Verbatim Robot Contest

Cool online game for Robo maniacs. Please click the link below:

http://www.verbatim.jp/senshuken/?id=2415470

Most Secure Browser - Firefox, Opera, IE7 and Safari Tested!

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How many times do people come to you and ask “Hey can you tell me real simple, whats the most secure browser?” and If people knew that you are an IT student they ask this a lot. When you run out of reasons or answers they just go away thinking that you have no knowledge of a simple question. Well the question might be simple but the answer is not. So Here I’m testing all the venerabilities of world’s leading 4 browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft IE7 and Opera. For this test I’m using a site called Scan IT, I’m running tests specified for each browser class so that we could identify their vulnerabilities if they exist.

Before you get started, some quick notes,

1. During testing if your security program alerts you the presence of a virus or a Trojan, be happy because its the same way these people test weather your browser protects you against them. Their attack method is similar to trojans and viruses but not malicious.

2. Sometimes your browser might crash, restart your browser and make sure you click “YES” when they ask “did your browser crash?”

3. (VERY IMPORTANT) During checks it will ask to set a site as homepage, install a plugin, or add a bookmark… you MUST deny or cancel all these requests as this is how they check weather your browser automatically allows these operations or asks for user confirmation.

Enough!, Lets See the results

One last Note

Well I really don’t believe when some people say that IE7 is not secure and Firefox is Secure, In my opinion all the above browsers passed as fully secure in their classes. The use of a browser depends on your need, If you are a person who just wants to browse the net very fast and jus check your mails and surf then Safari and Opera will definitely come handy,

but If you are the type who wants more features and a lot of extra scripts and stuff and you do a lot more than just surf… then Firefox and IE are for you.

The main reason people are scared to use IE7 is that its soo deeply integrated with the OS, that if a virus or trojan messes up IE, the effects are directly reflected on your OS, but Microsoft is making IE modular in Windows Se7en so that will be more easier to fix when problems arise, but for now use IE only when you

1. Use windows update to regularly update your OS.
2. Use an Internet security suite software (this is usually required no matter what browser you use).

Saying these I would say that Mozilla Firefox is my personal favorite for 2 reasons,

1. If I mess it up a re installation would fix it.
2. There are hundreds of plug-ins for your every need.

Finally!

Be sure to update all the browsers to their most secure versions (not betas, do not expect maximum security in betas).

How to protect your Rapidshare Premium Account from Phishing

Many Rapidshare premium accounts were phished recently. Below are the steps and safety precautions you need to know to protect your account.

1) Be extra cautious when someone uses link protecter that hides the real download links of the file. The real Rapidshare download link looks like this: http://rapidshare.com/files/111111111/xxxxx.rar

2) If you come upon a Rapidshare Login Page, open another tab using your internet browser, go to rapidshare.com, turn to the login page, and see if it asks you to login. Did it ask you to login? If not, now you know the other one is fake.

3) Enable direct download in your Rapidshare premium account option’s page. The download box should pop up instantly every time you click on a Rapidshare download link. If you get redirected to Rapidshare Login Page, you know it’s fake.

4) If you got tricked, instantly change your account password and logout.

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Speed Up Browsing

When you connect to a web site your computer sends information back and forth. Some of this information deals with resolving the site name to an IP address, the stuff that TCP/IP really deals with, not words. This is DNS information and is used so that you will not need to ask for the site location each and every time you visit the site. Although Windows XP and Windows XP have a pretty efficient DNS cache, you can increase its overall performance by increasing its size. You can do this with the registry entries below:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
"CacheHashTableBucketSize"=dword:00000001
"CacheHashTableSize"=dword:00000180
"MaxCacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000fa00
"MaxSOACacheEntryTtlLimit"=dword:0000012d

Make a new text file and rename it to dnscache.reg. Then copy and paste the above into it and save it. Merge it into the registry.

Faster way to access cpanel

Feeling lazy of going to your web hosting website to gain access of cpanel? Try this shorter method. Write your domain name into the URL box of your internet browser and add the port number “:2082″ after the letters “com”. For example: www.yourdomain.com:2082

The screen similar to above will appear right away after that asking for username and password. Enter the details required and login.