Computer Virus Classified

 No matter how careful you might be, chances are, at one time or another, you will find your computer infected with a virus. If you are a frequent Internet user and you often download videos, music and other files from online, the chances of you picking up a trojan, worm, or other virus are almost assured. Thankfully, there are many great virus protection programs  but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have an idea of some of the common computer viruses that are currently going around.

1. Encrypted Viruses – The encrypted virus is probably the most difficult kind of bug to detect and the most difficult to stop. You may accidentally have downloaded one of these bugs and before you know it, your entire computer can be infected. Many top virus protection programs miss encrypted viruses because these bugs use a different form of encryption every time. When the bug wants to run wild, it decrypts itself. In most cases, your virus protection can then identify it and stop it.

2. Secret Viruses – These types of viruses will make changes to files on your computer, or completely replace files, but then try to trick your computer and your anti virus program into thinking that the originals are being used. Most advanced virus protection programs can stop these common computer viruses dead in their tracks.

3. Time Delay Viruses – These types of viruses take a much slower, more disciplined path towards ruining your computer. Instead of instantly trying to take over your computer the moment you download them, they will wait and slowly infect files bit by bit. You may not have been online for days but then suddenly find yourself with an infection. These common computer viruses are the reason why you should run your virus protection every few days, just in case.

4. The Anti-Virus Virus – Believe it or not, there are viruses out there that do nothing more than attack your pre-installed anti virus program in hopes of disabling it so other viruses can then be downloaded. This is why many people have a virus protection program as well as a separate anti-spyware or anti-malware program on their computer.

5. The Multi-Headed Virus – This is one of the most nefarious bugs on the whole Internet. Not only are there parts of this virus that will attach themselves to .exe files on your computer, but it will also affect your computer’s start up so that you begin running the virus every time you turn your computer on automatically.

6. The Misdirection Virus – This type of virus is downright scary. It has a built in subprogram that is made to give false readings to your virus protection software. You think you have a bug in one directory, when, in fact, the virus is busy harming your computer in a whole other area.



7. A Cloning Virus – The cloning virus is an old fashioned type of bug. When you download it, it will quickly create duplicates for .exe files you have on your computer, hoping that you’ll click on it when you really mean to click on a healthy program you already have.

8. The Author Virus – When you download a virus, it usually attaches itself to a program and then runs when you run that program. The Author Virus, on the other hand, finds an .exe file and actually deletes and rewrites code so that the program is changed. Few common computer viruses run this way since the level of virus needs to be so sophisticated.

9. The Bad Penny Virus – The very first computer virus to ever hit the Internet was a Bad Penny virus. This is a bug that automatically passes itself on to everyone on a network or on the Internet unless something stops it. This was the whole reason why firewalls were invented.

10. When most of us think of viruses, we think of PC’s running Windows software. However, there are a handful of bugs out there for the Mac.

11. Rewriting Virus – This bug made a habit out of rewriting some of your most needed files, as well as filling up your hard drive with all sorts of invisible files you couldn’t normally see.

12. The Melissa Virus – This was a bug that hit everyone, both PC users and Mac users. It would automatically email itself to other people without permission. It can be extra harmful if you use a private mail server at your place of employment. The Melissa virus has gone down in history as one of the most common computer viruses of all time.


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How to Disable Error Report In Window

Hey to all friends today i am going to post about how can you disable error report in windows xp and vista.

Microsoft’s Error Reporting in windows sometimes is disturbing, most of us don’t want to send that error report because it’s of no use.
There’s an easy way to disable Microsoft error report in windows.

Disable Microsoft Error report in Windows XP :

 
1) Open Control Panel (Start > Control Panel)
2) Open the Problem Reports & Solutions applet Under advanced options and disable error reporting.

Disable Microsoft Error report in Windows Vista :
1) Right click on my computer (Desktop) and click properties
2) Click the Advanced Tab
3) You’ll see a “Error reporting” button at the bottom, click it
4) Select Disable Error Reporting.

And That's It Now you’re done….!

Stay Updated, Stay Protected :))

Private and Public IP Addresses Explained

Internet Protocol addresses are usually of two types: Public and Private.

If you have ever wondered to know what is the difference between a public and a private IP address, then you are at the right place. In this post I will try to explain the difference between a public and a private IP addres in layman’s terms so that it becomes simple and easy to understand.

What are Public IP Addresses?

A public IP address is assigned to every computer that connects to the Internet where each IP is unique. Hence there cannot exist two computers with the same public IP address all over the Internet. This addressing scheme makes it possible for the computers to “find each other” online and exchange information. User has no control over the IP address (public) that is assigned to the computer. The public IP address is assigned to the computer by the Internet Service Provider as soon as the computer is connected to the Internet gateway.

A public IP address can be either static or dynamic. A static public IP address does not change and is used primarily for hosting webpages or services on the Internet. On the other hand a dynamic public IP address is chosen from a pool of available addresses and changes each time one connects to the Internet. Most Internet users will only have a dynamic IP assigned to their computer which goes off when the computer is disconnected from the Internet. Thus when it is re-connected it gets a new IP.

You can check your public IP address by visiting www.whatismyip.com

What are Private IP Addresses?

An IP address is considered private if the IP number falls within one of the IP address ranges reserved for private networks such as a Local Area Network (LAN). The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the following three blocks of the IP address space for private networks (local networks):

10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255 (Total Addresses: 16,777,216)
172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255 (Total Addresses: 1,048,576)
192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255 (Total Addresses: 65,536)

Private IP addresses are used for numbering the computers in a private network including home, school and business LANs in airports and hotels which makes it possible for the computers in the network to communicate with each other. Say for example, if a network X consists of 10 computers each of them can be given an IP starting from 192.168.1.1 to192.168.1.10. Unlike the public IP, the administrator of the private network is free to assign an IP address of his own choice (provided the IP number falls in the private IP address range as mentioned above).

Devices with private IP addresses cannot connect directly to the Internet. Likewise, computers outside the local network cannot connect directly to a device with a private IP. It is possible to interconnect two private networks with the help of a router or a similar device that supports Network Address Translation.

If the private network is connected to the Internet (through an Internet connection via ISP) then each computer will have a private IP as well as a public IP. Private IP is used for communication within the network where as the public IP is used for communication over the Internet. Most Internet users with a DSL/ADSL connection will have both a private as well as a public IP.

You can know your private IP by typing ipconfig command in the command prompt. The number that you see against “IPV4 Address:” is your private IP which in most cases will be 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.2. Unlike the public IP, private IP addresses are always static in nature.

Unlike what most people assume, a private IP is neither the one which is impossible to trace (just like the private telephone number) nor the one reserved for stealth Internet usage. In reality there is no public IP address that is impossible to trace since the protocol itself is designed for transparency.

Anonymous & Portable Browser TOR

What is Tor?Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic n analysis

Why Anonymity Matters
Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, and it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical location. Tor works with many of your existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol.

How TOR works and Its Screenshot:-

Using Tor protects you against a common form of Internet surveillance known as "traffic analysis." Traffic analysis can be used to infer who is talking to whom over a public network. Knowing the source and destination of your Internet traffic allows others to track your behavior and interests. This can impact your checkbook if, for example, an e-commerce site uses price discrimination based on your country or institution of origin. It can even threaten your job and physical safety by revealing who and where you are. For example, if you're travelling abroad and you connect to your employer's computers to check or send mail, you can inadvertently reveal your national origin and professional affiliation to anyone observing the network, even if the connection is encrypted.

To download TOR Click HERE.

1. Click On Your Platform
2. Click on Download which is infront of " TOR Browser Bundle "

Thank you For Your Precious Visit.

how to create strong and secure passwords

At present we need a password or PIN for every almost every online activity and strong password is very important, as every users wants to protect their personal files, information & other data and avoid hackers from getting into their accounts.

However, not everyone can come up with a nice strong password, which is why we have compiled a list of two online tools that help users to create strong and unpredictable passwords

1. Make Password

"Make Password" is a Web application that help users to generate strong password, for Social networks, email ID etc

The PIN or Codes generated by "Make Passwords" is generated on Random basis and are not stored anywhere.

You  can select the “Password Strength” option, which displays the strength of the password generated, in a range of 0 – 100 (with above 75 are Strong).

Once the user can picked out all the options, just click “Make Password(s)” and the passwords will be displayed in "Plain text" "Web page" or in "CSV" file.

2. Password Bird

 "PassWord Bird" is an Best and Recommended Webapp for Creating secure password related with your name, your Special thing, Special Date etc :)

Just as you provide special words, names, dates etc it will instantly create an Secure Combination for you. You can select "make new one: to generate new unique password on random basis.One thing to note is that the website don't use any special symbols (! @ # $ % & * ), But it uses upper and lower case and Numbers in generating 'Secure Password'So now onwards if you want to change your password, or want to keep your data secure. Use these Webapps to create some of the most 'Secure Combinations' :)) Cheers ~~There are plenty of service like Free Password Generator. You can even use them but recommended is to use from given above.

About The Author : This post was written by Mr. Harsh Daftary

Harsh is an Ethical Hacker and Founder on Security Labs 

Cpanel Hacking/Cracking Tutorial

Today we will Learn CPANEL cracking or Hacking  i.e gaining password for port no 2082 on website first of all we need a cpanel cracking shell on the server because we are going to crack those websites cpanels which are hosted on the shelled server. 

so lets start i am using cpanel.php [download it here]shell for cracking :) we need two things in cracking first one is usernames of the websites that are hosted on the server second is a good password dictonery [Get Passwords List Here]

so

 in first step :-
 grab the usernames of the websites using command ls /var/mail
 or use the "Grab the usernames from /etc/passwd" option in the shell

press the go button
  we have done from our side
  lets wait and watch ,if we have supplied good passwords then shell will show a message 
   " [~]# cracking success with username "xyz" with password "xyz"   "
  otherwise it will show 
   "[~] Please put some good passwords to crack username "xyz" :( "

  so chances of success depends on password list that we are using in cracking process 

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How to Get Source Files from Website

How to Get Source Files from Website.
Okay, from time to time, we need to get websites source for some reason.
A very easy tutorial. so lets start



Step 1: Download Wget from HERE

And put it on the root of your operating system, most people have "C" So go there and 

make a new folder called wget. Inside only put the DOS command file.

Note: Click on Image to enlarge

Step 2: Open Command Box
In XP go to run and put CMD or command.com
In vista/7 Search for CMD and right click open as Administrator.

Step 3: In Cmd put "cd C:\wget" 

No quotes and if your main drive is not C put it as your main drive.

Post this command "wget -r -A.jpg" See how it says .jpg, you can make it the extension your trying to get. Right now it would take any file with the extension .jpg and download it. If you changed the command to your need

Step4  No certificate Check

Now after that you can space once and put the website or link/server you want to take from. 

It will check for safety and certificates

You Can Put --no-check-certificate 

to Avoide it

Step 5: Now you're set !!

Just press enter and watch the magic happen. You can use multiple wget at a same time.

Step 6:  Get Your Files

Now just go to the wget folder on C and open it. There should be a new folder of the website in there. Click on it and thats the files.

You will get all your downloded files in the same folder

Actual Working Of Code is like this :-

Code:
wget http://www.securitylabs.in

The file will be saved in /home/[user name]

NOTE: It will download just html, javascript etc... stuff like PHP won't be downloaded.

If you want to spider an entire website you can do this: