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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Lock ur PC Using Mouse













 
Interesting try it out.

We all are getting lazier day by day, this mail promotes laziness to the core!
  
Generally we use Alt+Ctrl+Del or Windows+L to lock our PCs; it would be much better if we could do that by the click of a mouse. Here's how to do it :

1. Right click an empty spot on the desktop, point to New and click Shortcut.
2. In the Create Shortcut dialog box, copy the following into the 'Type the location' of the item text box:
   "rundll32 user32.dll,LockWorkStation" remove quotes while typing.
3. Click Next.
4. In "Type a name for this shortcut", type LOCK and Click Finish.
5. Now just double click on the icon, your desktop will be locked.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Clipboard Hack Problem - Shocking news about CTRL+C

Clipboard Hack Problem - Shocking news about CTRL+C

Ctrl+C may be the most important work we do everyday. But it's not a very
safe thing to do. Read on to know why. What happens when you press Ctrl+C
while you are online. We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting
elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from
the net by a combination of Javascripts and ASP. This is called clipboard
hack problem.

Just try this:
1. Copy any text by Ctrl + C
2. Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp
3. You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page.

Surprised! I know you are because i was also surprised to see it. Do not
keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the
clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text
stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information. Forward this
information to as many friends as you can, to save them from online frauds!

It is true, text you last copied for pasting (copy & paste) can be stolen
when you visit web sites using a combination of JavaScript and ASP (or PHP,
or CGI) to write your possible sensitive data to a database on another
server.

How Cipboard Hack is done?

The Clipboard hack is done by the following Source Code:



How to safeguard yourself from Clipboard Hack Problem?

To avoid clipboard hack problem, do the following:
1. Go to internet options->security.
2. Press custom level.
3. In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations
via script. (Scripting sub heading)

Now the contents of your clipboard are safe.

Interestingly, this hack works only on internet explorer, and not on
Mozilla Firefox browser. Please forward this article to as many friends as
you can to make them aware of this issue with CTRL+C.