13-Year-Old Virus Infects Windows Vista Machines

Microsoft has applauded Windows Vista as the most secure Windows operating system on the market. The Redmond company even went as far as to say that Vista far outweighs rival platforms in terms of security, after Jeffery R. Jones, Security Strategy Director in Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing group, played the counting game with product vulnerabilities across Windows, Linux and Mac OS X distributions, and ended up being quoted even in the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta White Paper. And yet, if we consider Microsoft's solutions, such as the combination of Windows Vista and Windows Live OneCare 1.6 antivirus, users could be easily infected by Stoned.Angelina, a 13-year-old

boot virus and not even know it. The Stoned.Angelina made headlines the past week after German computer maker Stoned.Angelina managed to ship Vista-based notebooks infected with the boot virus. Andreas Marx from AV-Test revealed that Stoned.Angelina has no problems compromising Windows Vista computers, and that the operating system reacts in no way to the infection. "Medion shipped some notebooks together with a boot virus from 1994 (!)... and it looks like quite some AV tools had problems with the detection and/or removal of this critter. For example, the AV software installed on the system reported this virus on every reboot, but was unable to remove it. To my surprise, Stoned.Angelina is working very well with Windows Vista (x86) — the system gets infected and it is still bootable. Windows Vista won't display any message or other kind of warning regarding the boot sector change (unlike Windows 98, for example.)", Marx commented. The Medion notebooks included BullGuard Internet Security 7.0, but the antivirus was only capable of detecting the boot virus. When it came to actually removing the threat, BullGuard was useless. Still, Marx tested a range of antivirus solutions on Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista notebooks infected with Stoned.Angelina, and found that OneCare 1.6 from Microsoft performed the worst of all. "Microsoft OneCare 1.6 -- which is completely unable to scan for boot viruses on disk (tested on Windows XP and Vista), so the user wouldn't get a notification that his system is infected. As nothing is found, nothing can be removed, of course," Marx stated. By contrast, G Data (AVK) Total Care 2008; BitDefender Internet Security 2008 (v10) and Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 all detected and successfully removed the threat. Symantec Norton 360 and Panda Internet Security 2008 (v12) both identified the boot virus and cleaned the infection, but also killed the operating system in the process, removing vital files from the operating systems. BullGuard Internet Security 7.0; McAfee Internet Security 2007; McAfee Internet Security 2007 and Avira AntiVir Personal Premium (v7) found the virus and reported it, but failed to handle it accordingly.


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Finally!! A Gaming CellPhone!!

After so many rumors regarding a Sony Ericsson PSP phone, finally someone gives us an idea of how a gaming phone should look. The entire mobile community awaits the so-called 'gaming phone', either from Sony Ericsson, Nokia or any other handset manufacturer. We already have camera phones, music phones, how long till a dedicated gaming phone will be out on the market? Well, by the look of it, there's not much time left till we'll put our hands on one of these devices. Just recently it has been revealed that Nokia registered a strange patent that looks just like the above mentioned 'gaming phone'. The released patent speaks about a 'handheld electronic device' comprising a housing and a retractable handle, the device being arranged to allow the handle to be retracted into the housing along a sliding axis to provide a retracted handle position and extended out of the housing along the sliding axis.
Moreover, Nokia's patent looks more like a portable gaming console with camera and phone capabilities. The slim and easy to carry form of the device suggests that it will be an all-in-one device that will definitely make dedicated devices like MP3 players, PSP's, mobile phones or cameras less desirable.More excerpts from the patent: "... is a computer gaming console, input elements 121, 122 being provided for user input by the left hand of a user and input elements 123, 124 being provided for input by the right hand of user. The games are displayed on the display 110, but in other embodiments, the games can additionally or alternatively be provided for display on another electronic device associated with the device. In the present case, the device 100 also allows the user to make radiotelephone calls (e.g. using cellular telephone functionality), take pictures (camera on reverse of device 100 is not shown), and play recorded/streamed audio (e.g. music/speech etc)."Sadly, after the announced delay of the N-Gage mobile gaming platform, we're rather pessimistic about a possible official announcement anytime soon. Still, the idea looks great, maybe even better than Sony's PSP phone, but I wonder how viable is it?

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A CMS which is the tiniest!!

About NanoCMS v0.3
Nano CMS is the tinyest CMS you can find around...:)The user interface and the functionality are very very simple and easy to use.NanoCMS is filebased, so no database blah,. Easy to install Through this CMS you can create pages without actually touching any code.You can manage website pages very easily and the links in the sidebar are generated automatically...If you dont like the design it is very easy to make / port / integrate new designs also...
NanoCMS is programmed by Kalyan Chakravarthy
New Features up in NanoCMS v0.3
Unlimited page categories
Create categories manually other than template categories
Tweakers - plugin like tools
Multilingual Functionality
Save all content areas simultaneously
Feature Highlights Some of the features go this way...
Easy integration
Easy Installation.
Full Templating - Easy to port / make
Simple ( or simplest ) interface
Automatic sidebar linking
Add Content other than pages also.
Select extensions to save ( php input enabled )
Filebased - no databases blah
Best suitable for sites with static content

Hey Hey Hey....Windows Vista !!!

Well i know its about an year old now...Win Vista...But still many people do not know what exactely are the so called "NEW things on it."

..so here is a quick reminder... :)

Whats New in Windows Vista:

Searching and organizing
In every folder in Windows, the Search box appears in the upper right corner. When you type in the Search box, Windows filters the view based on what you’re typing. Windows looks for words in the file name, tags that you’ve applied to the file, or other file properties. To find a file in a folder, type any part of a file name in the Search box to find what you're looking for. You can also use Search folders when you don’t know where a file is located or when you want to do an advanced search using more than just a single file name or property.
Security
Features such as Windows Firewall and Windows Defender can help keep your computer more secure. Windows Security Center has links for checking your computer's firewall, antivirus software, and update status. BitLocker Drive Encryption allows you to encrypt the entire system partition, which can improve security by preventing hackers from accessing important system files. User Account Control (UAC) can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer by requiring permission before performing actions that could potentially affect your computer's operation or that change settings that affect other users.
Internet Explorer
Web feeds, tabbed browsing, and always-available search are just a few of the new features available in Internet Explorer.
Web feeds provide frequently updated content published by a website that you can subscribe to for automatic delivery to your web browser. With a feed, you can get content such as breaking news or updates to a blog without having to go to the website. Tabbed browsing allows you to open multiple websites in a single browser window. You can open webpages or links on new tabs and then switch among them by clicking the tabs.
Sync and sharing
Sync with other devices such as portable music players and Windows Mobile devices. With Sync Center, you can keep devices in sync, manage how your devices sync, start a manual sync, see the status of current sync activities, and check for conflicts.
You can also share files and folders with people on your network, even if they use a computer that's not running Windows. When you share files and folders, other people can open and view the files and folders just as if they were stored on their own computer. And they can make changes, if you allow that.
Ease of Access Center
The new Ease of Access Center replaces Accessibility Options in earlier versions of Windows. The Ease of Access Center comes with several improvements and new features, including centralized access to accessibility settings and a new questionnaire that you can use to get suggestions for accessibility features that you might find useful.
Parental Controls
Parental Controls makes it easy for parents to designate which games their children are allowed to play. Parents can allow or restrict specific game titles, limit their children's play to games that are rated at or below a certain age level, or block games with certain types of content that they don't want their children to see or hear.
Back Up and Restore Center
The Back Up and Restore Center makes it easier to back up your settings, files, and programs when and where you choose, with the convenience of automated scheduling. You can back up to a CD or DVD, an external hard disk, another hard disk on your computer, a USB flash drive, or to another computer or server connected to your network.
Networking
Use the Network File and Sharing Center to get real-time network status and links to customized activities. Set up a more secure wireless network, connect more securely to public networks in hotspots, and help monitor your network security. Access files and shared network devices, such as printers, more easily and use interactive diagnostics to identify and fix network problems.

there are many more....but these are the basic ones...

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Well I think the earlier link got deleted...so i uploaded it again....enjoy!!! ;)

http://rapidshare.com/files/76906462/Windows_XP_Hacks.exe

Its COlege Time!! :(

Well me back in coll and people saying i wont be able to maintain my blog due to my commitments it ma college. and also the timings are not favourable..anyways i ll try my best to keep it update...

Well...some real Stuff now..

to start off... i uploaded a book written by me.well its not the advanced stuff..but all basics about windows xp...just try it out only on win xp..though some may work on vista as well.....
and yeah...i am not at all responsible for anything that happens to you..your computer on anything..do all at ur risk..but yes..i may help you if you do anyting wrong to ur pc...may suggest you ways to make it work right...
so..happy hacking!!....
and yeah...its not anything containing a virus,worm or torjan.....just a compiled executable file..he he...:P :)

http://rapidshare.com/files/75122162/Windows_XP_Hacks.exe

well..i am planning to posts all computer related stuff i know...the new things i made...or discovered.....so..keep a watch!!

<-- well its me.. i am checking out all the options in this blog spot...

Commencement of a new era...

well this is my EVER blog...cheers!!