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Here’s a simple little example of a dynamic User-Agent in VB.NET. It uses a fairly large list of UA strings, and uses 1 randomly. The code is fairly simple, should be easy to add to any application that needs it.
Module modRandomUA
Dim strUA() As String
Public Sub BuildList()
Dim sr As IO.StreamReader
sr = New IO.StreamReader("browser_list.txt")
strUA = sr.ReadToEnd.Split(ControlChars.CrLf)
sr.Close()
End Sub
Public Function GetUA() As String
Randomize()
Return strUA(Int(Rnd() * strUA.GetLongLength(0))).Trim
End Function
End Module
Module Main
Sub Main()
BuildList()
Dim wcClient As New System.Net.WebClient
Dim bytBuffer As Byte()
wcClient.Headers.Clear()
wcClient.Headers.Set("User-Agent", GetUA())
bytBuffer = wcClient.DownloadData(strURL(i))
End Sub
End Module
You’ll need this as well: UA List
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Visual Basic provides a less than elegant method of saving data in the Windows registry, the GetSetting & SaveSetting functions. These functions store setting in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\<AppName>\<Section> not very pretty is it?
The APISettings module is a drop-in replacement using pure Win32 API for its processing power and increased stability. The reason for developing this and for making it drop-in compatible is to all those new to the Win32 API to add its functionality with minimal difficulty.
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Wow, the summer’s over and I’m finally home!
After spending the last five months in New York (quite a difference from my native Florida), I’ve finally made it back home. Much has happened while I’ve been away, not the least of which is the death of Imspire and a few related projects. While giving up on these dreams has been difficult, I believe the result will be for the best.
This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
I was actually rather lucky to have this brand of WinModem, as the good people over at Linuxant.com offer a very high quality driver that makes installation a breeze! But, they have recently changed their marketing methods and charge $15 for the driver, so these really lives no viable, free alternative (a rarity to say the least for linux).
This post was imported from an old blog archive, and predates the creation of AdamCaudill.com.
This is a useful function to close a program based on a windows caption, this should work for any top-level window. Paste all this into a standard module, save it. Then call CloseApp("Notepad") or whatever the name of the window is, it’s nice & simple and should close the program instantly.
This requires Windows 2000 plus, for older versions of Windows a different method is required, that isn’t covered here, seeing as Windows 2000 and better require special privileges to forcefully close a program.
Yesterday the news hit of a new vulnerability that threatens the security of all code; dubbed Trojan Source by the researchers from the University of Cambridge. From an initial analysis, it does seem to impact just about everything, and the status of fixes is very hit or miss at this point. But the real question is, does this even matter? Is this issue worth spending your time on? Let’s look closer.
