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Monday, August 6, 2007

One minute painting (impressive)

One minute painting (impressive).
Can you paint like this.

Saturday, August 4, 2007

Top 10 Ways to Defend Against Viruses and Worms

To use your computer and the Internet safely, you need to safeguard your files, your identity, and your personal information. Following these 10 basic rules will help you secure the online experience for you and your family.

1.Stay aware of current virus news by checking sites like McAfee® Avert® Alerts.
Be careful exchanging floppy disks and CDs between computers; also, write-
protect your floppy disk or CD. For file compression, use statically compressed
ZIP files instead of self-extracting ones.
2.Protect your computer with strong security software and keep it updated. McAfee Internet Security Suite provides proven PC protection from Trojans, hackers, and spyware. Its integrated anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, anti-spam, anti-phishing, and backup technologies work together to combat today’s advanced multi-faceted attacks. It scans disks, email attachments, files downloaded from the web, and documents generated by word processing and spreadsheet programs.
3.Use a security conscious Internet service provider (ISP) that implements strong anti-spam and anti-phishing procedures. The SpamHaus organization lists the current top-10 worst ISPs in this category—consider this when making your choice.
4.Enable automatic Windows® updates, or download Microsoft® updates regularly, to keep your operating system patched against known vulnerabilities. Install patches from other software manufacturers as soon as they are distributed. A fully patched computer behind a firewall is the best defense against Trojan and spyware installation.
5.Use great caution when opening attachments. Configure your anti-virus software to automatically scan all email and instant message attachments. Make sure your email program doesn’t automatically open attachments or automatically render graphics, and ensure that the preview pane is turned off. This will prevent macros from executing. Refer to your program’s safety options or preferences menu for instructions. Never open unsolicited emails, or attachments that you’re not expecting—even from people you know.
6.Be careful when using P2P file sharing. Trojans sit within file-sharing programs waiting to be downloaded. Use the same precautions when downloading shared files that you do for email and instant messaging. Avoid downloading files with the extensions .exe, .scr, .lnk, .bat, .vbs, .dll, .bin, and .cmd. Anti-virus software and a good firewall will protect your system from malicious files.
7.Use security precautions for your PDA, cell phone, and Wi-Fi devices. Viruses and Trojans arrive as an email/IM attachment, are downloaded from the Internet, or are uploaded along with other data from a desktop. Cell phone viruses are in the beginning stages, but will become more common as more people buy smart phones with advanced email, text messaging, and instant messaging features. Anti-virus software is available for PDAs and cell phones. McAfee also offers trusted security for Wi-Fi.
8.Configure your instant messaging application correctly. Make sure it does not open automatically when you fire up your computer. Turn off your computer and disconnect the DSL or modem line when you’re not using it. Beware of spam-based phishing schemes—don’t click on links in emails or IM.
9.Back up your files regularly and store the backups somewhere besides your PC. If you fall victim to a virus attack, you can recover photos, music, movies, and personal information like tax returns and bank statements, and simultaneously gain total “peace of mind” protection from viruses, spyware, hackers, ID theft, spam, predators, and wireless threats with McAfee Total Protection™.

BitDefender’s June 2007 Top 10 malware list includes

BitDefender Lab’s Top 10 Malware Chart for June reveals that many computer users still do not have adequate protection
Puce.G and a newer version of the Rjump worm lead this month’s list


BUCHAREST, Romania – July 2, 2007 – BitDefender®, a global provider of award-winning antivirus software and data security solutions, announced today its Top 10 malware threats of June 2007.

With this month’s list of Top 10 malware threats only accounting for 39.75% of the total number of threats, perhaps the most outstanding finding is not a certain virus, but the way that the top malfeasants have been concentrated into a smaller percentage of the overall viruses developed in the wild.



The P2P worm Puce.G claims first spot once again in June, while the second place in the gallery of malware goes to a new version of the Rjump worm, displacing the older (B) version which held the same position in May.



Although it accounts for only slightly more infections than last month (4.17% vs. 3.82%), Netsky continues to show up high in the list, climbing this month to third place.



BitDefender’s June 2007 Top 10 malware list includes:

win32.worm.p2p.puce.g 9.57%
worm.rjump.k 8.21%
win32.netsky.p@mm 4.17%
win32.worm.vb.ymeak.a 3.68%
win32.worm.vb.dz 3.22%
win32.worm.rjump.b 3.16%
win32.wukill.e@mm 2.10%
worm.seduobot.a 1.99%
win32.worm.vb.nei 1.95%
win32.brontok.a@mm 1.70%


(Note: BitDefender’s June 2007 Top 10 list of malware accounts for 39.75% of the total number of all viruses seen in circulation.)



"It's worrying to see the same threats reported month in and month out. It appears as if many users still don't have adequate antivirus protection. A virus is extremely difficult to eradicate from the wild if it can keep finding new hosts,” commented Viorel Canja, head of BitDefender Labs.



For further details on the latest malware detected in the wild, please visit BitDefender’s Defense Portal site at: http://www.bitdefender.com/site/VirusInfo/realTimeReporting/.

New Malware could take root in your PC

The new RootKit malware can extend its roots deep into your system and draw sustence from your files and registries A root kit is a set of tools used by an intuder after cracking your system. They help the attacker maintain access to your system and use it for malacious purpose, they can also harness your computer to attack other systems and can record your private informations such as password.

Free download.
Last week, Net security specialist McAfee placed a free download that can sniff out such hostile codes
its a 1.4MB software.
Download it from http://vil.nai.com/VIL/STINGER/RKSTINGER.ASPX
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Need a Haircut

A guy sticks his head in the barber shop and asks,
"How long before I can get a haircut?"
The barber looks around the shop and says,
"About two hours." The guy walks out.

A few days later, the same guy sticks his head in
the door and asks,

"How long before I can get a haircut?"
The barber looks around the shop full of customers
and says, "About two hours." Once again,

the guy leaves the shop.

A week later, the same guy sticks his head in the
shop and asks, "How long before I can get a haircut?"
The barber looks around the shop and says,
"About an hour and a half." Again, the guy walks out.

The barber is getting curious.
He looks over at a friend in the shop and says,
"Hey Bill, follow that guy and see where he goes."

A little while later,
Bill comes back into the shop laughing.
The barber asks,

"Bill, where did the guy go when he left here?"

"To your house."

Software engineers' daily schedule

8:30AM: wake up

8:45AM: Tough decision ahead...... To have bath or not.

8:50AM: Have To.

8:55AM: Bread & Jam + glass of milk or orange Juice

9:15AM: Punch in.

9:20AM: Check Mail.

9:25AM: Check Again just in case...

9:30AM: Since It is already 9:30 wait for tea(9:45AM).

9:45AM: TEA/COFFEE party & Smoke.

10:00AM: Check Mail.

10:05AM: Check again. Can't Believe that no mail has come. Is

everybody dead or what.

10:20AM: Sudden feeling of loneliness and desperation. Turn
around to look for some body (Anybody) to talk to.

10:30AM: Found a guy testing something. Feel real pity for his

pathetic, boring and useless existence.

10:40AM: Sudden urge to get some work done and fast. Start

looking for the file.(Can't remember it's name)

11:00AM: Boss summons in his office. BAD SIGN

11:30AM: How the hell am I suppose to remember everything. Why should I be responsible for everything that goes bad.

11:45AM: Try to locate a scape goat. No body around.

12:00AM: Mood is really bad decide to postpone work till after lunch.

12:30AM: lunch

1:00PM: Lunch over.

1:10PM: Go for a smoke. Can't even smoke in this god forsaken place.

1:35PM: Back from a smoke. It was good. I even did not pay for the cig. the other chap is so foolish.

1:40PM: Check mail.

1:50PM: Mood is good. Decide to go to Samachar. Real sleazy thoughts.

2:30PM: Feeling real sleepy after such a mammoth mental effort.

2:45PM: Tea/Coffee Time.

3:00PM: Chat and discuss with colleague on the bad state of the company. Blame everybody for incompetence and laziness.

3:45PM: Check Mail.

4:00PM: A guy from testing comes for help.(Jerk)

4:11PM: Try to look busy.

4:12PM: He is asking for a technical help.(Realjerk).

4:15PM: After really making him beg for help decide to take a book.

4:50PM: No solution found. Really angry on the guy for getting myself involved.

4:55PM: Suddenly boss is spotted in the neighboring area. Try make as much loud noise as possible with some obscure technical jargon thrown in.

5:00PM: Boss has gone back to his den. Coast is clear.

5:05PM: Blame the problem on R&D.

5:10PM: Check mail. 'Yes' a mail has finally arrived.

5:13PM: It's a silly joke and old too, But it felt good.

5:14PM: a quick dash for gate.

5:15PM: Third in punching out.

5:25PM: Reached Room.

5:26PM: TV on.No worth while program.

8:30PM: Still no worth while program.Every body is getting lazy and irresponsible what will happen to this world GOD help us. Curse Government.

8:45PM: Food arrives. Pretty bad.

8:48PM: Dinner finished & Smoke.

8:50PM: Bay watch. At last some quality.

11:00PM: Mtv Grind. Hmm things are looking up.

12:45AM: Today there were really good programs.

1:30AM: decide to sleep. Tough day ahead.

How Professors Teach MBA in IIM's

* You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: �I am very rich. �Marry me!� � That�s Direct Marketing�
* You�re at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: �He�s very rich. �Marry him.� -That�s Advertising�
* You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day, you call and say: �Hi, I�m very rich. �Marry me � That�s Telemarketing�
* You�re at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink, you open the door (of the car) for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and then say: �By the way, I�m rich. Will you �Marry Me?� � That�s Public Relations
* You�re at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says:�You are very rich! �Can you marry ! me?� � That�s Brand Recognition
* You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: �I am very rich. Marry me!� She gives you a nice hard slap on your face. � �That�s Customer Feedback�
* You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: �I am very rich. Marry me!� And she introduces you to her husband. � �That�s demand and supply gap�
* You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say anything, another person come and tell her: �I�m rich. Will you marry me?� and she goes with him � �That�s competition eating into your market share�
* You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say: �I�m rich, Marry me!� your wife arrives. � �That�s restriction for entering new markets�

American Rajnikanth

Funny clips, A cop fighting with so many terrorists..

Trojans Vs. Viruses

Confused about the differences between a virus, a trojan, adware, and spyware? While they all fall under the category of malware, they are all very different types of digital nasties.

Have you ever watched the movie Troy with Brad Pitt? It’s the one where the Greeks build a huge wooden horse and hide soldiers inside of it? Yeah - you know the story.

A computer trojan is a lot like that movie. It’s a program installed on your computer (often bundled with another program) that runs in the background. It will open a door to your computer, so to speak, to allow another person to get IN. They can see your files, look at everything on your computer, and even take over your computer and use it for malicious means.

A virus is destructive. It can rewrite your files, overwrite your files, and even wipe out your files. Some viruses can execute themselves to basically cripple your system in a matter of seconds. There are others that simply install themselves quietly, and then send copies of themselves out to everyone in your address book to infect them.

Spyware is a nifty little bugger that likes to… well… SPY on you. For example, those cool toolbars and desktop widgets you install… or a program you downloaded from a file sharing network… often will have spyware bundled with them. This spyware gathers information about you and your surfing habits, and will send it back to the distributor without your knowledge and/or consent.

And of course, we have adware. Adware is just an ad running inside of a program. It installs itself directly onto your computer, and can open new browser windows, redirect your current window, and even hijack your search engine to redirect to its own results. Yes… those annoying popups you can never seem to get rid of are adware.

Everyone has a different opinion on how to get rid of malware. What I’m interested in is knowing how you got infected and what you did to stop and/or clean your system. Leave us feedback

Friday, August 3, 2007

Torrent Sites

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Introduction to Torrents Technology

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Blogger: How to start a blog

This video will help you to start your own blog




Teardown of Sony playstation 3

Semiconductor Insights opens the Sony playstation 3 game console to see what makes it tick....playstation PS3 playstation3 cell processor Semiconductor teardown SI

Teardown of the new Microsoft XBOX 360

Teardown of the new Microsoft XBOX 360 Elite video game console conducted by Semiconductor Insights....Microsoft Nintendo Playstation console xbox games toys wii hdmi hddvd elite 360

iphone

iPhone is a revolutionary new mobile phone that allows you to make a call by simply tapping a name or number in your address book, a favorites list, or a call log. It also automatically syncs all your contacts from a PC, Mac, or Internet service. And it lets you select and listen to voicemail messages in whatever order you want — just like email.

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Revenue Sharing Program

BharatWaves is now visited by 75,000 visitors accessing one million pages per month.

Thanks for your Support. As a token of appreciation we want to share some of our revenue through our revenue sharing program. Here is how it works, Please read on..

This program is open to all visitors of our website who participates in our forums and contribute articles.

All you need is google adsense client id in order to earn money. If you don’t have google adsense client id then we request you to sign up.



How can I earn money?
Google AdSense provides content target ads for websites like BharatWaves.com . This means if it’s a recipe page then the ads will be related to recipes. If someone clicks on these ads google will pay us. Instead of displaying our Google AdSense ads we will display your Google AdSense ads. You will make money if someone clicks on your Google AdSense Ads. So, you need to have Google AdSense account to publish your Google AdSense ads. If you don’t have an account with Google Adsense then we request you to sign-up using below link. It is easy to sign-up and should not take more than 10 minutes. Once you apply for Google Adsense account, Google will take approximately 2- 3 days to approve your application.
for more info click here Bharat Waves

Google Adsense

Sign up for google adsense. Publish adds and refer products, make money online.

Earn more revenue from your website, while providing visitors with a more rewarding online experience. Google AdSense™ automatically delivers text and image ads that are precisely targeted to your site and your site content—ads so well-matched, in fact, that your readers will actually find them useful. And when you add Google WebSearch to your site, AdSense delivers targeted ads to your search results pages too. With AdSense you earn more ad revenue with minimal effort—and no additional cost.



Google AdSense is probably one of the most popular revenue generators in the Web. We hear the stories about bloggers-genies, who manage to turn their blogs into cash machines overnight. However, it’s not that simple to find the actual tips, which stick to Google policies, might increase your revenues and don’t try to trick out the readers of your weblog.

Google & Anti-Spyware Products

Be wary of paid search results.
Technorati Profile


Vendors of "rogue/suspect" anti-spyware products advertise heavily via Google's "AdWords" ("Sponsored Links" on Google's own search pages) and "AdSense" (Google-driven advertising delivered to third-party web sites).

Users should be aware that a search on the term "spyware" (or any related term) at Google will turn up a variety of anti-spyware products and web sites -- some reliable and trustworthy, some not. The key to distinguishing trustworthy anti-spyware products and sites from non-trustworthy products and sites in Google's search results is learning to distinguish "regular search results" from "paid search results," otherwise known as "Sponsored Links."

The "regular search results" are those results that are ranked highly and are popular among actual users. For the most part, these are trustworthy. "Sponsored Links," by contrast, are paid for by vendors themselves. These "paid search results" are generally not trustworthy and should be avoid


You may encounter similar Google-driven advertising on other web sites. These advertisements are clearly labeled as originating from Google's AdSense ("Ads by Google"). They usually appear on the top, bottom, or sides of web pages and web sites (see screenshot to the right for an example).

Even on such third-party sites, the advertising for "rogue/suspect" anti-spyware products looks similar to the "Sponsored Links" (see above) and is just as untrustworthy.

As always, users are advised to stick to the "regular search results" on Google's site as well as to those anti-spyware products and web sites that enjoy good reputations among users (see above).

Your PC is infested by Spyware. Get online help

If your PC is already infested with spyware and adware, resist the temptation to succumb to impulse buys of anti-spyware products that you see on the Net, esp. those included in the "rogue/suspect" list on this page or advertised on Google. Instead, you can get help online from a corps of savvy volunteers who specialize in busting spyware.

To get help with a spyware infestation:
1.Clean your PC as best you can

Download and run one (or all) of these free anti-spyware scanners and remove whatever spyware and adware it finds.

Ad-aware Personal Edition AVG Anti-Spyware Windows Defender
Spybot Search & Destroy SUPERAntiSpyware

You should also scan and clean your computer with whatever anti-virus program you happen to have installed on your computer. If you don't have an anti-virus program, you can scan your computer with one of these online anti-virus scanners:

BitDefender ScanOnline Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool ewido online scan Command on Demand Panda ActiveScan Trend Micro Anti-Spyware for the Web
eTrust AntiVirus Web Scanner Trend Micro HouseCall (ActiveX)
McAfee FreeScan Trend Micro HouseCall (Java)

... or download and run one of these free standalone virus removal tools:
avast! Virus Cleaner
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
Dr.Web CureIt!
AVG vcleaner
Panda PQRemove
McAfee AVERT Stinger

2. Visit a spyware removal forum

Once you've cleaned your PC as best you can, visit one of the following spyware removal forums:
SpywareInfo Spybot S&D
Aumha SpywareBeware
Bleeping Computer Spyware Warrior
CastleCops Tech Support Guy
Cexx.org TomCoyote

Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites

Some of the products listed on this page simply do not provide proven, reliable anti-spyware protection or may be prone to ridiculous false positives. Others may use unfair, deceptive, high pressure sales tactics to scare up sales from gullible, confused users. A very few of these products are either associated with known distributors of spyware/adware or have been known to install spyware/adware themselves. Not all products exhibit the same problems, however. Please see this "note to readers" for more information.

Top 10 rogue anti-spyware by ZDNet's Suzi Turner -- What is rogue anti-spyware? Rogue anti-spyware programs are defined by spyware and anti-spyware expert Eric Howes on the Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products and Sites page. "Rogue/Suspect" means that these products are of unknown, questionable, or dubious value as anti-spyware protection. Some of the products listed on this page simply do not provide proven, reliable anti-spyware protection [...]

Avoid spyware to run on your computer

Spyware programs can be avoided to run on your computer.
Just follow these few tips.

1. Clear files and cookies regularly. ( Preferably each time when you close your browser(internet explorer or mozilla firefox)).
Internet Explorer
Tools-> Internet options->delete->delete all.
Mozilla Firefox.
Tools->Clear private data.

2. Avoid clicking on any advertisements or banners.
Instead make a note of the url or search using google.

3. Avoid Porn sites.

4. "Your computer is infected". "Scan your computer for free".


Please do not click on these advertisements. They will not remove any spyware from your computer.



5. Do not install software programs( like toolbars or any unknown programs), most likely these programs are found to contain spyware.

6. Update your operating system( Microsoft Windows or linux) regularly.
Update contains security fixes and patches which stops spywares on your computer.

7. Ensure that firewall is turned on
(control panel-> windows firewall-> turn on-> ok).

8. Scan your computer regularly using antipyware software

What is a Spyware

Is your Internet connection extremely slow?
Are you getting too many ad pop ups?
Then be sure that there is a spyware on the computer.

What is a Spyware?
Spyware is a software that gathers information about a person or organization without their knowledge. Spyware is program that is stored on the computer to secretly gather information about the user and distribute it to the advertisers or other interested parties. Spyware can get in a computer as a software virus or as the result of installing a new program.

Use any of these spyware removal tools

* Webroot's Spy Sweeper( http://www.webroot.com)
* PCTool's Spy Doctor (http://www.pctools.com)(Recommended)
* Uniblue's Spy Eraser
* SpywareBot