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There are some websites where I get points for logging in daily. Is there a tool to automatically do this? I'm using Windows 7.

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What's the authentication method? – Bryan Dec 20 '11 at 17:09
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In Firefox there is an Addon that automatically logs into the website once you visit the page. The addon is called Lastpass.

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Doing this will tend to violate the terms and conditions of such websites and for every clever method of automating this, there are clever ways of detecting such cleverness. Your account would be in jeopardy of being canceled and all points, even legitimate ones, lost due to your unethical and underhanded actions.

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This is not an answer. I appreciate your concern, but please don't assume something is "unethical and underhanded" when you know nothing about it. – Steven Jun 18 '11 at 19:02
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You provided sufficient context in your question that I felt reasonably sure making the assumption. The only way your actions could be considered ethical would be if the website were designed as a hacking or scripting test-bed that rewarded successful cracks and scripts. If it is, as is more likely, a points site such as swagbucks or a forum that rewards participation, your actions are likely explicitly against policy and likely to result in account termination and also unethical and wrong on top of that. Show me it was the former and I shall apologize, prove it's the latter and I'll laugh. – music2myear Jun 20 '11 at 14:07
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Are you able to save your username and password?
If so then you can create a shortcut to the page, save it on the desktop and set a scheduled task to open the shortcut. Or even put it in the startup folder on the desktop.

If you can't auto login to the websites I'm not sure sorry.

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I am unable to save my username and password. – Steven Mar 15 '10 at 17:19
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I use a password database software called KeePass.

And it comes with a plugin to Auto Type by opening a url and pasting in the username and password.

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You could also write a script to open the URL (the web page address) with Explorer or Firefox, and (depending on how the site logs you on) you could pass those values into that string. So for instance, if the website logs you in like:

http://superuser.com/userlogin/login.cfm?usrname=samuraiken&pass=asdf1234

You could tack the "usrname=samuraiken&pass=asdf1234" to the end of the url string. Of course, you won't know if this works until you go to log in to the page and look at the URL. As it's logging you in, copy that whole thing, and paste it into notepad. Take a gander, and if you notice anything, thar ya go!

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This only works if the form is an HTML form and the page uses the GET method of form submission. Most secure logins no longer use this due to the pwd being sent plain-text in the URL. Most secure HTML forms use the POST method which sends the entered data in the body of the page, which allows it to be at the very least obfuscated, and at best, encrypted. A page that allows GET-method logins probably belongs to a site you shouldn't have any information on. – music2myear Jun 20 '11 at 14:11
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fire up selenium or ruby mechanize or watir script daily :)

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Curl can do this (and a lot more) easily. It's available for almost any platform..

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