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Friday, December 19, 2008

Get more from your Gmail address.........Get Infinite Gmail Address

I recently discovered some little-known ways to use your Gmail address that can give you greater control over your inbox and save you some time and headache. When you choose a Gmail address, you actually get more than just "yourusername@gmail.com." Here are two different ways you can modify your Gmail address and still get your mail:


Append a plus ("+") sign and any combination of words or numbers after your email address. For example, if your name was hikingfan@gmail.com, you could send mail to hikingfan+friends@gmail.com or hikingfan+mailinglists@gmail.com.


Insert one or several dots (".") anywhere in your email address. Gmail doesn't recognize periods as characters in addresses -- we just ignore them. For example, you could tell people your address was hikingfan@gmail.com, hiking.fan@gmail.com or hi.kin.g.fan@gmail.com. (We understand that there has been some confusion about this in the past, but to settle it once and for all, you can indeed receive mail at all the variations with dots.)


For me, the real value in being able to manipulate your email address is that it makes it really easy to filter on those variants. For example you could use hikingfan+bank@gmail.com when you sign up for online banking and then set up a filter to automatically star, archive or label emails addressed to hikingfan+bank. You can also use this when you register for a service and think they might share your information. For example, I added "+donation" when I gave money to a political organization once, and now when I see emails from other groups to that address, I know how they got it. Solution: filtered to auto-delete.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Boost your surfing speed......With Firefox

Boost your surfing speed with just some tweaks. Most of the users using these tweaks give a pretty positive feedback of a boost in their surfing speed.

Firefox + IDM + TCP Optimizer

Plz do a speed test of your net connection before & after at http://speedtest.net/ to know what difference this software has made.

1) Every1 knows that how to Speed Up the Firefox.

Who dont know, just do the following.
* Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
* Alter the entries do as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30.
* Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″.

2) Now Download & Install IDM. ( The Best Download Manager I’ve ever used. )

3) Now Download TCP Optimizer
Download TCP Optimizer

When u open TCP Optimizer, dont do anything, just select the option ‘Optimal Settings’ & apply the changes.
In the next box, press OK and reboot.



Use Of TCP Optimizer 

The TCP optimizer works on the principle of bandwidth-delay. TCP optimizer uses product of bandwidth and delay of connection to find the best TCP window for your specific connection speed, thereby providing easy tuning of all related TCP/IP parameters, such as Maximum Transmission Unit, RWIN(The TCP receive window), and even advanced ones like QoS and ToS/Diffserv prioritization.

Then newer programs for TCP optimization also include the feature of testing average latency over multiple hosts, and finding the largest possible packet size (MTU). So this boosts up the speed upto 20 to 25 percent of the usual one

Enable USB.......Using Registry Tweak

You may find USB drive disabled in companies...........Here is a way to enable it........

Step 1. Download registry file by clicking here>>>>>

Step 2. Double click on this registry file after saving it.

Step 3. A message will be promted ''. Click 'Yes' button of the window.

Step 4. Now, your USB is been activated. Njoy using it............



OR,

use this text version of the same registry file. Open a txt file and save the file after the pasting the content below as "FILE_NAME.reg". Then click on the registry file inorder to merge the data with your computer registry.

Text version of registry file is as below:
____________________________________________________________________________________
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr

ol\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000000
_____________________________________________________________________________________

Convert any Folder into almost anything.........Can be used to Protect Data.... ;)

Following is a method by which u can convert any folder into either Control Panel, Recycle Bin, My Computer or Internet Explorer.

This is done by adding their respective registry keys to the folder’s name. After this when you’ll double click on the folder, either Control Panel, Recycle Bin, My Computer or Internet Explorer will open according to your choice. Actually that folder is then treated by Windows as a link to any of these four. The folder will remain intact with all its data and no one can access that folder via Windows. It can only be accessed via Command Prompt or some third party app.

To Convert Folder Into Contol Panel, Rename With Adding
.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

To Convert Folder Into Recycle Bin, Rename With Adding
.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

To Convert Folder Into My Computer, Rename With Adding
.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

To Convert Folder Into Internet Explorer, Rename With Adding
.{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}

Eg:- If you have a folder ABC, to convert it into Control Panel, rename the folder as
ABC.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} After this, the key should disappear and act as an attribute. And if it doesn’t, then also no problem, as the folder will start working the way you want it to.

To re-enable your folder to be accessible via Windows, go to command prompt and rename the folder there. Eg:- If the folder is in C:\Temp\ABC, then get to C:\Temp in the command prompt and type:
ren ABC.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} ABC
(Command Prompt supports CLIPBOARD. Copy-Paste will work there.)

Your folder will be back to normal state.

This method can be used to protect any data, but it will not provide reliable security to the data.

You can also search the registry for more relevant keys like these.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Lock Folder...By restricting user access rights.......

By using this method you can restrict user for accessing any particular folder or file........You don't need any password to lock it......

Having some amount of pre-knowledge of DOS would help you to understand this method.

We can restrict user access rights by using 'cacls' command (Access Control Lists).....

Example: Suppose you want to lock a folder named 'lock' which is located in D directory.

Step 1: Open command promt by entering 'cmd' in the run tab which is present in the Start menu.

Step 2: Command promt window will ope with a black screen showing path something like

'c:\Doument and Settings\User_name\Desktop' . Type D: and press enter

Step 3: Now the path will change to D:\

To lock:-Type the comand as below

D:\>cacls 'Folder_name/File_name' /D 'user_name_whose_access_is_to_be_restricted'

Here, D:\> cacls lock /D everyone. '/D' is to deny permission to acces it.

Step 4: 

To Unlock:- Typr the following command

D:\>cacls 'Folder_name/File_name' /P 'user_name_whose_access_is_to_be_restricted':F

':F' is to give full permission (Read, write, etc)

Hope this information was beneficial for you. 'cacl' is breifly explained below:

CACLS.exe

Display or modify Access Control Lists (ACLs) for files and folders.

Access Control Lists apply only to files stored on an NTFS formatted drive, each ACL determines which users (or groups of users) can read or edit the file. When a new file is created it normally inherits ACL's from the folder where it was created.

Syntax
CACLS pathname [options]

Key options can be any combination of:

  /T Search the pathname including all subfolders. 
  /E Edit ACL (leave existing rights unchanged)
  /C Continue on access denied errors. 

  /G user:permission
  Grant access rights, permision can be: 
  R Read 
  W Write
  C Change (read/write) 
  F Full control 

  /R user
  Revoke specified user's access rights (only valid with /E). 

  /P user:permission  
  Replace access rights, permission can be: 
  N None
  R Read
  W Write
  C Change (read/write) 
  F Full control 

  /D user
  Deny access to user. 

  In all the options above "user" can be a UserName 
  or a Workgroup (either local or global)

  If a UserName or WGname includes spaces then it must 
  be surrounded with quotes e.g. "Authenticated Users"

  If no options are specified CACLS will display the ACLs for the file(s)

Monday, December 15, 2008

Google Hacking............

Use Google as a warez search engine a.k.a Get Free Stuff!

1.Go to www.google.com

2.In the Search Bar type in:“intitle:index of” and then type in the keyword for whatever you are looking for.
So for example if I want to find some linkin park songs I would type in this:
“intitle:index of” LINKINK PARK(OR SONG NAME) MP3(YES WE CAN ADD EXTENSION ALSO)

View Security Cameras Worldwide. - This will let you hack into random live scurity cameras all over the world and operate them.

1.Go to www.google.com
2.In the search bar type in:inurl:”viewerframe?mode refresh”
3.Then go to any of the search results and boom here is your camera.
Searching crack
for searching crack u can use following command
crack:name of the software whose crack u want to download
eg-.suppose i want to download crack of nfs most wanted then i type


crack:need for speed most wanted
Searching serials
just type software/game name and after that type 94fbr
eg.-windvd 8 94fbr


How it is working

actually 94fbr a key for windows 2003 which Microsoft distribute free in very big amount
so when we hit 94fbr Google relates it to serial no. and return serial no. of specify software.

Lock folders without any Softwares................

Lock your folder without using any software, use this self made custom program to serve your purpose.

Copy the following program

cls
@ECHO OFF
title Folder Locker
if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" goto UNLOCK
if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER
:CONFIRM
echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)
set/p "cho=>"
if %cho%==Y goto LOCK
if %cho%==y goto LOCK
if %cho%==n goto END
if %cho%==N goto END
echo Invalid choice.
goto CONFIRM
:LOCK
ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
echo Folder locked
goto End
:UNLOCK
echo Enter password to Unlock folder
set/p "pass=>"

if NOT %pass%==
type your password here goto FAIL
attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}"
ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}" Locker
echo Folder Unlocked successfully
goto End
:FAIL
echo Invalid password
goto end
:MDLOCKER
md Locker
echo Locker created successfully
goto End
:End


Now go for following few steps
1>copy above program into notepad.
2>the text which is written in bold letters delete it & type your password there.
3>save that file by extension .bat ( name is Your choice)
4>now on Your screen there is a bat file appear.
5>double click on that file.
6>you will see the locker folder.
7>save the files in that folder.
8>double click on that folder & lock that folder
9>after locking that folder it will become hidden.
10>to open that folder double click on that bat file
11>type your password & open that folder..

How it works

first try this:-

Suppose you want to lock the folder xyz in e: which has the path e:\xyz.In the same drive create a text file and type
ren xyz xyz.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
Now save this text file as lock.bat

Create another text file and type in it
ren xyz.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} xyz
Now save this text file as unlock.bat

Now you can see 2 batch files lock and unlock.

Explanation:-

Press lock and the folder xyz will change to control panel and you cannot view its contents.Press unlock and you will get back your original folder.
That’s exactly the program above does…it creates a folder and when you lock it, it gets converted to the control panel and when you unlock it vice versa takes place and you get your folder back..

Special notes:-

As this is a simple .bat file anyone can right click it and edit it. To get out of this i will advise you to convert it into an executable file. Many softwares are available on the net, Google out.

Source: Hacker’s Library Forum

Breaking In Windows XP Password

This post covers most of the ways of cracking windows XP users’ password.


Method 1:

If you have an administrator account (Not Guest)

then the XP users’ passwords can be reset using command prompt.

Go to the task-bar and click on the Start button, then click on run and in the place given on dialog box type “command”, press enter.


Now In the Command prompt type “net user” 
the screen will display the list of users available on machine

suppose there are three administrator users with the name of admin1, admin2 and admin3


then the password of any user can be changed by logging into the account of any one administrator


for example if we want to change the password of admin1

then we can change it from the following command


net user admin1 password


similarly for other desired users


The general syntax is for changing password is 


net user


Limitations: The above method will only work if you are logged in as the administrator user.


Method 2:


Windows Recovery option,

Boot from the Windows XP CD and press enter when you are prompted to Install Windows copy, on the next screen there is a repair existing Windows version. This method is also known as windows recovery method, 

The repair option will take as much time as the installation would have taken because the Windows file-system is replaced including the SAM file where the password is stored. 

C:\Windows\System32\config\sam

whereas the users’ setting remain untouched. 

Thus the users’ password is reset to NULL value.

#In repair mode you have another hole to modify the password.It is easier.The steps are as following.

Boot from xp bootable.After license agreement is done(pressing f8) select the target window for repair.

After file copy completed machine will restart.And repair process will start.You will see ‘installing devices’ 39 minutes left etc. at bottom left of your screen.

Now press Shift+f10.A console(command window) will open.

type nusrmgr.cpl and hit enter.This will let you to enter in the user account setting.Now change the password.You will not be asked for old password. Just type the new password there.

Continue the repair process.It is strongly recommended that you continue the repair until it is completed.

You are done, the password is replaced.The password strength does not matter in this case.


Method 3:


Boot your computer from a live Linux CD or DVD which has an NTFS/HPFS file-system support. 

Then Mount the drive which has Windows copy installed on it. Copy the sam file on the location


C:\Windows\System32\config\sam 

Which will be mentioned as /media/disk-1/Windows/System32/config/sam


It is a common misconception that sam file can be viewed through normal text editor, sam file isnt a normal text file.

Gnome, KDE or vim text Editors won’t display the content of this file


Open the file using Emacs Editor (available in nearly all the distributions of Live Linux). It will be hard to find the the password hashes, so go for the user-names which are not encrypted, just after the user-names passwords’ hashes can be found out, copy the code between “%” sign and on the the Google search for the rainbow tables, They will provide the decrypted value which have already been brute-forced earlier. This is isn’t a sure shot method, as the rainbow project is still under development. The password can be set to NULL by deleting the content, but this might result in the corruption of the sam file, and recovery is the only option left after it.

Limitations: This Method can corrupt your SAM file, which may lead to a repair of Windows XP, and you can risk your personal data with that.


Method 4:


OPHcrack method.

This is a sure shot password recovery method based upon bruteforcing.

This Live CD is based upon the slax LiveCD v.5.1.7. It has been customized to include ophcrack 2.3.3 and the SSTIC04-10k tables set. It is able to crack 99.9%% of alphanumeric passwords. Since the tables have to be loaded into memory, cracking time varies with the amount of available RAM. The minimum amount of RAM required is 256MB (because the LiveCD uses a lot of it). The recommended amount is 512MB. Ophcrack will auto-detect the amout of free memory and adapts its behaviour to be able to preload all the tables it can. 


A shell script launched at the beginning of the X session(Session for managing your desktop) does the job of finding the Windows partition and starting appropriate programs to extract and crack password hashes. It will look for all partitions that contains hashes. If more than one are found, you will have to choose between them. 


If your partition is not detected, make sure your the partition containing the hashes you want to crack is mounted and the use ophcrack ‘Load from encrypted SAM’ function to recover your Windows hashes. Then click ‘Launch’ and the cracking process will start.

Download the ISO image of OPH crack Live Linux CD from sourceforge mirrors.

Another small application which resets the users’ password is available at

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/

How to Bypass Mandatory Free Registrations.........

Do you really get annoyed when asked for FREE REGISTRATIONS by many websites without which you cannot proceed further? Everyone who uses internet regularly must have faced this and must be knowing how annoying this is. Registering means, you have to give your personal details, which can result in SPAM, Promotion emails, Identity Theft etc.

Now here’s a site which can solve this problem, BUGMENOT.

Here are 5 simple steps to use Bugmenot as described on its tutorial page :

STEP 1: Make a note of the website address your are trying to access. For example:

http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1024_3-5567274.html
Or even just:
www.nytimes.com


STEP 2: Visit Bugmenot

STEP 3: Enter the address from step 1 into the box and press the “Get Logins” button

STEP 4: You should now be presented with at least one username and password. Make a note of them.

STEP 5: Go back to the site you were originally trying to access in step 1 and proceed to login with the username and password you noted in the previous step.

Bugmenot is very helpful if you don’t want to get spammed or give your personal details and it also saves a lot of time.

Moreover, Bugmenot also provides an option for site owners to block their site from the Bugmenot database, if they match one or more of the follow criteria
A community site where users register to change content, but not to view it.
The site is pay-per-view.
There is a fraud risk associated with the site due to accounts containing private financial information .