Ghiath Tech Blog

Keyboard sniffers to steal data!

Ghiath — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:12:25 PDT

Computer criminals could soon be eavesdropping on what you type by analysing the electromagnetic signals produced by every key press. By analysing the signals produced by keystrokes, Swiss researchers have reproduced what a target typed. The security researchers have developed four attacks that work on a wide variety of computer keyboards. The results led the researchers to declare [...]

Weekend Special – Entrecard Booster

Ghiath — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:58:46 PDT

How many times did you wish that there’s a simple way to drop your entrecard. Or a simple way to visit all of those who dropped their entrecards on your blog. I’ve been thinking about it a lot and now it’s ready to use. I present to you today Entrecard Booster a very simple tool [...]

When I double click on my local drive, I get the open with window!

Ghiath — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:16:29 PDT

This is a common problem which is usually associated with autorun.inf. If you have a persistent problem with opening your drive, it’s advisable to have a look to the other articles in the Troubleshooting category. If you don’t please continue reading this article: The problem usually happen when you double click on your local drive. A [...]

Will it blend?

Ghiath — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:00:29 PDT

This video is a big hit on YouTube. It got more than 5 million vies in only 5 days and had been reposted many times? Blending a new iPhone 3G is a creative idea. Many people asked why did he do it. The answer is because he’s promoting for TotalBlinder. Will it blend?

Fake Homer Simpson email spreading malware

Ghiath — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:55:53 PDT

Posted on 14.07.2008 at 04:52 in Tech News by Martin A screen name once connected to animated TV dad Homer Simpson is being used to spread malware. In a 2003 episode of The Simpsons, writers revealed that Homer’s e-mail address was chunkylover53@aol.com. Prior to the episode’s airing, the address was registered by one of the show’s [...]

Simple tip to protect from Autorun.inf viruses

Ghiath — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:10:17 PDT

External memory devices are common virus distribution method. Once you open an infected memory device the Autorun.inf will copy the virus to your machine and it will get infected as well. However, there’s a very simple protection method that doesn’t require any third-party software. First, you have to enable viewing hidden and protected files. You can [...]

Trend Micro hit by massive Web hack

Ghiath — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:46:26 PDT

Source: Robert McMillan (IDG News Service) Security vendor Trend Micro has fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that splashed malicious software onto hundreds of legitimate Web sites in recent days. A Trend Micro spokesman confirmed that the company’s site had been hacked Thursday, saying that the attack took place earlier in the week. “A portion [...]

Windows Live Messenger Error 1000

Ghiath — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:11:25 PST

This morning, I noticed that MSN Messenger is not working also I could run some videos on Windows Media Player 11. Anyway, when I checked my event log I got this error message: “The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( Windows Live Messenger ) cannot be found. The local computer may not [...]

The perfect virus immunization for your computer – Part 3 – TrendMicro System Cleaner

Ghiath — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:52:05 PST

We’ve featured so far two products for securing computers, Kaspersky Internet Security and PC Tools Spyware Doctor. These two products are very helpful if your operating system is working fine. But what if your computer is damaged badly by a virus or a worm and you can’t even start your Microsoft Windows in “Normal Mode” [...]

How to enable Google Adsense with Kaspersky Internet Security

Ghiath — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:31:51 PST

There are a lot of users including me who faced trouble trying to see Google Adsense Ads while they are using Kaspersky Internet Security. The reason for this is that Kaspersky’s Anti-Banner is blocking the script for Google Adsense Syndication. However, the solution for this problem is very simple and here are the steps to [...]