[Datageni]

Hey there.
I just started learning VB.NET and I must say it's quite fascinating. My first project is a website spammer, and I'll use Kahoot.it as a demo website.
Anyways, when I'm trying to visit the website using WebBrowser1.Navigate, it says I'm running an outdated browser version. How can I fix this?

Screenshot:
https://i.imgur.com/PlbRiir.png

Code:

Code

Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

    End Sub

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        WebBrowser1.Navigate("https://kahoot.it/")
    End Sub

    Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
        WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("inputSession").SetAttribute("value", TextBox1.Text)
    End Sub
End Class

Thanks in advance!

[idb.]

Change the User-Agent of the control.

[Datageni]

Change the User-Agent of the control.

Sorry for being such a noob, but how can I do that?
I'm completely new with this stuff 🤨

[Compoze]

You're aware that the web-browser control is running Internet Explorer, right? Changing the user-agent wont change that.

[Datageni]

You're aware that the web-browser control is running Internet Explorer, right? Changing the user-agent wont change that.

That's what I thought too. It's running an old version of Internet Explorer. I'm guessing IE6 or something. What can I do to solve this?

[nathan72389]

That's what I thought too. It's running an old version of Internet Explorer. I'm guessing IE6 or something. What can I do to solve this?

Oh man, stop with this thinking. This is just wrong information. In short the ie control is the same as you have installed. They are both using the same component. Since you are assuming that it is ie6 that only shows that you have no clue what you are talking about. If you took 1,2 mind to even Google what version the frame work is using, you would know this and also how to change the user agent. Anyway. I can see that you do not want to learn, just be spoon fed so I will tell you that you can change the headers in the standard web browser control in the navigate sub. Its an overload.

[Zilog80]

Sorry for being such a noob, but how can I do that?
I'm completely new with this stuff 🤨

Code

webBrowser.Navigate("http ://www (dot) google (dot) com", Nothing, Nothing,
                    "User-Agent: Here Put The User Agent")

User agent sample:

Code

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.1

A lot of user agents strings:

Code

w.w.w (dot) useragentstring (dot) com/pages/Browserlist/

ANYWAY, even you change the webbrowser user-agent, may not work. WebBrowser control is bases on Internet Explorer version 7. You should try the user agent trick.

[nathan72389]

ANYWAY, even you change the webbrowser user-agent, may not work. WebBrowser control is bases on Internet Explorer version 8 or 9. You should try the user agent trick.

holy shit, stop with your bull shit
learn what in the fuck your talking about.

wrong.

lets start here:

source:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...10%29.aspx

then go here


then over here:
source: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library...10%29.aspx

[Datageni]

-snip-

Thanks for your reply.
I tried it out and here is what I got:


I'm running IE11 on Windows 8.1, according to the results. Anyways, how does this solve my problem? I'm still not able to access kahoot.it from my WebBrowser1 in VB. I can access it through my normal IE11 browser though.

[nathan72389]

Thanks for your reply.
I tried it out and here is what I got:


I'm running IE11 on Windows 8.1, according to the results. Anyways, how does this solve my problem? I'm still not able to access kahoot.it from my WebBrowser1 in VB. I can access it through my normal IE11 browser though.

I am not telling you how to solve your problem. I am telling these ppl that are saying that the web browser controls is ie 6,7,8 are Wrong!

[Datageni]

I am not telling you how to solve your problem. I am telling these ppl that are saying that the web browser controls is ie 6,7,8 are Wrong!

Well, I was hoping for some kind of information atleast. I'm not asking you to do the whole thing for me and to spoon feed me, but to take me to the right direction. I have been googling for almost an hour now, and I can't seem to find the right content.

[Zilog80]

holy shit, stop with your bull shit
learn what in the fuck your talking about.

Can you explain this:

i.imgur.com/KAGoZDB.png

Edit:
postimg.org/image/raihor08f/


Thanks.

[The-One]

Can you explain this:

i.imgur.com/KAGoZDB.png

Thanks.

I can explain it to you: your image got removed!

Well, I was hoping for some kind of information atleast. I'm not asking you to do the whole thing for me and to spoon feed me, but to take me to the right direction. I have been googling for almost an hour now, and I can't seem to find the right content.

The million dollar question is: do you want to distribute the application? If so, you should think about the problem you are facing now can happen to others too. There are a few solutions; if you just are using it privately: you can update your IE on your computer. If you want to distribute it I'd recommend you to use either Gecko or Awesomium (http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/825526/C...vs-OpenWeb)

Good luck.

[Zilog80]

holy shit, stop with your bull shit
learn what in the fuck your talking about.

I can explain it to you: your image got removed!

See my last edit bro

Test #2:
postimg.org/image/ufoofqahf/full

With user-agent trick:
postimg.org/image/xcd4jynt9/full

But in real world, As I said, user-agent trick may not work. Evidence:
postimg.org/image/ozofm6do3/full

And doesnt work because web control wrapper sux, even you have IE11, 12 or 42 installed on your machine.

Recomendation for @op: use Xulrunner and Gecko (Google it)

[idb.]

Code

Protected Overrides Sub OnNavigating(ByVal e As WebBrowserNavigatingEventArgs)
     UrlMkSetSessionOption(&H10000001, "DeezNuts", 8, 0)
     MyBase.OnNavigating(e)
End Sub