ExifTool 12.01 error from unsafe characters in a .txt file

exiftool1201errorunsafechar texts fringe loggedin no-preview The file was stored at "Volume in drive G is My Passport \ Volume Serial Number is 1093-F3E8" > "G:\0\Documents\Internet\000___Internet.TXT" Plain text file "000_internet.txt" is a minimally modified version of "000___Internet.TXT"; its topics include: * Web sites which are about archiving * Advanced Google searching * How long it would take to download or upload 1 terabyte or 1 petabyte (incomplete Internet-speed related text which I guess was intended to be posted on 4chan /sci/) * thewikigame.com * Firefox plugins ** https://web.archive.org/save/http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows4.html says "Sorry\\Cannot resolve host plugindoc.mozdev.org." in Wednesday, November 18, 2020 1:09 AM GMT * Onion links (TOR) ** zqktlwi4fecvo6ri.onion > wiki > index.php > Main_Page = "The Hidden Wiki" in 18 Nov 2020 01:12:32 UTC, see https://archive.vn/xuA6v (http://archive.today/2020.11.18-011232/http://zqktlwi4fecvo6ri.onion/wiki/index.php/Main_Page%23Editor.27s_picks) ** 32rfckwuorlf4dlv.onion = "Onion Url Repository" in 24 Jun 2015 15:42:17 UTC, see https://archive.vn/y0VyN which has a long link at http://archive.today/2015.06.24-154217/http://32rfckwuorlf4dlv.onion.city/ (see also https://web.archive.org/web/20150214213718/http://32rfckwuorlf4dlv.onion.city/). http://32rfckwuorlf4dlv.onion was seen as dead when I tried to archive it at https://archive.is/ in the 6th hour of Wednesday, November 18, 2020 GMT; archive.is was saving it at https://archive.is/wip/rCkHX for a few minutes then the URL in the URL box changed to https://archive.is/rCkHX, and its webpage had the text "Not Found (yet?)". ** wiki5kauuihowqi5.onion = "Hidden Wiki – Deep Web Links – Dark Web Links" in 18 Nov 2020 07:19:15 UTC (see https://archive.is/bS68g). On the web page at http://archive.is/2020.11.18-071915/http://wiki5kauuihowqi5.onion/%23 (short link: archive.is/bS68g) it says "After hours of work, we are happy to provide you with the best deep web links of 2017.", so many of the links listed therein are probably dead now, I guess (2017 was 3 years ago as of writing this). http://web.archive.org/web/20150709104836/http://wiki5kauuihowqi5.onion.city/ suggests that it was also "Hidden Wiki - Deep Web Links" in 2015. ** 3fyb44wdhnd2ghhl.onion = "All You're Wiki - A continuation of the Cleaned Hidden Wiki" or "All You're Base" ("all your base are belong to us" meme website?). The link was put into http://archive.vn/ > https://archive.vn/wip/EbseC > went to https://archive.vn/EbseC ("Not Found (yet?)") in Wednesday, November 18, 2020 7:38 UTC. This means that http://3fyb44wdhnd2ghhl.onion ("All You’re Base" according to https://hackbuddy.in/deepweb/100-working-deep-web-dark-web-links/) was dead in 2020-11-18 07:38. 3fyb44wdhnd2ghhl.onion was in the sections "Hidden Service lists and search engines" and "Forums and Chans" (as "3fyb44wdhnd2ghhl.onion/ib/ - Onii-Chan") at hackbuddy.in. Website 3fyb44wdhnd2ghhl.onion was dead in 22 Aug 2017 18:45:41 UTC too (see https://archive.ph/dmCod / http://archive.today/2017.08.22-184541/http://3fyb44wdhnd2ghhl.onion.link/ib/). For more info on this site, see https://deepweblinks.org/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/onions/comments/1l1m1q/all_youre_wiki_a_continuation_of_the_cleaned/. See also: https://archive.org/details/wiki-allyourewiki (2015 upload) and https://archive.org/details/perma_cc_6VMM-A3HT (of http://www.reddit.com/r/onions/comments/2zb4wt/all_youre_wiki_is_out_for_good/cphi97l). ** dppmfxaacucguzpc.onion = "TorDir". This website was dead in the times seen in the following URLs after "/web/": https://web.archive.org/web/20160223043110/http://www.dppmfxaacucguzpc.onion.link/robots.txt and https://web.archive.org/web/20170714211808/http://dppmfxaacucguzpc.onion.link/robots.txt. https://haxf4rall.com/2016/11/06/100-working-deep-web-onion-and-dark-web-links/ - "TorDir - One of the oldest link lists on Tor". https://dafoster.net/articles/2013/04/21/exploring-onionland-the-tor-onion-darknet/ - "Finding Things\The first thing you realize is that there are no search engines.2 Instead you have to resort to the primitive method of recursively following links from previous sites you found. Bookmarks are essential. It’s like 1995 all over again.3\Directory service sites exist with the sole purpose of listing links to other sites:4\• TorDir (dppmfxaacucguzpc.onion) [=] The original directory site (to my knowledge) since 2007." * Probably dead email addresses at yopmail.com ** yopmail.com has the text "Messages are kept 8 days!"; the listed yopmail.com email addresses are probably all dead and have been that way for years now. ExifTool 12.01 shows an error as seen below: <pre>G:\1\957[...]>exiftool 000_internet.txt ExifTool Version Number : 12.01 File Name : 000_internet.txt Directory : . File Size : 2.0 kB File Modification Date/Time : 2016:05:13 00:22:14-06:00 File Access Date/Time : 2020:11:17 17:35:03-07:00 File Creation Date/Time : 2020:11:17 17:35:03-07:00 File Permissions : rw-rw-rw- File Type : TXT File Type Extension : txt MIME Type : text/plain MIME Encoding : us-ascii Newlines : Windows CRLF Line Count : 97 Word Count : 228 G:\1\957[...]>notepad 000_internet.txt [I went to line number 50 (Ctrl+G), pasted in textual characters from a binary file. I then saved the text file, and it successfully saved with ANSI encoding and no notification window came up.] G:\1\957[...]>exiftool 000_internet.txt ExifTool Version Number : 12.01 File Name : 000_internet.txt Directory : . File Size : 2.8 kB File Modification Date/Time : 2020:11:17 17:37:59-07:00 File Access Date/Time : 2020:11:17 17:37:59-07:00 File Creation Date/Time : 2020:11:17 17:35:03-07:00 File Permissions : rw-rw-rw- Error : File format error</pre>The error ("File format error") is either caused by unsafe/unsanitized characters in the text file or a file header/file signature for a different file type/file format being in the plain text file. Contents of file 000_internet.txt (sanitized thanks to https://mothereff.in/html-entities): <pre>,,,,,,,,, Dead URLs: http://alternativeto.net/software/wayback-machine/ http://deadurl.com/ https://phaidra.bibliothek.uni-ak.ac.at/ https://archive-it.org/ http://www.competitorscreenshots.com/ ````````` ,,,,,,,,, Google search operators: http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators_reference.html ````````` ,,,,,,,,, [INCOMPLETE] Internet speed - /sci/ post: Uploading or downloading 1tb: 1tb = 1073741824kb 100kib/s = 12.5kb/s = 2.72384 yrs 1mib/s = 128kb/s = 97.09037 days c. 3.15228 months 2mib/s = 1/2 the previous 5mib/s = 640kb/s = 19.418 days 10mib/s = 1/2 the previous 13mib/s = 1664kb/s = 7.468 days 16mib/s = 2048kb/s = 6.068 days 20mib/s = 2560kb/s = 4.912 days Uploading or downloading 1pb: 1pb = 1099511627776kb 100kib/s = 278.922 yrs 1mib/s = 27.238 yrs 10mib/s = 2.723 yrs 20mib/s = 1.378 yrs 40mib/s = 5120kb/s = 0.689 yrs 200mib/s = 25600kb/s = 49.710 days ... 141398.1mib/s = 141392kb/s = ````````` L &#x1;&#x14;&#x2; &#xC0; F&#x203A; F&#xF6;;&#x201C;&#xFC;&#xCD;&#x1;&#xD0;&#xBD;&#xC3;B&#x160; &#xCE;&#x1; F&#xF6;;&#x201C;&#xFC;&#xCD;&#x1;&#x18;&#xB6;&#x1C; &#x1; o&#x1;&#x14; &#x1F;P&#xE0;O&#xD0; &#xEA;:i&#x10;&#xA2;&#xD8;&#x8; +00&#x19; /C:\ &#x2C6; 1 MBe&#xC;&#x11; PROGRA~1 p &#x8; &#x4; &#xEF;&#xBE;&#xEE;:&#xA3;&#x14;MBe&#xC;* &#x201A;&#x2; &#x1; F P r o g r a m F i l e s @ s h e l l 3 2 . d l l , - 2 1 7 8 1 &#x18; V 1 MB&#x201A;&#xC;&#x10; PowerISO &#x3E; &#x8; &#x4; &#xEF;&#xBE;MBM&#xC;MB&#x201A;&#xC;* (p&#x1; &#xE; P o w e r I S O &#x18; b 2 &#x18;&#xB6;&#x1C; ;B|l PowerISO.exe F &#x8; &#x4; &#xEF;&#xBE;;B|lMBN&#xC;* Up&#x1; &#xC; P o w e r I S O . e x e &#x1C; Y &#x1C; &#x1; &#x1C; 1 X &#x15; &#x3; &#xE7;&#xC7;&#x2022;&#xD8;&#x10; Acer C:\Program Files\PowerISO\PowerISO.exe , . . \ . . \ . . \ P r o g r a m F i l e s \ P o w e r I S O \ P o w e r I S O . e x e &#x19; C : \ P r o g r a m F i l e s \ P o w e r I S O &#x10; &#x5; * &#xB5; &#x1C; &#xB; &#xEF;@Z|&#xFB; &#xFC;K&#x2021;J&#xC0;&#xF2;&#xE0;&#xB9;&#xFA;&#x17D;&#xB5; &#x2122; 1SPS&#xE2;&#x160;XF&#xBC;L8C&#xBB;&#xFC;&#x13;&#x201C;&#x26;&#x2DC;m&#xCE;q &#x4; &#x1F; / S - 1 - 5 - 2 1 - 2 6 2 0 8 1 6 9 0 4 - 2 4 3 1 0 3 3 3 3 6 - 4 0 4 9 8 6 7 4 6 5 - 1 0 0 0 &#x60; &#x3; X [redacted what seems to be the %userprofile% part of C:\Users\%userprofile%] h&#xF5;&#x203A;&#x2013;Z&#xAA;&#xCB;I&#x153;y&#xE0;&#x2022;rd&#x201C;5rR/jlu&#xE2;&#x11;x&#xE8;&#x161;&#xE4;&#xE5;&#x192;h&#xF5;&#x203A;&#x2013;Z&#xAA;&#xCB;I&#x153;y&#xE0;&#x2022;rd&#x201C;5rR/jlu&#xE2;&#x11;x&#xE8;&#x161;&#xE4;&#xE5;&#x192; ,,,,,,,,, THEwikiGAME: http://thewikigame.com/ Its a game where you play with other people and you race in Wikipedia. How do you race in Wikipedia? Well you start on one page, and you have a goal. You must navigate through the Wikipedia links to get to the goal.Example: You start on mushrooms. The goal is tree. You would go mushrooms>fungus>plants>tree. It is an extremely addicting game and absolutely NO ONE plays it I hope you put this on dong. ````````` ,,,,,,,,, Firefox downloader plugins: http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows4.html http://zqktlwi4fecvo6ri.onion/wiki/index.php/Main_Page http://32rfckwuorlf4dlv.onion/ http://wiki5kauuihowqi5.onion/ http://3fyb44wdhnd2ghhl.onion/ http://dppmfxaacucguzpc.onion/ ````````` ,,,,,,,,, [redacted] ezewasu-828@yopmail.com P0nies ponies ponies 123 ymmamu-533@yopmail.com pinkie pie 123 Download provider: huneter-171@yopmail.com password:12345 [redacted username]</pre> Hashes of these non-binary files via https://md5file.com/calculator: 000___Internet.TXT (text/plain) - 2072 bytes MD5 a74d8b55647d4cf5429f5960450673fe SHA-1 41a76978da0b6c7091b5e09195b6dece9d964ede SHA-256 b20e4db5f48b9b9e3b47cc3853110ca105e0f540ece154d08b7f1306ab41cec3 SHA-384 9bcb222e0cc0edfe4510c16c0225ce38e229957c4a7eee5a787c79afd92d5973949698c72f42c4f3fec0d819f30d5aba SHA-512 8ae6cf4b0360201f25f3dfe6bf89da18d4fc4970250155167f0fa03653998844fa4c5b3926ffa96b95b4fb351ea557315d264b0fb8370757625d38540d46f5ae 000_internet.txt (text/plain) - 2863 bytes MD5 22b2ce19b702f9c795fccaacfdde16c4 SHA-1 7c4614f18fb823149f2b58f73150fe8648d14efb SHA-256 5721326517caaadd0653dffb91c0fc52209bfbbddd0f48a5b38788fdbd8bbc5f SHA-384 b3dbbbaf33bceffe9ab1d178ef6a85000b7b53710f41bfc3c7c51f6c47fde368ae6bdeac0e8232aed62eaa43adb2c6c3 SHA-512 e3201045fe78c53d12eaa1c72962fe220a07f77839a0551b646d6b128c2964eafef53a9c1dbfd714dcc63cad19b088e11e0986478e83f330178f7fc293067f45 Properties of these TXT files via wmic, exiftool, and dir: <pre>G:\>cd G:\\0\\Documents\\Internet G:\0\Documents\Internet>wmic datafile where name="G:\\0\\Documents\\Internet\\000___Internet.TXT" list/format:list&&exiftool "000___Internet.TXT"&&dir /r/x AccessMask=2032127 Archive=TRUE Caption=g:\0\documents\internet\000___internet.txt Compressed=FALSE CompressionMethod= CreationClassName=CIM_LogicalFile CreationDate=20140907160305.859375-360 CSCreationClassName=Win32_ComputerSystem CSName=RPM-HP14-BW012N Description=g:\0\documents\internet\000___internet.txt Drive=g: EightDotThreeFileName=g:\0\documents\internet\000___~2.txt Encrypted=FALSE EncryptionMethod= Extension=TXT FileName=000___Internet FileSize=2072 FileType=Text Document FSCreationClassName=Win32_FileSystem FSName=NTFS Hidden=FALSE InstallDate=20140907160305.859375-360 InUseCount= LastAccessed=20201118075351.757355-360 LastModified=20160513002214.904295-360 Manufacturer= Name=g:\0\documents\internet\000___internet.txt Path=\0\documents\internet\ Readable=TRUE Status=OK System=FALSE Version= Writeable=TRUE ExifTool Version Number : 12.01 File Name : 000___Internet.TXT Directory : . File Size : 2.0 kB File Modification Date/Time : 2016:05:13 00:22:14-06:00 File Access Date/Time : 2020:11:18 06:55:37-07:00 File Creation Date/Time : 2014:09:07 16:03:05-06:00 File Permissions : rw-rw-rw- File Type : TXT File Type Extension : txt MIME Type : text/plain MIME Encoding : us-ascii Newlines : Windows CRLF Line Count : 97 Word Count : 228 Volume in drive G is My Passport Volume Serial Number is 1093-F3E8 Directory of G:\0\Documents\Internet 11/17/2020 07:56 AM <DIR> . 11/17/2020 07:56 AM <DIR> .. 12/30/2019 03:39 PM 70 0.txt 05/12/2016 11:22 PM 2,072 000___~2.TXT 000___Internet.TXT 10/23/2013 03:51 PM 557,671 DOCUME~1.ZIP Documents___Mac Makeup 1.9.5.zip 26 Documents___Mac Makeup 1.9.5.zip:Zone.Identifier:$DATA 06/03/2013 12:55 PM 2,750,893 IMAGES~2.PSD Images___Profile-Pics___paper lyra.psd 11/09/2020 07:49 PM <DIR> Website 12/30/2019 10:59 AM <DIR> YOUTUB~2 YouTube video status=active; id=Ytv15ono5J0; 4 File(s) 3,310,706 bytes 4 Dir(s) 118,358,986,752 bytes free G:\0\Documents\Internet>cd G:\1\957[...] G:\1\957[...]>wmic datafile where name="G:\\1\\957[...]\\000_internet.txt" list/format:list&&exiftool "000_internet.txt"&&dir /r/x/s AccessMask=2032127 Archive=TRUE Caption=g:\1\957[...]\000_internet.txt Compressed=FALSE CompressionMethod= CreationClassName=CIM_LogicalFile CreationDate=20201117173503.885345-420 CSCreationClassName=Win32_ComputerSystem CSName=RPM-HP14-BW012N Description=g:\1\957[...]\000_internet.txt Drive=g: EightDotThreeFileName=g:\1\957[...]\000_in~1.txt Encrypted=FALSE EncryptionMethod= Extension=txt FileName=000_internet FileSize=2863 FileType=Text Document FSCreationClassName=Win32_FileSystem FSName=NTFS Hidden=FALSE InstallDate=20201117173503.885345-420 InUseCount= LastAccessed=20201118014437.860501-420 LastModified=20201118014437.860501-420 Manufacturer= Name=g:\1\957[...]\000_internet.txt Path=\1\957[...]\ Readable=TRUE Status=OK System=FALSE Version= Writeable=TRUE ExifTool Version Number : 12.01 File Name : 000_internet.txt Directory : . File Size : 2.8 kB File Modification Date/Time : 2020:11:18 01:44:37-07:00 File Access Date/Time : 2020:11:18 06:56:52-07:00 File Creation Date/Time : 2020:11:17 17:35:03-07:00 File Permissions : rw-rw-rw- Error : File format error G:\1\957[...]>dir /r/x/s Volume in drive G is My Passport Volume Serial Number is 1093-F3E8 Directory of G:\1\957[...] 11/17/2020 05:36 PM <DIR> . 11/17/2020 05:36 PM <DIR> .. [...] 11/18/2020 01:44 AM 2,863 000_IN~1.TXT 000_internet.txt</pre>Notice how ExifTool negates the command that comes after it on the same command line ("&&...") if exiftool fails or has an error. See also: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExifTool * https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22ExifTool%22 eng Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4 ExifTool 12.01 file format error caused by characters from a binary file being put into .txt file; ExifTool 12.01 error caused by unsafe characters in a .txt file; ExifTool 12.01 file format error caused by unsafe characters in a .txt file; ExifTool 12.01; file format error; ExifTool; ExifTool error; exiftool File format error; ExifTool bug; possibly an ExifTool bug; error; bug; .txt file; text file; .txt ExifTool 12.01 error from unsafe characters in a .txt file leedusmcclein@gmail.com 2020-11-18 14:09:31 2020-11-18 14:09:31 [curator]validator@archive.org[/curator][date]20201118141449[/date][comment]checked for malware[/comment]

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