Guest guest Posted January 10, 2002 Report Share Posted January 10, 2002 /Jay gurudev/ Okay i am honoured to do a gurusewa over here though this posting isn't about spritualism or mty. I read about Anu didi's problem and i felt that u people should know a little more about virus, trojans and their protection. The field of computer is very vast and this is certainly insufficient but these are all according to my own experience as i had a craze to become a hacker..though i am not i have learnt quite a few things that i think everyone should know. many people fear from the word virus and mostly worms, trojans are grouped under it too. But this is not the case. Virus as i was taught is "Vital Information And Resources Under Seize" that means if you catch a virus in some ways (floppy , internet attachment) it means that it'll probably do something bad that ur programs wont load, your documents may be damaged and u may get a hard time. There are many types of viruses but since their major work is damage lets group them into "Destructive" category. Next comes Trojans. trojan is not necessarily a virus but a complex program which tries to do more as it is composed of client and server and has many options. client is a program used to control the infected computer(host) infected with a server. A hacker can send the server in many different ways. a lot of codes are attached to the server so that it leaks out your ip adress( a personal identification of any computer connected to the internet) and makes it easy for client to connect. So what methods hacker can use? Many one can attach the server with pictures and other programs so that infact when u think other program or picture is loading/seen the server executes itself and will be executing everytime you start your computer. Now a days Remote Access Trojans(RAt's) are very common. if you infect a computer with server you could control it with a client anywhere in the world. the problem is serious that client can download important files from your harddrive c ur passwords etc.. Heavy duty trojans like sub7 can do screencapture( sends a picture of your computer screen), can on microphone or webcams and transfer your picture, sounds to the hacker. So though viruses may be damaging, trojans can be double damaging depending upon the attitude of the hacker. Now about worms they are like worms. they need not be damaging coz they're mainly built for internet purpose like they attach to outlook or email programs and may be sending unwanted emails, preventing u from doing something or even providing the environment for a possibly dangerous virus to be sent through email. So much for the 3 now lets discuss about protecting yourself. i recommend you to use at least 3 antivirus programs. coz some virus detected by one cannot be detected by other and vice versa. Dont ever make your windows directory to c:\Windows change its name to anything like c:\Win98 Enable real time protections of antiviruses. You should try downloading TDS( trojan defence suite)or buying TDS ( u can get it from downloads.com i think)coz its the best defence against trojans because it detects newest spysoftwares and trojans though lacking in update because it was built very nicely. if u sadhaks can manage lil bit of cunningness you can find cracks for it. okay there are a lot of programs running in background..and though we c the programs running if we press ctrl+alt+del a far lot more programs maybe running inthe back ground that may be a virus/trojan/worm/spysoftwares. The best method to insure that your computer when started loads only the necessary programs is;- go to start and then in run type msconfig and press enter than go to startup and unclick the boxes of the programs u find funny/ suspicious or useless. this prevents the program from loading next time and you are saved from the virus/trojan/worms loading everytime you start and sending ur personal information or damaging. though this simple trick is 80% effective there are some hard ways hackers use programs to load everytime. i am sending you a processviewer that lets u c every program runing..its upto you to find out which one is useful and which one is not and to kill its process. its very handy to me as may trojans simply cease to exist if unchecked in the msconfig box or killing it. iam afraid to say that antivirus programs are very stupid. as though it detects a dangerous virus/file. once compressed it, the av's dont detect so you have to extra careful and have lots of knowledge yourself. And frankly once ur computer is infected with a destructive virus.. you can say byebye to av's as antivirus are only useful to block viruses..but if viruses make through..cleaning may not be done properly..so the best method is to make backups ..format/reinstall...scan backups and put everything fresh..many viruses infect executibles...meaning they add extra bits of information to executibles like internet explorer etc sot hat they cease to function..so if ur infected ur in trouble..creating rescue disks may help but there is no 100% solution. one should make a habit of doing backups as soon as possible. As for my information..as i have found many cybercafes having spy softwares. that means they store your password..see your typings etc. i found this quite annoying as having to loose your password and other people seeing your personal typings etc is very serious. pondering it i came to a pretty interesting conclusion.. you just create a fake email adress and keep the process viewer there.. when you go to cybercafes first you go there and download it and run it.. THIS IS NOT A FIRST TIME ACT AS IT INVOLVES LEARNING IN YOUR PART TOO. then you c what programs are running in the back ground ( its up to you to decide the important files the computer may be needing like kernel32.dll, explorer.exe etc) and with constant checking u find out that there are similar programs running in every computer and in some computers some extra programs are running. which u can kill of course.. this saves you from being theift from ur valuable information) everyprogram running will be shown there for example microsoft messenger will be shown as msmsgs.exe and if u kill it u'll c ms messenger vanishes. though simple trick its very useful as it closes possible spysoftware and trojans). Though i am not satisfied with the content of this email i cannot explain every bits of information . its upto you..if you want to be saved from hacking, Trojans etc u got to know about them too..in my opinion.....like diamond cutsdiamond.. i hope this babbling is of some use to you all. jay gurudev i have attached the process viewer "Love in its absolute and pure form is all compassionate all pervaiding all divine but often in the world petty selfishness assumes the name of love and rules the world with hatred" Send FREE video emails in Mail. Attachment: (application/octet-stream) PrcView.exe [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2002 Report Share Posted January 10, 2002 , Amit Shrestha <amit_enigma> wrote: > > /Jay gurudev/ > > Okay i am honoured to do a gurusewa over here though this posting isn't about spritualism or mty. I read about Anu didi's problem and i felt that u peop.... jaigurudev dear amit, your babbling was definitely of use to me. i definitely learnt new things, and am trying to see if i can make use of it. of course if i can't, be sure i will bother you love anu ashish, true there should be sisters. i am sure there are some. i read a few names too. Let us hope they get more active. but what about brothers. amit, you ignored my plea to post your vews on sadhak. but finea syou wish.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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