Saturday, December 29, 2007

Date rape drugs cause ripples.


The fear of date rape has reared its ugly head in Mumbai with a drug bust at the Mumbai airport. But it's not just drug cartels you need to watch out for, it's date rape drugs being sold for a song over the counter. NDTV finds out how easy it is to purchase this deadly chemical.

What better way to bring in the New Year than to say cheers! But beware, not every clink of the glass has an innocent ring. Lacing your cocktail could be deadly substances as date-rape drugs are causing ripples in Mumbai party circles.

And now, raising the alarm is a seizure of Ketamine hydrochloride. Nine kg of a chemical powder used to make date-rape drugs was seized at the Mumbai airport. It's the fourth seizure in two months and the enforcement agencies are worried.

Dilip Srirao, DCP, Anti Narcotics Cell said, ''What's more frightening is the easy availability of Ketamine, used to make injectible anaesthetics, a prescription drug not meant to be sold over the counter.''

Shockingly, NDTV found the anesthetic freely available. We merely walked into a South Mumbai medical store, asked for Ketamine and walked out with a bottle, no questions asked.

Taking matters to another level are the reports of at least four Mumbai-based pharmaceutical firms accused of faking invoices to import Ketamine in bulk.

A substance when converted into date-rape drugs fetches crores of rupees, drugs that go by the name Roffies and Liquid X.

Malware Sites Exploit Bhutto Assassination

Within hours after former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, malware authors took advantage of the tragedy by spreading malicious Websites of the event that made the top of the Google rankings.

"We've come to understand that almost any high impact media event is going to be used as a social engineering tool for malware," said Dave Marcus, security research and communications manager at McAfee. "It's such a horrible event, but at the end of the day, it's a very good social engineering tactic."

The Websites take advantage of the tragedy by enticing users to download a fake codec, purporting to be a video of Bhutto's assassination. When users visit the sites, they download a piece of information-stealing malicious code, instead of a video, to their machines.

"They entice users through posing as news for the events," said Dan Hubbard, vice president of security research for San Diego-based Websense, a security company specializing in Web and content filtering, via e-mail. "(The sites) are malicious however, and behind the scenes, attempt to infect users who have unpatched PCs and install Trojan Horses for financial gain."

The compromised sites contain malicious scripts injected into the Web pages that redirect visitors to the 3322 domain, which security researchers have detected in other high profile attacks.

"It's not cutting edge malware," Marcus added. "It's not even a new piece of malware. It's just a popular piece of malware."

So far, at least 10 blogger Web sites have been found to host the fake video, and security experts say that there are likely numerous others that contain malware under the Google search results for "Benazir Bhutto."

Security researchers say that in the past, attackers have typically taken advantage of subjects that receive high amounts of traffic on search engines, such as international media events. Attackers will often disseminate malware by duping a search engine's algorithm and manipulating keyword searches to get their malicious sites at, or close to, the top of the search engine's rankings.

"This is happening more and more often, not just with Google, with all search engines," said Hubbard.

While security professionals say that the company has been alerted to the problem, Google did not immediately respond to queries.

"If it's a high impact media event, chances are it's going to be pushing out malware," said Marcus. "It's not Google's fault. It's just that the attackers are using the free service that Google provides."

To protect PCs from being affected by this kind of attack, experts recommend that users keep all of their security software updated and only visit valid sources when searching for news.

"Don't just rely on a Google Web site which aggregates news," said Marcus.

Friday, December 28, 2007

File Corruption Bug Bites Windows Home Server

The honeymoon between Microsoft and the partners and customers who've been gleefully awaiting the arrival of Windows Home Server may be over, thanks to a serious data corruption glitch in the software.

Using certain applications to save digital files to Windows Home Server could cause files to become corrupted, according to Microsoft, which last week said the issue had affected "a few people" on its community forums, and posted a Knowledge Base article outlining the issue.

Microsoft didn't offer a timetable for a fix, but recommended that users not use the following applications to save data to Windows Home Server: Windows Vista Photo Gallery, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Microsoft Office OneNote 2007, Microsoft Office OneNote 2003, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Money 2007, and SyncToy 2.0 Beta.

Based on Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server lets users connect multiple PCs in the same household and allows them to store, manage, back up, and remotely access their digital content.

While interest in Windows Home Server has been strong, Tom DeRosier, co-owner of CPU Guys, a Hanson, Mass., system builder, says data corruption problems could cause some users to think twice before entrusting their digital content to Microsoft.

"Anytime you have data corruption, it's a serious issue. But what makes this even worse is the fact that with digital photos, people usually copy them off their cameras to the server and then delete them from the card, which means they're operating without a backup," said DeRosier.

Microsoft expects Home Server to fit well into the toolbox of home integrators because it's versatile enough to be wrapped into a smart home solution along with home automation and networking technologies.

Microsoft last month issued its second update for Windows Home Server, which fixed minor issues with the software's remote access functionality. The first Windows Home Server update, released in September, covered issues in home network router/firewall and broadband providers' software.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Microsoft Unleashes Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate

Microsoft Tuesday unveiled the first release candidate for Windows XP service pack 3 (SP3), moving the long awaited final batch of tweaks and fixes for XP closer to reality.

Originally slated for release in 2006, XP SP3 has been pushed back on numerous occasions, and this marks the first time it has been available for public download.

Earlier this month, Microsoft launched the first release candiate for Windows Vista SP1. Microsoft plans to launch Windows XP SP3 sometime in the first half of next year, with Vista SP1 due in in the first quarter.

XP SP3 includes all of the fixes Microsoft has released since launching XP in 2001, as well as some minor new features that are part of Windows Vista. These include: support for Microsoft's Network Access Protection security technology; 'keyless activation', which lets IT administrators install SP3 without entering product keys for each copy; and detection of so-called 'black hole' network routers that can slow network performance.

J.R. Guthrie, president of Advantage Computers, a system builder in Tucson, Ariz., estimates that XP SP3 speeds up XP's performance by 15 percent. He adds that XP SP3 will greatly extend the lifetime of market demand for XP, probably even beyond the current Jan. 31, 2009, deadline Microsoft has set for system builders to sell machines equipped with Vista.

Service packs are always helpful to the channel because they take a lot of the hotfixes and put them through more stringent regression testing, says Michael Cocanower, president of solution provider ITSynergy, Phoenix.

Allan Walters, senior vice president at Saratoga Technologies, Johnson City, Tenn., said XP SP3 will greatly reduce administrative overhead. "When you do a brand new load with XP service pack 2, there are nearly 90 additional updates you have to download, so the fact that XP SP3 rolls everything into a single installer package is a major time saver," he said.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

2007 A Record Year For Malware

The explosion of malware PC users saw in 2007 is going to get exponentially worse in 2008, security researchers say.

Researchers at McAfee Avert Labs estimated that unique malware will exceed 370,000 pieces by the end of this year, constituting the largest amount of malware on record. The 60 percent increase from 2006 indicates a trend that will likely result in at least 550,000 pieces of new malware by the end of 2008, security researchers say.

This trend has been consistent for the last three years, according to a recent McAfee chart. The chart indicated that the most significant spike in malware came between 2006 and 2007, where it rose from a little more than 220,000 to 370,000 new pieces. Between 2000 and 2003, malware remained relatively constant at about 60,000 new pieces, rising incrementally until 2004, when it spiked sharply upward from a little more than 100,000 to about 175,000 new pieces at the end of 2005.

One of the reasons for these large surges of malware is due to the number of variants that attackers release every day, security researchers say. Craig Schmugar, threat research manager at McAfee Avert Labs, said that analysts have noticed that malware authors are putting more effort into evading detection while keeping a high number of machines infected.

Individuals and businesses will continue to see more bots like the Nuwar Storm Worm, which became one of the most notorious viruses of 2007 because of its ability to constantly change as it replicated itself, he said.

"Groups like Nuwar Storm Worm are constantly trying to make their threats more pervasive," said Schmugar. "If they're releasing a thousand (variants) a day, it's more of a challenge and it requires different defense strategies."

Schmugar said he anticipated that malware would continue to rise in 2008 as more attackers learned from the success of their predecessors. "People are looking to the success of others. We expect that other authors who don't have the same success may look to see what the more successful threats are doing. It stands to reason that they would model those," he said.

Also next year, attackers will also be more likely to channel increased efforts into automating malware processes, which might entail a higher upfront cost but ultimately take less involvement to produce, Schmugar said.

"Over time when there hasn't been a publicized case, the malware authors get some complacency," said Schmugar. "At some point they will defeat the purpose of so many variants and they will have to move on to other technologies.

Google Stops Orkut Worm Attack

Google (NSDQ:GOOG) security personnel clamped down to stop the spread of a prolific spam worm launched on its social networking site Orkut.

"Google takes the security of our users very seriously. We worked quickly to implement a fix for the issue recently reported in Orkut. We also took steps to help prevent similar problems in the future. Service to Orkut was not disrupted during this time," a Google spokesperson said in a written statement.

The worm, which was reported yesterday by McAfee Avert Labs, had gained ground by spreading quickly from friend to friend. The virus affected the profiles of almost 400,000 of its members, most of which were from Brazil. While Google initially aimed Orkut toward users in the United States, the networking site has become incredibly popular in Brazilian communities.

"(The attack) was obviously very targeted at the Brazilian community specifically," said Dave Marcus, security and information manager at McAfee Avert Labs.

The worm was transmitted when members received malicious scraps written in Portuguese. When translated to English, one scrap read, "2008 is coming. I wish that it begins quite well for you."

Upon receiving the scraps, the members' browsers then downloaded and executed the embedded virus. After adding its victims to a community called "Infectados Pelo Virus Orkut" or "Those Infected by the Orkut Virus," the worm then started to send messages to members of the affected user's friends list.

The virus spread through Orkut's new tool that allows users to write messages containing HTML code. The ability to add Flash/Javascript content to Orkut scraps was only recently introduced.

So far, there has been no evidence that the worm maliciously harmed users' PCs, security researchers say. "All it does is it adds the user to this one particular Orkut group. As far as malware goes, it's rather innocuous," said Marcus. "On a scale of one to 10, it's pretty low."

McAfee security researchers said earlier today that some of the scraps had already disappeared, indicating that Orkut and Google had begun to address the problem.

The worm was symptomatic of a growing trend of malware that has flourished on social networking sites. Last month, MySpace sites for singer Alicia Keys and other musicians were targeted with an attack that installed malicious software on the PCs of members visiting the musicians' sites.

Another attack was launched last summer on the popular networking site Facebook, in which the perpetrators used small pop-up ads to force the user to purchase security software and download a computer virus.

These attacks raise the question of how to keep Web 2.0 sites secure, researchers say. While the spread of the Orkut worm appears to have abated, security analysts advise that members keep their antivirus software updated in order to remain protected against this and other viruses.

Breast enhancement to increase your breast size naturally without painful surgery

WE MUST, WE MUST, WE MUST, INCREASE OUR BREAST

No, you are not alone in your desire to be better endowed. And there is no need to feel embarrassed or shy about it. Having a well-filled breast is almost every woman's dream. Here are a few tips that will help you increase your breast size naturally:

a. Swinging arms clock-wise and then anti-clock-wise for eight counts is of great help.

b. Use the pestle and mortar instead of the mixie for all your grinding work.

c. Massage in circular motions applying pressure on the upward area is known to work.

d. Stand facing a wall at arm's length. Place palms on the wall. Push against the wall as if you were pushing it away, without bending arms at the elbow. Hold for eight counts and relax arms for eight counts. Repeat this eight to twenty times a day.

BREAST ENHANCEMENT THE NATURAL WAY!

Til or Sesame Seeds are very effective in firming and enlarging the breasts of women . This seed is made up of calcium, protein, iron and phosphorous and should be included in one's daily diet. The oil also can be applied on the breast.

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Burning CDs in Windows XP and the Limitations

Windows XP's integrated CD burner is powered by the Roxio engine but lacks the familiar Easy CD Creator interface. There is no CD Burner icon on the desktop or in the start menu. So where is this promised CD burner? There are two answers, depending on if you want to burn audio or data CD's.

To burn data CDs

Open a folder. Look at the folder options on the left of your screen. You should see an option to Copy All Items to CD or Copy to CD, depending on your folder view. You can also right-click a file or folder and choose Send To and then CD drive. I appreciate that XP has made it as easy to drop files to a CD as it is a Zip disk. It does not copy the files immediately. Instead, it places them into a repository and waits for further instruction on when and where to burn the CD. Now, place a blank CD into your CD drive or navigate to your CD drive in My Computer, and choose to write the files to a CD.

To burn music CDs

The Windows Media Player was always a monstrosity, and now it now includes a new function -- CD burning. Select a song in your My Documents folder, and choose Copy to Audio CD from the folder options on the left. Surprise! Up pops the Windows Media Player, waiting for you to choose Copy to CD. Hit the record button, and have a good time.

Limitations of the incorporated CD burner

You cannot create bootable CDs with the Windows XP CD burner, nor can you create a CD from an image (like a .iso file). If you want this functionality, you need to install your favorite CD burning software. Don't try to install Easy CD Creator 5 just yet -- Windows XP won't let you.

Roxio will have XP patches available on their website soon, but only for their latest edition of CD creator. Roxio will not support Easy CD Creator 3.X and 4.X for Windows XP, and the user will be required to purchase the upgrade to Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum.

Windows XP does not have a CD burning interface, but it has CD burning artfully integrated into the operating system. However, third-party CD burning software is still necessary for those who want to burn more than the occasional audio CD.

Protect your Identity

Like many other audio players, Windows Media Player rushes out to the Internet to find information for you when you play a CD. Some of this information, such as song titles and album art, is useful, but Media Player also identifies your copy of Media Player to the site where it's getting data. Why? According to the help file, "The server uses this unique identifier to monitor your connection. By monitoring your connection, the server can make adjustments to increase the playback quality and to alert you about events that occur when receiving streams over the Internet."

If you're disturbed by this exchange of information, here's how to stop it. In Windows Media Player, click Tools > Options and go to the Player tab. Notice the option that says "Allow Internet sites to uniquely identify your player?" Turn it off.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Make Use Of Your Windows Key

The Windows logo key, located in the bottom row of most computer keyboards is a little-used treasure. Don't' ignore it. It is the shortcut anchor for the following commands:
  • Windows: Display the Start menu
  • Windows + D: Minimize or restore all windows
  • Windows + E: Display Windows Explorer
  • Windows + F: Display Search for files
  • Windows + Ctrl + F: Display Search for computer
  • Windows + F1: Display Help and Support Center
  • Windows + R: Display Run dialog box
  • Windows + break: Display System Properties dialog box
  • Windows + shift + M: Undo minimize all windows
  • Windows + L: Lock the workstation
  • Windows + U: Open Utility Manager
  • Windows + Q: Quick switching of users (Powertoys only)
  • Windows + Q: Hold Windows Key, then tap Q to scroll thru the different users on your PC

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Licensing Issues

Here you can find a Description of the things which are done by the Program or you can manually change the following settings to have the same effect:

  • - Media Player: Don't Acquire licenses automatically - Open the Media Player - Extras - Options... Click the tab 'Player', look at the groupbox 'Internet settings' and uncheck 'Acquire licenses automatically'.

  • - Media Player: No identification by internetsites - Open the Media Player-Extras - Options... Click the tab ‘Player’, look at the groupbox 'Internet settings' and uncheck 'Allow identification by internet sites'

  • - Media Player: don't download codecs automatically - Open the Media Player - Extras - Options... Click the tab 'Player', look at the groupbox 'Automatic Updates' and uncheck 'Download Codecs Automatically'

  • - Error report: Don't report errors - Open the Explorer, right-click on 'My Computer' and select 'Properties', click on the Tab 'Advanced' and click the button 'Error reports', in the upcoming dialog uncheck all 3 items and select 'Disable Error reports'

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Unlocking WinXP's setupp.ini

WinXP's setupp.ini controls how the CD acts. IE is it an OEM version or retail? First, find your setupp.ini file in the i386 directory on your WinXP CD. Open it up, it'll look something like this:

ExtraData=707A667567736F696F697911AE7E05
Pid=55034000

The Pid value is what we're interested in. What's there now looks like a standard default. There are special numbers that determine if it's a retail, oem, or volume license edition. First, we break down that number into two parts. The first five digits determines how the CD will behave, ie is it a retail cd that lets you clean install or upgrade, or an oem cd that only lets you perform a clean install? The last three digits determines what CD key it will accept. You are able to mix and match these values. For example you could make a WinXP cd that acted like a retail cd, yet accepted OEM keys.

Now, for the actual values. Remember the first and last values are interchangable, but usually you'd keep them as a pair:

Retail = 51882335
Volume License = 51883 270
OEM = 82503 OEM

So if you wanted a retail CD that took retail keys, the last line of your setupp.ini file would read:
Pid=51882335

And if you wanted a retail CD that took OEM keys, you'd use:
Pid=51882OEM

Note that this does NOT get rid of WinXP's activation. Changing the Pid to a Volume License will not bypass activation. You must have a volume license (corporate) key to do so.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

19 things you didn't know about Windows XP

19 things you didn't know about Windows XP

You've read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it's time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP's secrets.

1. It boasts how long it can stay up. Whereas previous versions of Windows were coy about how long they went between boots, XP is positively proud of its stamina. Go to the Command Prompt in the Accessories menu from the All Programs start button option, and then type 'systeminfo'. The computer will produce a lot of useful info, including the uptime. If you want to keep these, type 'systeminfo > info.txt'. This creates a file called info.txt you can look at later with Notepad. (Professional Edition only).

2. You can delete files immediately, without having them move to the Recycle Bin first. Go to the Start menu, select Run... and type 'gpedit.msc'; then select User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Windows Explorer and find the Do not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin setting. Set it. Poking around in gpedit will reveal a great many interface and system options, but take care -- some may stop your computer behaving as you wish. (Professional Edition only).

3. You can lock your XP workstation with two clicks of the mouse. Create a new shortcut on your desktop using a right mouse click, and enter 'rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation' in the location field. Give the shortcut a name you like. That's it -- just double click on it and your computer will be locked. And if that's not easy enough, Windows key + L will do the same.

4. XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can tickle it and make it disgorge everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be your prey, exposed and vulnerable.

5. For those skilled in the art of DOS batch files, XP has a number of interesting new commands. These include 'eventcreate' and 'eventtriggers' for creating and watching system events, 'typeperf' for monitoring performance of various subsystems, and 'schtasks' for handling scheduled tasks. As usual, typing the command name followed by /? will give a list of options -- they're all far too baroque to go into here.

6. XP has IP version 6 support -- the next generation of IP. Unfortunately this is more than your ISP has, so you can only experiment with this on your LAN. Type 'ipv6 install' into Run... (it's OK, it won't ruin your existing network setup) and then 'ipv6 /?' at the command line to find out more. If you don't know what IPv6 is, don't worry and don't bother.

7. You can at last get rid of tasks on the computer from the command line by using 'taskkill /pid' and the task number, or just 'tskill' and the process number. Find that out by typing 'tasklist', which will also tell you a lot about what's going on in your system.

8. XP will treat Zip files like folders, which is nice if you've got a fast machine. On slower machines, you can make XP leave zip files well alone by typing 'regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll' at the command line. If you change your mind later, you can put things back as they were by typing 'regsvr32 zipfldr.dll'.

9. XP has ClearType -- Microsoft's anti-aliasing font display technology -- but doesn't have it enabled by default. It's well worth trying, especially if you were there for DOS and all those years of staring at a screen have given you the eyes of an astigmatic bat. To enable ClearType, right click on the desktop, select Properties, Appearance, Effects, select ClearType from the second drop-down menu and enable the selection. Expect best results on laptop displays. If you want to use ClearType on the Welcome login screen as well, set the registry entry HKEY_USERS/.DEFAULT/Control Panel/Desktop/FontSmoothingType to 2.

10. You can use Remote Assistance to help a friend who's using network address translation (NAT) on a home network, but not automatically. Get your pal to email you a Remote Assistance invitation and edit the file. Under the RCTICKET attribute will be a NAT IP address, like 192.168.1.10. Replace this with your chum's real IP address -- they can find this out by going to www.whatismyip.com -- and get them to make sure that they've got port 3389 open on their firewall and forwarded to the errant computer.

11. You can run a program as a different user without logging out and back in again. Right click the icon, select Run As... and enter the user name and password you want to use. This only applies for that run. The trick is particularly useful if you need to have administrative permissions to install a program, which many require. Note that you can have some fun by running programs multiple times on the same system as different users, but this can have unforeseen effects.

12. Windows XP can be very insistent about you checking for auto updates, registering a Passport, using Windows Messenger and so on. After a while, the nagging goes away, but if you feel you might slip the bonds of sanity before that point, run Regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/Advanced and create a DWORD value called EnableBalloonTips with a value of 0.

13. You can start up without needing to enter a user name or password. Select Run... from the start menu and type 'control userpasswords2', which will open the user accounts application. On the Users tab, clear the box for Users Must Enter A User Name And Password To Use This Computer, and click on OK. An Automatically Log On dialog box will appear; enter the user name and password for the account you want to use.

14. Internet Explorer 6 will automatically delete temporary files, but only if you tell it to. Start the browser, select Tools / Internet Options... and Advanced, go down to the Security area and check the box to Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.

15. XP comes with a free Network Activity Light, just in case you can't see the LEDs twinkle on your network card. Right click on My Network Places on the desktop, then select Properties. Right click on the description for your LAN or dial-up connection, select Properties, then check the Show icon in notification area when connected box. You'll now see a tiny network icon on the right of your task bar that glimmers nicely during network traffic.

16. The Start Menu can be leisurely when it decides to appear, but you can speed things along by changing the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop/MenuShowDelay from the default 400 to something a little snappier. Like 0.

17. You can rename loads of files at once in Windows Explorer. Highlight a set of files in a window, then right click on one and rename it. All the other files will be renamed to that name, with individual numbers in brackets to distinguish them. Also, in a folder you can arrange icons in alphabetised groups by View, Arrange Icon By... Show In Groups.

18. Windows Media Player will display the cover art for albums as it plays the tracks -- if it found the picture on the Internet when you copied the tracks from the CD. If it didn't, or if you have lots of pre-WMP music files, you can put your own copy of the cover art in the same directory as the tracks. Just call it folder.jpg and Windows Media Player will pick it up and display it.

19. Windows key + Break brings up the System Properties dialogue box; Windows key + D brings up the desktop; Windows key + Tab moves through the taskbar buttons.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Long Waited Script is Out For Public.

Suspense over! Here your are, the script...

Here I am making my script public for educational purpose only, please don't use it for driving money from AdSense or other unethical purposes.

You can download the script I wrote from http://www.mgoos.com/blogs/MGooS.zip and below are the steps to execute it,

1). Open mxproxy.php, you will see

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-8963995922591449

Now change the pub-8963995922591449 from the latest opened account.

2). Open summer.html and update Frame source
SRC="http://youtube.com/watch?v=FpeExMZZ1Gc" NAME="mgoos_joke_frame1"> to
any hyper link of youtube video of your interest (you think people will
like that).

3). Change the title of the summer.html page to appropriate one.

4). Request for 4-5 (or more) big and highly active groups on Yahoo or MSN
or Google.

5). Upload all three files to php enabled web server, make sure libcurl is installed there. Libcurl is client URL library which I am using in mxproxy.php to execute/generate ad unit html page.

6). Send a mail to all those groups (in which you are member) by saying something like, "Worth watching the Indian version of [Summer of 69'], made in Manipal.

http://www.yoursite.com/summer.html"

(This is something called Social Engineering, how can you attract some one to visit the link).

7). Now wait, as people will open the hyper link above, you will start watching money meter in AdSense.

What you need to take care is prepare different content of mail daily and send mails to different number of groups. If you will send mails to same groups daily, there will be repetition of IP address.

Google Adsense Holed (earned $5000 in a month by small script)

One Person Earned $5000 by his own script just by doing nothing. (Im not selling anything, its a report)

Ah! My first response after reading the cover story of Digit Magazine, magazine clearly said that Google Adsense is totally gone and anyone can earn money with the help of one small script. This thing has been done by Manish Arora which is now famous in Google adsesne lobby and if you an Indian and try to contact google regarding the script, they will definitely say that you might know about Manish Arora.

Now lets start, and I will explain you how the manish arora is doing his tricks.
Firstly one needs a website or a blogs and adsense account. The person needs to approve his/her account from Google. Once it has been approved you need to run a script on your website or blog. Once you done with this, send some friends/ relatives or unknown people a email regarding some of the links regarding You Tube, other good blogs or any other website. I AM MENTIONING HERE THAT ONE DOESN’T NEED TO PUT YOUR BLOG/WEBSITE NAME THERE.

Now your friends or relatives who received that email will go to different sites and will click on different ads. Let’s assume you send 2000 emails with good looking 100 links in one email. The person goes to any of the website, clicks ads… YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE CREDITTED WITH THE $$$. It’s true, no one believes however it’s a fact that there is big hole in Google Adsense as reported by Digit India. If you are using adwords then you will be the biggest looser as you ads are going to clicked from some wrong people OR in Google terms it is invalid clicks.

In the Digit Magazine they had shown that in one month person had earned some good $5000 just by sending emails and doing the job (that was way back in December). This thing has been experimented again in September and same happened. This time however the people who had tried this were different however they used the same technique of Manish Arora.

Well only google, manish arora and the people from Digit Magazine knows the trick which they told the World, however not sure how many people know this which is not known to the world.

(I will try to present the pictures of the earning stats ASAP)

Now you are the best person to adjudge what is going wrong and where, and think logically who is the looser in the end.

Your Views are welcome.

REPAIR DON'T FORMAT YOUR WINDOWS

If some day your XP refuses to run or strat up properly or the OS choice doesn't appear you don't always need to format & re-install XP. I suggest you do a dry run of Windows Recovery Console. To do this all you need is your bootable Windows 2000 / XP CD. When you insert the cd & select CD-ROM & set your first boot device to CD-ROM & boot using your Windows boot CD.

Next, choose the repair or recovery option bu pressing [R]. If you have more than one installation of Windows, they will appear in choices menu, so be aware of where the copy of windows you wish to repair is installed. You need to enter Administrator password in order to "log on" to the windows installation.

You will then see a command prompt window that says "X:\WINDOWS", where X is the partion of operating system.

Now one by one type

fixboot

bootcnf /rebuild

chkdsk x (where X is the partion letter)

now try to to start the computer if it still refuses then again open recovery console & type follwing commands

attrib -h -s \system32\config\system (press [Enter])

attrib -s -h \system32\config\software (press [Enter])

when you are prompted to proceed with an overwrite, press [Y].

Note:- In last two commands all your drivers & softwares won't work you need to re-install them but its quicker & easier than format & re-install Windows & programs & drivers.

A SMALLER VOLUME CONTROL

Few people know that Volume Control has a hidden, compact looking profile.
You can create a shortcut with the location "sndvol32 /s" or by pressing [Ctrl + [S] with the Windows Volume control running. Press[Ctrl] + [S] again to revert to the orignal size.
To open minimum volume control with only single slider, you create ashortcut & typing in location "sndvol /t"

Simply Rename Recycle Bin

Open Registry Editor by going to
Start > Run& type "regedit" & press [Enter].
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USE\Software\Mcrosoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache & change the value of @C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,8964 to whateveryou like. Restart & See the changes.

SETTING TIME LIMIT TO USER ACCOUNTS

Parents or Big Brothers might want to limit their children's or small brother's or sister's computer usage, so they can set a time limitonly between they will be automatically allowed to log into their Windows account. Limited usage for particular users for certain time periods can be set through commands. The command for doing this is
:net user /time:

For example, "net user Super /time:M-F,08:00-17:00"
this will let only let the user Super log in between 8 and 5 fromMonday to Friday.

HIDE A DRIVE PARTION FROM MY COMPUTER

Open Group Policy Editor which is not avaliable in Windows XP Home Edition.
For XP Home Users stay tuned I will give it very soon.
For XP Professional users
Goto Start > Run
& type "gpedit.msc" & press [Enter]
In Group Policy Editor Go to
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components >Windows Explore.
Here, you'll find "Hide these specified drives from My Computer" &" Prevent access to drives from My Computer".

The difference between two settings is that "Prevent access" will allow the user to see the drive icon, but will give an error messagewhen he tries access it. "Hide" will remove the icon so that user won't see it, but the drive can still be accessed by using Start > Runand keying in the drive letter.

Under this setting, after you click the radio button next to "Enable", you'll see several options. Choose the one you want to apply, for example, Restrict A and B drives only". You'll notice that the options here are restricted, you cannot, access them.

HIDE A HARD DISK PARTITION FOR WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL & HOME USERS BOTH

Finally The same trick for Windows XP home users & even professional users can also use this trick.

Open Registry Editor by typing "regedit" in Start > Run.
Goto HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion=\Policies\Explorer\
Create a new DWORD value & name it "NoDrives".
All drives will bevisible as long as this value's data is set to 0. Set value NoDrive according to following list:
Drive Value
A: 1
B: 2
C: 4
D: 8
E: 16
so..on
Z: 33554432

All drives 67108863

From the above list choose the drive value you want & write the Value in the DWORD we created above in following format.

For example to hide A: & D:, NoDrives value should be 1 + 8 = 9.

SOME NOKIA PHONES CODES TRICKS

*2820# TO KNOW YOUR UNIQUE BLUETOOTH ADDRESS
*#9999# or *#0000# TO KNOW WHEN YOUR MOBILE SOFTWARE WAS INSTALLED
*#06# TO KNOW THE SERIAL NUMBER OF YOUR MOBILE
*#92702689# TO KNOW THE LIFE TIMER OF YOUR MOBILE (UNLIKE LIFE TIMER IN MOBILE'S LOG THIS CANNOT BE RESETTED)
NOKIA RADAR IN SOME MOBILES THERE IS A SPECIAL SETTING IN NOKIA PHONES THAT SHOWS RADAR CONTENT ON STANBY SCREEN
(NOTE:- BEFORE PROCEEDING MAKE SURE SCREEN INFO DISPLAY & ACTIVE STANDBY ARE DEACTIVE)
GO TO SETTINGS --> SECURITY SETTINGS --> PHONE & SIM(ONLY IN N-SERIES) --> CLOSED USER GROUP SELECT ON AND WRITE THE GROUP NUMBER "00000" WITHOUT INVERTED COMMAS. & YOU ARE DONE

HACKING XP WITH XP

(This information is for educational purposes only & any miss use ofit might cause you civil penelties & jail. I am not responsible forany such consiquences that may happen to you)
THE BEST TOOL FOR ANY HACKER IN WINDOWS XP IS MS-DOS.
Believe it or Not!
You will belive after reading this article. In some schools, colledges & Cyber Cafes the MS-DOS tool is disabled. Note Many students have beem kicked out of school just because theyopened Ms-Dos. So make sure you take the permissions from your teacher before showing it.
OPENING THE DOS WHEN IT IS DISABLED

One can open DOS even if it is disabled just by opening notepad. If notepad is too disabled then just open Internet Explorer & where the web page opens & right click on "Show Source" & Voila! Notepad. In notepad just type "command.com" without inverted commas & save itas "cmd.bat" this will make a file that takes you to DOS.
Hotmail IP address Hacking

If you use Hotmail Messenger than you first need to open DOS then init type "netstat -n" & just minimize DOS then just message anyone on chat when he recieves this message immediately press Enter in DOS if your timing is right you will get his IP address.
"telnet" THIS IS THE BEST HACKING TOOL IN DOS

When you want to edit any website just press "telnet xyz.com" in DOS & if that website accepts or that website has poor security then you will gain control over it. Same way you can gain control over Email accounts but you might end up going to jail.

Airtel Hack for free internet

You need a PC or a Laptop and the required connectivity tools ,ie.,Serial/USB cable OR Infrared Device OR Bluetooth dongle.
1) Activate Airtel Live! ( It’s FREE so no probs)
2) Create TWO Airtel gprs data accounts (yep TWO) and select theFIRST as the active profile.
3) Connect your mobile to the PC (or Laptop) and install the driver foryour mobile’s modem.
4) Create a new dial-up connection using the NEW CONNECTIONWIZARD as follows.
Connecting Device : Your mobile’s modem
ISP Name : Airtel (or anything you like)
Phone Number : *99***2# / Try 99***1
Username and Password : blank
5) Configure your browser and download manager to use the proxy100.1.200.99 and port 8080.( My advice is to use Opera since youcan browse both wap and regular websites)
6) Connect to the dial-up account. You will be connected at 115.2kbps (but remember, that is a bad joke).
7) Pick up your mobile and try to access any site. You will get “AccessDenied…”(except for Airtel Live!). IT DOES NOT MATTER.Keep the mobile down.
8 ) On the PC ( or Laptop) open your browser, enter any address ,press ENTER and…….WAIT
9) After a few seconds the page will start to load and you have theWHOLE internet at your disposal.

SOME MORE ORKUT TRICKS

Have you ever tried to access Orkut from mobile.
If yes then you must know that the login screen dosen't appear on opening (www.orkut.com)
Ok Ok here a neat trick on.
How to access orkut from mobile? Simple just go to the following link(https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?) & on ur mobile & Voila!
There's a login screen & just login & you can access all googleservices.

Tips To Save Hard Disk

SAVE DISK SPACE Windows xp after Service Pack 1 keeps uninstall information for all updates in the C:\ Windows folder. These appear as $NTUninstall.... Depending on how many updates you might have anywhere from a couple of dozen of there folders. In order to save disk space youcan delete these folders. Doing this does not unistall the updates,but will make sure you cannot unistall them later-though why someone would want to uninstall security fixes is something I can't understand at all anyway. In case you do want to know exactly what uninstaller you're deleting, you can go to http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=<###>, where <###> is the numberlisted in the name of the folder you are deleting-remember, don't addtext "$NTUninstallKB", just the number after the prefix. Once you're satisfied, just select the folder(s) and press [Shift] + [Delete]. Now there are two ways in which to remove their references from Add/Remove Programs list. Open the Registry Editor and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UninstallNow, select the key that corresponds to the update uninstall information that you want to delete, and delete it. Another way to do this would to select the update in Add/Remove Programs list and clicking Remove, Sinced you have already deleted the Uninstall information, it's obvious that you will get an error message that tells you that update cannot be uninstalled, and you'll get the option to remove the entry from the Add/Remove Programs list. Just click OK and the entry will beremoved. Remember to check the Show updates box so you can see the installed updates in Add/Remove Programs.

TIPS AND TRICKS FOR WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL

SOME REGISTRY HACKS TO MAKE XP FASTER
(A note before proceeding you should make a Back-Up of Registry before Proceeding)
To open RegistryEditer go to Start-->Run then type "regedit" without inverted commas
Some short names used
HLM:- HKEY LOCAL MACHNE
HCU:- HKEY CURRENT USER
HCR:- HKEY CLASSES ROOT
(1.) Load Applications Faster (Result:- Applications will load faster)
Go to:- HLM\SYSTEMCurrent Controller Set\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\Prefetch Parameters
Open it and find EnablePrefatcher and change it from 3 to 9
(2.) Load Kernel into RAM (Result:- XP boots Super Fast)
Go to:- HLM\System\Current Controller Set\Control\Session\Memory Management
Open it and find DisablePagingExecutive cange it to 1
Note:- For above Registry Edit You Should Atleast Have A 512 MB Of RAM
(3.) Optimize The System Cache (Result:-Large System Cache As a Result Faster Windows)
Go to:- HLM\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\Current Version\Session Manager\Memory Management
Open it and find LArgSystemCache change it to 1
Check and Set DMA (Result:- Fast Hard Disk Working)
Right Click on My Computer Icon--> Properties--> Hardware--> Device Manager
Open It and find 'IDE ATA/ATAPI'-->Primary IDE Channel--> PropertiesAdvanced Properties
Chsnge transfer mode to 'DMA if avaliable'