n a previously post I spoke about top methods used to hide the IP address and to stay invisible online. There were no examples given so I thought that for each category I should make a list with the top applications, toolbars and web proxies used.
Hide My Ass. Is one of the best, a top leader in its category which allows you to surf anonymously over the Internet, but can also unblock popular sites like popular sites: YouTube.com, Gmail.com, MySpace.com, FaceBook.com etc.
Proxy.org. It’s more than just a web proxy website because it’s also a resource providing thousands of other web proxies. The proxy list is reordered randomly every 10 minutes to allow each proxy to get exposure and to not over use a proxy.
Anonymouse.org. It has 10 years of experience in this field and many happy users. Now they launched another project, beside web proxy, a toolbar that enables online anonymity and which can be used independently of the website. The Anonymouse Toolbar is available for the browsers Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox for Windows, Mac OS and Linux, it can be downloaded for free at.
Proxify.co.uk. Is a web-based anonymous proxy service that it’s free but it also provides subscription options. Subscribers receive a much higher level of service including access to special features.
Azproxies.com. As proxy.org, this web proxy provide also a list with working web proxies, the majority from US. Each of the web proxy listed is checked at regular intervals throughout the day to ensure that that the proxy is working.
Other resources:
The-cloak.com
Stayinvisible.com
Publicwebproxies.com
Kproxy.com
Findproxy.org
If you have any other suggestions, please write them in the comment section below and I will take a look over them.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Powering on the Computer With Your Mouse!!!
Here's the method by which you can start your computer by clicking your mouse button.
If you have ATX Main Board, ATX case Award Bios, or any Bios that supports PS/2 Mouse Power On, then you can power on your computer with a double click.
To activate this feature:
Restart your computer
Then press Del when the BIOS message appears to enter your CMOS configuration Select Integrated Peripherals from main menu
If PS/2 mouse power on disabled, activate it by press page up/ page down key it will became Double-Click
Press Esc key to exit
Press F10 to save and exit Power off your PC
Now double-click the left mouse button,.. Your PC will turn on
If you have ATX Main Board, ATX case Award Bios, or any Bios that supports PS/2 Mouse Power On, then you can power on your computer with a double click.
To activate this feature:
Restart your computer
Then press Del when the BIOS message appears to enter your CMOS configuration Select Integrated Peripherals from main menu
If PS/2 mouse power on disabled, activate it by press page up/ page down key it will became Double-Click
Press Esc key to exit
Press F10 to save and exit Power off your PC
Now double-click the left mouse button,.. Your PC will turn on
Recover Your Google Account Password Via SMS!!!
Google recently added a new option for Password Recovery for Google Accounts. This new feature allows you to recover your Google account password through your mobile phone. In order to make use of this feature you need to first get your phone validated by Google. Earlier, the only option available was to setup an alternate email account. In my opinion, this definitely caused significant risk to your google account if the alternate account ever got compromised.
This article presents step by step instructions for the same.
1.) Navigate to the link here.
2.) Click on the recovery option and update your details against the heading SMS. (Receive a text message with a password-reset code on your mobile phone.)
3.) Click on Save and you are done.
Image: Enter your country and mobile number to recover your Google Account password using SMS.
More details related to this feature can be found here.
This article presents step by step instructions for the same.
1.) Navigate to the link here.
2.) Click on the recovery option and update your details against the heading SMS. (Receive a text message with a password-reset code on your mobile phone.)
3.) Click on Save and you are done.
Image: Enter your country and mobile number to recover your Google Account password using SMS.
More details related to this feature can be found here.
Make A Autorun File For Ur Cd
If you wanna make a autorun file for that CD you are ready to burn just read this...
1) You open notepad
2) now you writ: [autorun]
OPEN=INSTALL\Setup_filename.EXE
ICON=INSTALL\Setup_filename.EXE
Now save it but not as a .txt file but as a .inf file.
But remember! The "Setup_filename.EXE" MUST be replaced with the name of the setup file. And you also need to rember that it is not all of the setup files there are called '.exe but some are called '.msi
3) Now burn your CD with the autorun .inf file included.
4) Now set the CD in you CD drive and wait for the autorun to begin or if nothing happens just double-click on the CD drive in "MY Computer"
1) You open notepad
2) now you writ: [autorun]
OPEN=INSTALL\Setup_filename.EXE
ICON=INSTALL\Setup_filename.EXE
Now save it but not as a .txt file but as a .inf file.
But remember! The "Setup_filename.EXE" MUST be replaced with the name of the setup file. And you also need to rember that it is not all of the setup files there are called '.exe but some are called '.msi
3) Now burn your CD with the autorun .inf file included.
4) Now set the CD in you CD drive and wait for the autorun to begin or if nothing happens just double-click on the CD drive in "MY Computer"
How to Password Protect a Pen Drive!!!!
The confidentiality of our documents and files is to add a point in the security of our data. In most cases, personal files and bank details, passwords, confidential documents, or even multimedia files of a personal nature, are fairly safe in our home computers.
Q. What happens to the information carried in a Pendrive?
Q. Can I hide information from my pendrive?
Q. How do I put a password on my Pendrive?
Of course you can hide files on a pendrive, and we can set a password to access a Pendrive. The method is simple, and we'll do a free program called Rohos Mini Drive.
Rohos Mini Drive creates hidden and encrypted partition on the USB flash drive memory. You work with the files on the hidden partition without opening a special program. Those who have megabytes of sensitive files on the USB drive and seriously concerned with a data security, cannot imagine their USB stick without the hidden volume that is created using this tool.
Main Features:
System requirements:
* Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
* USB 1.1/2.0 port
* USB flash drive or U3 Smart flash drive with 1 Mb or more free space
Download : Rohos Mini Drive 1.19
The first thing we'll see how the method is to put a password to your pendrive.
What this program does is create a virtual partition on the pendrive, which is hidden until they run an executable file that is in the USB stick, and we asked a password to access the contents of the virtual partition.
This password is the one we have put to create a unit hidden in the pen, and that is what leaves the door open, leaving visible in Windows Explorer to our unit.
We will explain the process step by step to understand it better.
Create a hidden partition on a Pendrive:
1: Path of the unity of origin Pendrive: Select the drive that corresponds to our memory stick.
2: Setting the partition to create the pendrive (leave the default)
3: Create password for Pendrive is the key we ask that the executable will create the pendrive in order to access their data.
From here, every time you run your pen on any computer, only you can view the content of this unit using the password secret. So if someone grabs you borrowed your pen, you can not in any way accessing this information.
You can change the password from the program Rohos pendrive and also allows you to increase the capacity of the virtual drive, delete it, create backups, etc..
I AM BAK!!!!!
Q. What happens to the information carried in a Pendrive?
Q. Can I hide information from my pendrive?
Q. How do I put a password on my Pendrive?
Of course you can hide files on a pendrive, and we can set a password to access a Pendrive. The method is simple, and we'll do a free program called Rohos Mini Drive.
Rohos Mini Drive creates hidden and encrypted partition on the USB flash drive memory. You work with the files on the hidden partition without opening a special program. Those who have megabytes of sensitive files on the USB drive and seriously concerned with a data security, cannot imagine their USB stick without the hidden volume that is created using this tool.
Main Features:
- Creates a virtual encrypted partiton volume (disk) within a USB flash drive free space
- Automatically detects your USB stick config and creates encrypted partition
- Program does not require installation to work with encrypted partiton on a guest computer. You can start it right from USB drive
- Encrypted partition is protected by password
- Encryption is automatic and on-the-fly
- Encryption algorithm: AES 256 bit key lenght. NIST approved.
- Rohos Disk Browser to open encrypted partition without having Admin rights
- Virtual Keyboard - to protect your encrypted disk password from a key logger
- Autorun Folder. Saved program’s/file’s shortcut will automatically start/open up upon disk connection
- The limit of encrypted partition size is 2 GB
System requirements:
* Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista
* USB 1.1/2.0 port
* USB flash drive or U3 Smart flash drive with 1 Mb or more free space
Download : Rohos Mini Drive 1.19
The first thing we'll see how the method is to put a password to your pendrive.
What this program does is create a virtual partition on the pendrive, which is hidden until they run an executable file that is in the USB stick, and we asked a password to access the contents of the virtual partition.
This password is the one we have put to create a unit hidden in the pen, and that is what leaves the door open, leaving visible in Windows Explorer to our unit.
We will explain the process step by step to understand it better.
Create a hidden partition on a Pendrive:
- Once we have finished installing Rohos Mini Drive, open it and we went to set the USB key.
- It opens a window which will depart in 3 sections:
1: Path of the unity of origin Pendrive: Select the drive that corresponds to our memory stick.
2: Setting the partition to create the pendrive (leave the default)
3: Create password for Pendrive is the key we ask that the executable will create the pendrive in order to access their data.
- Once the program has finished creating the partition on the pendrive, appears in this image that shows the name of the new virtual disk (Disk F), which is the drive on which stores all content.
- Now click on disconnect and close the application.
- Open Pendrive and unity as we go beyond the data we had stored, an executable file called Rohos mini. If you execute it, we see an opening screen asking for the password to access the virtual drive F:
- By entering the password, look as it appears in Windows Explorer drive F, which is the virtual drive that we have to save protected documents created in the pendrive.
From here, every time you run your pen on any computer, only you can view the content of this unit using the password secret. So if someone grabs you borrowed your pen, you can not in any way accessing this information.
You can change the password from the program Rohos pendrive and also allows you to increase the capacity of the virtual drive, delete it, create backups, etc..
I AM BAK!!!!!
Linux file system explained for beginners
Hey mates! Today i'm gonna give you some information about linux os.This file system is explained for begginers(like me).But it's quite nice.So here we go:
For those of you coming from windows backgrounds, the way the linux filesystem is laid out may seem confusing at first glance…. but that is where this article comes in !
The first thing you should know when working with linux, is that everything is treated as either a file or directory. Yeap thats right, even hardware is considered a file by linux, and, speaking of hardware… all your hardware devices are located in the /dev directory, but more on that later.
Another thing that confuses windows users, is the fact that linux dosen’t use drive letters to distinguish between different partitions and devices. that is to say in linux, the “root” of your filesystem is / whereas in windows it would most probably be C:\ . Drives in linux are “mounted” to directories where their data can then be accessed, so for instance, if you needed to use your thumbdrive, you would plug it into your computer, and then mount it using the “mount” command, which specifies the path to the device ( something like /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc ) and the directory to mount it to (usually /mnt or /media), then you can happily access your drive from the /mnt or /media folder.
Sounds strange right? well yes it does if you come from a windows environment, where the entire operating system is consolidated onto a single drive. However, with linux and the ability to mount devices as directories, it gives the end user much greater flexibility in splitting up their operating system over several drives or partitions.
to understand what I mean when I say that this approach in mounting drives grants flexibility, I must first explain the different folders in linux and what they store
The graphic above shows the linux filesystem hierarchy, now will explain in a bit more detail what each folder contains.
/ this is the root folder, all other folders come under root.. think of it as C:\ in a Windows context.
/bin this folder contains all the user-essential binaries (programs) that are needed to administer and run your linux system… delete this folder and your system is broken.
/boot as the name suggests, this folder contains configuration files and other necessary files that are needed by the bootloader
/dev this folder contains device files (remember, these files represent physical devices, so be careful when working with them)
/etc this folder contains all the configuration files used by the system, you can also start and stop services (daemons ) from here
/home this folder contains the home folders of all the normal (non – root ) users on the system .. think of it as my documents in windows
/lib this folder contains software libraries
/media this is a mount point for removable devices… this is where you would usually mount your thumbdrives … etc
/mnt this is a temporary mount point
/opt this folder contains add on software (extra software)
/sbin this folder contains binaries that can only be run as the root user (”superuser”)
/tmp this folder contains temporary files that are erased upon reboot
/usr this folder and its subfolders contains user installed programs and utilities and libraries
/var this folder contains files that change alot (”Variable files”)
/root this folder contians the root user’s files
/proc this is a psuedo folder, that contains information about the linux kernel and hardware that is updated in realtime.
Now back to how mounting grants flexibility…
you see how the different folders all contain parts of the operating system? well we can actually mount a seperate hard drive for each of this folders. for example, your /home folder can be put on another harddrive than your / which means that you can easily recover your personal files if the harddrive on / fails because the harddrive mounted to your /home folder is seperate from the one that is mounted to your /
So there you have it, you now know a little bit more about the nuts and bolts of linux based operating systems.
Hope it can help you understanding Linux OS.
Regards!
For those of you coming from windows backgrounds, the way the linux filesystem is laid out may seem confusing at first glance…. but that is where this article comes in !
The first thing you should know when working with linux, is that everything is treated as either a file or directory. Yeap thats right, even hardware is considered a file by linux, and, speaking of hardware… all your hardware devices are located in the /dev directory, but more on that later.
Another thing that confuses windows users, is the fact that linux dosen’t use drive letters to distinguish between different partitions and devices. that is to say in linux, the “root” of your filesystem is / whereas in windows it would most probably be C:\ . Drives in linux are “mounted” to directories where their data can then be accessed, so for instance, if you needed to use your thumbdrive, you would plug it into your computer, and then mount it using the “mount” command, which specifies the path to the device ( something like /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc ) and the directory to mount it to (usually /mnt or /media), then you can happily access your drive from the /mnt or /media folder.
Sounds strange right? well yes it does if you come from a windows environment, where the entire operating system is consolidated onto a single drive. However, with linux and the ability to mount devices as directories, it gives the end user much greater flexibility in splitting up their operating system over several drives or partitions.
to understand what I mean when I say that this approach in mounting drives grants flexibility, I must first explain the different folders in linux and what they store
The graphic above shows the linux filesystem hierarchy, now will explain in a bit more detail what each folder contains.
/ this is the root folder, all other folders come under root.. think of it as C:\ in a Windows context.
/bin this folder contains all the user-essential binaries (programs) that are needed to administer and run your linux system… delete this folder and your system is broken.
/boot as the name suggests, this folder contains configuration files and other necessary files that are needed by the bootloader
/dev this folder contains device files (remember, these files represent physical devices, so be careful when working with them)
/etc this folder contains all the configuration files used by the system, you can also start and stop services (daemons ) from here
/home this folder contains the home folders of all the normal (non – root ) users on the system .. think of it as my documents in windows
/lib this folder contains software libraries
/media this is a mount point for removable devices… this is where you would usually mount your thumbdrives … etc
/mnt this is a temporary mount point
/opt this folder contains add on software (extra software)
/sbin this folder contains binaries that can only be run as the root user (”superuser”)
/tmp this folder contains temporary files that are erased upon reboot
/usr this folder and its subfolders contains user installed programs and utilities and libraries
/var this folder contains files that change alot (”Variable files”)
/root this folder contians the root user’s files
/proc this is a psuedo folder, that contains information about the linux kernel and hardware that is updated in realtime.
Now back to how mounting grants flexibility…
you see how the different folders all contain parts of the operating system? well we can actually mount a seperate hard drive for each of this folders. for example, your /home folder can be put on another harddrive than your / which means that you can easily recover your personal files if the harddrive on / fails because the harddrive mounted to your /home folder is seperate from the one that is mounted to your /
So there you have it, you now know a little bit more about the nuts and bolts of linux based operating systems.
Hope it can help you understanding Linux OS.
Regards!
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Change Text on XP Start Button
Step 1 - Modify Explorer.exe File
In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.
get this from h**p://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip
The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe.
The category we are going to be using is "String Table". Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.
There is no magic here. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry. In my case I used Click Me!
You’ll notice that after the new text string has been entered the Compile Script button that was grayed out is now active. I won’t get into what’s involved in compiling a script, but suffice it to say it’s going to make this exercise worthwhile. Click Compile Script and then save the altered file using the Save As command on the File Menu. Do not use the Save command – Make sure to use the Save As command and choose a name for the file. Save the newly named file to C:\Windows.
Step 2 – Modify the Registry
!!!make a backup of your registry before making changes!!!
Now that the modified explorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system. If you don’t know how to access the registry I’m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it’s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be something else) Run and type regedit in the Open field. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon
In the right pane, double click the "Shell" entry to open the Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.
Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.[/b]
In order to make the changes, the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows needs to be edited. Since explorer.exe is a binary file it requires a special editor. For purposes of this article I have used Resource Hacker. Resource HackerTM is a freeware utility to view, modify, rename, add, delete and extract resources in 32bit Windows executables and resource files (*.res). It incorporates an internal resource script compiler and decompiler and works on Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.
get this from h**p://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip
The first step is to make a backup copy of the file explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer. Place it in a folder somewhere on your hard drive where it will be safe. Start Resource Hacker and open explorer.exe located at C:\Windows\explorer.exe.
The category we are going to be using is "String Table". Expand it by clicking the plus sign then navigate down to and expand string 37 followed by highlighting 1033. If you are using the Classic Layout rather than the XP Layout, use number 38. The right hand pane will display the stringtable. We’re going to modify item 578, currently showing the word “start” just as it displays on the current Start button.
There is no magic here. Just double click on the word “start” so that it’s highlighted, making sure the quotation marks are not part of the highlight. They need to remain in place, surrounding the new text that you’ll type. Go ahead and type your new entry. In my case I used Click Me!
You’ll notice that after the new text string has been entered the Compile Script button that was grayed out is now active. I won’t get into what’s involved in compiling a script, but suffice it to say it’s going to make this exercise worthwhile. Click Compile Script and then save the altered file using the Save As command on the File Menu. Do not use the Save command – Make sure to use the Save As command and choose a name for the file. Save the newly named file to C:\Windows.
Step 2 – Modify the Registry
!!!make a backup of your registry before making changes!!!
Now that the modified explorer.exe has been created it’s necessary to modify the registry so the file will be recognized when the user logs on to the system. If you don’t know how to access the registry I’m not sure this article is for you, but just in case it’s a temporary memory lapse, go to Start (soon to be something else) Run and type regedit in the Open field. Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon
In the right pane, double click the "Shell" entry to open the Edit String dialog box. In Value data: line, enter the name that was used to save the modified explorer.exe file. Click OK.
Close Registry Editor and either log off the system and log back in, or reboot the entire system if that’s your preference. If all went as planned you should see your new Start button with the revised text.[/b]
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