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Create An Undeletable And Unrenamable Folders In Windows

2013-08-11T13:51:00.001+04:00

Create An Undeletable And Unrenamable Folders In Windows

How To Create Undeletable And Unrenamable Folders ?

Go to Start and then Click on Run
Type cmd & hit enter (To open Command Prompt ).
Remember you cannot create Undeletable & unrenamable folder in your root directory (i.e. where the windows is installed) That means you can't make this kind of folder in C: drive if you installed windows on C:
Type D: or E: and hit enter
Type md con\ and hit enter (md - make directory)
You may use other words such as aux, lpt1, lpt2, lpt3 up to lpt9 instead of con in above step.
Open that directory, you will see the folder created of name con.
Try to delete that folder or rename that folder windows will show the error message.

How to delete that folder ?

It is not possible to delete that folder manually but you can delete this folder by another way mentioned below.

Open Command Prompt
Type D: ( if u created this type of folder in D: drive) & hit enter
Type rd con\ (rd - remove directory)
Open that directory and the folder will not appear because it is removed.

Features of Windows 8

2012-10-30T17:04:00.000+04:00

Features of Windows 8

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Windows 8 includes new features, including native USB 3.0 support, Microsoft account integration, Windows Store, the ability to boot from USB Flash drives with Windows To Go, and easier system restore options, among others.

Development platform

Language and standards support

Windows 8 allows the use of a new platform, the Windows Runtime (WinRT), to create a new type of application that runs in a secure sandbox, and facilitate easier sharing of data between them, or snap to the side of a widescreen display for multi-tasking. WinRT, being a COM-based API, allows for the use of various programming languages to code apps, including C++, C++/CX, C#, Visual Basic .NET, or HTML5 and JavaScript.^[1]^[2]
The new platform is primarily designed for 16:9 aspect ratio screens, with 1366×768 and larger resolution screens able to display no more than two applications side-by-side by "snapping". 1024×768 screens can display one application in full-screen, and 1024×600 screens can only use the traditional desktop applications.^[3]
Previously referred to as "Metro-style apps", connecting it to Windows 8's use of an interface following the Metro design language as its primary desktop, reports surfaced that Microsoft employees were told to stop using the term due to potential trademark issues with the German company Metro AG. A Microsoft spokesperson however, denied these reports and stated that "Metro-style" was merely a codename for the new application platform.^[4]
Windows 8 also introduces APIs to support near field communication (NFC) on Windows 8 devices, allowing functionality like launching URLs/applications and sharing of information between devices via NFC.^[5]

Windows Store

Main article: Windows Store

Windows Store is a digital distribution platform built into Windows 8, which in a manner similar to Apple's App Store and Google Play, allows for the distribution and purchase of apps designed for Windows 8. Developers will still be able to advertise desktop software through Windows Store as well. To ensure that they are secure and of a high quality, Windows Store will be the only means of distributing WinRT-based apps for consumer-oriented versions of Windows 8.^[6]

Shell and user interface

Windows 8's lock screen

The "Music" app snapped to the side of the Desktop

Windows 8 displaying the multi-monitor taskbar (in "Duplicated on all taskbars" mode)

Windows 8 features an extensively redesigned user interface incorporating a design language codenamed "Metro", optimized for touchscreens as well as mice and keyboards. A new "Start screen", similar to the one in Windows Phone, includes live application tiles. The start screen replaces the Start menu, being triggered by the Windows key, clicking a hot corner in bottom left (replacing the Start button), and is also the first screen shown on startup. The user can go to the regular desktop via a tile on the Start screen, or by launching a desktop application.
The interface also incorporates a new menu bar on the right side of the screen known as the "Charms bar", which can be accessed from any app or the desktop by sliding from the right edge of a touchscreen or compatible trackpad, pointing in one of the right corners of the screen, or pressing ⊞ Win+C. The Charms bar includes functionality for search, sharing, accessing the Start screen, managing devices, and settings; all of which can be directly integrated with apps.
New apps for Windows 8 run in a full-screen layout by default. On displays with a widescreen resolution, apps can be snapped to the side of the screen, allowing multi-tasking to an extent.

User login

Windows 8 features a new lock screen, which includes a date and time display, along with the ability to display notifications from apps. Two new login methods optimized for touch screens are also available, including a four-digit PIN, or a "picture password"; which users allow the use of certain gestures performed on a selected picture to login. These gestures will take into account the shape, the start and end points, as well as the directionality. However, the shapes and gestures are limited to tapping and tracing a line or circle. Microsoft found that limiting the gestures improved the speed of sign-ins by three times compared to allowing freeform methods. Wrong gestures will always deny a login, and it will lock out the PC after five unsuccessful attempts, until a text password is provided.^[7]^[8]

Microsoft account integration

User accounts can be linked to a Microsoft account to provide additional functionality, such as the synchronization of user data, and integration with other Microsoft services such as Xbox Live (for gaming and multimedia) and SkyDrive online storage.^[9]^[10]

Multi-monitor support

Windows 8 also includes improved support for multi-monitor configurations; the taskbar can now be shown on multiple displays, and each display can also show its own dedicated taskbar. Wallpapers can also be spanned across multiple displays, or each display can have its own separate wallpaper.

File Explorer

Windows Explorer, which has been renamed File Explorer, now incorporates a ribbon toolbar, designed to bring forward the most commonly used commands for easy access. The "Up" button (which advances the user back a level in the folder hierarchy) that was removed from Explorer after Windows XP has also been restored.^[11] Additionally, File Explorer features a redesigned preview pane that takes advantage of widescreen layouts.^[11] File Explorer also provides a built-in function for mounting ISO, IMG, and VHD files as virtual drives.^[12]
Progress windows for file operations have also been redesigned; offering the ability to show multiple operations at once, a graph for tracking transfer speeds, and the ability to pause and resume a file transfer.^[13] A new interface has also been introduced for managing file name collisions in a file operation, allowing users to easily control which conflicting files are copied.^[14]

Internet Explorer

Windows 8 ships with Internet Explorer 10, which can run as either a desktop program (where it operates similarly to Internet Explorer 9), or as an app with a new full-screen interface optimized for use on touchscreens. Internet Explorer 10 also contains an integrated version of Flash Player, which will be available in full on the desktop, and in a limited form within the "Metro" app.^[15]

Task Manager

Windows 8 includes an overhauled version of Windows Task Manager where the following changes were made:^[16]

The tabs are hidden by default. This view only shows applications
Resource utilization in the Processes tab is shown using a heat map, with darker shades of yellow representing heavier use.
The Performance tab is split into CPU, memory, disk, Ethernet, and wireless network (if applicable) sections. There are overall graphs for each, and clicking on one reaches details for that particular resource
- The CPU tab no longer displays individual graphs for every logical processor on the system by default. It now can show data for each NUMA node
- The CPU tab now displays simple percentages on heat-mapping tiles to display utilization for systems with many (64 or more, up to 640) logical processors.^[17] The color used for these heat maps is blue, with darker color again indicating heavier utilization
- Hovering the cursor over any logical processor's data now shows the NUMA node of that processor and its ID
A new Startup tab has been added that lists startup applications and their impact on boot time
The Processes tab now lists application names, application status, and overall usage data for CPU, memory, hard disk, and network resources for each process
- The new task manager recognizes when a WinRT application is in "Suspended" status
- The normal process information found in the older Task Manager can be found in the new Details tab

Family Safety

Family Safety will no longer be separate install via Windows Live; it will allow Administrators to monitor and restrict user activity via web filtering, application restriction, and computer usage time limits.^[18]^[19]^[20]

Infrastructure

File History

File History, a function similar to Mac OS X's Time Machine, replaces the "Previous Versions" and Backup and Restore features on Windows 8. ^[21] File History automatically creates incremental backups of files stored in Libraries and user-specified folders to an external storage device (such as a secondary hard drive, Storage Space, or network share). Users can then track and restore specific revisions of files using the "History" functions in File Explorer. Unlike Shadow Copy, which performs block level tracking of files, File History only utilizes the USN Journal to track changes, and simply copies previous versions of files to the backup location.^[22]

Hardware support

Windows 8 adds native support for USB 3.0, which allows for faster data transfers and improved power management with compatible devices.^[23]^[24]
A port of Windows for the ARM architecture was also created for Windows 8. Known as Windows RT, it is specifically optimized for mobile devices such as tablets. Windows RT will only be able to run third-party Windows Store apps, and will also come with a special version of Office 2013 optimized to run with better efficiency on ARM-based systems.^[25]

Installation

A new installer known as the Upgrade Assistant is offered, which is intended to provide a simpler and faster process for upgrading to Windows 8 from previous versions. Along with performing the installation, it also integrates compatibility checks, assists in the transfer of files and settings, downloads the operating system for those who have purchased it online, and allows the user to generate installation media on a DVD or USB drive.^[26]^[27]
The WinPE-based installer from Windows 7 is still used for those who start the installation by booting from installation media; it is intended for more advanced installations (such as a clean install) or network deployments of Windows 8.^[27]

Networking

Windows 8 incorporates improved support for mobile broadband as a "first-class" method of internet connectivity. Upon the insertion of a SIM card, the operating system will automatically determine the user's carrier and configure relevant connection settings using an Access Point Name database, The operating system can also monitor mobile data usage, and changes its behavior accordingly to reduce bandwidth use on metered networks. Carriers can also offer their own dedicated Windows Store apps for account management, which can also be installed automatically as a part of the connection process. This functionality was demonstrated with an AT&T app, which could also display monthly data usage statistics on its live tile. Windows 8 also reduces the need for third-party drivers and software to implement mobile broadband by providing a generic driver, and by providing an integrated airplane mode option.^[28]

Startup

Windows 8 defaults to a "hybrid boot" mode; when the operating system is shut down, it hibernates the kernel, allowing for a faster boot on the subsequent startup.^[29] This is further compounded with support for multiple cores during bootup.^[30] On compatible systems, a manufacturer's splash can now be maintained on-screen following the Power-on self-test, allowing for a seamless transition between control from the firmware to Windows.^[31]
As the increased boot speed of devices with UEFI can make it difficult to access these functions using keyboard shortcuts, the Advanced Startup menu can now also be launched from within Windows using either the PC Settings app, holding down Shift while clicking the Restart button, or by using the new "-o" switch on shutdown.exe.^[31]^[32]

Repair and recovery

Windows 8 can now detect when a system is experiencing issues that have been preventing the system from functioning correctly, and automatically launch the Advanced Startup menu to access diagnostic and repair functions.^[32]
Windows 8 also adds Refresh and Reset options, which allow a user to re-install Windows without needing to use installation media; both of these options reboot the system into the Windows Recovery Environment to perform the requested operation. Refresh preserves user profiles, settings, and apps, while Reset reformats the system partition and re-installs the operating system entirely. The reset function may also perform specialized disk wiping procedures for added security. Both operations will remove all installed desktop applications from the system. Users can also create a custom disk image for use with Refresh and Reset.^[33]^[34]

Security

Windows 8 ships with an updated version of Windows Defender. Now based off Microsoft Security Essentials, it adds virus protection capabilities to the software alongside malware protection. Windows Defender will automatically disable itself if it detects that third-party security software has been installed, and is designed to only remain active if no antivirus software is currently installed, or it detects that an antivirus program's subscription has expired.^[35]
Windows 8 also supports the secure boot mechanism on supported UEFI systems. It uses a public-key infrastructure process to verify the integrity of the Windows boot loader—preventing malware from infecting the system before the operating system loads.^[36]

Video subsystem

Windows 8 includes WDDM 1.2 and DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (DXGI) 1.2. The Desktop Window Manager now runs at all times (even on systems with unsupported graphics cards; where DWM now also supports software rendering), and now also includes support for stereoscopic 3D content.^[37]
Other major features include preemptive multitasking with finer granularity (DMA buffer, primitive, triangle, pixel, or instruction-level), reduced memory footprint, improved resource sharing, and faster timeout detection and recovery. 16-bit color surface formats (565, 5551, 4444) are mandatory in Windows 8, and Direct3D 11 Video supports YUV 4:4:4/4:2:2/4:2:0/4:1:1 video formats with 8, 10, and 16-bit precision, as well as 4 and 8-bit paletted formats.^{[citation needed]}

Windows To Go

Bootable Windows To Go USB flash drive

Main article: Windows To Go

Windows To Go is a Windows 8 Enterprise feature that allows users to create a bootable USB Flash drive (usually called a Live USB) with Windows 8 in it, including the user's programs, settings, and files

Virtualization

Hyper-V

Previously offered only in Windows Server, Hyper-V, a native hypervisor is now included in Windows 8 Pro, replacing Windows Virtual PC, a hosted hypervisor.^[42]^[43]

Storage Spaces

Storage Spaces is a storage virtualization technology which succeeds Logical Disk Manager and allows the organization of physical disks into logical volumes similar to Logical Volume Manager (Linux), RAID1 or RAID5, but at a higher abstraction level.^[44]
A storage space behaves like a physical disk to the user, with thin provisioning of available disk space. The spaces are organized within a storage pool, i.e. a collection of physical disks, that can span multiple disks of different sizes, performance or technology (USB, SATA, SAS). The process of adding new disks or replacing failed or older disks is fully automatic, but can be controlled with PowerShell commands. The same storage pool can host multiple storage spaces. Storage Spaces have built-in resiliency from disk failures, which is achieved by either disk mirroring or striping with parity across the physical disks. Each storage pool on the ReFS filesystem is limited to 4 PB (4096 TB), but there are no limits on the total number of storage pools or the number of storage spaces within a pool.^[45]
^WIKIPEDIA

multiple users can log in in g talk

2012-08-11T13:23:00.002+04:00

multiple users can log in in g talk

C:\Users\rafi\AppData\Roaming\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /startmenu

change to "C:\Users\rafi\AppData\Roaming\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex

ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടോക്ക് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ഒന്നില്‍ കൂടുതല്‍ ഗൂഗിള്‍ അക്കൗണ്ട്‌ ഇല്‍ ചാറ്റ്

2012-08-11T12:23:00.001+04:00

ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടോക്ക് ഉപയോഗിച്ച് ഒന്നില്‍ കൂടുതല്‍ ഗൂഗിള്‍ അക്കൗണ്ട്‌ ഇല്‍ ചാറ്റ് ചെയ്യാന്‍ ഒരു ചെറിയ ട്രിക്ക്‌.. സാധാരണ ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടാല്കില്‍ (gtalk )ഒരു കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറില്‍ നിന്നും ഒരു user നെ ഒരു സമയം ലോഗിന്‍ ചെയ്യാന്‍ സാധിക്കു .. വേറെ user നു ചാറ്റ് ചെയ്യണമെങ്കില്‍ ജിമെയില്‍ ലോ , ഗൂഗിള്‍ പ്ലുസിലോ ,ഓര്‍കുട്ടിലോ,ബ്രൌസര്‍ വഴി കേറേണ്ടി വരും .. അതൊരു ബുദ്ധിമുട്ടായി തോന്നാറില്ലേ .. എന്നാല്‍ ഇനി വിഷമിക്കേണ്ട എത്ര അക്കൗണ്ട്‌ വേണമെങ്കിലും ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടാല്കില്‍ ഓപ്പണ്‍ ചെയ്യാന്‍ സാധിക്കും .. ഇതുപോലെ ചെറിയൊരു മാറ്റം വരുത്തിയാല്‍ മതി ..
1 . ഡെസ്ക്ടോപ്പില്‍ ഒരു ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടോക്ക് ഷോര്‍ട്ട് കട്ട്‌ ഉണ്ടാക്കുക ( ഇല്ലെങ്കില്‍ സ്റ്റാര്‍ട്ട്‌ എടുത്തിട്ട് അതില്‍ ഓള്‍ പ്രോഗ്രംമെസ് അതില്‍ ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടോക്ക് റൈറ്റ് ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക സെന്‍റ് to ഡെസ്ക്ടോപ്പ് കൊടുക്കുക )
2 . ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടോക്ക് ഷോര്‍ട്ട് കട്ടിന്‍റെ properties എടുക്കുക (google talk properties ) അതില്‍ target എടുക്കുക്ക അതില്‍ ലാസ്റ്റ് /startmenu എന്നത് മാറ്റി /nomutex എന്നാക്കുക അപ്ലൈ ചെയ്യുക ഓക്കേ കൊടുക്കുക ..
ഉദ : "C:\Users\rafi\AppData\Roaming\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /startmenuഎന്നത് മാറ്റി"C:\Users\rafi\AppData\Roaming\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutexഓക്കേ കൊടുക്കുക
3 . ഇനി ടെസ്ക്ടോപില്‍ കിടക്കുന്ന ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടാല്കില്‍ എത്ര ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുന്നുവോ അത്രെയും ഗൂഗിള്‍ ടോക്ക് വരും ഇനി അതില്‍ ഓരോന്നിലും ഓരോ user ക്കും കേറാം.. ചാറ്റ് ചെയ്യാം ..

Windows 8 Releasing date

2012-08-05T11:22:00.000+04:00

Releasing Windows 8 - August 1, 2012

Steven Sinofsky

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 8:00 AM

Today marks an important milestone in the Windows 8 project. The Windows 8 team is proud to share with you that a short while ago we started releasing Windows 8 to PC OEM and manufacturing partners. This means our next milestone will be the availability of exciting new models of PCs loaded with Windows 8 and online availability of Windows 8 on October 26, 2012.

Back when we first demonstrated Windows 8 in May 2011, we described it as “reimagining Windows, from the chipset to the experience,” and that is what Windows 8 (and Windows RT) represents for both Microsoft and partners. The collective work: from the silicon, to the user experience, to new apps, has been an incredibly collaborative effort. Together we are bringing to customers a new PC experience that readies Windows PCs for a new world of scenarios and experiences, while also preserving an industry-wide 25-year investment in Windows software.

We continue to be sincerely humbled by the breadth of participation in our pre-release testing. The previews of Windows 8 (Developer, Consumer, Release) have been the most widely and deeply used test releases of any product we have ever done. Over 16 million PCs actively participated in these programs, including approximately 7 million on the Release Preview that started 8 weeks ago. The depth and breadth of testing validate the readiness of Windows 8 for the market.

The openness of the previews presents a unique perspective on product development, and we’re deeply committed to the transparency of the preview process. No product used by so many people in so many different ways is developed “out in the open” like Windows 8 has been. This blog, the forums, and the preview releases form an important part of the development process. Major changes have been made at each milestone and as we promised, the final release (build 9200, for those tracking) contains many promised refinements. We are humbled by the responsibility of meeting the needs of such a diverse set of customers and enthused by the deep level of participation in the pre-release process.

While we have reached our RTM milestone, no software project is ever really “done.” We will continue to monitor and act on your real world experiences with Windows 8—we’ve used the preview process to test out our servicing and we have every intent of doing a great job on this next important phase of the product. Hardware partners will continue to provide new devices and improve support for existing devices. PC makers no doubt have quite a bit in store for all of us as they begin to show off PCs specifically designed for Windows 8.

With improvements in fundamentals, enhanced storage and connectivity, newly architected subsystems, the “fast and fluid” user experience, and the WinRT platform (to name a few), Windows 8 has literally thousands of new features. We did a record number of blogs posts (and videos) and did not even come close to covering the full breadth of Windows 8. There’s much left to learn about and discover in the product.

Some of the most exciting innovations with Windows 8 are yet to come—the innovations from developers building apps on the new WinRT platform. Today, the Store is open for business and we’ll rapidly expand to over 200 markets around the world. The opportunity for developers around the world to deliver innovative (and profitable) apps is unique with Windows 8. We’re excited to see the work developers will be bringing to Windows 8. We’ll also have a chance to talk more about the Windows 8 platform at the next BUILD conference recently announced.

We know there are lots of questions about how to get Windows 8 and when, and of course more questions to come about exploring and using the full set of thousands of Windows 8 features. Our Windows Team Blog today has posted a lot of new information and gathered up some important details that we hope will answer your questions. Please check our blog and stay in touch on the in-market developments of Windows 8 there.

On behalf of the Windows 8 engineering team, we want to thank you very much for your contributions throughout development and your contributions yet to come to Windows 8. THANK YOU!

Next stop, October 26, 2012 and General Availability!

--The Windows 8 team

Identify these peoples

2012-04-01T19:26:00.000+04:00

Michael H. Hart's Top Personalities (from the "The 100")

Rank	Name	Time Frame	Occupation	Influence
1	Muhammad	c. 570–632	Secular and religious leader	The central human figure of Islam, regarded by Muslims as a prophet of God and thelast messenger. Active as a social reformer, diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator,legislator, military leader, humanitarian, philanthropist.
2	Isaac Newton	1643–1727	Scientist	English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His law of universal gravitation and three laws of motion laid the groundwork for classical mechanics.
3	Jesus Christ	7–2 BC – 26–36 AD	Spiritual leader	The central figure of Christianity, revered by Christians as the Son of God and theincarnation of God. Also regarded as a major prophet in Islam.
4	Buddha	563–483 BC	Spiritual leader	Spiritual teacher and philosopher from ancient India. Founder of Buddhism and is also considered an Gautama Buddha in Hinduism.
5	Confucius	551–479 BC	Philosopher	Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Indonesian thought and life. Founded Confucianism, and influenced Neo-Confucianism and New Confucianism.
6	St. Paul	5–67 AD	Christian apostle	One of the most notable of early Christian missionaries, credited with proselytizingand spreading Christianity outside of Palestine (mainly to the Romans) and author ofnumerous letters of the New Testament of the Bible.
7	Cài Lún	50–121 AD	Political official in imperial China	Widely regarded as the inventor of paper and the papermaking process.
8	Johannes Gutenberg	1398–1468	Inventor	German printer who invented the mechanical printing press.
9	Christopher Columbus	1451–1506	Explorer	Italian navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages led to general European awareness of the American continents.
10	Albert Einstein	1879–1955	Scientist	German theoretical physicist, best known for his theory of relativity and specificallymass–energy equivalence, expressed by the equation E = mc².

and rest Louis Pasteur •Galileo Galilei • Aristotle • Euclid • Moses • Charles Darwin • Shih Huang Ti •Augustus Caesar • Nicolaus Copernicus • Antoine Laurent Lavoisier • Constantine the Great • James Watt • Michael Faraday • James Clerk Maxwell • Martin Luther •George Washington • Karl Marx • Orville and Wilbur Wright • Genghis Kahn • Adam Smith • Edward de Vere • John Dalton • Alexander the Great • Napoleon Bonaparte• Thomas Edison • Antony van Leeuwenhoek • William T.G. Morton • Guglielmo Marconi • Adolf Hitler • Plato • Oliver Cromwell • Alexander Graham Bell •Alexander Fleming • John Locke • Ludwig van Beethoven • Werner Heisenberg •Louis Daguerre • Simon Bolivar • Rene Descartes • Michelangelo • Pope Urban II •'Umar ibn al-Khattab • Asoka • St. Augustine • William Harvey • Ernest Rutherford• John Calvin • Gregor Mendel • Max Planck • Joseph Lister • Nikolaus August Otto• Francisco Pizarro • Hernando Cortes • Thomas Jefferson • Queen Isabella I •Joseph Stalin • Julius Caesar • William the Conqueror • Sigmund Freud • Edward Jenner • Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen • Johann Sebastian Bach • Lao Tzu • Voltaire •Johannes Kepler • Enrico Fermi • Leonhard Euler • Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Nicoli Machiavelli • Thomas Malthus • John F. Kennedy • Gregory Pincus • Mani • Lenin •Sui Wen Ti • Vasco da Gama • Cyrus the Great • Peter the Great • Mao Zedong •Francis Bacon • Henry Ford • Mencius • Zoroaster • Queen Elizabeth I • Mikhail Gorbachev • Menes • Charlemagne • Homer • Justinian I • Mahavira •

Thanking you Wikipedia.

Anti virus around us

2012-04-01T11:54:00.000+04:00

Do you have any idea about how many antivirus around us...

then look in to these

Comparison

Software	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	FreeBSD	Unix	License	On-demand scan	On-access scan	Boot-time scans	Blocks over 80% of zero day threats thoroughly (by Av-test.org)	Has advanced features (includes antiphishing and web based protection)	Tested by Av test.org with a 3.0 and above for malware removal	Cost / Price
360 Safeguard	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	No	No	N/A
Ad-Aware Pro Antivirus+Antispyware	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
Agnitum Outpost Security Suite	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)	N/A	No	No	N/A
AhnLab V3 AntiVirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	N/A	No	No	N/A
AOL Active Virus Shield(discontinued)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	N/A	N/A
avast! Free Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Free
AVG Anti-Virus Free	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Free
Avira Free Antivirus (Formanly AntiVir Personal Free)	Yes	Currently in beta	Yes	No	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	adding Web Protection Since v10 SP2	Yes	Free
AVZ (Russian)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	No	N/A	No	No	N/A	N/A
Bitdefender	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
BullGuard	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
CA Anti-Virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	N/A	N/A
Celframe Antivirus Free Global Community Edition	Yes	Yes (With X11)	Yes (With WineHQ)	Yes (With WineHQ)	Yes (With WineHQ)	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
Check Point ZoneAlarmAntivirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	N/A
Cisco Security Agent	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Proprietary	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A
Clam AntiVirus	Yes; seeClamWin	Yes; seeClamXav	Yes; seeClamAVandClamTk	Yes	Yes	GPL	Yes	Only onFreeBSDand Linux	N/A	No	No	N/A	Free open source freedom software
ClamWin	Yes	No	No	No	No	GPL	Yes	Yes (withWinpoochor Clam Sentinel)	Yes (with Clam Sentinel)	No	No	N/A	Free open source freedom software
Comodo Internet Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A
CyberSoft VSTK	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)	N/A	No (unless API is used)	N/A	N/A
Dr. Web	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	N/A	No	No	N/A	N/A
Dr. Web CureIt	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
DriveSentry	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
Element Anti-Virus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	N/A	N/A
Emsisoft Anti-malware	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	N/A	N/A
eSafe	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Proprietary	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
eScan Anti-Virus	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
ESET NOD32 Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Faronics Antivirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	No	N/A
F-Prot	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
F-Secure	Yes	Currently in pre-beta [1]	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	N/A	Yes	N/A
Fortinet FortiClient End Point Security	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
G DATA Software	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
IKARUS virus.utilities	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	N/A	N/A
Immunet	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Intego VirusBarrier	No	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A
Intego Internet Security Barrier (Dual Protection)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A	Yes	N/A	N/A
iolo System Shield AntiVirus and AntiSpyware	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
K7 Computing K7 Antivirus Plus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
K7 Computing K7 Total Security	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
K7 Computing K7 Ultimate Security	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
Kaspersky	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
McAfee AntiVirus Plus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	N/A
Microsoft Security Essentials	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Free
NANO AntiVirus (Russian)	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes (if set to do so)	N/A	No	No	N/A
Norman	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	N/A
nProtect	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Proprietary	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ozone Antivirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Panda Cloud Antivirus Free Edition	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Free
PC Tools AntiVirus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	N/A
PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	N/A
PC Tools ThreatFire 4.7	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Quick Heal AntiVirus Pro	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	N/A	No	Yes	No	N/A
Rising Antivirus	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Proprietary	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	No	N/A	N/A
SmartCOP Internet Security	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
Sophos Anti-Virus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	N/A	Yes	No	N/A
Spyware Doctor (PCTools) with AntiVirus - offered in the Google Pack	Yes	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Proprietary	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yes	No	Yes	N/A
Symantec Norton Antivirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	N/A
Trend Micro Internet Security	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
TrustPort Antivirus	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
TTLivescan 2011	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	N/A	N/A
Untangle Gateway Platform Virus Blocker	No	No	No	No	No	Open source	No	Yes	No	N/A	No	N/A	N/A
Vba32Antivirus	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Proprietary	Yes	Only on Windows	No	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
VirusBuster	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	No	N/A	N/A	N/A
Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A
Windows Live OneCare	Yes	No	No	No	No	Proprietary	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A

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Open Multiple yahoo messenger on single Computer

2012-03-31T18:35:00.002+04:00

Do you want to use multiple yahoo in your computer?

Then Follow these steps

Click on Start -> Run…

Type Regedit in Run text box and hit enter to launch Registry Editor

Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Yahoo > Pager > Test.

On the right pane, right click and click on New > DWORD value

Rename the new registry key as Plural.

Right Click on “Plural” and Select “Modify”. Change the cell value in “Value Data” to 1 (For Vista & Windows 7 users)

Google users warned of threat to smartphone wallets

2012-02-12T13:32:00.001+04:00

Google users warned of threat to smartphone wallets

Users of Google smartphone wallets were being warned on Friday that there is a way to crack pass codes intended to thwart thieves from going on illicit

shopping sprees.

Zvelo Labs researcher Joshua Rubin was featured in a video at the company's website demonstrating software that quickly figures out a Google Wallet personal identification number (PIN), provided the crook has the smartphone.

Rubin said that Google has been alerted to the vulnerability and is moving swiftly to fix it. He has not made his wallet "Cracker" application public.

"Google Wallet allows only five invalid PIN entry attempts before locking the user out," Rubin said in a blog post.

"With this attack, the PIN can be revealed without even a single invalid attempt," he continued. "This completely negates all of the security of this mobile phone payment system."

Google declined an AFP request for comment.

"Once attackers get your PIN, they have full access to any credit card information stored in the app and they can use your phone to make purchases," McAfee security firm researcher Jimmy Shah said in a blog post.

"As a user of Google Wallet, the main security you see is the PIN," McAfee added.

"What makes Wallet easy for you to use now makes it easy for attackers to use; they can now spend your money and credit just as if your phone were an ATM card."

Rubin dismissed the threat of hackers picking Google Wallets remotely, explaining that physical access is needed to get priority access to controls in a process called "rooting."

Security specialists advise Google Wallet users not to "root" smartphones, and to enable security features such as full-disk encryption and screen locks.

Google Wallet is available only on Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus smartphones. Google said it planned to expand the feature to more Android phones.

Google Wallet uses a near field communication (NFC) chip embedded in a phone to allow a user to "tap-and-pay" for purchases at a checkout register equipped with the PayPass system from CitiMasterCard.

Customers can also use a Google Prepaid card to pay for purchases, topping up the Google card with any payment card, and take advantage of Google Offers, the Mountain View, California-based company's online discount coupon program.

In addition to allowing for mobile payments, Google Wallet allows consumers to pay using gift cards and to redeem promotions such as discounts or coupons.

Facebook Security Phishing Attack In The Wild

2012-01-29T21:31:00.004+04:00

Facebook Security Phishing Attack In The Wild

By David Jacoby

At the time of writing there is a new Facebook phishing attack going on. It will not just try to steal your Facebook credentials; it will also try to steal credit card information and other important information such as security questions.

This Facebook phishing attack is pretty interesting because it does not just try to trick the victim into visiting a phishing website. It will reuse the stolen information and login to the compromised account and change both profile picture and name. The profile picture will be changed to the Facebook logo and the name will be translated to “Facebook Security” but containing special ascii characters replacing letters such as “a” “k” “S” and “t”.

Once an account is compromised it will also send out a message to all contacts of the compromised account. The message looks like this:

"Last Warning: Your Facebook account will be turned off Because someone has reported you. Please do re-confirm your account security by: => http://apps-xxxx-xxxxx-user.de.vuThank you. The Facebook Team"/

When clicking on the link you will be redirected to a website which looks very similar to Facebook, and asks you for personal information such as: Name, Email, Password, Webmail system, Password to email etc. When submitting this form the details will be sent to the attacker, and they can automatically login to your Facebook account and compromise it.

After the victim submitted the information another webpage will appear, this page states that you need to confirm your identify with a payment and asks for your Card Number.

The last page of the phishing scam will try to confirm your Credit card information including CSC/CVV code.

These scams are just getting more popular and we really recommend not giving out personal information, especially not email, password and credit card information over social medias. It is also recommend that you contact your security vendor and the social media vendor if you encounter these sites.

Watch out for fake virus alerts

2011-12-24T17:21:00.000+04:00

Watch out for fake virus alerts

Rogue security software, also known as "scareware," is software that appears to be beneficial from a security perspective but provides limited or no security, generates erroneous or misleading alerts, or attempts to lure users into participating in fraudulent transactions.

How does rogue security software get on my computer?

Rogue security software designers create legitimate looking pop-up windows that advertise security update software. These windows might appear on your screen while you surf the web.

The "updates" or "alerts" in the pop-up windows call for you to take some sort of action, such as clicking to install the software, accept recommended updates, or remove unwanted viruses or spyware. When you click, the rogue security software downloads to your computer.

Rogue security software might also appear in the list of search results when you are searching for trustworthy antispyware software, so it is important to protect your computer.

What does rogue security software do?

Rogue security software might report a virus, even though your computer is actually clean. The software might also fail to report viruses when your computer is infected. Inversely, sometimes, when you download rogue security software, it will install a virus or other malicious software on your computer so that the software has something to detect.

Some rogue security software might also:

Lure you into a fraudulent transaction (for example, upgrading to a non-existent paid version of a program).
Use social engineering to steal your personal information.
Install malware that can go undetected as it steals your data.
Launch pop-up windows with false or misleading alerts.
Slow your computer or corrupt files.
Disable Windows updates or disable updates to legitimate antivirus software.
Prevent you from visiting antivirus vendor websites.

Rogue security software might also attempt to spoof the Microsoft security update process. Here's an example of rogue security software that's disguised as a Microsoft alert but that doesn't come from Microsoft.

Example of a warning from a rogue security program known as AntivirusXP.

For more information about this threat, including analysis, prevention and recovery, see the Trojan:Win32/Antivirusxp entry in the Microsoft Malware Protection Center encyclopedia.

Here is the legitimate Microsoft Windows Security Center:

Screenshot of legitimate Microsoft Windows Security Center.

To help protect yourself from rogue security software:

Install a firewall and keep it turned on.
Use automatic updating to keep your operating system and software up to date.
Install antivirus and antispyware software such as Microsoft Security Essentials and keep it updated. For links to other antivirus programs that work with Microsoft, see Microsoft Help and Support List of Antivirus Vendors.
If your antivirus software does not include antispyware software, you should install a separate antispyware program such asWindows Defender and keep it updated. (Windows Defender is available as a free download for Windows XP and is included in Windows Vista.)
Use caution when you click links in email or on social networking websites.
Use a standard user account instead of an administrator account.
Familiarize yourself with common phishing scams.

If you think you might have rogue security software on your computer:

Scan your computer. Use your antivirus software or do a free scan with the Microsoft Safety Scanner. The safety scanner checks for and removes viruses, eliminates junk on your hard drive, and improves your PC's performance.

Get help from a Microsoft partner. If you have trouble removing the software yourself, you can enter your zip code to find experts in your area

Facebook virus alert

2011-12-15T17:07:00.003+04:00

Facebook virus alert: Worm hidden in image of two blondes

By Emil Protalinski | November 29, 2011, 1:55pm PST

Summary: A new worm is spreading on Facebook: once downloaded, it tempts the user into opening it by masquerading as a screensaver with a thumbnail image of two blonde women.

A new piece of malware is spreading across Facebook by leveraging either stolen account credentials or possibly a rogue app. This one is a worm that is being shared via malicious links on the social network, according to the Danish website CSIS, which listed the following domains as sources for the malware:

vinamost.net
ferry.coza
maximilian-adam.com
bacolodhouseandlot.com
servi ceuwant.com
centralimoveisbonitoms.com.br
weread.in.th
villamatildabb.com
fionagh-bennet-music.co.uk
ukseikatsu.com
bzoe-salzkammergut.at
delicescolres.com
dekieviten.nl

If one of your Facebook friends has had his or her account compromised, you may be tempted to click on a link seemingly posted by them. What appears to be a screensaver, with a thumbnail image of two blonde women, will be downloaded onto your computer.

This is in fact a worm: do not download it and do not open it. If you think you have been affected, please read Facebook virus or account hacked? Here’s how to fix it.

When the file is opened, it attempts to download further malware, including a popular Trojan called Zeus. This type of malware can take over your computer and/or attempt to steal your banking information.

The malware’s code is written in Visual Basic 6.0 and includes ways of tricking users on virtual machines. The source appears to be a compromised Israeli website, which is no longer hosting the file in question. Still, hackers can always use additional websites to continue spreading their malware.

As a general word of caution, don’t click on everything your Facebook friends share on the social network. I have contacted Facebook to learn if it has blocked any unusual activity related to this latest worm and if it has any more information to offer.

Update: “Almost all of the domains listed in the article were already blocked by our mitigation efforts, however, we are constantly monitoring the situation and are in the process of blocking domains as we discovered them,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. “We have internal systems in place configured specifically to monitor for variations of the spam and are working with others across the industry to pursue both technical and legal avenues to fight the bug.

Patch Tuesday December 2011

2011-12-15T17:00:00.002+04:00

Patch Tuesday December 2011

Kurt Baumgartner
Kaspersky Lab Expert
Posted December 14, 13:10 GMT
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft,Vulnerabilities and exploits

0.4

Microsoft finishes out this year of patching with a heavy release that's all over place. While techs were notified of an anticipated 14 bulletins, 13 were released for the month of December. Headline grabbing events and code are addressed in one of them, and while fewer are labelled "Critical", are they any less important?

Many speculative bits have been spilled on the group behind Stuxnet and its precursor Duqu, with our own researchers posting at least a half dozen Securelist writeups on Duqu findings alone. MS11-087 patches up the delivery vector for Duqu itself. This kernel mode vulnerability was publicly identified and confirmed at the beginning of November, but could well have been used quietly in attacks around the world for a year or more.

The targeted functionality provides TrueType font parsing capabilities for the OS, and the group abused these components by delivering exploits in the form of Word Documents attached to emails interesting to their individual victims, a technique known as spear-phishing. The flawed code has been known to impact only a very select set of systems throughout the world.

The other headline grabbing event and code that was anticipated to be released is known as the SSL BEAST vulnerability. We covered the potential hysteria surrounding the Ekoparty conference demo in Argentina a couple of months ago, where a researcher demonstrated SSL being cracked on a Windows system. There were no public reports whatsoever of this flaw being attacked, and Microsoft is delaying its release to ensure that its browser cannot be hacked in this way without compatibility issues, following the lead of Google Chrome and Firefox.

A slew of other patches were released this time around, with Internet Explorer, Powerpoint, and other components, including the Chinese font producing Pinyin IME component, all being updated. It's interesting that even Microsoft considers exploit code likely to be published for at least a dozen of them, but does not consider many of them critical for admins to patch. One that stands out as a candidate for "Critical" in my book is the Active Directory problem. Organizations that have been under persistent targeted attacks may consider this one to be very urgent, with Domain Controllers and Active Directory of high interest to their adversaries in past attacks.

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2011-12-15T09:35:00.000+04:00

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Building Cities on the ocean

2011-12-12T20:37:00.001+04:00

Building Cities on the ocean - Seastead

Seasteading: Libertarians dream of creating self-ruling floating cities. But can the many obstacles, not least the engineering ones, be overcome?

THE Pilgrims who set out from England on the Mayflower to escape an intolerant, over-mighty government and build a new society were lucky to find plenty of land in the New World on which to build it. Some modern libertarians, such as Peter Thiel, one of the founders of PayPal, dream of setting sail once more to found colonies of like-minded souls. By now, however, all the land on Earth has been claimed by the governments they seek to escape. So, they conclude, they must build new cities on the high seas, known as seasteads.

It is not a completely crazy idea: large maritime structures that resemble seasteads already exist, after all. Giant cruise liners host thousands of guests on lengthy voyages in luxurious surroundings. Offshore oil platforms provide floating accommodation for hundreds of workers amid harsh weather and high waves. Then there is the Principality of Sealand, a concrete sea fort constructed off Britain’s coast during the second world war. It is now occupied by a family who have fought various lawsuits to try to get it recognised as a sovereign state.

Each of these examples, however, falls some way short of the permanent, self-governing and radically innovative ocean-based colonies imagined by the seasteaders. To realise their dream they must overcome some tricky technical, legal and cultural problems. They must work out how to build seasteads in the first place; find a way to escape the legal shackles of sovereign states; and give people sufficient reason to move in. With financing from Mr Thiel and others, a think-tank called the Seasteading Institute (TSI) has been sponsoring studies on possible plans for ocean-based structures and on the legal and financial questions they raise. And although true seasteads may still be a distant dream, the seasteading movement is producing some novel ideas for ocean-based businesses that could act as stepping stones towards their ultimate goal.

Floating some ideas
Seastead designs tend to fall into one of three categories: ship-shaped structures, barge-like structures based on floating pontoons and platforms mounted on semi-submersible columns, like offshore oil installations. Over-ordering by cruise lines means there are plenty of big, second-hand liners going cheap. Ship-shaped structures can pack in more apartments and office space for a given cost than the other two types of design, but they have a big drawback: their tendency to roll in choppy seas. Cruise ships can sail around storms, but static seasteads need to be able to ride them out. And the stabilisers on big cruisers only work in moderate seas and when the ship is moving.

Enthusiasts have proposed a wide range of designs for seasteads

Pontoon-type structures, or giant barges, are the cheapest of the three options, but they are even more vulnerable than ships to choppy seas. Shipbuilders like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan have proposed various designs for floating cities based on massive “mega-float” pontoons, with skyscrapers towering above the waterline. But these would only work in calm, shallow waters—and these tend to be within land-based governments’ territorial limits. George Petrie, a former professor of naval architecture at the Webb Institute in New York state who is writing a series of technical papers for TSI, has calculated that even in a relatively benign stretch of water off Hawaii, such structures would leave their residents pretty groggy much of the time.

As oil companies drilling in ever deeper waters have demonstrated, structures built on floating columns are the most rugged, though they are more expensive than ship- or pontoon-type vessels. The shipbuilding industry has plenty of experience in making them, but the expectations of comfort among the permanent residents of a seastead will be much greater than on an oil platform, where workers are paid well for short tours of duty in relative discomfort. Even in placid weather, floating-column structures bob up and down as the sea heaves beneath them, which can make people seasick. To prevent the vessel from drifting due to currents and winds, seasteads may need dynamic-positioning thrusters, but these would increase costs. In waters less than 1,800 metres deep, Mr Petrie calculates, a cheaper option would be to moor the platform to the seabed. As it happens, there are a number of barely submerged islands off the coast of California, the location of preference for early seasteaders. Alas, they tend to be volcanoes.

Even once a viable blueprint for the structure of a seastead is produced, the technical challenges are not over. The more it relies on land-based supplies of fuel and water, the harder it will be to achieve the libertarian dream of escaping the evil ways of existing governments. At sea there is plenty of wind and wave energy, and occasionally sunshine, but building renewable-energy systems that can survive harsh ocean conditions is even harder and more costly than designing land-based ones. Another problem is communication. Satellite-based connections are slow and expensive. Laying a fibre-optic cable would be difficult. A point-to-point laser or microwave link might work, suggests Michael Keenan, the president of TSI. But that would rely on a land-based transmitting station, again making the seastead reliant on landlubbers.

The long arm of the law
The technical challenges are daunting enough. The legal questions that seasteads would face are no less tricky, and call into question whether it would really be possible to create genuinely self-governing mini-states on the oceans. Until seasteaders are ready to cut their ties with the land altogether, they will want to build their colonies not much more than 12 nautical miles (22km) offshore—the limit of countries’ territorial waters—otherwise travelling to and from the seastead will take too long. But the laws of the sea give countries powers to enforce some criminal laws up to 24 nautical miles out and to regulate some economic activities in a 200-mile “exclusive economic zone”. Ships are granted exemptions, but a seastead tethered to the seabed would not qualify.

Some countries (notably America) assert the right to extend their jurisdictions, in matters affecting their citizens, across the entire planet. And like any other seagoing structure, a seastead would be obliged to register with a “flag state”, to whose maritime laws it would be subject. Some flag states are lax about enforcement but if, say, America disapproved of the goings-on aboard a seastead, it could lean on such states to get tough—and offer enforcement on their behalf. In the 1960s Britain’s government shut down pirate-radio ships not by sending the navy to attack them but by banning British suppliers and advertisers from doing business with them.

In all, the leaders of the seasteading movement concede that they will have to avoid getting into anything too provocative—drugs, pornography or money-laundering, for example. As for taxes, America already demands that its citizens pay income tax even when they are living abroad—and that would include living on a seastead. There is nothing to stop other countries following suit and indeed getting extraterritorial about other taxes too. Until seasteaders are able to bank their money with independent, ocean-going financial institutions, they may not be able to escape the taxman’s clutches.

“The ideal builders of seasteads may not be small groups of innovators, but giant engineering firms.”

And escaping the taxman may not, in any case, be enough of an incentive to lure residents to a seastead. Despite their stated preferences even libertarians, it seems, prefer to live in over-regulated, high-tax places like London and New York. Mr Keenan notes ruefully that the Free State Project, a scheme started ten years ago to get 20,000 people to move to New Hampshire and vote in a libertarian local government, has had little success so far. Unless a seastead were the size of Manhattan its citizens would have to forgo the cultural life, the parks and the wide choice of shopping and restaurants offered by large cities. The most realistic designs produced so far would reduce residents to living in cabins that, however sumptuously kitted out, would be little bigger than a typical millionaire libertarian’s bathroom.

Some seasteaders think the way forward is to build less ambitious offshore communities to demonstrate the potential of the idea. By basing themselves just outside countries’ territorial waters to avoid some of their laws, floating habitats could show land-based governments how such things as low taxes, light regulation and free access for foreign workers can produce wealth without ill effects. Such ocean-based businesses could be a step on the way to true seasteads.

Stepping stones to a seastead
In 2010 a group of marine engineers produced a detailed design study for the ClubStead—a floating resort city which would sit perhaps 100 nautical miles off the Californian coast, with 70 staff and 200 guests. It would combine the comforts of a cruise ship with the resistance to wind and waves of an oil platform, which its design closely resembles. Seven storeys of buildings would be cantilevered off the columns and, in an idea borrowed from bridge design, its extensive open decks are slung from cables. There would be solar panels (and gardens) on the roofs of these buildings, but the ClubStead would also rely on diesel power. It would make its own fresh water from seawater and have two helipads and a dock for boats.

How the ClubStead might look

The ClubStead design study includes a lot of detailed work on wind and wave resistance, construction methods, and so on. But its authors admit that much more would need to be done to produce a full blueprint ready for a shipyard to start building it. Nigel Barltrop, professor of naval architecture at Strathclyde University in Scotland, says he has “little doubt that you can do something like this and make it work”. But he thinks the structure may need further reinforcement to prevent fatigue—think of all of those metal joints constantly creaking in the waves. Otherwise the result could be a disaster like the collapse in 1980 of the Alexander Kielland, a floating accommodation block for North Sea oil workers, which broke apart and capsized, killing 123 people.

Besides its moderately spacious apartments, the ClubStead would have room for either a casino resort or a “medical tourism” centre. Many of the staff could be non-Americans who would otherwise struggle to get visas. They could spend most of the time aboard, taking occasional shore leave on tourist visas. The designers reckon it would cost $114m—less than some land-based luxury hotels—of which the biggest item is constructing and kitting out the apartments, at just under $50m. Running costs would be $3.4m a year.

A breakaway group from TSI is working on a simpler and cheaper idea called Blueseed. The idea is to convert a cruise liner into an offshore “incubator” for small, high-tech start-ups and position it just outside American territorial waters off California. The attraction for the start-ups is that they would be able to hire foreign engineers and scientists without the hassle of getting work visas for them.

Dario Mutabdzija of Blueseed says chartering and adapting a cruise ship should cost $15m-50m, depending on its size, and the combined rent for a tenant’s living quarters and office space might be around $2,000 a month, comparable with costs in Silicon Valley. So far the project is at the seed-capital stage, working to overcome venture capitalists’ doubts about getting involved in something subject to maritime law, an unfamiliar matter. Another problem, Mr Mutabdzija admits, is that it is unclear how American officials will choose to interpret the complex and vaguely worded immigration laws. He hopes that they will “just leave us alone for a while and see how it goes”.

If the sort of “just-offshoring” approach of the ClubStead and Blueseed projects can prove itself, it might be attractive for several industries in which large revenues are generated by relatively small numbers of skilled people, and which are subject to onerous taxes or regulation. Financial trading, gambling and cosmetic surgery are obvious candidates. Private hospitals could provide new treatments that have been approved by other countries but not by America’s sluggish regulators.

Rather than deciding in advance which line of business will be a seastead’s livelihood, Mr Petrie has a more Darwinian idea, one that libertarians should warm to: create a large expanse of floating “land” in mid-ocean and rent it out to whoever wants it. Individual homes and business premises would be winched aboard on cranes and bolted down. If their owners don’t pay the rent, they could be lifted out and replaced. The seastead thus “evolves and finds its way”, says Mr Petrie. He has set himself the objective of making the cost of living on a seastead not much more than the average for upper-middle-income housing in a typical American city.

Linguists quip that a dialect is a language without an army and a navy to enforce its status. Theologians likewise say that a cult is simply a church that lacks political clout. Seasteads may end up as wannabe sovereign states without the means to defend their autonomy against land-based governments. The first ones to overcome the many technical challenges, raise the money to construct their vessels and set out for the open seas will be quite dependent on terrestrial authorities’ goodwill. But countries short of available land, or whose leaders are struggling to pass liberalising reforms against resistance from vested interests, may tolerate limited experiments in low-tax, rule-free self-government. So the seasteaders may be in with a chance.

Who will jump in first?
Given the huge costs and risks involved, perhaps the ideal builders of seasteads will not be small groups of innovators like the Blueseed team, but giant engineering firms such as Mitsubishi, India’s Tata group or Samsung of South Korea. Indeed, as Mr Keenan notes, the most viable political model for a seastead may not be a libertarian democracy but an enlightened corporate dictatorship.
Sceptics will say that floating pies in the sky are more likely to materialise than floating cities on the oceans. But the seasteaders are undeterred. Nobody anticipated the immense variety of uses that would be dreamed up for the internet, Mr Keenan observes, and the same may apply to the idea of creating colonies on the high seas. As Mr Petrie puts it: “All that is lacking is for the first one to go into the water and say, ‘Hey, come on in, the water’s fine.’”

Google Chrome is the Most Secured Browser

2011-12-10T19:02:00.001+04:00

Chrome is the most secured browser - new study

Firefox finishes last in 3 browser security race

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Posted in Malware, 9th December 2011 13:45 GMT

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Google Chrome offers more protection against online attacks than any other mainstream browser, according to an evaluation that compares exploit mitigations, malicious link detection, and other safety features offered in Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox.
The 102-page report, prepared by researchers from security firm Accuvant, started with the premise that buffer overflow bugs and other security vulnerabilities were inevitable in any complex piece of software. Rather than relying on metrics such as the number of flaws fixed or the amount of time it took to release updates, the authors examined the practical effect protections included by default in each browser had on a wide class of exploits.
Their conclusion: Chrome is the most secured browser, followed closely by Microsoft IE. Mozilla's open-source Firefox came in third, largely because of its omission of a security sandbox that shields vital parts of the Windows operating system from functions that parse JavaScript, images and other web content.
"We found that Google Chrome did the most sandboxing," Chris Valasek, who is a senior research scientist for Accuvant, told The Register. "It restricted the movements more than any other browser. Internet Explorer came up a close second because it implemented a sandbox where you could do certain things but you were allowed to do more things than you could in Chrome. Lastly, Firefox came in last because it didn't implement a sandbox yet."
The report was commissioned by Google, but the authors insist they had complete autonomy in deciding what metrics to use and what conclusions they made. The researchers have released more than 20MB worth of data, software tools, and methodologyso peers may review or build upon the research. The study focused solely on the security offered by Chrome, IE, and Firefox, which when combined account for more than 93 percent of web users, according to the report. All three browsers tested were run on Windows 7.
Their finding is backed up by anecdotal evidence, as well. Chrome has emerged unscathed during the annual Pwn2Own hacker contest for three years in a row, something no other browser entered has done. Reports of in-the-wild exploits that target the browser are also extremely rare.

Not all sandboxes are equal

In much the way traditional sandboxes prevent sand from mixing with grass on a playground, security sandboxes isolate application code inside a perimeter that's confined from sensitive OS functions. By placing severe restrictions on an application's ability to read and write to the hard drive and interact with other peripheral resources, sandboxes are designed to lessen the damage attackers can do when they successfully exploit a vulnerability in the underlying code base.
The so-called token in the Chrome sandbox, for instance, doesn't allow browser processes to access files outside of an extremely limited set of directories. It also forbids them from creating connections known as network sockets to communicate directly with servers over the internet. The sandbox in IE, by contrast, allows browser resources to read almost all parts of a hard drive and puts few restrictions on the creation of network sockets, the researchers said.
As a result, attackers who exploit a vulnerability in the Microsoft browser will have an easier time accessing contacts, documents, and other data stored on the hard drive of a targeted computer and uploading it to a command and control server.
"The Google Chrome token is far more restrictive," said Accuvant Chief Research Scientist Ryan Smith, who compared tokens to a driver's license that spells out what vehicles a holder is permitted to drive and other conditions, such as whether eyeglasses are required. "It's more like a learner's permit, whereas the Internet Explorer token is more like a Class C regular driver's license."
The researchers analyzed each browser's ability to read files, write files, and perform 13 other actions. As indicated in the graphic below, Chrome blocked all but two of them. Of those, one known as "system parameters" was partially blocked. IE, meanwhile, completely blocked only two actions, and partially blocked seven more actions. Seven additional actions, including the ability to read files, access networks, and create processes, were completely unrestricted.
In last place was Firefox, which allowed nine actions and partially blocked the remaining six actions

EID DAY

2011-12-08T11:15:00.001+04:00

New Facebook Attack Aims to Infect PCs with Dorkbot Worm

2011-12-06T12:46:00.001+04:00

New Facebook Attack Aims to Infect PCs with Dorkbot Worm

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Facebook Attack Attempts to Infect PCs with the Dorkbot Worm Through the Social Network’s Chat System.

A new Facebook worm has its eyes on Windows PCs.
This time, the idea is to infect users with the Dorkbot worm. Often spread via instant messaging, removable drives and compromised Websites, the Dorkbot worm opens a backdoor and allows remote access to an infected computer.
The Facebook attack appears to be spreading through the social network’s chat system. According to Sophos, a message that appears to come from a Facebook friend will include a link that may at first glance claim to point to Facebook.com, but in reality goes to a malicious site.
“Although an unsuspecting user may believe that they are clicking on a link to a JPG image, the truth is that they are downloading an executable file that attempts to download further code (another piece of malware) from the net and drops a .BAT batch file onto infected computers,” blogged Graham Cluley , senior technology consultant at Sophos. “The ultimate aim of all this malicious activity is to install the Dorkbot malware onto your Windows computer.”
Dorkbot has been known to spread via a variety of different social networks and instant chat systems in the past, Cluley told SecurityWeek. “Looks like the bad guys are using a variety of downloaders to initiate the attack on victims' computers, before ultimately taking them to Dorkbot,” he said.
Last week, security researchers discovered a separate worm on Facebook was infecting users with the notorious Zeus Trojan. In that case, the worm spread by sending direct messages that contained links to a screensaver of two women. If the user opened the screensaver, they would be hit with a flood of malware, including Zeus.
In response to the latest issue, Facebook spokesperson Frederic Wolens told SecurityWeek the company has numerous defenses in place to combat phishing and malware.
“We have internal systems in place configured specifically to monitor for variations of the spam and are working with others across the industry to pursue both technical and legal avenues to fight the bug,” he said. “Additionally, we are in the process of making changes to our Scan-and-Repair McAfee tool to help remove Dorkbot and its variants for users we have check-pointed.”

Five hidden dangers of Facebook

2011-12-04T21:43:00.001+04:00

Facebook claims that it has 400 million users. But are they well-protected from prying eyes, scammers, and unwanted marketers?

Not according to Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online.

She says your privacy may be at far greater risk of being violated than you know, when you log onto the social-networking site, due to security gaffes or marketing efforts by the company.

Facebook came under fire this past week, when 15 privacy and consumer protection organizations filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission, charging that the site, among other things, manipulates privacy settings to make users' personal information available for commercial use. Also, some Facebook users found their private chats accessible to everyone on their contact list--a major security breach that's left a lot of people wondering just how secure the site is.

In two words, asserts Goodchild: not very.

On "The Early Show on Saturday Morning," Goodchild spotlighted five dangers she says Facebook users expose themselves to, probably without being aware of them:

Your information is being shared with third parties
Privacy settings revert to a less safe default mode after each redesign
Facebook ads may contain malware
Your real friends unknowingly make you vulnerable
Scammers are creating fake profiles

Below is an edited transcript of the interview.

Is Facebook a secure platform to communicate with your friends?
Here's the thing: Facebook is one of the most popular sites in the world. Security holes are being found on a regular basis. It is not as inherently secure as people think it is, when they log on every day.

Certainly, there are growing pains. Facebook is considered a young company, and it has been around a few years now. It is continuing to figure this out. They are so young, they are still trying to figure out how they are going to make money. It is hard to compare this to others; we have never had this phenomenon before in the way [so many] people are communicating with each other--only e-mail comes close.

The potential for crime is real. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, victims of Internet-related crimes lost $559 million in 2009. That was up 110 percent from the previous year. If you're not careful using Facebook, you are looking at the potential for identity theft, or possibly even something like assault, if you share information with a dangerous person you think is actually a "friend." One British police agency recently reported that the number of crimes it has responded to in the last year involving Facebook climbed 346 percent. These are real threats.

Lately, it seems a week doesn't go by without some news about a Facebook-related security problem. Earlier this week, TechCrunch discovered a security hole that made it possible for users to read their friends' private chats. Facebook has since patched it, but who knows how long that flaw existed? Some speculate it may have been that way for years.

Last month, researchers at VeriSign's iDefense group discovered that a hacker was selling Facebook usernames and passwords in an underground hacker forum. It was estimated that he had about 1.5 million accounts--and was selling them for between $25 and $45.

And the site is constantly under attack from hackers trying to spam these 400 million users, or harvest their data, or run other scams. Certainly, there is a lot of criticism in the security community of Facebook's handling of security. Perhaps the most frustrating thing is that the company rarely responds to inquiries.

Do people really have privacy on Facebook?
No. There are all kinds of ways third parties can access information about you. For instance, you may not realize that, when you are playing the popular games on Facebook, such as FarmVille, or take those popular quizzes--every time you do that, you authorize an application to be downloaded to your profile that gives information to third parties about you that you have never signed off on.

Does Facebook share info about users with third parties through things such as Open Graph?
Open Graph is a new concept for Facebook, which unveiled it last month at its F8 conference. It actually is basically a way to share the information in your profile with all kinds of third parties, such as advertisers, so they can have a better idea of your interests and what you are discussing, so Facebook can--as portrayed--"make it a more personal experience."

The theory behind Open Graph--even if it has not implemented it--is its whole business model, isn't it?
That is the business model--Facebook is trying to get you to share as much information as possible so it can monetize it by sharing it with advertisers.

Isn't it in Facebook's best interest to get you to share as much info as possible?
It absolutely is. Facebook's mission is to get you to share as much information as it can so it can share it with advertisers. As it looks now, the more info you share, the more money it is going to make with advertisers.

Isn't there also a security problem every time it redesigns the site?
Every time Facebook redesigns the site, which [usually] happens a few times a year, it puts your privacy settings back to a default in which, essentially, all of your information is made public. It is up to you, the user, to check the privacy settings and decide what you want to share and what you don't want to share.

Facebook does not [necessarily] notify you of the changes, and your privacy settings are set back to a public default. Many times, you may find out through friends. Facebook is not alerting you to these changes; it is just letting you know the site has been redesigned.

Can your real friends on Facebook also can make you vulnerable?
Absolutely. Your security is only as good as your friend's security. If someone in your network of friends has a weak password, and his or her profile is hacked, he or she can now send you malware, for example.

There is a common scam called a 419 scam, in which someone hacks your profile and sends messages to your friends asking for money - claiming to be you--saying, "Hey, I was in London, I was mugged, please wire me money." People fall for it. People think their good friend needs help--and end up wiring money to Nigeria.

A lot of Web sites we use display banner ads, but do we have to be wary of them on Facebook?
Absolutely: Facebook has not been able to screen all of its ads. It hasn't done a great job of vetting which ads are safe and which are not. As a result, you may get an ad in your profile when you are browsing around one day that has malicious code in it. In fact, last month, there was an ad with malware that asked people to download antivirus software that was actually a virus.

Is too big a network of friends dangerous?
You know people with a lot of friends--500, 1,000 friends on Facebook? What is the likelihood they are all real? There was a study in 2008 that concluded that 40 percent of all Facebook profiles are fake. They have been set up by bots or impostors.

If you have 500 friends, it is likely there is a percentage of people you don't really know, and you are sharing a lot of information with them, such as when you are on vacation, your children's pictures, their names. Is this information you really want to put out there to people you don't even know?

Password Protection: How to Create Strong Passwords

2011-12-03T17:22:00.001+04:00

Every password you have is important. Every one. Here's how to make your passwords uncrackable.

We live in a password-driven world, where between four and 20 characters are the difference makers in whether you're able to access your data, communicate with friends, or make your online purchases. The problem is that passwords should be different everywhere you use them, and that can make it difficult to remember them all. And, if a password is truly strong, that makes it even more difficult. That's why we've put together this helpful password guide. Follow these tips and tricks to take total control of your terms for access.

Common Problems with Passwords

Use Different Passwords Everywhere
Why would you do this when it's so easy to just type "fido" at every password prompt? Here's why: If "fido" gets cracked once, it means the person with that info now has access to all of your online accounts. A study by BitDefender showed that 75 percent of people use their e-mail password for Facebook, as well. If that's also your Amazon or PayPal password and it's discovered, say good-bye to some funds, if not friends.

Remember the Underwear Meme
The saying goes like this: Passwords are like underwear. You should change them often (okay, maybe not every day). Don't share them. Don't leave them out for others to see (no sticky notes!). Oh, and they should be sexy. Wait, sorry, I mean they should be mysterious. In other words, make your password a total mystery to others.

You can make your password sexy if you really want, however. I won't judge.

Avoid Common Passwords
If the word you use can be found in the dictionary, it's not a strong password. If you use numbers or letters in the order they appear on the keyboard ("1234" or "qwerty"), it's not a strong password. If it's the name of your relatives, your kids, or your pet, favorite team, or city of your birth, guess what—it's not a strong password. If it's your birthday, anniversary, date of graduation, even your car license plate number, it's not a strong password. It doesn't matter if you follow this with another number. These are all things hackers would try first. They write programs to check these kinds of passwords first, in fact.

Other terms to avoid: "god," "money," "love," "monkey," "letmein," and for the love of all that's techie, if you use "password" as your password, just sign off the Internet right now.

THAKBEER

2011-11-05T19:13:00.000+04:00

اللّهُ أكبر اللّهُ أكبر
اللّهُ أكبر
لا إلَهَ الا اللّه
اللّهُ أكبر اللّهُ اكبر
و لِلّه الحمدَ
اللّهُ أكبرُ كَبيِرَا
وَالحَمدُ لِلّهِ كَثِيرا

وَ سُبحَان اللّهِ
بُكرَةً وَأصْيِلا
لا إلَهَ الا اللّه
صَدَقَ وَعدَه
وَنَصَرَ عبده
وأعزَ جُنَده
وَهزم الأحْزَابَ وحْدَه
لا إلَهَ الا اللّه
وَلا نَعبُد الا أياه
مُخلِصِّينَ لَهُ الدّيِنَ
وَلوْ كَرِهَ الكَافِروُن
اللّهمَ صَلِّ على سيْدنَا مُحَمد
وَعَلى آلِ سيْدنَا مُحَمد
وَعَلى اصْحَابِ سيْدنَا مُحَمد
وَعَلى أنصَارِ سيْدنَا مُحَمد
وَعَلى أزوَاجِ سيْدنَا مُحَمد
وَعَلى ذُرِّيَةِ سيْدنَا مُحَمد
وَ سَلّم تَسْلِيماَ كَثّيرا

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2011-10-08T12:38:00.000+04:00

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Windows 8 x64 M3 (64-bit Build 7989) leaked

2011-07-17T19:53:00.000+04:00

The new version of Windows 8 has been leaked. The new leak is 64-bit Windows 8 of M3 (milestone 3) build 6.2.7989.0 with full build string of 6.2.7989.0.amd64fre.winmain.110421-1825, apparently from winmain branch, the branch that typically get released as a beta, RC or RTM. The build version also indicates that the build is compiled on April 11, 2011. That almost two months earlier, which means the development of Windows 8 now is almost closed to beta phase.

New features that been found on Windows 8 M3 include immersive UI (patched shsxs.dll for unlock required), new boot screen, new “Language Switcher” interface on Taskbar, new interface to enable or disable Windows functions, new Aero in “Metro-style”, new History Vault interface, and a new wallpaper. The build is also found to be much more stable that previously leaked builds. However, some features such as user tiles have been locked and hidden instead.

For people who interested, the leaked 64-bit version of Windows 8 M3 Build 7989 is now available for download via BT torrent.

File Name: 6.2.7989.0.amd64fre.winmain.110421-1825.iso

Size: 3.54 GB

CRC32: 374EC90D

MD5: 4480F94C0E11CE58DC9B7330678F07DD

SHA-1: C09CDCEC2540D93EEBE650B521B2F7AE477A300A

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Contents

Development platform

Language and standards support

Windows Store

Shell and user interface

User login

Microsoft account integration

Multi-monitor support

File Explorer

Internet Explorer

Task Manager

Family Safety

Infrastructure

File History

Hardware support

Installation

Networking

Startup

Repair and recovery

Security

Video subsystem

Windows To Go

Virtualization

Hyper-V

Storage Spaces

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Windows 8 x64 M3 (64-bit Build 7989) leaked