LooooongURL

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smaragdus
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LooooongURL

#1 Post by smaragdus »

LooooongURL is a tiny program (86 KB compressed, 97 KB uncompressed) which reveals the actual links behind shortened ones.

Synopsis - Google Translate plus some editing.
The program is designed to expand the links, shortened with services such as goo.gl, bit.ly, tinyurl.com and others. It can be useful to know in advance where you are going to be redirected to.
Features
LooooongURL has one purpose- to expand shortened URLs.

Links
Home Page - http://www.manhunter.ru/releases/1115_l ... l_1_0.html - (in Russian)
Publisher - http://www.manhunter.ru/ - (in Russian)

Downloads
Direct Download Link for LooooongURL version 1.0.0.0 - note that some download managers fail to download the file and in my case I needed to download it via a web-browser. (Edit- direct download links do not work- download LooooongURL from its website.)

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LooooongURL in action:

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Portability
LooooongURL is portable by design- it saves no settings.

Instructions
  • Download the archive (LooooongURL.1.0-PCL.zip).
  • Extract the archive to a folder of your choice.
  • Run longurl.exe.
Requirements
LooooongURL has no specific requirements.

License
LooooongURL is closed source freeware.

Note
LooooongURL web-page address is not permanent- it changes according to program version.
LooooongURL was developed by the renowned hacker ManHunter, Perm Crack Laboratory.
Other programs by the same developer have already been discussed in the forum (in alphabetical order- Flying Windows (which is also in the database), Quick Task Terminator, Resource Ripper, Tiny Clock, ToolTips Harvester, Total Exif Annihilator).

Details
File details for LooooongURL version 1.0.0.0 (released on 2017-03-20)
Name: LooooongURL.1.0-PCL.zip
File Size: 87823 Byte(s) (85.76 KB)
CRC32: c19d43b6
MD5: de4a96ff1d2d28b359444d8615849c3b
SHA1: a6e2cf6ba14ed1a18f450393048c356d25195aca
SHA256: 07324e5a924e47fa8fc48d35e34920e27763f4fdecb3d13bfa7f98c78502787a
SHA512: a2ad50b23d8cd5c2f085457ab4ce88fb9062d10537e2074b909b815205e047fa9a6a93b266b3a169e32cbaf703d74fe6f58ca4eb8b6344cea24d4cb403504655

VirusTotal analysis
SHA256: 07324e5a924e47fa8fc48d35e34920e27763f4fdecb3d13bfa7f98c78502787a
File name: LooooongURL.1.0-PCL.zip
Detection ratio: 5 / 58
Analysis date: 2017-03-20 22:33:23 UTC

False positives
CAT-QuickHeal - (Suspicious) - DNAScan
Cyren - W32/Alureon.D!Generic
F-Prot - W32/Alureon.D!Generic
Ikarus - Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot
Invincea - trojanspy.win32.usteal.d
Last edited by smaragdus on Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:00 pm, edited 2 times in total.

billon
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Re: LooooongURL

#2 Post by billon »

Not stealth - uses IE engine (obviously), saves cookies.
You can do this with all details through Wget (or cURL):

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wget.exe -S --spider "http://bit.ly/1RWFFFX"
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Not best example because of endless redirects :mrgreen:

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Re: LooooongURL

#3 Post by TP109 »

Lintalist comes in handy for keeping these type of commands in one place. Just enter the wget command into the script section. Don't include the working directory line if wget path is already set. See attached screenshot.

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;Run wget to get website info and/or full URL from shortened URL in Clipboard
SetWorkingDir, F:\Utilities\commandlinetools\downloadUtilties\wget_and_curl
Run, cmd /k wget.exe -S --spider "%ClipBoard%"
Just select and copy the URL and double-click the entry in Lintalist, or assign a hotkey or shorthand. You could also add code to filter the output, send output to a timed message box, or use selected text instead of the clipboard to obtain the wget input URL, but this is probably the simplest method.
lintalist_wget.jpg

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Re: LooooongURL

#4 Post by Midas »

Cool! :)

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Re: LooooongURL 1.0.0.1

#5 Post by smaragdus »

LooooongURL at version 1.0.0.1, changes (with help of Google Translate):
Intermediate update based on users' wishes.
  • If at program start there is a link in the clipboard, it is immediately inserted into the form.
  • Many redirects are performed, all is written in the log.
  • The program minimizes to tray.
  • Added buttons "Clear" and "Open".
LooooongURL version 1.0.0.1 screen-shot:

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The expanded URLs are opened in the default browser ("Open" button).
Last edited by smaragdus on Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:02 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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Re: LooooongURL

#6 Post by smaragdus »

@billon
Not stealth - uses IE engine (obviously), saves cookies.
You can do this with all details through Wget (or cURL)
I absolutely do not care about Internet Explorer- I do not use it and I regularly purge it with cleaners (lots of programs rely on IE and even open their websites not in the default browser but in Internet Explorer).
I am not a fan pf command line tools, I always prefer GUI.

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Re: LooooongURL

#7 Post by starstuff »

Nice tip @TP109!

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Re: LooooongURL.1.1.0.0

#8 Post by smaragdus »

LooooongURL at version 1.1.0.0, changes (via Google Translate):
Version 1.1. Added the "Purify" option for cleaning links from any referral add-ons. Fixed bugs found.
LooooongURL version 1.1.0.0:

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