#Progs

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netbus
Tech 1998–2002

NetBus

The prog that turned a friend's computer into a puppet: they ran the file, and suddenly their CD tray wouldn't stay shut. NetBus arrived in March 1998 and became one of the two names everybody in the AOL-era prog scene knew. Its author insisted it was a prank tool — and its Swedish name says exactly that.

sub-seven
Tech 1999–2003

SubSeven

The other name every prog kid knew, and the one that got the reputation. SubSeven arrived in February 1999 doing what NetBus did but with more of everything, and it became the era's definitive "double-click this" mayhem. Its author has never been convincingly identified — and that fight is still going.