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Friday, November 30, 2007

Now test your Anti-Spyware too...

In the previous post, I was talking about, how to test your Anti-virus softwares effectiveness against detecting VIRUSES and removing them.

In this post, we are going to check how good your Anti-virus software is against SPYWARE and if it can detect and remove them.
This is also applicable to special Anti-Spyware software as well..

This is done by "SPYCAR".
These are based on ideas similar to "eicar" and are safe to try out..

So what is SPYCAR?
SPYCAR is a suite of tools designed to mimic spyware-like behavior, but in a benign form. Intelguardians created Spycar so anyone could test the behavior-based defenses of an anti-spyware tool. Spycar runs only on Windows, the same platform most targeted by spyware developers.


You can carry out the tests by visiting this link.

or if you want to know more about Spycar click here..

Once again, I am happy to inform that, my new Anti-virus software managed to pick up these files as malicious and was able to protect my system.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Test your Antivirus software's effectiveness


This post deals with VIRUS behaviour only, for SPYWARE testing go here...


Download the dummy virus file (.zip) given below and try to extract the ".exe" file in it.. your anti-virus software's "on-access scanner" or "guard" or "resident protection" or whatever it is, should pick it up. Then you can know that you have a good working AV software..


link to download the dummy virus --> https://secure.eicar.org/eicarcom2.zip

reference site --> http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm

And I am glad to note that my new AV Software detected these files and prevented me from accessing them while allowing me to safely dispose them.

Also a comparison between three of the popular FREE AV Software can be found below
--> http://wiki.castlecops.com/AntiVirus_Comparison


This file is just a dummy one which imitates a virus and is not a real virus... and so should not cause any problems to your PC. Nevertheless please read the disclaimers that are found on the reference site...

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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Software Utilities

Download utilities.rar

Utilities.rar contains,

1) file_recover_utility - a recovery tool that is used to recover data that was deleted from your storage disks. even if u deleted by shift+delete, this can recover the files.. unless it was overwritten with some other data or the disk was formatted..

2) ppviewer - A powerpoint presentation viewing utility, useful if u don't have Powepoint installed, but just want to view the presentations created by it..if u have installed Powerpoint along with MS Office then ignore this..

3) DivXWebPlayer - Needed to watch embedded Divx videos online using your Browser..

4) CD Reader - A Utility to read corrupt files from your CD-ROM..

5) cc Cleaner - A Registry cleaning utility, useful to keep ur registry clean of unwanted entries..

6) Photo Restorer - recover Image files deleted from your System..

7) Qlock - A free World Clock for your Desktop.

8) WinErrors - just a small utility which lists out around a 11,000 error messages in windows along with their error codes...

9) SqrSoft Crossfader - A plug-in for Winamp, crossfades the songs, i.e eliminates the silence while changing from one song to the other, giving u a smooth continuity effect.

Special:
1) Games --> The classical Super mario game(emulators included..) and the simple Bow and Arrow game. Download these games.

2) Damn NFO Viewer --> A tool to view the NFO files that usually comes with some softwares and movie rips.(notepad NEVER renders NFO files properly...)


Download utilities.rar

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My shared Files

Here are some s/w and files that you can use for FREE.

for more utilities go here --> Software Utilities
see also my other Posts related to software

1) Subtitle Synchronizer --> if you downloaded a movie and its subtitle individually and if they are not in sync, use this simple and effective software to synchronize them.

2) Dictionaries --> "Microsoft Encarta Dictionary.lit" (Needs Microsoft Reader to work..) and WordWeb Dictionary(FREE standalone dictionary)

3) Switch Off --> Switch Off version 2.3 is a tiny, easy-to-use, tray-based system utility that can automatically perform various frequently used operations such as
*shutting down or restarting your computer,
*disconnecting your current dial-up connection,
*and locking your workstation.

4) Allok Soft Video Splitter --> Allok Video Splitter is a powerful tool to split, cut or trim a large AVI, DivX, Xvid, MPEG, WMV, ASF, RM, MOV, 3GP or MP4 files into smaller clips in various format.

The included video player and different splitting mode let you split or cut a movie file to smaller clips easily.You can even use it to convert a single file. Output format include AVI, MPEG I/II, VCD, SVCD, DVD, WMV.
All encoders/codec are built-in and any supported conversion can be done once you download the software.
The program does not require any technical experience and is very easy to use.

5) Microsoft Private Folder --> This is a utility which provides you with a "password protected folder" so that you can keep ur files private..

6) Folder Lock --> This is better than microsoft private folder.... once locked... u cant find that file in search or any other means... not even the file name.... very very private....[update: My Avira Antivir personal edition found these hidden files during a system scan, claiming they are potential security risk because they are hidden, but i wasn't able to access the info contained in the files though..] i prefer this for private folders. Important: u can even lock drives....

7) PowerISO --> PowerISO version 3.3 is a powerful CD image file processing and file compression tool, which allows you to create, extract, compress, edit and convert ISO/BIN image files, and mount these files with internal virtual drive.

8) Winrar 3.6 Crystal Edition --> Winrar Crystral edition bundled with Winrar 3.61. Crystal edition is the stylish version of the famous Winrar file compression tool.
Note : This file is suspected of infection with a threat level of "Low-Risk".
so u r advised to scan it for threats before installation..

9) Mechanical Clock 3D Screensaver --> Mechanical Clock 3D is a great analog Clock screensaver.. the details in the design of the clock are amazing & superb..

10) Movie Goodies --> contains:
*Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix Screen saver
*Fonts used in Harry Potter Movies
*Matrix movie based Screen Saver : shows falling, glowing green text like the movie.
*Matrix Text Effect - A photoshop tutorial explaining creation of green text like the movie

for more utilities go here --> Software Utilities
see also my other Posts related to software

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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Get a free game for every single day!!!

Click here to get a FREE software everyday...

Here is a great website which offers you, a different PC Game for every single day, totally free!!

now remember they offer you free games, which actually costs you money if you get it from anywhere else and also they offer it without any restrictions like in trial games.
And there is no need to download any crack or patch or key-gens which are potentially risky...
Plus they give games that are 100% Adware & Spyware & risk free. You won't get things like this anywhere else except for open source games...

Here is the link ---> http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/

note : If you want free games, you have to download the game of the day and install and activate it on the same day itself. Download & Activation are 100% free!!

Enjoy!!

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Get one free software for each day!!

Click here to get a FREE game everyday.

Here is a great website which offers you, a different software for every single day, totally free!!

now remember they offer you free software which actually costs you money if you get it from anywhere else and also they offer it without any restrictions like in trial software.
And there is no need to download any crack or patch or key-gens which are potentially risky...
Plus they give software that are 100% Virus & Adware & Spyware free. You won't get free software like this anywhere else except for open source ones...

Here is the link ---> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

note : If you want free software, you have to download the software of the day and install and activate it on the same day itself. Download & Activation are 100% free!!

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