Security

New Trojan Targeting Mac Pirates

SophosLabs is reporting that a new Trojan horse capable of infecting the Apple Mac OS X platform is doing the rounds.

The Trojan, being called “iWorkServices” or “iServices”, has been distributed via BitTorrent inside a pirated version of Apple’s new iWork ‘09 suite.
Hackers have used a pirated version of iWork ‘09 as a “host” for the [...]

Password protect USB and Local Drives with help of SafeHouse

Many applications are available to encrypt your data but in this post, we will see how we can hide files on USB drives and Ipods too and that too without any windows installation needed.
SafeHouse Explorer is amazingly simple to use and works on all drives, including external USB drives, USB memory sticks, network servers and [...]

Protect your Rapidshare Premium Account from Phishers

Protecting Your Premium Account
What is ‘phishing’?
Phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
There has been a recent surge in the amount of topics the staff have had to trash and members banned due to [...]

Microsofts Upcoming Browser May Block Ads

The next version of Microsoft Corp.’s Web browser makes it easier for people to surf the Internet without leaving a trace. Companies that sell advertisements online – including Microsoft – can electronically gather tidbits about Web surfers’ habits, and then use that information to help decide what kinds of ads to show. However, in the [...]

Four things you must look before buying online

In internet marketing the ultimate thing is to generate sale. If you have traffic and you are not generating sales then you are wasting your traffic, unless you are earning through adsense or advertisements. Generally e-commerce sites which sell some product or services do not display ads. In a shop in our town we buy [...]

What are Trojan Horses ? How to remove them ?

We have all heard the term Trojan Horse, but what exactly is it? A Trojan Horse is a destructive program that masks itself as a harmless application. Unlike viruses, Trojan Horses do not replicate themselves, but they can be just as destructive. One of the most dangerous examples of a Trojan is a program that [...]

Protect PC from USB Viruses and Trojans – Disable Autorun

I know how hard it is to keep a PC safe from viruses and Trojans as nearly every USB stick carries some undetectable and auto-multiplying virus. Especially in university, where I have to constantly exchange USB sticks, it becomes hard to keep my USB stick safe and clean.
Mostly the viruses that multiply through USB sticks [...]

Solution – Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator [Windows Error]

If you are getting error, “Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator” , when trying to launch task manger on Windows XP machine then here is a simple solution for you.
Solution: Click “Start >> Run” and type following command exactly as given below and click OK.
REG add HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 [...]