Category | Security

How to create an Admin account from a guest account in Windows XP

Posted on 09 June 2008

First, let me make it clear that this post is only meant to be informative. Please do not misuse it. On the other hand, if you are an administrator, then this post could be useful to you in being wary of how your system could be compromised with a very simple trick.
Now here is how […]

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McAfee Research names .hk as most dangerous country domain

Posted on 07 June 2008

Hong Kong (.hk) domain has jumped 28 places as the most dangerous place to surf and search on the web according to a new McAfee Inc. report called “Mapping the Mal Web Revisited“.
The second annual McAfee “Mapping the Mal Web” report into the riskiest and safest places on the Web reveals that 19.2% […]

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Dealing with Windows Blue Screen of Death

Posted on 19 April 2008

The most infamous error message in Windows is the Blue Screen Of Death. It’s so well-known that it has crept into the vernacular: “Aw, man! I was almost finished with my term paper when I got blue- screened!” The phenomenon is also known by its acronym, BSOD.
The conditions that cause a blue screen have […]

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Eraser - Don’t just delete your files, Erase them, forever.

Posted on 27 February 2008

Most people have some data that they would rather not share with others - passwords, personal information, classified documents from work, financial records etc.
Perhaps you have saved some of this information on your computer where it is conveniently at your reach, but when the time comes to remove the data from your hard disk, things […]

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Firefox: Protect saved passwords with a Master Password

Posted on 14 January 2008

If you are not using a dedicated password manager like Roboform or the like to take care of your passwords, then you would either have to remember the passwords to all the sites you log into, or let your browser save your passwords. Of course, you wouldn’t want the browser to save your passwords in […]

Create a password protected folder without any special software

Posted on 08 January 2008

In an earlier post I had written about how to create an invisible folder. That’s a method to create a merely invisible folder with no real protection.
Now, here we will see how to create a folder that will not just be invisible, but also require a password to reveal it and open it. The best […]

Hiding an MP3 audio file inside a Gif/Jpg image

Posted on 14 December 2007

Heard of the term steganography?
Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the sender and intended recipient even realizes there is a hidden message.
There are lots of methods and tools to hide messages and files. But there is a very simple method by which […]

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