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Crazy Ghost originated on a Korean site, ''myhome.hananet.net'', as early as January 2002. Upon opening the page, the website would show the image with some text below: | Crazy Ghost originated on a Korean site, ''myhome.hananet.net'', as early as January 2002. Upon opening the page, the website would show the image with some text below: | ||
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殺生簿 | 殺生簿 | ||
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://myhome.hananet.net/~crazyghost/goto.htm"> | <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://myhome.hananet.net/~crazyghost/goto.htm"> | ||
위의 테그를 복사하여 테그가 실행되게 게시판에 써넣으시오. 그것이 한번이라도 실행되지 않으면 더욱 끔찍한 것을 보게 될것이다. | 위의 테그를 복사하여 테그가 실행되게 게시판에 써넣으시오. 그것이 한번이라도 실행되지 않으면 더욱 끔찍한 것을 보게 될것이다. | ||
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The Korean text roughly translates to "Copy the code above, send them to BBS and let them run. If not you will encounter even scarier things". The code provided is using HTML meta tag to invoke page redirection with a duration (immediate or 0 seconds in this case). It is speculated that on early BBSs that have HTML injection vulnerability, sending this code would cause an immediate redirect to the screamer after opening. | The Korean text roughly translates to "Copy the code above, send them to BBS and let them run. If not you will encounter even scarier things". The code provided is using HTML meta tag to invoke page redirection with a duration (immediate or 0 seconds in this case). It is speculated that on early BBSs that have HTML injection vulnerability, sending this code would cause an immediate redirect to the screamer after opening. | ||
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In 2009, the image was reprinted on a Japanese website called 魔を祓う部屋 (''ma o harau heya'', "Room for Exorcising Demons") under the name クレイジーゴースト.<ref>w.atwiki.jp/mustnotsearch/pages/128.html</ref> A [[wikipedia:Moe_(slang)|moeified]] version of Crazy Ghost, called キャー子さん (Kyāko-san),<ref>Likely a combination of キャー (''kyā''), an exclamation of surprise, and 子 (''ko'') a common female name ending. </ref> was posted on [[wikipedia:Futaba_Channel|Futaba Channel]].<ref>dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E5%AD%90%E3%81%95%E3%82%93</ref><ref>According to w.atwiki.jp/2jiwiki/pages/592.html, the earliest record of キャー子さん dates back to January 8th, 2008.</ref> | In 2009, the image was reprinted on a Japanese website called 魔を祓う部屋 (''ma o harau heya'', "Room for Exorcising Demons") under the name クレイジーゴースト.<ref>w.atwiki.jp/mustnotsearch/pages/128.html</ref> A [[wikipedia:Moe_(slang)|moeified]] version of Crazy Ghost, called キャー子さん (Kyāko-san),<ref>Likely a combination of キャー (''kyā''), an exclamation of surprise, and 子 (''ko'') a common female name ending. </ref> was posted on [[wikipedia:Futaba_Channel|Futaba Channel]].<ref>dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E5%AD%90%E3%81%95%E3%82%93</ref><ref>According to w.atwiki.jp/2jiwiki/pages/592.html, the earliest record of キャー子さん dates back to January 8th, 2008.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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