Using Group Policy Editor – for Windows XP Professional

* Click Start, Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK.

* The Navigate to this location:

Click on:

> User Configuration

> Administrative Templates

> System

> Ctrl+Alt+Delete Options

> Remove Task Manager

* Then double click the Remove Task Manager in the choices, and select the option (ENABLE)

* Click Ok. Now Try Right Clicking in the Windows Taskbar and see if the ‘Task Manager’ is grayed. If it is grayed and not clickable then good job. :)

Have you experience using a computer then suddenly a blue screen appears with various texts, including a sentence that says physical dumping of memory.. and such? This error only appears at computers running in a Windows environment. Tech people usually call this the “BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH” because when the error occurs, the display will turn blue, the PC will freeze and will require rebooting. Making you lose any unsaved work. Your PC could be suffering from RAM problems or registry errors.

 

Prescription:

-          For the employees who are working in a company, call your IT support. They work great on these. :)

-          Run a full scan to check for any conflicts in your PC. Corruption of your registry is a possible reason.

-          Regular defragging and reformatting can also help in preventing this from occurring.

-          You might want to try to use a tool called ‘registry cleaner’ to go through your system and fix all the problems that are in there.

-          For individuals at home, before taking you computer to the computer technician, take note of the texts on the screen and browse the Net for other possible solutions.

Yes! The Philippine E-Journals is up and running. Philippine E-Journals is a collection of academic journals that comes from different universities/colleges in the Philippines.

Check out this site for more info:  http://www.ejournals.ph

Introduction:

The Philippine E-Journals is an aggregation of academic journals that is made accessible globally through a single Web-based platform. It is hosted by C&E Publishing, Inc., a premier educational publisher in the Philippines and a leader in the distribution of integrated information-based solutions which include e-learning products, library automation and interactive media systems, and online library resources containing databases, e-books, and e-journals.

Through this platform, C&E and the participating academic institutions and professional organizations aim to:

  • Promote the research works done by Filipino scholars;
  • Improve the online visibility and readership of the Philippines’ academic journals in the worldwide research community; and
  • Offer electronic publishing as an alternative, cost-efficient method of supporting and promoting scholarly publications done by Filipinos.

- Open the Registry by typing regedit in the RUN
- Then search/go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer
- Locate the registry entry “DisableMSI” (dword)
- You can create(if there is no entry) or modify(if “disablemsi” exist) dword called “DisableMSI”

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- Set the value to; 0 (all enable installation); 1 (default-admin only-enable installation); 2 (disable installation)
-Set to Hexadecimal and click Ok.
- Restart Windows.

In this section explains if you are making a website and you need a code for html to work with a pop-up html window with specific length and width.

CODE IN HTML

*this will be placed inside the html you are working on*
<script type=”text/javascript”>
//Insert this code inside the javascript
function popup(url) {
newwindow=window.open(url,’name’,'height=600,width=800′);
if (window.focus) {newwindow.focus()}
return false;

}
</script>

*Then this is the code for the link*
<a href=”samplepopup.html” onclick=”return popup(’samplepopup.html’)”>This is the Pop-up</a>

In this section explains if you are making a website and you need a code for a flash button to work with a pop-up html window with specific length and width.

CODE IN FLASH

*this will be the code inside the flash button*
on (release) {
getURL (“javascript:openNewWindow(’samplepopup.html’,'thewin’,'height=600,width=800,toolbar=no,scrollbars=no’);”);
}

*html code* *where the flash object is embeded*
<script language=”JavaScript”>
//Insert this code inside the javascript
function openNewWindow(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures) { newWindow=window.open(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures); }
</script>

*inside html-body tag*

<EMBED src=”samplepopup.swf” quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH=800 HEIGHT=500 swLiveConnect=true name=samplepopup.swf TYPE=”application/x-shockwave-flash” PLUGINSPAGE=”http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash”></EMBED>

take note: the width and height of the object is up to you to decide on what will you be using.


Recently my laptop has received numerous threats of virus coming from our office network called WIN32Conficker.A worm and some of its aliases is given below;

Win32/Conficker.A (Microsoft), Crypt.AVL (AVG), Mal/Conficker-A (Sophos), Trojan.Win32.Pakes.lxf (F-Secure), Trojan.Win32.Pakes.lxf (Kaspersky), W32.Downadup (Symantec), Worm:Win32/Conficker.B (Microsoft), WORM_DOWNAD.A (Trend Micro)

I was shocked and worriedly thinking, “has my laptop has been infected?” I rushly looked for any solutions in the net about the said virus and some solutions. I’ve carefully red in the section of mcafee antivirus about the virus characteristics and how dangerous it is:

Quoted from Mcafee:

Virus Characteristics
When executed, the worm copies itself using a random name to the %Sysdir% folder.
(Where %Sysdir% is the Windows system folder; e.g. C:\Windows\System32)
It modifies the following registry key to create a randomly-named service on the affected syetem:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{random}\Parameters\”ServiceDll” = “Path to worm”
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\{random}\”ImagePath” = %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs

Attempts to download a malware file from the remote website: (Rogue Russian site is up but not serving file anymore)
hxxp://trafficconverter.biz/[Removed]antispyware/[Removed].exe

Starts a HTTP server on a random port on the infected machine to host a copy of the worm.
Continuously scans the subnet of the infected host for vulnerable machines and executes the exploit. If the exploit is successful, the remote computer will then connect back to the http server and download a copy of the worm.
Analyzed malware does not have autorun or email capabilities.

Indications of Infection
This symptoms of this detection are the files, registry, and network communication referenced in the characteristics section.

Method of Infection
This worm exploits the MS08-067 Microsoft Windows Server Service vulnerability in order to propagate.

Machines should be patched and rebooted to protect against this worm re-infecting the system after cleaning.
Upon detection of this worm the system should be rebooted to clean memory correctly.
source taken: http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=153464

Quoted from Microsoft:
“[The worm] opens a random port between port 1024 and 10000 and acts like a web server. It propagates to random computers on the network by exploiting MS08-067. Once the remote computer is exploited, that computer will download a copy of the worm via HTTP using the random port opened by the worm. The worm often uses a .JPG extension when copied over and then it is saved to the local system folder as a random named dll.”

And hopefully, i found some fixes and solutions that can help us.

1. F-Secure Solution:

Removal tool specific to remove this conficker/Downadup worm, Download here = ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/DownadupRemovalTool.zip

2. Mcafee provided solution:

- Users infected by W32/Conficker.worm should perform an On Demand Scan to remove remnants of the worm in memory using the latest DATs(Mcafee Site).
- Upon detection of W32/Conficker!mem and REBOOT, the W32/Conficker.worm malware components will be removed.

3. Trend Micro Solution:

Before deploying the sysclean package, you need to apply Microsoft MS08-067 Critical System Patch first.

Please do the following:1. Download and extract the sysclean package.

2. Download the latest Controlled Pattern File (CPR).

3. Download the latest Detection and Cleanup (Trend Micro Anti-Spyware) or the Ssapiptn.Da5 file.

4.Using GPO or any third party deployment tool (i.e. SMS or BigFix), copy items 1-3 to the infected computer.

5. Execute sysclean.com/FULLSILENT.

6. Reboot the infected computer.

Beyond of all solutions that has been provided, to ensure that you willl not be attacked by this virus again, make sure your Windows System is always updated (especially the Windows MS08-067 patch from October), also your Antivirus/Firewall Security.

I’ve been browsing some online-game-forums and caught my attention on this little, but tricky site game. I called this a game because this site was intended to measure your IT/programming skills like  JavaScript, PHP, HTML and such. No harm will be done if you ended up wrong answers in guessing. We’ll you better try it and let’s see how deep can you explore~! :D

Btw, im currently stuck in Level 8 now and still guessing how to bypass these tricks.. hehehe. I believe these site has 100 levels! who knows? :D Go figure it yourself!

Note: I’m not endorsing this site or what-so-ever and this is not mine, i just wanna share to others how cool this site works. lol :P I believe this site is safe since i never encounter any viruses or spam of it. Just enter at your own risk. :) And it works on any internet browsers. (Opera, IE, Mozilla) Happy Hacking! ;)

Intro:

WORLDWIDE HACKING IN PROGRESS…
HackerSkills.com is your own online hacker simulation. With over 100 levels that require different skills to get to another step of the game, this new real-life simulation will help you advance your security knowledge and also improve your JavaScript, PHP, HTML and graphic thinking in a fun way. Have a spare minute? Log on! Each level will provide you with a new, harder clue to find a way to get to another level. Only few people have gotten to the end of the maze. How good are your Hacker Skills?
visit this site and test your hacking skills now!

www.hackerskills.com

I browse into the internet and found something very useful.. You can download streaming videos and save it in your pc!!

Are you tired of watching streaming videos coming from youtube and other streaming videos? One thing you wish is to download that video in to your hard drive and save it for future use.. Well, no problem! This might solve it. :)

This will work if your browser is Mozilla Firefox. (I believe Opera browser will work also)
1. In order to enable these scripts, you must first download and install Mozilla Firefox Extension, Greasemonkey. Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that lets you write bits of JavaScript to “fix up” broken web pages.

2. When you have successfully download and install the greasemonkey, restart your browser.

3. After Restart go to Tools in the menubar. You should see an option there named ‘greasemonkey’ and it must be checked enable’. You should see also an “Install userscript” “Manage userscript”.

4. Next thing you must do is to install the Greasemonkey userscript. To download embedded videos/movies, you must install the script Unembed. (Click OK to install)(just click here and it will prompt to install this script) OR you could just click Tools > Install userscript and select the unembed script to install.

5. After these steps, try to visit site that has streaming videos you wanted to download. On the video, you should see a [download] link at the bottom or right side of the movie, allowing you to save the file into your computer.( Right click the [download] link and choose save as.

Enjoy downloading :)

Hi, I’ve been developing a flash website and i was challenge to work a series of animations with mouse tooltip. I’ve search through the net and luckily i found a very useful tutorial regarding it. Many thanks to Sidney de Koning(email: sidney@oeoe.nl) for providing us a very good tutorial.

This works on Actionscript 1 & 2:

Make three layers in your main timeline, called actions, caption
and button. Put this piece of actionscript in your actions layer:

function tooltip (string) {
xmouse = getProperty(“”, _xmouse);
ymouse = getProperty(“”, _ymouse);
duplicateMovieClip (“_root.tooltip”, “tooltip1″, 1);
tooltip1.tooltip = string;
setProperty (tooltip1, _x, xmouse);
setProperty (tooltip1, _y, ymouse);
startDrag (“_root.tooltip1″);
tooltip1.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
function remove_tooltip () {
stopDrag ();
removeMovieClip (“tooltip1″);
}


Now make a graphic and name it ‘caption’ give it two layes;
one with a nice background and another with a dynamic txtbox, multiline, wordwrap turned on
and give it the variable ‘tooltip’.
This is going to be your tooltip.

Now make a new Movieclip and call it caption_MC, leave the first frame blank with a
stop() action, in the second frame put your caption graphic you`ve just made and
also give it a stop() action.
Put this graphic about 25 pixels under the + ‘centercross’ (the point where x and y are zero).
This way you are creating the illusion that the tooltip is ‘floating’.
Put this MC on the main stage, doesn`t matter where. Give it the instance name ‘tooltip’.

Now make a button with some nice up-, over-, down-, and hit states,
put this in your main timeline with these actions :

on (rollOver) {
_root.tooltip(“This is a mouse following tooltip!”);
}
on (rollOut, dragOut) {
_root.remove_tooltip();
}