auto reply. - Frequently Asked Questions - -> Q: The message left counter is spoilt. When I use the bomber, it doesn't move at all and then suddenly jumps all the way down to 0. A: The counter is NOT spoilt. It is slow at first because before it sends the first mail, it has to initialise the server and this takes time. -> Q: The mailing list left counter is spoilt. When I use the mailing list subscriber, it doesn't move at all and then suddenly jumps all the way down to 0. A: The counter is NOT spoilt. Some list servers supports multiple commands in each mail and thus, all the subscription commands are together so only one mail is needed. -> Q: When I start Avalanche, it says that I do not have some of the files. Where can I get them? A: You should be able to get ALL the files required by Avalanche at my homepage. If you can't, leave me a message. -> Q: Windows reported that I have a "device unavailible" error. What should I do? A: Your copy of winsock.dll is not compatible with Avalanche. Get a new one. Note that the copy of winsock I am using is the one supplied with Windows 95. -> Q: The clones keep connecting and reconnecting without bombing. What is wrong? A: When the clones encounter ANY error when bombing, they will disconnect and reconnect and try again. If the error doesn't lie with the connection but with your provided information, then the clones will keep disconnecting and reconnecting until you stop them. Common errors inlude: 1. The relay is too large. Try making it smaller. 2. The server is down or does not accept e-mails from your IP. 3. The server is too slow. 4. The server is faulty. 5. There is a connection problem. 6. Your copy of winsock is not compatible with Avalanche. 7. You do not have enough memory. 8. The victim's account is on the server, but the server cannot locate the victim's account. 9. There is an error with one of the relay servers. 10. The message is too long. -> Q: When I start the program, Windows 95 says that the language file is missing and refuses to run the program. A: This is quite a common problem. There are 2 solutions I can think of. They are: 1. Install Visual Basic 4.0. Once installed, VB4 will set the language.dll option in your win.ini. 2. Set the language.dll option yourself. An easy way to do this is to run setup, change the language to something else. Then save the new settings. After that, if you want the language to be the old one, then run setup again and change it back. Note that this is not guranteed to work, but it worked for me. -> Q: I subscribed my favourite victim to 1000+ mailing lists on a single mailing list server. However, he only receives 8 to 10. How come? A: Some mailing lists (especially listservs and majordomos) have a built-in feature to reject subscriptions if a certain e-mail address subscribes for more than 8 to 10 mailing lists in a short period of time. The only way around this is to use multiple mailing lists servers or subscribe the victim slowly. -> Q: The new feature of Avalanche (multiple connection processors) does not make the bombing faster at all. How come? A: The old version of Avalanche process server connections in with an endless loop, checking ALL the clones one at a time. This is quite economical on memory and will be relatively fast if the server is slow. However, if the server is fast, the loop can only process ONE connection at a time and thus slows down the rest of the clones. However, with the new multiple connection processors, one loop is created for every clone. Therefore, more memory is required. However, more processors mean that the loops only have to attend to one clone each and thus, data can be processed almost immediately when it is received. There is however, one drawback. Under Windows 3.x, the loops CANNOT process simultaneously. Instead, the loops tackle each clone one after the other. This is still faster than using one loop, but the difference is too insignificant to realise. If, however, the program is running under Windows 95, the loops will be able to process data almost simultaneously. This will greatly increase the speed of data processing and can speed up the bombing (on a fast server) by up to 10-20%. That is, IF there are more than one clone. If you are using one clone, there is only one loop running and thus, the speed is the same. - Others - -> This area is closed until someone posts me something to say. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║░░ Contact Information ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ If for some reason or another you wish to contact me, here's my info. IRC Nick : H-Master IRC Network : Galaxynet / EFnet / Dalnet (In order of perferences) E-mail : h-master@post1.com (No flames / chains / bombs!) If you want to get the latest copy of Avalanche, e-mail me or get it from http://www.post1.com/~h-master If you want me to add you to my list of registered users, just e-mail me a reason why you like Avalanche so much AND an enhancement you would like to see in the next release of Avalanche. Include your e-mail address, IRC nick, the IRC network(s) you visit most often and the version of Avalanche you are talking about. If any of the above information is not supplied, then your application may be void. Registered users DO NOT have to pay (for now anyway) and will receive notifications of new Avalanche releases by e-mail. <Note: A bugfix is considered an enhancement. If you are already a > <registered user and you send me another enhancement, then you will > <be upgraded to a supporter and future versions of the software will> <be mailed through e-mail to you. You will also receive beta copies> <of the software, if you request for them. >