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06/22/2015

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08/26/2012

Eagle Virtual OS Beta Version - by Eagle Software Inc. - Copyright 2012 - Eagle Software Inc.

06/29/2012

***System Info Pro v3.0 Released - 06/28/2012***

Recently Changed in this version:

- Auto Login Feature (Improved)
- Minor bug Fixes
- Some icon improvements
- Performance improvements

You can download it for free from our website

eaglesoftware.weebly.com/eagle-system-info-pro.html

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Eagle System Info Pro - Free Download

06/24/2012

***Eagle System Info Pro - Released - 24/06/2012***

You can download it free from our website - Downloads Section

Eagle System Info Pro can retrieve all your system information including your complete Computer info such as, BIOS, CPU, Drives and Volumes, Input Devices, Network, Ports, Sound, USB Device and Video. Also your Operating System complete info such as, Components, Desktop, Drivers, Environment Variables, Event Viewer, File Types, Fonts, Installed Programs, Multimedia Codecs, OEM Information, Processes, Services, Shares, Special Folders, Startup Programs, User Info and Visual Styles. In addition, It can retrieve your computer's complete info about Win32 Class Explorer, including Win32 Hardware, Win32 Memory, Win32 Network, Win32 Storage, Win32 System and Win32 Users.

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06/13/2012

***How to Create Your Own Customized Run Commands***

The Run command on Microsoft Windows operating system allows you to directly open an application or document with just a single command instead of navigating to it’s location and double-clicking the executable icon. However, it only works for some of the inbuilt Windows programs such as Command prompt (cmd), Calculator (calc) etc. So, have you ever wondered how to create your own customized Run commands for accessing your favorite programs, files and folders? Well, read on to find out the answer.

Creating the Customized Run Command:

Let me take up an example of how to create a customized run command for opening the Internet explorer. Once you create this command, you should be able to open the Internet explorer just by typing “ie” (without quotes) in the Run dialog box. Here is how you can do that.

1. Right click on your Desktop and select New -> Shortcut.

2. You will see a “Create Shortcut” Dialog box as shown above

3. Click on “Browse”, navigate to: Program Files -> Internet Explorer from your Root drive (usually C:\) and select “iexplore” as shown in the above figure and click on “OK”.

4. Now click on “Next” and type any name for your shortcut. You can choose any name as per your choice; this will be your customized “Run command”. In this case I name my shortcut as “ie”. Click on “Finish”.

5. You will see a shortcut named “ie” on your desktop. All you need to do is just copy this shortcut and paste it in your Windows folder (usually “C:/Windows”). Once you have copied the shortcut onto your Windows folder, you can delete the one on your Desktop.

6. That’s it! From now on, just open the Run dialog box, type ie and hit Enter to open the Internet Explorer.

In this way you can create customized Run commands for any program of your choice. Say “ff” for Firefox, “ym” for Yahoo messenger, “wmp” for Windows media player and so on.

To do this, when you click on “Browse” in the Step-3, just select the target program’s main executable (.exe) file which will usually be located in the C:\Program Files folder. Give a simple and short name for this shortcut as per your choice and copy the shortcut file onto the Windows folder as usual. Now just type this short name in the Run dialog box to open the program.

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06/01/2012

***Powerful malware for espionage discovered by Kaspersky***

After Stuxnet and Duqu, Kaspersky Labs have unearthed a new malware with similar function, much greater complexity and sophistication. Dubbed ‘The Flame’, this malware was discovered when the UN’s International Telecommunication Union contacted the lab to investigate an unknown piece of code which was deleting sensitive information across the Middle East.

When Kaspersky made its finding public on Monday, they declared that Flame was the “most complex threats ever discovered” which redefines cyber-warfare and espionage. Flame has been described by the Kaspersky as a sophisticated attack toolkit that propagates through network or removable media. The malware’s functions include sniffing packets on the network, taking screenshots, logging keystrokes and even record conversation using a computer’s built-in microphone when available.

Flame’s high-order logic has been written in Lua scripting language, while the subroutines and libraries that do the actual dirty-work have been complied using C++. It also has libraries for compressions, database manipulation, and even a Lua virtual machine.

This puts the entire package’s size at unusually large 20 megabytes, with just the Lua portion of the code running into 3000 lines. Kasperky’s also believe that Flame’s modular nature has been used to update the malware, and as such there may be multiple version of Flame floating around.

The malware is most active in Iran, the Middle East and some parts of Northeast Africa. Using historical data and using the process of elimination, Kaspersky seems to be fairly confident that Flame is a state-developed malware.

Eagle Software Inc.

05/30/2012

****Know More About Trojans and Backdoors****

A Trojan horse is an unauthorized program contained within a legitimate program. This unauthorized program performs functions unknown (and probably unwanted) by the user.

It is a legitimate program that has been altered by the placement of unauthorized code within it; this code performs functions unknown (and probably unwanted) by the user.
Any program that appears to perform a desirable and necessary function but that (because of unauthorized code within it that is unknown to the user) performs functions unknown (and definitely unwanted) by the user.

How Trojan Work?

Attacker gets access to the trojaned system as the system goes online
By way of the access provided by the trojan attacker can stage attacks of different types.


**Various Trojan Types:

Remote Access Trojans
Password Sending Trojans
Keyloggers
Destructive
Denial Of Service (DoS) Attack Trojans
Proxy/Wingate Trojans
FTP Trojans
Software Detection Killers

**Modes of Transmission:

Attachments
Physical Access
Browser And E-mail Software Bugs
NetBIOS (File Sharing)
Fake Programs
Un-trusted Sites And Freeware Software

**Backdoor Countermeasures

1- Most commercial ant-virus products can automatically scan and detect backdoor programs before they can cause damage (Eg. before accessing a floppy, running exe or downloading mail).

2- Educate your users not to install applications downloaded from the internet and e-mail attachments.

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05/29/2012

****How to Change User Information in Windows****

On a regular basis, people ask me questions about changing user information, the information you provided when you installed Windows. You can change it. Here is a step-by-step instruction.

1. Open the Registry Editor (Type regedit inside the Run box and hit Enter)

2. Navigate to the following key

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\ CurrentVersion
3. Look for the following details and make necessary changes as follows

>>RegisteredOrganization
The name of the organization (Change this to your desired organization)
>>RegisteredOwner
The name of the user (Change this to your desired name)

These changes are reflected in the system instantaneously and requies no reboot. You can confirm this by seeing the system properties (Right-Click on “My Computer” icon and select properties).

Both are REG_SZ values. Changing the registered organization and owner names doesn’t affect installed applications. However, applications that you install after changing these values are likely to pick up the new names.

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05/27/2012

****How to Identify and Avoid Phishing Scams****
Phishing is a form of social engineering technique used by hackers to gather sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by posing as a trustworthy person/organization. Since most online users are unaware of the techniques used in carrying out a phishing attack, they often fall victims and hence, phishing can be very effective.
With the dramatic increase in the number of phishing scams in the recent years, there has also been a steady rise in the number of people being victimized. Lack of awareness among the people is the prime reason behind such attacks. This article will try to create awareness and educate the users about such online scams and frauds.
Phishing scams usually send an email message to users requesting for their personal information, or redirects them to a website where they are required to enter their personal information. Here are some of the tips that can be used to identify various phishing techniques and stay away from it.

Identifying a Phishing Scam

1. Beware of emails that demand for an urgent response from your side. Some of the examples are:

You may receive an email which appears to have come from your bank or financial organization stating that “your bank account is limited due to an unauthorized activity. Please verify your account asap so as to avoid permanent suspension”. In most cases, you are requested to follow a link (URL) that takes you to spoofed webpage (similar to your bank website) and enter your login details over there.
In some cases, phishing emails may ask you to make a phone call. There may be a person or an audio response waiting on the other side of the phone to take away your credit cards details, account number, social security number or other valuable data.

2. Phishing emails are generally not personalized. Since they target a large number of online users, they usually use generalized texts like “Dear valued customer”, “Dear PayPal user” etc. to address you. However, some phishing emails can be an exception to this rule.

3. When you click on the links contained in a phishing email, you will most likely be taken to a spoofed webpage with official logos and information that looks exactly same as that of the original webpages of your bank or financial organization. Pay attention to the URL of a website before you enter any of your personal information over there. Even though malicious websites look identical to the legitimate site, it often uses a different domain or variation in the spelling. For example, instead of paypal.com, a phishing website may use different addresses such as:
papyal.com
paypal.org
verify-paypal.com
xyz.com/paypal/verify-account/

Tips to Avoid Being a Victim of Phishing

1. Do not respond to suspicious emails that ask you to give your personal information. If you are unsure whether an email request is legitimate, verify the same by calling the respective bank/company. Always use the telephone numbers printed on your bank records or statements and not those mentioned in the suspicious email.

2. Don’t use the links in an email, instant messenger or chat conversation to enter a website. Instead, always type the URL of the website on your browser’s address bar to get into a website.
3. Legitimate websites always use a secure connection (https://) on those pages which are intended to gather sensitive data such as usernames and passwords, account numbers or credit card details. You will see a lock icon in your browser’s address bar which indicates a secure connection.

4. Always use a good antivirus software, firewall and email filters to filter the unwanted traffic. Also ensure that your browser is up-to-date with the necessary patches being applied.

5. Report a “phishing attack” or “spoofed emails” to the following groups so as to stop such attacks from spreading all over the Internet:

You can directly send an email to [email protected] [email protected] reporting an attack. You can also notify the Internet Crime Complaint Center of the FBI by filing a complaint on their website: www.ic3.gov.

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05/13/2012

***Update available for Eagle Web Browser Pro***

Update Version 4.1
Recently changed in this version:

- New / Update icons
- Improved Performance
- (Fix) History Viewer
- Various bug fixes

http://eaglesoftware.weebly.com/downloads.html

Eagle Software Inc.

Eagle Web Brower Pro - Free Download

05/13/2012

***What is CAPTCHA and How it Works?***

CAPTCHA or Captcha (pronounced as cap-ch-uh) which stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart” is a type of challenge-response test to ensure that the response is only generated by humans and not by a computer. In simple words, CAPTCHA is the word verification test that you will come across the end of a sign-up form while signing up for Gmail or Yahoo account. The following image shows the typical samples of CAPTCHA.
Almost every Internet user will have an experience of CAPTCHA in their daily Internet usage, but only a few are aware of what it is and why they are used. So in this post you will find a detailed information on how CAPTCHA works and why they are used.


What Purpose does CAPTCHA Exactly Serve?
CAPTCPA is mainly used to prevent automated software (bots) from performing actions on behalf of actual humans. For example while signing up for a new email account, you will come across a CAPTCHA at the end of the sign-up form so as to ensure that the form is filled out only by a legitimate human and not by any of the automated software or a computer bot. The main goal of CAPTCHA is to put forth a test which is simple and straight forward for any human to answer but for a computer, it is almost impossible to solve.


What is the Need to Create a Test that Can Tell Computers and Humans Apart?
For many the CAPTCHA may seem to be silly and annoying, but in fact it has the ability to protect systems from malicious attacks where people try to game the system. Attackers can make use of automated softwares to generate a huge quantity of requests thereby causing a high load on the target server which would degrade the quality of service of a given system, whether due to abuse or resource expenditure. This can affect millions of legitimate users and their requests. CAPTCHAs can be deployed to protect systems that are vulnerable to email spam, such as the services from Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail.


Who Uses CAPTCHA?
CAPTCHAs are mainly used by websites that offer services like online polls and registration forms. For example, Web-based email services like Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail offer free email accounts for their users. However upon each sign-up process, CAPTCHAs are used to prevent spammers from using a bot to generate hundreds of spam mail accounts.


Designing a CAPTCHA System
CAPTCHAs are designed on the fact that computers lack the ability that human beings have when it comes to processing visual data. It is more easily possible for humans to look at an image and pick out the patterns than a computer. This is because computers lack the real intelligence that humans have by default. CAPTCHAs are implemented by presenting users with an image which contains distorted or randomly stretched characters which only humans should be able to identify. Sometimes characters are striked out or presented with a noisy background to make it even more harder for computers to figure out the patterns.

Most, but not all, CAPTCHAs rely on a visual test. Some Websites implement a totally different CAPTCHA system to tell humans and computers apart. For example, a user is presented with 4 images in which 3 contains picture of animals and one contain a flower. The user is asked to select only those images which contain animals in them. This Turing test can easily be solved by any human, but almost impossible for a computer.


Breaking the CAPTCHA
The challenge in breaking the CAPTCHA lies in real hard task of teaching a computer how to process information in a way similar to how humans think. Algorithms with artificial intelligence (AI) will have to be designed in order to make the computer think like humans when it comes to recognizing the patterns in images. However there is no universal algorithm that could pass through and break any CAPTCHA system and hence each CAPTCHA algorithm must have to be tackled individually. It might not work 100 percent of the time, but it can work often enough to be worthwhile to spammers.

Copy Right 2012 - Eagle Software Inc.

04/24/2012

***4 Ways to Identify Safe Websites on the Internet***

In the whole Internet, there are approximately more than 150 million active websites up and running. As a result, it often becomes a real challenge for the users to identify safe websites that are trustworthy and reputed. Have you ever wondered to know the reputation of a website before placing the order? Need to know whether a given website is child safe? Well, here are some of the ways to identify safe websites on the Web.

1. WOT or Web Of Trust (www.mywot.com):

WOT is a great place to test the reputation of your favorite website. WOT gives real-time ratings for every website based on the feedback that it gets from millions of trustworthy users across the globe and trusted sources, such as phishing and malware blacklists. Each domain name is evaluated based on this data and ratings are applied to them accordingly.

Trustworthiness:
signifies the overall safety of the website. A poor rating may indicate that the site is associated with threats like Internet scams, phishing, identity theft risks and malware. For more information on phishing, you may refer my other post on how to identify and avoid phishing scams.

Vendor:
reliability tells you whether a given site is safe for carrying out buy and sell transactions with it. An excellent rating indicates superior customer satisfaction while a poor rating indicates possible scam or bad shopping experience.

Privacy:
indicates about “to what extent the site respects the privacy of it’s users and protects their personal identity and data”.

Child Safety indicates whether the content of a given site is appropriate for children. Site contents like sexual material, nudity and vulgarity will have a poor Child Safety rating.

In most cases, the WOT ratings are found to be highly accurate. To check the reputation of any given website, just visit www.mywot.com type-in the address of your favorite website and click on “Check now”. This tool alone can tell you a lot about the reputation and safety level of a website.

2. McCafee SiteAdvisor:

McCafee SiteAdvisor is a free tool that is available as a browser add-on. It adds safety ratings to your browser and search engine results. You can download it from www.siteadvisor.com.

3. StopBadware:

Using this tool, you can check whether a given site is said to have involved in malware activity in the past. To check this, go to http://www.stopbadware.org/home/reportsearch and enter the URL or domain name of a website and click on “Search Clearinghouse ”. If the search does not return any result, that means the site was never involved in any of the malware activity in the past.

4. Google Pagerank:

Google PageRank is another great tool to check the reputation and popularity of a website. The PageRank tool rates every webpage on a scale of 1 to 10 which indicates Google’s view of importance of the page. If a given website has a PageRank of less than 3, then it is said to be less popular among the other sites on the Internet.
However, PageRank will only tell you how much popular a given website is and has nothing to do with the safety level of a website. So, this tool alone cannot be used to evaluate a website’s safety and other factors.
PageRank feature is available as a part of Google Toolbar. You can install Google Toolbar from http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/toolbar/ie/index.html

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