Check WiFi Network Performance with Qcheck to Help Improve Throughput

When you buy network hardware, including a hub/router and network cards, you're told that hardware's rated speedfor example, 100Mbps for an Ethernet network, or 11Mpbs for an 802.11b WiFi network.

But those numbers only tell you how your network might perform in ideal conditions; as the saying goes, "your mileage may vary," and it usually does. WiFi networks are particularly finicky and are especially prone to being affected by interference and other factors. Where you place your wireless access point and PCs and how you position their antennas can make a dramatic difference in the actual speed of your network. So, you'll want to know the true connection speed of your network, WiFi networks in particular, so that you can optimize their performance when you troubleshoot them.

But how can you find out your true network performance? If you have a WiFi card, you can find information about your connection by clicking the small network icon in the Notification Area (also called the system tray). When you do that, the Wireless Network Connection Status screen appears.

There's only one problem with that screen: it's highly inaccurate. True, its little green bars and Signal Strength indication give you a broad picture of the relative strength of your network connection. But the Speed indication isn't an actual measurement as far as I can tell; it appears to tell you only your maximum theoretical connection speed, given the nature of your hardware, and doesn't reflect your true current connection speed. When I use my WiFi network, it always tells me the speed is 11Mbps, even when actual, real-time measurement shows my true throughput is less than half of that.

So, how do you measure the true speed of a network in your real-world conditions? Get the free program Qcheck (http://www.ixiacom.com/products/performance_applications/pa_display.php?skey=pa_q_check). 

 

It performs a series of tests, including throughput and response time, and gives you a good snapshot of your network's real performance. When trying to optimize a WiFi network, run Qcheck on each PC on the network to get baseline performance results for each. Then run the test for each PC after you move the base station and PCs, change the positioning of the antennas, and so forth, as outlined in. That way, you'll be able to fine-tune your network for optimum efficiency.

Once installed on every machine in your network, Qcheck measures the performance of the network between any two of your PCs. Qcheck is made up of two components: the console where you run your tests, and an endpoint, which runs invisibly in the background on each PC on which you've installed Qcheck. While the exact metrics vary from test to test, the program works by sending data from one PC to another on your network. The data is then sent from the receiving PC back to the originating PC, and Qcheck measures the round-trip time, calculates throughput, and displays the results.

8:12 PM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Hacking Tool Or Software used For Sniffing : Hacking Tools

Although it's nice to use a tool such as Ethereal (Which is having monopoly in Sniffing), other sniffing tools are available n seriously i do suggest u to go for these raher than ethereal. they are Easy to use and having a very handy user interface. Packetyzer and Etherpeek are general sniffing tools, although others such as Dsniff allow the attacker to focus on one specific type of traffic. A few of these tools are highlighted here:

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  Packetyzer Provides a Windows user interface for Ethereal. Available free from www.networkchemistry.com/products/packetyzer.php.
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  Etherpeek A commercial sniffer that offers a GUI interface and is used on the Windows platform. It is available at www.etherpeek.com.
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  Dsniff Part of a collection of tools for network auditing and hacking. Includes dsniff, filesnarf, mailsnarf, msgsnarf, urlsnarf, and webspy. These tools allow the attacker to passively monitor a network for interesting data such as passwords, email, files, and web traffic. The Windows port is available at www.datanerds.net/~mike/dsniff.html.
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  TCPdump One of the most used network sniffer/analyzers for Linux. TCPdump is a command-line tool that is great for displaying header information. TCPdump is available at www.tcpdump.org.
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  Windump A porting to the Windows platform of tcpdump, the most used network sniffer/analyzer for UNIX. This tool is similar to TCPdump in that it is a command-line tool that easily displays packet header information. It's available at www.winpcap.org/windump.
  
  Any query or suggestion, do Contact us at upgoingstaar@gmail.com
  
  Enjoy Hacking Enjoy Hackton

11:41 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Damage Hard Disk Of Your Enemy : Please Don try On urs, Its A Genuine One

HI guys, This time m back with a really Awesome technique if U R Having any Enemy n if you want to take revenge from Sumone.

This Tool, or software or watever, if You Opens this , It Would Simply go for destroying Your Hard Disk Forever.. No If No Buts, No Permissions, No Denies. 

Once started, it wud take any breathe after Killing Your HDD, so Bettter B aware n keep this Very safely , A Sngle Double Click can make u a l'l tensed..

N Finally I m gonna reveal this Out. These Are the links.

http://www.ziddu.com/download/10661911/HardDiskKiller.txt.html

http://www.ziddu.com/download/10661912/readme.txt.html

Go for downloading them, it wud nto show any virus, No Antivirus Wud detect it.


But u want to Go off with it, Disable your Antivirus or ur frns's n u r done.

Here is one more step which m not including, so u have to Put On Sum of ur Brain. If u r really a keen hacker, thn u probably knows wat u have to do nxt.


Script Kiddies cn ask me thru comments..wud tell That Hidden Step As Well.
Enjoy Hacking Enjoy Hackton

NOTE: USE ON YOUR OWN RISK AND WILL, I DO NOT HOLD ANY RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU ARE TRAPPED.

10:15 PM by Shubham Mittal · 0

How To Hack A Web Server Thru FTP Anonimity

Getting the Password File Through FTP

Ok well one of the easiest ways of getting superuser access is through
anonymous ftp access into a webpage. First you need learn a little about
the password file...

root:User:d7Bdg:1n2HG2:1127:20:Superuser
TomJones:p5Y(h0tiC:1229:20:Tom Jones,:/usr/people/tomjones:/bin/csh
BBob:EUyd5XAAtv2dA:1129:20:Billy Bob:/usr/people/bbob:/bin/csh

This is an example of a regular encrypted password file. The Superuser is
the part that gives you root. That's the main part of the file.

root:x:0:1:Superuser:/:
ftp:x:202:102:Anonymous ftp:/u1/ftp:
ftpadmin:x:203:102:ftp Administrator:/u1/ftp

This is another example of a password file, only this one has one little
difference, it's shadowed. Shadowed password files don't let you view or
copy the actual encrypted password.  This causes problems for the password
cracker and dictionary maker(both explained later in the text). Below is
another example of a shadowed password file:

root:x:0:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:/usr/bin/csh
daemon:x:1:1:0000-Admin(0000):/:
bin:x:2:2:0000-Admin(0000):/usr/bin:
sys:x:3:3:0000-Admin(0000):/:
adm:x:4:4:0000-Admin(0000):/var/adm:
lp:x:71:8:0000-lp(0000):/usr/spool/lp:
smtp:x:0:0:mail daemon user:/:
uucp:x:5:5:0000-uucp(0000):/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:9:9:0000-uucp(0000):/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
nobody:x:60001:60001:uid no body:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:uid no access:/:
webmastr:x:53:53:WWW Admin:/export/home/webmastr:/usr/bin/csh
pin4geo:x:55:55:PinPaper Admin:/export/home/webmastr/new/gregY/test/pin4geo:/bin/false
ftp:x:54:54:Anonymous FTP:/export/home/anon_ftp:/bin/false

Shadowed password files have an "x" in the place of a password or sometimes
they are disguised as an * as well.

Now that you know a little more about what the actual password file looks
like you should be able to identify a normal encrypted pw from a shadowed
pw file. We can now go on to talk about how to crack it.

Cracking a password file isn't as complicated as it would seem, although the
files vary from system to system.

1.The first step that you would take is
to download or copy the file. 

2. The second step is to find a password
cracker and a dictionary maker. Although it's nearly impossible to find a
good cracker there are a few ok ones out there. I recomend that you look
for Cracker Jack, John the Ripper, Brute Force Cracker, or Jack the Ripper.

Now for a dictionary maker or a dictionary file...  When you start a
cracking prog you will be asked to find the the password file. That's where
a dictionary maker comes in. You can download one from nearly every hacker
page on the net. 

A dictionary maker finds all the possible letter
combinations with the alphabet that you choose(ASCII, caps, lowercase, and
numeric letters may also be added) .  We will be releasing our pasword file
to the public soon, it will be called, Psychotic Candy, "The Perfect Drug."
As far as we know it will be one of the largest in circulation. 

3. You then start up the cracker and follow the directions that it gives
you.


And You Are done...

Hopes u guys enjoyed it..

Ny query or suggestion, do contact th Author.

Enjoy Hackton

10:23 AM by Shubham Mittal · 2

Top 16 Hacking Softwares Freely Available For Downloads

1. Nmap

I think everyone has heard of this one, recently evolved into the 4.x series.
Nmap (”Network Mapper”) is a free open source utility for network exploration or security auditing. It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, although it works fine against single hosts. Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. Nmap runs on most types of computers and both console and graphical versions are available. Nmap is free and open source.
Can be used by beginners (-sT) or by pros alike (–packet_trace). A very versatile tool, once you fully understand the results.

2. Nessus Remote Security Scanner

Recently went closed source, but is still essentially free. Works with a client-server framework.
Nessus is the world’s most popular vulnerability scanner used in over 75,000 organizations world-wide. Many of the world’s largest organizations are realizing significant cost savings by using Nessus to audit business-critical enterprise devices and applications.

3. John the Ripper

Yes, JTR 1.7 was recently released!
John the Ripper is a fast password cracker, currently available for many flavors of Unix (11 are officially supported, not counting different architectures), DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS. Its primary purpose is to detect weak Unix passwords. Besides several crypt(3) password hash types most commonly found on various Unix flavors, supported out of the box are Kerberos AFS and Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 LM hashes, plus several more with contributed patches.

4. Nikto

Nikto is an Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 3200 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 625 servers, and version specific problems on over 230 servers. Scan items and plugins are frequently updated and can be automatically updated (if desired).
Nikto is a good CGI scanner, there are some other tools that go well with Nikto (focus on http fingerprinting or Google hacking/info gathering etc, another article for just those).

5. SuperScan

Powerful TCP port scanner, pinger, resolver. SuperScan 4 is an update of the highly popular Windows port scanning tool, SuperScan.
If you need an alternative for nmap on Windows with a decent interface, I suggest you check this out, it’s pretty nice.

6. p0f

P0f v2 is a versatile passive OS fingerprinting tool. P0f can identify the operating system on:
- machines that connect to your box (SYN mode),
- machines you connect to (SYN+ACK mode),
- machine you cannot connect to (RST+ mode),
- machines whose communications you can observe.
Basically it can fingerprint anything, just by listening, it doesn’t make ANY active connections to the target machine.

7. Wireshark (Formely Ethereal)

Wireshark is a GTK+-based network protocol analyzer, or sniffer, that lets you capture and interactively browse the contents of network frames. The goal of the project is to create a commercial-quality analyzer for Unix and to give Wireshark features that are missing from closed-source sniffers.
Works great on both Linux and Windows (with a GUI), easy to use and can reconstruct TCP/IP Streams! Will do a tutorial on Wireshark later.

8. Yersinia

Yersinia is a network tool designed to take advantage of some weakeness in different Layer 2 protocols. It pretends to be a solid framework for analyzing and testing the deployed networks and systems. Currently, the following network protocols are implemented: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP), IEEE 802.1q, Inter-Switch Link Protocol (ISL), VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP).
The best Layer 2 kit there is.

9. Eraser

Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and DOS. Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License.
An excellent tool for keeping your data really safe, if you’ve deleted it..make sure it’s really gone, you don’t want it hanging around to bite you in the ass.

10. PuTTY

PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator. A must have for any h4×0r wanting to telnet or SSH from Windows without having to use the crappy default MS command line clients.

11. LCP

Main purpose of LCP program is user account passwords auditing and recovery in Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. Accounts information import, Passwords recovery, Brute force session distribution, Hashes computing.
A good free alternative to L0phtcrack.
LCP was briefly mentioned in our well read Rainbow Tables and RainbowCrack article.

12. Cain and Abel

My personal favourite for password cracking of any kind.
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols. The program does not exploit any software vulnerabilities or bugs that could not be fixed with little effort.

13. Kismet

Kismet is an 802.11 layer2 wireless network detector, sniffer, and intrusion detection system. Kismet will work with any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11b, 802.11a, and 802.11g traffic.
A good wireless tool as long as your card supports rfmon (look for an orinocco gold).

14. NetStumbler

Yes a decent wireless tool for Windows! Sadly not as powerful as it’s Linux counterparts, but it’s easy to use and has a nice interface, good for the basics of war-driving.
NetStumbler is a tool for Windows that allows you to detect Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) using 802.11b, 802.11a and 802.11g. It has many uses:
Verify that your network is set up the way you intended.
Find locations with poor coverage in your WLAN.
Detect other networks that may be causing interference on your network.
Detect unauthorized “rogue” access points in your workplace.
Help aim directional antennas for long-haul WLAN links.
Use it recreationally for WarDriving.

15. hping

To finish off, something a little more advanced if you want to test your TCP/IP packet monkey skills.
hping is a command-line oriented TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. The interface is inspired to the ping unix command, but hping isn’t only able to send ICMP echo requests. It supports TCP, UDP, ICMP and RAW-IP protocols, has a traceroute mode, the ability to send files between a covered channel, and many other features.

16.OllyDbg

OllyDbg  is a  debugger that emphasizes binary code analysis, which is useful when source code is not available. It traces registers, recognizes procedures, API calls, switches, tables, constants and strings, as well as locates routines from object files and libraries.
According to the program’s help file, version 1.10 is the final 1.x release. Version 2.0 is in development and is being written from the ground up.
The software is free of cost, but the shareware license requires users to register with the author. The current version of OllyDbg cannot disassemble binaries compiled for 64 bit processors.

8:28 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Hardcore Windows Xp Hacking Technique Revealed By Cain & Abel - Latest Hacking Tricks

Here we use the tool "Cain and Abel" for cracking passwords of any local user/administrator.
First download cain and abel from "http://www.oxid.it/cain.html" and install it on your system.

Make sure that you have disabled the antivirus/firewall running on your system before installing and throughout this process.

Two most effective techniques used here are "Brute-Force" and "Cryptanalysis".

Brute-Force:- As this techniques takes more time to complete, the attacker prefer this technique only when there is a hope that the password contain same type of characters or may be two. i.e only loweralpha, only alpha, only numeric or may be loweralpha-numeric, also it should contain less than 7 characters. Otherwise it takes more time to crack password, which may be the mixture of all types of characters along with special symbols.
The step-by-step explaination for this technique is given below-

1) Open the tool "Cain and Abel"  

2) Go into the category "Cracker"     it displays all sub-categories under "Cracker" in left panel.

3) Select "LM & NTLM Hashes" from left panel and then click on     symbol, you will be greeted by a window as shown.

4) Check "import hashes from local system" and then click "Next". This shows all the active accounts on local system like administrator, guest, etc. along with LM and NT hashed values of their respective passwords, as shown below.

5) Right clicking on any username shows all available options using which we can crack it's password.

6) Here we select "Brute-Force Attack" and then "NTLM Hashes", since windows uses NTLM hashes to store local users' passwords.

7) You will be greeted by a window where you can modify properties for brute-force attack such as password length, character set, etc.

8) Click on "Start" button.

9) On completion it will reveal the exact password.

Thats it.having any query, mail us at  upgoingstar@yahoo.co.in

9:47 AM by Shubham Mittal · 2

How to Unlock iPhone 3G 2.2.1 with Baseband 02.30.03

1. Download iPhone 3G OS 3.0 firmware

2. Upgrade iPhone 3G 2.2.1 to 3.0 with iTunes 8.2

3. Download Redsn0w 3.0 & Jailbreak iPhone 3G 3.0 with Redsn0w & Install Cydia or Icy installer

4. Follow How to Install Ultrasn0w from Cydia Instructions.

5. Press Home button to Power Off& Insert your Third part SIM card

6. Power ON your iPhone 3G and wait untill iPhone 3G carrier popsup. if doesn’t repeat step 5 and 6.

8:08 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

How to Unlock iPhone 3G 3.0 Baseband 04.26.08

1. Download Redsn0w 0.7.2. & Jailbreak iPhone 3G 3.0 with Reds0w & Install Cydia installer

2. Follow How to Install Ultrasn0w from Cydia Instructions.

3. Press Home button to Power Off& Insert your Third part SIM card

4. Power ON your iPhone 3G and wait untill iPhone 3G carrier popsup. if doesn’t repeat step 3 and 4.

8:07 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Increase the file transfer speed to mobile (by 6 to 7 times)

Are you spending more time for copying the files to ur mobile???????

This software name is Tera copy.Nobody knows exactly what this program does , but it transfers the files to mobile very quickly. It probably uses some other protocols , that makes the transfer speed from 120kb/s up to 700-800 kb/sYou just have to put your phone in "File transfer" mode.


Download Link : http://www.codesector.com/download.php

7:40 AM by Shubham Mittal · 1

Top Five Hacking Tools Softwares : Hacking Tricks

Here's one IT professional's take on five third-party tools for Windows 2000 every system administrator should have.

There can be no doubt that with every release of Microsoft's operating system the need for third-party utilities becomes less and less. One major complaint about NT was its lack of disk quotas, something Unix has included since day one. A number of companies noticed this oversight and produced a product that did the trick. The release of Windows 2000 saw disk quotas become part of the OS, thus making the need to purchase this type of software an irrelevance for the majority of companies.

Whether you agree with Microsoft's policy of continually adding features to its products that were once available only from other sources is one for debate. But in my role as a network administrator, I still find a need to seek out additional software to help make my job a lot easier. I'm sure everyone has their favorite must-have utilities, but these are my top five must-have add-on products for Windows 2000.

Server Monitor Lite

Server Monitor Lite is an invaluable monitoring product that allows you to monitor your servers centrally and get notified if a problem occurs. I use this utility to ping all my servers periodically, watch for low disk space, keep an eye on critical services, and make sure the company intranet is still accessible for my users. For more information, see http://www.purenetworking.net/Products/ServerMonitor/ServerMonitor.htm.

Lost Password Recovery

Have you inherited systems for which nobody knows the local administrator password, or do you have users that need access to Word, Excel, or Access documents that are password-protected and nobody knows the password? Well, this handy little product will save the day. It lets you reset the password on a huge array of systems. For more information, see http://www.lostpassword.com.

Data Replicator

Do you need to copy files from one system to another on a regular basis? Data Replicator makes this job much easier—it allows you to watch files or folders for changes, and then replicate them to another location. You can copy files across a LAN, WAN, or via FTP, which makes Data Replicator a great alternative to traditional backup software. For more information, see http://www.purenetworking.net/Products/DataReplicator/DataReplicator.htm.

Virtual Network Computing (VNC)

Take control of your remote servers from the comfort of your desk. VNC lets you control Windows, Unix, and Mac machines. For more information, see http://www.realvnc.com.

Network View

With this handy tool, you'll never need to draw out your network. It automatically generates a network diagram for you within minutes. For more information, see http://www.networkview.com.

5:10 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Recover or Crack or Hack Into Password From Microsoft Access database (mdb) file

A few days ago, i ws jst exploring ma pc files n rite there, i went through a mdb file , n the most irritating thing ws that, it ws passwrd protected..

So i simpply thought to break into it.
While going thru the starting phase, First I thought that this was a very time consuming task, but as I searched on Google I found a great number of utilities to do that kind of password recovery / crack, but none of the shiny tools I found in the first round were free, so I searched on and found a free utility called Access PassView – and it’s able to do the job. I tried to password protect a sample access database and it worked – it recovered the password within less than a second :)



The author of Access PassView mentions that it has a few limitations; In Access 2000/XP files, it cannot recover passwords that contains more than 18 characters and it’s only able to recover the main database password. It cannot recover the user-level passwords.

You can download Access PassView from this location.

11:06 PM by Shubham Mittal · 0

How to break passwords of pdf files.

If you google the issue, you can find lots of shareware tools, which can do the job. But almost all of them are just demo version for free download and you have to buy them in order to be able to use them for any meaningful purpose. So, what is the solution if you want to open password protected pdf files for free.
PDFCrack – Open Source PDF Password Cracker

I just found a tool for doing that, but it is not for the Windows users. It is for the Linux users and works only in the command line mode. The GUI and Windows based version can be developed using Cygwin, but I was not able to find whether it has been done by somebody or not.


PDFCrack is a GNU/Linux (other POSIX-compatible systems should work too) tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF-files. It is small, command line driven without external dependencies. The application is Open Source (GPL).

pdf password cracker
Features of this PDF Password Remover

* Supports the standard security handler (revision 2, 3 and 4) on all known PDF-versions
* Supports cracking both owner and userpasswords
* Both wordlists and bruteforcing the password is supported
* Simple permutations (currently only trying first character as Upper Case)
* Save/Load a running job
* Simple benchmarking
* Optimised search for owner-password when user-password is known

[Download PDFCrack]

9:24 PM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Reset your Forgotten default gateway's Router's (192.168.1.1) password.

In case you have forgotten or lost your 192.168.1.1 router password, then you can try different combination of username passwords. In case, you are like most of other users, who do not bother to change the default login settings of the devices, then your choices can be …


1. username: <admin> / password: <admin>
2. username: <>/<admin>
3. username: <admin>/<password>

In most cases, you will be able to retrieve the access. In case you are not able to do that, and you are not able to remember the lost password of 192.168.1.1, then the only option left is to use the hardware reset button on the router. Just remember to press the reset button for at least 30 seconds, otherwise the router may not be able to reset itself to the factory settings.

Once the router settings are reset, just use try to use the different username password combination we have described above.

9:21 PM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Free Download Google hacks : Tool For hacking :

Google Hack is a compilation of carefully crafted google searches that exposes Novel Functionality from Google Search And maps Services.
You can use it to view a timeline of your search results, view a ma, search for music, search for music, search for books, or other specific kind of searches...
The main feature of this program is that you guys can use google as a proxy by this software.




Download it Here...

Google Hacks 1.3 u3g- http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/Google%20Hacks1.6.u3p

Google Hacks 1.3 MAC DMG- http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/GoogleHacks%201.6.dmg

Google Hacks 1.3 LINUX- http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/GoogleHacks1.6.tar.gz

Google Hacks 1.3 MAC BIN CLASSIC- http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/Google%20Hacks%201.6%20%28Classic%29.bin

Google Hacks 1.3 MAC BIN- http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/Google%20Hacks%201.6.bin

Google Hacks 1.3 SOURCE- http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/Google%20Hacks%201.6%20Source.zip

Google Hacks 1.3 ZIP- http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/Google%20Hacks%201.6.zip

Google Hacks 1.3 Windows- http://googlehacks.googlecode.com/files/GoogleHacksSetup1.6.exe

10:53 PM by Shubham Mittal · 0