New Flash Bug Exploited By Hackers : How to avoid it?

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New Flash Bug

A new attack on a Flash bug has surfaced that would give attackers control of a victim’s computer after crashing it, reports PC World. Adobe put out a Security Advisory about this on June 4. It is categorized as a critical issue and all operating systems with Flash are vulnerable including Windows, Linux, and Apple and it is also found in the recent versions of Reader and Acrobat.

Affected Versions

The affected versions are Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2, 9.0.262, and earlier 10.0.x and 9.0.x versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris. Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.2 and earlier 9.x versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX. The versions that avoided being affected are Flash Player 10.1 release candidate, link available in the Adobe security advisory, and Acrobat/Reader version 8.x.

Current Situation

The attack isn’t widespread in the wild yet, Adobe has only received two reports of online attacks. Of course the attack is new and may just be starting to ramp up. Adobe will update the advisory when a schedule has been determined for creating a fix.

How to avoid it?

Until the fix is ready, Adobe has advised the Flash users that they should use the 10.1 release candidate to avoid attack where as Acrobat and Reader 9.x users can downgrade to version 8 or deleting, renaming, or removing access to the authplay.dll file that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x mitigates the threat for those products, but users will experience a non-exploitable crash or error message when opening a PDF file that contains SWF content. The authplay.dll that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows is typically located at C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9.0\Reader\authplay.dll for Adobe Reader or C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\authplay.dll for Acrobat.

How to view Removed Videos on Youtube

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Hello Friends,

Have you ever found an Interesting Video on Youtube but when you try to view that video you find out that the video has been removed by Youtube due to terms of Use Violation. According to the policy of Youtube, it has a right  to remove any video from public viewing if it is found to be violating the terms and conditions of Youtube. But now I will show you how to view that video.

Just follow the steps given bellow and watch your favorite videos:

  • Go to the page where you got the error message that this video has been removed.
  • Next click on the Video’s Publisher, that is- the Uploader of that video.
  • It should show you the uploader’s video uploads in the right.
  • Find the Video which he uploaded and is now removed
  • Click on it
  • Hurray! You have got access to watch the removed Video
  • Now Sometimes you can open the video in New Tab and it wont show the message that the video is removed due to violating the terms.. Sometimes it may show..

Hope this worked for you :)

Why are you Scared of Linux?

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Note: Before you read this Article I want to tell you that I am a big Linux fan and Linux being an open source Operating System is doing a Great Job.

Most of the people I know think Linux is very difficult for a layman to understand. They fear that after installing Linux they will not be able to do the normal tasks they do with Windows and thus they prefer paying money to Microsoft instead of even trying Linux.

There are lot of reasons behind this. Few reasons that I could figure out are:

1. Lack of Advertising about Linux compared to Windows. I understand that Linux is an open source product while Windows is Commercial but still I feel that there is lot of scope for advertising.

2. Lack of Awareness among the Retailers of Computers who advise the buyers to go for Windows instead of Linux. Some times its not just lack of awareness but also to gain more commission on the part of the retailer.

3. A very odd but a legitimate reason is that most of the time when people hear about linux is when a Geek is bragging about what he did on Linux last night and that layman will think “Man I don’t think Linux is for Guys like me!!”.

4. Most of the schools (atleast in India) teach their students Windows instead of Linux and thus the children when they grow up feel that windows is easy and safe to go with.

5. One reason for the Windows users not switching to Linux from Windows is that they are used to the working environment of Windows and So they are scared how they are going to do those regular task with Linux. Moreover there are many discouraging people around you who will be telling you stories of people who had to format their PC after installing Linux.

6. I also feel that the method of bring new versions every 6 months of different Linux distributions has many loopholes. First of all when a new release comes you are scared whether it is stable or not and whether his current apps will be compatible or not. So you wait for 1-2 months till you hear good reviews about it and just when you were about to feel that you got the one you can happily live with you hear about a new release which is better than that. Another reasons specially for Indian Users is that every time a new release comes out the user has to download it from net which is very time consuming considering the low internet speed in India.

7. The Last but the most important reason I feel why people don’t go for Linux is that the developers of Linux try to target more towards the technical guys instead of a normal user who is never going to code in his life. Linux only tries to compete with Windows in terms of a Better Development platform but it lags far behind from Windows in other areas. Though you may feel this reason to be invalid but this is what I feel.

I know a lot of Linux lovers will get hurt after reading this post and will be very angry at me but this is what is the harsh reality about Linux which can be changed if proper steps are taken by Linux.

Can you guys think of any other reasons? If so, I’d love it if you shared.

Note: The above written text are the author’s own views and they are not written to hurt the feelings of anybody.

How to Hack Rapidshare.com

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Since I started blogging the question that has been asked by maximum number of users via Comments, Web Forms or via Communities is “How to hack Rapidshare.com?”. Rapidshare is one of the best file hosting service in the world. You can upload, Download files that you want very easily. But if you are not a premium user of Rapidshare then while downloading any file from the rapidshare, you will get annoying download time before getting the download link.

Today I am posting the answer to your most asked question via a very simple trick which will help you to reset the download waiting time to zero. So you can download your files very quickly.

Follow the steps given below and hack Rapidshare.com yourself:

1. Goto the Rapidshare URL of the file you want to Download.

2. Now click on the Free User button. Your waiting time will be start.

3. Now remove the current URL and copy the follwing code in the Browser’s address bar;

4. Hit Enter.

5. This code will set your download timer as zero and download link will be appear immediately.

6. Click Download. If it gives some error message, refresh the page once and download will start.

You could also add the following link to bookmarklets and use it whenever you want to circumvent Rapidshare Wait Time.

Hack Rapidshare

How to Recover Important Data after your System is Crashed

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Suppose your computer commits suicide by inviting the latest virus and you are not able to get it back up and running. As a last resort you decide to backup your important documents, photos that you took of your girl friend and the ASCII text file containing your passwords. Today I will show how to do this very easily.

Create a System Rescue CD

Use an uninfected computer and download the System Rescue CD ISO file (latest version) from sysresccd.org. Now burn this ISO to a blank CD.

Start the rescue

After the ISO is written to CD, take it out, pop the CD into the drive of the computer that’s busted. Set the BIOS to boot through the CD first, hard disk next. And allow it to reboot.

You should see this beautiful System Rescue startup screen. Type these options after the boot: prompt and press ENTER.

rescuecd docache dostartx dodhcp

The docache option allows you to remove the System Rescue CD after it boots up, so you can enter another blank CD/DVD and take backups.

The dostartx option starts GUI automatically.

The dodhcp opiton automatically configures the network and connects you automatically to the Internet after booting.

Load the appropriate keymap when prompted (or just select the default US keymap).

It should start GUI automatically. In case it doesn’t, type startx at the command line and press ENTER.

Your desktop should have a terminal with a yellow background. We need to mount the partition and then do the backup.

Your Windows partition will most likely be located in /mnt/sda1 or /mnt/sda2. To check the partitions, run this:

fdisk -l /dev/sda

It should show you the partition names.

Then, to mount partition 1, run this:

ntfs-3g /mnt/sda1 /mnt/windows

If it mounts correctly, you should be able to see the files in your C:\ directory when you type:

ls -al /mnt/windows

Backing up your data to a CD/DVD

Now, to begin backing up your data, type this:

xfburn

The Xfburn program will show you a list of your partitions. Browse to the Windows partition(s) using the Filesystem menu option on the top-left and select all the files you need. Click on New Data Composition. Insert a blank CD or DVD and allow to burn all your data to the CD/DVD.

Backing up your data to a remote location

This is easier if you love using the command line. First, make sure the network is up by pinging to google.com

ping google.com

If it throws up an error, you have to run this to configure your network interface:

net-setup eth0

If you want to transfer the files in the directory C:\work to your remote server myremoteserver.com as user hungryhackers

The directory C:\work would be located in /mnt/windows/work. This command will transfer the directory:

scp -r /mnt/windows/work hungryhackers@myremoteserver.com

Enter the password for user hungryhackers and the file transfer will begin.

Registry Tweaks to improve your Windows 7 Experience

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Windows 7, like earlier versions of Windows operating systems allow users to edit registry entries to customize system settings. Below are some of the tweaks that you can use to do this.

Warning: Remember to backup the registry before implementing any of these tweaks. You can do this from the Registry Editor utility or by using a Windows 7 compatible registry tool.

How to Apply these Tweaks?

To make your task simple I have compiled all the tweaks into a Registry file which you need to Run by double clicking on it. The changes that this script is going to make are given below. If you don’t want all the changes to be made just edit the file and remove the part that you don’t want to happen. In case of any doubts you may write it in comment.

  1. Adds “Copy To” and “Move To” options in files and folders context menu, so that you can easily copy and move them to other locations.
  2. Sets Windows to automatically end task of programs which are either hanged or taking longer time than expected to exit.
  3. Decreases menus show delay time, it’ll show the sub-menus fast when you select their parent menu.
  4. Disables the low disk space check so that you don’t get the annoying low disk space notification in system tray.
  5. Sets Windows to not waste time in searching for a program which no longer exists in your system when you try to open its shortcut.
  6. Disables “search on Internet” prompt in “Open with” window so that it directly opens the program list.
  7. Speeds up the Explorer navigation.
  8. Adds “Take Ownership” option in files and folders context menu so that you can easily take ownership of files and folders in case you want to replace them for customization purpose.

I assure you it’ll not harm your system in any condition and its completely safe to apply. You just need to download the script and double click on the script.

Download Script: http://www.easy-share.com/1910059756/Windows Seven Registry Tricks.rar

How to revert back to Default State

In case you did something wrong and now you want to revert back to the default state then you may Either use your back up that you had taken before applying the script or else you may use my uninstall script.

Download Uninstall Script: http://www.easy-share.com/1910059758/Restore Default Windows 7 Settings.rar

Free 24 Cool Apps for Windows Mobile Phone

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Hello Friends,

Today I am going to give you 24 Best Windows Mobile phone apps which will be useful in your daily life. The most important thing is that all these Apps are available free to any user. Here is the List of Apps along with a brief description about each App.

  1. Call Firewall:  Call Firewall is a software that rejects unwanted calls. It does exactly what you would think it might in that it helps you create blacklists and whitelists for your Windows Mobile powered cell phone. One of the coolest features is that it will send an SMS to a blocked call telling them why they were blocked.
  2. Fring: Fring brings their instant messaging services to more than just the iPhone and iPod Touch with a Windows Mobile version. Allows you to instant message with AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, SIP, Skype, Twitter and Yahoo.
  3. MSN Direct: MSN Direct is an application from Microsoft, sits right on your device’s Windows Mobile home screen to provide instant and up-to-date access to news, stocks and weather information from the MSN website.
  4. Slick: It allows you to instant message with AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN and Yahoo. Also has text messaging, emoticons, message history and more.
  5. World Mate: World Mate Mobile service simplifies the lives of frequent travelers by automatically delivering content and services to mobile devices. For example, free features include the Itineraries Manager function, which stores on Windows Mobile Pocket PCs information on flights, hotels, meetings, public transportation and car rentals.
  6. Idialer: iDialer is just another iphone like dialpad for Windows Mobile devices & smartphones.It supports both landscape and potrait mode with QVGA & VGA support.To add more functionality icontact is also integrated with this application. Moreover its a light weight application & user friendly too.
  7. Pocket Digital Clock: The tiny digital clock on the Windows Mobile Pocket PC Today screen is not particularly helpful for those of us with less-than-perfect eyesight–to say the least. So while the pocket digital clock application for Windows Mobile won’t provide any significant productivity gains or cost savings, it can save you the headache of holding your device within a few inches of your face like a crazy person just to see the time.
  8. Web Viewer: Web Viewer is an expansion to the web browsing ability with a tabbed browser that allows you to save open tabs and more.
  9. mDigger Reader Application: A free web application that delivers dynamic web clippings from various informational websites and other sources to mobile devices. It provides users with a rich, hassle-free and time saving Internet browsing and sharing experience that requires no navigating between your favorite sites. Works with mDigger Service, a free Internet information service. mDigger Service supports a broad range of content with over 1,500 Internet sources.
  10. Real Player: RealPlayer enables consumers to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices, including the Apple iPod. RealPlayer is the only digital-media player you need for finding and downloading new music, playing and managing audio and video clips and taking your digital entertainment with you. An official mobile release for the famous Real One Player.
  11. The Core Pocket Media Player: TCPMP, as it is known, supports a dizzying array of video and audio formats from DivX to Ogg Vorbis.
  12. MPlayer For Window Mobile: Part of the MPlayer suite for Linux, MPlayer for Windows Mobile will let you play Flash videos as well as videos in the RV40, RV30, R20, sipro, cook and atrac codecs.
  13. You Tube Player: Just as the name implies, YouTubePlayer lets you to search YouTube for videos and then plays them in their native FLV format.
  14. Skype: The well known Skype service is available for Windows Mobile, enabling you to make Skype calls from your mobile, saving you a lot of money on calls.
  15. Dashwire: It is currently available for window mobile acts as a conduit between the details on your phone and your online dashboard from which you’ll be able to text your contacts, add new contacts and bookmarks, share photos and videos and enter a status message that updates to Facebook and Twitter.
  16. Gsync: As you can probably guess by the name, GSync allows you to synchronize your Google Calendar with your Windows Mobile powered phone.The application is available in Dutch, English and Italian.
  17. Pocket RAR: An official version of the RAR archive manager that you can use on your mobile device.
  18. Softkey Manager: This app allows you to edit the soft keys on your Today screen.
  19. iContact: iContact changes your contact interface to more of an iPhone style system that allows you to browse through your contacts with just a flick of your finger.
  20. CapSure: You can capture your screen in BMP, GIF, JPG or PNG and then add captions, obscure sensitive information and more.
  21. Pocket Heroes: Pocket Heroes is a Heroes of Might and Magic game clone for Pocket PC. It may be a bit simple for some, but still a lot of fun.
  22. Realms: A space based shooting game that might remind you a bit of the old Asteroids arcade game, but only in concept. Multiple ships to choose from and numerous levels to explore.
  23. Opera Mini: Opera Mini from opera software, a free browser that runs on most Windows Mobile devices, offers a number of valuable options.
  24. Twittoday: TwitToday is a simple today screen plug-in which allows you to post twitter messages directly from your Windows Mobile device.

12 Security Tips for Shopping Online

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The internet is an exciting place to shop. From the comfort of your own armchair you can browse for literally anything, from a new camera, to a holiday or flight. You are not restricted to the stores in your local town, or even country and you can pick up deals at great prices on a whole range of products.

Shopping online isn’t just as safe as handing over your credit card in a store or restaurant. However, if you take care of few things it can be a safe deal. Following are the things you should take care of:

  1. Never respond to an email request for credit card details. All reputable companies will conduct transactions with you over a secure website connection.
  2. Remember to never respond to any email advertisement, and only visit sites you know or have book marked, and verify the address before browsing further.
  3. Only buy from trusted brands and websites.
  4. To ensure that you only do business with legitimate companies check to see if they have a contact number, an actual retail store and a printed catalogue to browse.
  5. Check a website’s returns and privacy policy before going ahead with a purchase.
  6. Check that you are entering your details through a secure payment connection. You should notice when you click through to the transaction page of a company’s website that the URL in the address bar begins https:// (instead of the normal http://). This is the standard encrypted communication mechanism on the internet and means that your credit card details are being sent securely.
  7. Beware of deals that seem too good to be true.
  8. Beware of the limitations of the internet. The internet may not the best place to buy clothes or other products you need to see, touch or try on.
  9. All reputable websites use secure payment systems. These are either a company’s own system or a 3rd party system such as Worldpay or Paypal.
  10. When conducting a transaction over the internet, look for the yellow padlock in the grey status bar at the bottom of your browser page. This is an indication that the transaction is being conducted over a secure connection.
  11. As an extra precaution check to see if there’s a gold lock at the bottom of the right hand corner of the browser. If they don’t include any of these reliable indicators, you might want to think twice before handing over your credit card number.
  12. To be on the safe side, and avoid Internet fraudsters, it’s also a good idea to install and use security software such as Kaspersky Internet Security. It can provide you with industry-leading security services that will provide you more protection against the latest threats.