Fortunately every modification is reverted quickly enough. I couldn't imagine if the content is permanently modified and my blog will look crippled. Haha...
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Imageshack hacked
Most of the images in my blog are hosted by imageshack and flickr. Earlier today, imageshack was hacked and most (if not all) images are modified to display this:
Fortunately every modification is reverted quickly enough. I couldn't imagine if the content is permanently modified and my blog will look crippled. Haha...
Fortunately every modification is reverted quickly enough. I couldn't imagine if the content is permanently modified and my blog will look crippled. Haha...
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Mac+Ipod Discovery Week (Last Day)
I failed to get myself the Ipod Nano miserably yesterday. I believe in the phrase "as long as there is a will, there is a way". I woke up 5 in the morning today, reached Midvalley at 6am. There was already a few camping at the counter.
Waiting for about 4 hours in wee hours is definitely a new experience. Thankfully, I got to know some of those who were waiting and our chit chatting burned time gracefully.
At 10am, I got my queue number!
After some further waiting till about 11am, the sales system boots up and tada!!!
Like everyday, there will be people arguing that they should get the Ipod. The stock ran short of one before everyone collected their Ipod. Not sure how the conflict is solved; there were none left in machines, moreover 9 units was pre-dispatched earlier on due to previous conflict and argument.
I got myself a DLO HipCase leather pouch that the staffs recommended to protect the Nano. Couldn't wait to charge up the Ipod Nano to try. A big thanks to my parents who waited all along with me :D
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Mac+Ipod Discovery Week
From 1st July till 5th July, there will be Mac+Ipod discovery week. Apple desktop, laptop, music equipment, Leica photography equipment and ipods are displayed at the centre court of Midvalley.
The early bird promotion is definitely a killer. Today, I woke up at 7am, went to Midvalley before lights are up. At first glance, the booths were empty. Alas, to my surprise, there was a loooong queue at the purchasing counter. Crap.
There were many more people in the front (out of line of sight) and several behind me. Knowing that I am definitely not the first 30, Joseph and I continued to queue the line, hoping for miracles. LOL.. Approaching 9.30AM, the staffs gave queue number, and obviously I didn't get any (I am about the 60th instead xD). Some were dissatisfied, claiming unfair practice was done by some people. Finally, those who were near the 30s were compensated with queue numbers which allow then to buy the Ipod Nano for half price.
I, end up empty handed. :(
The early bird promotion is definitely a killer. Today, I woke up at 7am, went to Midvalley before lights are up. At first glance, the booths were empty. Alas, to my surprise, there was a loooong queue at the purchasing counter. Crap.
There were many more people in the front (out of line of sight) and several behind me. Knowing that I am definitely not the first 30, Joseph and I continued to queue the line, hoping for miracles. LOL.. Approaching 9.30AM, the staffs gave queue number, and obviously I didn't get any (I am about the 60th instead xD). Some were dissatisfied, claiming unfair practice was done by some people. Finally, those who were near the 30s were compensated with queue numbers which allow then to buy the Ipod Nano for half price.
I, end up empty handed. :(
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Stop that MSN virus!
Never in my life that I am in a bad situation where I have to block my Windows Live Messenger/MSN contacts. I thought it would always be better to deal directly to the person rather than being ignorant.
Alas, I had to block 3 person in my contact list. It's not that we got into a grudge for girlfriends or money, their WLM account is sending annoying yet hazardous messages to me every few minutes. It has been months to years their account is compromised but they did not seem to notice any change. People, when someone tells you about your account being compromised, PLEASE do something about it. Your ignorance will not only be annoying but causing risk to others who may have clicked on your messages.
There are many variants of such virus but its propagation is pretty similar. The older variants send files all over the contacts. Can be named with .zip, .rar, .jpg or any file type. These file are usually small, in the range of few KB to 20KB size. Usually phrased with catchy words like "Hey, view my private photo!" or "Check out my new party pics!" or any other lame phrases including "Check out my XXX pictures". Please CHECK with the person for confirmation before accepting the file blindly.
The more recent method of propagation are HTTP link oriented. Similar lame phrases as above, including messages related to slimming pills, Viagra etc. Those links may look very real; for example http://photogbase.com/pictures.php/mengsuan. The virus are capable of intelligently adding names of yours or the sender. Again, do not open links or files when you're not expecting to receive any. Don't be a busybody.
If you have been infected, first thing to do is to try changing password. Some links are able to capture your password when you click on those malicious links. If it fails, you have no choice but to use Antivirus software, specific virus removal tools. For even more advanced users, the combination of Hijackthis and advanced virus removal tool such as Combofix may be used.
There wasn't many user friendly methods to remove WLM viruses that resides in your computer until a Messenger Plus! Live script came around. This script, named WLM Safe, requires Plus! plug in to be installed before you can use the script.
Link: http://www.msgpluslive.net/scripts/view/505-WLM-Safe/
Main Functions:
- Anti-Virus: detects and blocks infected links sent by virus in conversation windows.
- Anti-Phishing: detects and blocks phishing links sent by virus in conversation windows.
- Anti-Spam: blocks annoying spam messages sent by your contacts.
- Anti-Flood: detects flood attacks and block the authors.
- Anti-Freeze: block messages that make old messenger's versions crash.
- Anti-Copy: notifies you if one of your Messenger's contacts copy your Nickname.
- Anti-Bot: notifies you if you're chatting with a Bot.
- Anti-Hackers: notifies you if you're chatting with an Unsafe contact.
New Version Includes:
Threats Registry - Optional, logs all threats received.
Play Sounds - Optional, play sounds on popup notifications.
Process Registry - Detects infected running processes on computer.
Reduce Memory - Reduces ram memory used by Messenger.
Cache Cleaner - Deletes unuseful Messenger's temporary files.
I wish everyone a better WLM-ing experience.
Alas, I had to block 3 person in my contact list. It's not that we got into a grudge for girlfriends or money, their WLM account is sending annoying yet hazardous messages to me every few minutes. It has been months to years their account is compromised but they did not seem to notice any change. People, when someone tells you about your account being compromised, PLEASE do something about it. Your ignorance will not only be annoying but causing risk to others who may have clicked on your messages.
There are many variants of such virus but its propagation is pretty similar. The older variants send files all over the contacts. Can be named with .zip, .rar, .jpg or any file type. These file are usually small, in the range of few KB to 20KB size. Usually phrased with catchy words like "Hey, view my private photo!" or "Check out my new party pics!" or any other lame phrases including "Check out my XXX pictures". Please CHECK with the person for confirmation before accepting the file blindly.
The more recent method of propagation are HTTP link oriented. Similar lame phrases as above, including messages related to slimming pills, Viagra etc. Those links may look very real; for example http://photogbase.com/pictures.php/mengsuan. The virus are capable of intelligently adding names of yours or the sender. Again, do not open links or files when you're not expecting to receive any. Don't be a busybody.
If you have been infected, first thing to do is to try changing password. Some links are able to capture your password when you click on those malicious links. If it fails, you have no choice but to use Antivirus software, specific virus removal tools. For even more advanced users, the combination of Hijackthis and advanced virus removal tool such as Combofix may be used.
There wasn't many user friendly methods to remove WLM viruses that resides in your computer until a Messenger Plus! Live script came around. This script, named WLM Safe, requires Plus! plug in to be installed before you can use the script.
Link: http://www.msgpluslive.net/scripts/view/505-WLM-Safe/
Main Functions:
- Anti-Virus: detects and blocks infected links sent by virus in conversation windows.
- Anti-Phishing: detects and blocks phishing links sent by virus in conversation windows.
- Anti-Spam: blocks annoying spam messages sent by your contacts.
- Anti-Flood: detects flood attacks and block the authors.
- Anti-Freeze: block messages that make old messenger's versions crash.
- Anti-Copy: notifies you if one of your Messenger's contacts copy your Nickname.
- Anti-Bot: notifies you if you're chatting with a Bot.
- Anti-Hackers: notifies you if you're chatting with an Unsafe contact.
New Version Includes:
Threats Registry - Optional, logs all threats received.
Play Sounds - Optional, play sounds on popup notifications.
Process Registry - Detects infected running processes on computer.
Reduce Memory - Reduces ram memory used by Messenger.
Cache Cleaner - Deletes unuseful Messenger's temporary files.
I wish everyone a better WLM-ing experience.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Motherboard and GC Production
Ever wondered how your computer motherboard and graphics card are made from an empty board till they get into boxes selling on shelves? Also wondered what you are paying for a few hundred to thousands of ringgit for motherboard and GC? I have been into factories which makes MP3, MP4, mobile phone and sound card. Although the production is being impressive, it is not as glamorous as motherboard production which uses much larger machines. There is a new article published today (11th June) from guru3d.com which showed the Gigabyte Nan-Ping factory. Time to ramp up our knowledge!
Level up my knowledge here!
Level up my knowledge here!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
INTI-UC Intionline hacked
Our all great intionline is hacked 2 days ago till now. So far no administrators has made any comments about this issue, neither a workaround to seal the vulnerabilities.
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