Posts tagged security
Fake Antivirus: What a pain.
Feb 22nd
Windows XP ONLY
A recent explosion of help requests for Fake AV infection removal has been making an appearance to my inbox, IM, etc. One thing about Social Networking: You’re always available. (LOL).
I wrote a quick batch script that will try to thwart most of the lame fake antivirus malware and hopefully get a good quick More >
How To Get The ‘Security’ Tab in Windows XP Home
Feb 5th
Method 1
The Security tab is visible in Windows XP Home only when Safe mode is used.
Start Windows XP Home in Safe Mode
Method 2
Download and install the Security Configuration Manager from Microsoft.
Click on this link, and save the download somewhere handy.
Run the downloaded file, which is a self extracting archive.
Choose a More >
Microsoft Security Essentials
Nov 25th
Free antivirus, malware/spyware protection from Microsoft. Here are the screenshots from a default installation.
You can download it from Microsoft directly at http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/
Conficker Detection Tool
Mar 31st
Security researchers have created a tool to scan your network and identify machines infected with the Conficker worm.
Honeynet Project has released a proof-of-concept scanning tool to aid in detection of Conficker worm in your network.
They have also identified intrustion detection signatures (found below):
Conficker.A
alert tcp any any -> $HOME_NET 445 (msg:
“conficker.a shellcode”; content: “|e8 ff ff More >
Stupid Bash Script Google Email Address Harvester Example
Dec 1st
So, boredom prevailed today. I decided to quickly write up a script to harvest emails for a specified domain using Google.
I know it’s probably breaking some sort of TOS, but this was just a demonstration and an idea I had. I was surprised at how well it worked to be honest.
Some notes about this script:
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