Whats PWN?

Hi what is pwn? I went someone's xanga and it made my drive open saying I've been pwn? I'm worried.

PWN = own. As in, I owned you... would be "I pwned you". It's a common misspelling because the o and p are so close together on the keyboard. it eventually became more accepted beause of videogames (like counterstrike) and is used naturally today (misspelled on purpose). I use it quite often while I game. I pwned you!

yea idiots can't hit the "o" button correctly :P

Mostly used in FPS games.

Pemu wrote:Mostly used in FPS games.

also widely used in another game called "DOTA" in warcraftIII in Battlenet [where you can warcraftIII online].

Does that mean I have a virus, cuz he made my drive open?

IkematsuSosuke wrote:Does that mean I have a virus, cuz he made my drive open?

The evidence does point in that direction.
Probably should run a virus scanner to make sure.

IkematsuSosuke wrote:Does that mean I have a virus, cuz he made my drive open?

what do you mean? did he physically open one of your drives? Is that even possible?

niko2x wrote:what do you mean? did he physically open one of your drives? Is that even possible?

There are viruses that do nothing but open and close your cd-rom. Though I don't think that's what his problem is.

just run the virus scanner. your drive opened because of a media player exploit. i've had that before. no worries. it more like a joke thing that people do......

:shakehead: just another idiotic pharase invented by nerds.

"pwn" is saying he owns you.... meaning you suck... :hehe: Its nothing more than l33t talk... :mrgreen:

mvc wrote:

There are viruses that do nothing but open and close your cd-rom. Though I don't think that's what his problem is.

Well, it seems his system was breached, probably if he clicked on a link or there was an Active X control triggered. Go get your system scanned, IkematsuSosuke. It might have just been a one time trigger, but it means your system is vulnerable and probably needs some updates.

mvc wrote:

There are viruses that do nothing but open and close your cd-rom. Though I don't think that's what his problem is.

eh there was some site that did this, don't remember where though

That spelling always make me think "you've been prawned" instead of "you've been owned"..lol

W00T!!

Ah . . . I LOVE prawns. Pau hana time, I think I'll go order a plate and a nice glass of diet Coke (yeah, I don't drink, shut up) at some eatery where you can see the sun sink into the sea.

K-den, aloha.

I clicked random on the Naruto blog ring..and it went to his site..and it said have a nice stay if you're drive opened youve been pwn ee and ff. My drive opened and then I got pissed.
I ran a virus scanner and there is none. It's still bullsh*t.

Ah . . . I LOVE prawns

Prawns are yummy.

Oh do you think a firewall would prevent this?

to me it looks more like "you've been pawned"

::shrugs::

I'm not too sure what that means either :chatter: Maybe as in a pawn shop?

IkematsuSosuke wrote:I clicked random on the Naruto blog ring..and it went to his site..and it said have a nice stay if you're drive opened youve been pwn ee and ff. My drive opened and then I got pissed.
I ran a virus scanner and there is none. It's still bullsh*t.

Ah . . . I LOVE prawns

Prawns are yummy.

Oh do you think a firewall would prevent this?

Yes, it might.

Some tips for you to do right now:

1. Windows Update
2. Get firewall software (Kerio, Norton, etc.)
3. update virus scanners, then reboot and scan