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{{Infobox Shock Site
{{Infobox Shock Site
|name = Last Measure
|title = Last Measure
|Picture = GNAA Logo.png
|image = Last Measure Logo.png
|Quote = The site to end all sites, R.I.P computers...
|imagecaption = The site to end all sites, R.I.P computers...
|Maker = GNAA
|maker = PenisBird (original), GNAA (multiple variants)
|Type = Shock sites
|type = Shock site
|Creation date = September 2005
|date = 2003
}}
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'''Last Measure''' is a [[shock site]] made in 2005 by the Internet trolling organization GNAA, also known as [[Wikipedia:Gay Nigger Association of America|Gay Nigger Association of America]].
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[[File:Last Measure Banner.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|The Last Measure banner.]]
'''Last Measure''' was a [[shock site]] created in 2003 by ''Penisbird'', a member of the internet trolling group [[Wikipedia:Gay Nigger Association of America|Gay Nigger Association of America]] (GNAA). Many variants of Last Measure exist, as the source code for several different versions was made available for download. 
 
== History ==
An early version of Last Measure was conceived by Penisbird after playing with an [[wikipedia:AIM_(software)|AOL Instant Messenger]] (AIM) utility called AIM Invader, which provided a variety of ways to crash AIM clients.<ref name=":0">web.archive.org/web/20040809015117/<nowiki>http://lastmeasure.com/history.php</nowiki></ref>
 
The most powerful crash was the "last measure" crash, which overloaded an AIM client with file transfer requests, [[wikipedia:Contact_list|buddy list]] sends, and messages full of smileys and colors, until the AIM client crashed due to lack of [[wikipedia:Random-access_memory|RAM]].<ref name=":0" />
 
==Behavior==
Last Measure displayed pooped.jpg<ref name=":1">A picture of a woman's face with feces on it, which originates from bangedup.com.</ref> upon immediately entering the website. It set [[Goatse]] as the page's background, and opened numerous [[wikipedia:Web_browser|browser]] windows via a [[wikipedia:JavaScript|JavaScript]] function called ''procreate'' containing either [[Pillowfight]], [[Rotten.com#PenisBird|Penisbird]], [[Tubgirl]], or [[Lemon Party]]. It then used a function called ''playBall'' to move the windows around the screen. The page embedded a looping audio file called '''fsckyou.wav.mp3''',<ref>A reference to [[wikipedia:Fsck|fsck]], a [[wikipedia:Unix|Unix]] utility that checks the [[wikipedia:File System|file system]] for damage.</ref> which was a sample of a man screaming "HEY EVERYBODY, I'M LOOKING AT GAY PORNO!".
 
The text "GNAA > j00<ref>The spelling for "you" in [[wikipedia:Leet|leetspeak]].</ref> fristage postage<ref>"fristage postage" is a reference to [[wikipedia:First_post|first post]], an Internet meme written by an internet user to indicate their discovery of an until-then uncommented entry.</ref> is mine" appeared at the top of the page. Below was the text "Lastmeasure last measure last-measure nero institute", which may have been an attempt to get the page listed under [[wikipedia:Google_Search|Google]]. The title of the page was "Our lawyer has informed us that we need a warning. So, if you are under the age of 18 or find this offensive, pleae [sic]<ref>This typo is corrected in later versions.</ref> leave immediately", which is a reference to the text on the front page of [[Goatse.cx]]. If the user pressed Alt+F4, the Ctrl key, or the Del key, the page displayed an alert containing the same text as the page title.
 
The page also had a button with the text "CLICK ME", which utilized the onmouseover<ref name=":7">Occurs when the cursor enters an element.</ref> and onclick<ref name=":8">Occurs when the user clicks on an element.</ref> events to call on the procreate and playBall functions to spawn more windows. If the user attempted to close any windows, the page utilized the onunload<ref name=":9">Occurs when the user navigates away from the page, such as by clicking a link or closing the browser window.</ref> event to spawn even more.
 
Last Measure additionally checked if the browser was [[wikipedia:Internet_Explorer|Microsoft Internet Explorer]], and if the version of Internet Explorer was greater than or equal to 4. If both conditions were met, it saved the page URL as a bookmark titled "Idiot!".
 
== Version 3.4.1 ==
[[File:Lastmeasure.JPG|thumb|A screenshot of Last Measure Version 3.4.1 from September 9th, 2004.]]
<b>Last Measure Version 3.4.1</b> introduced several new developments, such as an expanded image list and more elaborate scripts. The complete image list was christmas.jpg,<ref name=":2">A picture of a person stretching her anus to [[Goatse]] proportions with a table clamp, from [[Klerck.org]].</ref> [[Lemon Party|lemonparty.jpg]], [[Rotten.com#PenisBird|ouch.jpg]],<ref>The image is called ouch.jpg. but the [[wikipedia:PHP|PHP]] file is called penisbird.php.</ref> [[Pillowfight|pillowfight.jpg]], [[Tubgirl|tubgirl.jpg]], [[spin.gif]], freak.jpg,<ref name=":3">A picture of a naked female body builder.</ref> rustina.jpg,<ref name=":4">A picture depicting Rusty's wife's face photoshopped onto a picture of a naked white woman having sex with a black man. Rusty was the creator of [[wikipedia:Kuro5hin|Kuro5hin]], a popular [[wikipedia:Slashdot|Slashdot]]-like site.</ref> loopback.jpg,<ref name=":5">A picture of a man looping his penis into his anus from [[Goatse.cx]].</ref> and eww.jpg.<ref>A picture of a young girl, with two naked people in the background, with one of them exposing his buttocks. The text "The Fuck What?!" in red is visible, with the man's naked buttocks circled in red.</ref> Instead of embedding an [[wikipedia:MP3|MP3]] to play the "HEY EVERYBODY, I'M LOOKING AT GAY PORNO!" audio sample, it embedded a [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]] file called '''hey.swf'''.
 
The title of the page was "Our lawyer has informed us that we need a warning. So, if you are under the age of 18 or find this offensive, please leave immediately" and pressing Alt+F4 or the Ctrl key spawned an alert message with the same text. However, if the user pressed the Del key, it spawned an alert message containing credits:
<pre>
LAST MEASURE VERSION 3.3 BY PENISBIRD.
Starring:
Spin
Tubgirl
Lemonparty
Bob Goatse
Penisbird
Pillowfight
Christmas
Rusty's Wife
What the fuck? That guy's ass is showing in his baby's picture!
 
Additional (actually fucking working in v3.2) popup-blocker-busting by goat-see
hey.swf by rkz
PROPS TO GNAA
</pre>


The website was actively developed until 2010. There are plenty of variants of this website, as it is open source and can be downloaded and edited by everyone. When visiting the original website, a [[Goatse]] Image is shown then it will display one or more shock images, usually pornographic and weird pictures, or horrifying medical photographs from Wikipedia along with an extremely loud looped sound of a man saying "''HEY EVERYBODY, I'M LOOKING AT GAY PORNO!''" in order to alert people near you. A script on the website will also try to open infinite tabs and massively use the "mailto" and "callto" function, intending to cause the user's computer to freeze.
Version 3.4.1 contained the same "GNAA > j00 fristage postage is mine" and "Lastmeasure last measure last-measure nero institute" text found in the original mirror. However, it utilized a more elaborate [[wikipedia:Web_browser|browser]] checking protocol. Not only did it check if the browser was Internet Explorer and the version is greater than or equal to 4, it also checked if the browser was [[wikipedia:Netscape_Navigator|Netscape Navigator]] and if it was version 4, and checks if the browser was a [[wikipedia:Gecko_(software)|Gecko]]-based browser such as [[wikipedia:Firefox|Firefox]]. It additionally checked if the user's [[wikipedia:Operating_system|operating system]] is [[wikipedia:MacOS|macOS]].  


This website uses browser exploits and tricks like the 'onmouseover' and 'onclick' functions to ignore pop-up blockers and spawn windows containing shock content moving around fast. Some people say that there were variants containing actual malware, but this could never be proved. Browsers such as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and other IE-based browsers are known to handle the website very poorly and may cause the entire device to crash.{{Cite}}
The procreate function in Version 3.4.1 served the same purpose of opening windows, but it only opened windows if the browser was Internet Explorer and randomly selected which shock image to display in the new window. The playBall function in Version 3.4.1 was largely unchanged, except that it lacked an [[wikipedia:Conditional_(computer_programming)|if statement]] found in the original mirror.  
There are some versions that use a script known as 'StatsMeasure,' which leaks the clipboard data to the Internet. Newer versions of Last Measure used a Java applet known as 'CoffeeMeasure' that spawns a lot of Java application windows moving around the screen. The Unified version of Last Measure contains lots of other shock images from [[The Pain Series]]. the external link was added at the [[Offended]] page.


Due to the extremely malicious behavior of all Last Measure versions, people that visit a site containing the script often think their computer is infected with a virus. Many internet browsers today may not execute all of the scripts or warn when some of the script portions are about to be executed, however, it may still cause temporary ruination. For example, on Safari it can still turn the browser into a fork bomb by opening mIRC and the default email client in a loop which causes the computer to slow down or even crash. There is a version of Last Measure that also uses code from the infamous JavaScript Trojan "Offiz" known as "You are an idiot" which presents the well-known Flash application called "rgb.swf": an 8-bit version of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Foley Axel Foley] from [[Wikipedia:Beverly_Hills_Cop_(film_series)|Beverly Hills Cop'']] film series with bright flashing RGB colors in an attempt to trigger an epileptic seizure.
The page utilized the onfocus,<ref>Occurs when an element gets focus.</ref> onblur,<ref>Occurs when an element loses focus.</ref> onmousemove,<ref name=":10">Occurs when the cursor moves over an element.</ref> onload,<ref name=":11">Occurs when an object has been loaded.</ref> onkeydown,<ref name=":12">Occurs when the user presses a key on the keyboard.</ref> and onunload<ref name=":9" /> events to open procreator.php in modeless dialog boxes.<ref>Modeless dialog boxes permit the user to interact with it while still being able to interact with other parts of the webpage or application, meaning that the user can move it around, click on other buttons or links, or perform other actions simultaneously. Modeless dialog boxes are unlike modal dialog boxes, which requires users to interact with it before they can continue interacting with other parts of the webpage or application.</ref> The page also had a large button labeled CLICK ME with pooped.jpg as the background, which made use of the onmouseover,<ref name=":7" /> onclick,<ref name=":8" /> and onmouseout<ref>Occurs when the mouse pointer moves out of an element.</ref> events to launch modeless dialog boxes containing procreator.php.  


GNAA announced a new version of Last Measure called RubyMeasure, which is completely written in the programming language "Ruby", which will be released soon. However, it is unlikely that this version will be ever released since there has been no progress for a couple of years.
Procreator.php executed the same payloads as the main page: spawning the alert and credits messages when specific keys are pressed, the browser and operating system checking protocol, and the procreate and playBall functions. The procreator.php file also contained the following text in first-level header tags: <pre>
PROCREATING LAST MEASURE!!!
GNAA > j00
Fristage Postage is MINE.
EAT THIS, GOOGLE TOOLBAR.
fucking nigger operating system.. at least in fucking Firebird you odn't have to do this shit.
</pre>Version 3.4.1's source code contained a string of text related to the development of the anti-popup blocker functionality:<pre>
/*
let's figure out what the fuck kind of browser the poor plebs are using :(
MSIE gets a special kind of last measure where I start off with a
ModelessDialog and pop up from it. Gets around google toolbar. -- goat-see */
</pre>The procreate function contained another code comment from goat-see:
fuck procreating like rabbits -- goat-see
There was another string of text in the source code that reads "If you have a screen larger than this i'll eat my own shit. - this button shit is +1 insightful.". It was not rendered as visible text on the page as it was not enclosed within any HTML tags or any visual elements.


== Links ==
== Version 4.1 ==
<font color="yellow"><u>NOTE</u>: The following websites contain extremely graphic images, and will also harm your computer!</font>
Version 4.1 used the same image list<ref>PenisBird is replaced with the edited [[wikipedia:GIF|GIF]] version that depicts the macaw masturbating the penis until ejaculation.</ref> and hey.swf file as 3.4.1 but introduced several new scripts. The title of the page was "GNAA Last Measure v4.1 by Rucas with Armorfist's PopupByPasser Mod.". The function that opened windows was renamed shellscript, and the function that moved windows around was renamed movew0w. In contrast to previous versions that used basic [[wikipedia:Arithmetic|arithmetical]] calculations, movew0w used [[wikipedia:Trigonometry|trigonometric]] calculations to determine the window position. The page embedded two [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]] files, first_opener.swf and second_opener.swf, which opened windows.
*'''Original Website, currently in defunct''': gnaa.us
 
**gaynigge.rs
It checked whether the user's operating system was [[wikipedia:Microsoft_Windows|Windows]], [[wikipedia:MacOS|macOS]], [[wikipedia:Linux|Linux]], [[wikipedia:OS/2|OS/2]], or [[wikipedia:BeOS|BeOS]]. It also specifically checked if the user's [[wikipedia:Web_browser|browser]] was either [[wikipedia:Opera_(web_browser)|Opera]], [[wikipedia:MSN_TV|WebTV]], [[wikipedia:Internet_Explorer|Internet Explorer]], [[wikipedia:NetPositive|NetPositive]], [[wikipedia:Internet_Explorer_Mobile|MS Pocket Internet Explorer]], [[wikipedia:Galeon|Galeon]], [[wikipedia:Konqueror|Konqueror]], [[wikipedia:ICab|iCab]], [[wikipedia:OmniWeb|OmniWeb]], Phoenix,<ref>The initial code name for [[wikipedia:Firefox|Firefox]]. </ref> Firebird<ref>The replacement name for Phoenix, due to a trademark claim from [[wikipedia:Phoenix_Technologies|Phoenix Technologies]].</ref>, [[wikipedia:Firefox|Firefox]],<ref>The replacement name for Firebird, due to pressure from the [[wikipedia:Firebird_(database_server)|Firebird]] database software project.</ref> Mozilla,<ref>Refers to the original codebase of the [[wikipedia:Netscape_Navigator|Netscape Navigator]] web browser, which was eventually rewritten and evolved into [[wikipedia:Firefox|Mozilla Firefox]].</ref> [[wikipedia:Lynx_(web_browser)|Lynx]], [[wikipedia:Amaya_(web_editor)|Amaya]], [[wikipedia:Safari_(web_browser)|Safari]], [[wikipedia:Netscape_(web_browser)|Netscape]], or [[wikipedia:AOL_Explorer|AOL Browser]].
* web.archive.org/web/20040203153506/nero-online.org/lastmeasure/
 
* '''Archived source code from the above website, courtesy of [[User:TabbyGarf|TabbyGarf]]''': pastebin.com/Q1hc8VLz
One notable feature of Version 4.1 was that it retrieved and submitted the user's [[wikipedia:Clipboard_(computing)|clipboard]] data to a hidden form. It also collected other various user data and utilized a [[wikipedia:PHP|PHP]] script called StatsMeasure to compile it into a table. The table contained the following data:
* '''Version from the GNAUK, the function spawning popups in this version is a basic window opener called "spawncreate"''': web.archive.org/web/20050630235450/thankless.net/  
 
* '''Another GNAUK Last Measure mirror''': web.archive.org/web/20060811190107/gnauk.co.uk:80/lm_test/
*ID: The unique identifier of each visit.
* web.archive.org/web/20060703003217/gabenewell.com:80/
*Time: The date and time of the visit.
* web.archive.org/web/20040909134910/cshacks.partycat.us:80/procreator.php
*Host: [[wikipedia:Hostname|Hostname]], [[wikipedia:IP_address|IP address]], and [[wikipedia:Port_(computer_networking)|port number]] of the visitor.
* web.archive.org/web/20070812000127/thesuki.org/fuck/index.php
*Browser: The visitor's browser information.
* web.archive.org/web/20040615072639/vyr.us/lastmeasure/
*Referrer: The website that referred the visitor to the current page.
* web.archive.org/web/20040603082750/obelix-ies.com/~gnaa/index.php
*User: The string appended to the end of the URL so that a user can track how many times a victim has clicked their link.
* web.archive.org/web/20170612162301/mantako.tripod.com/
*Clipboard: The content of the [[wikipedia:Clipboard_(computing)|clipboard]].
* web.archive.org/web/20080420174123/aimtools.serialchiller.org/index.php
 
* web.archive.org/web/20160307105916/gloryholefoundation.com/
==Last Measure Unified X==
* oocities.org/gniger972/
Last Measure Unified X contained a long slew of keywords in its [[wikipedia:Metadata|metadata]] and on the main page itself, which may have been an attempt to get the pa