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Koobface Facebook Worm – A Detailed Analysis

04 Mar, 2009 by
News, Social Media, Tech

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Just a few weeks after the deadly worm Downadup (or Conficker) and Gtalk worm Viddyho, yet another worm is making buzz, this time on the famous social networking website - Koobface. This worm had surfaced sometime before but has now morphed into a new form.

Koobface - Facebook worm 2.0

Koobface tricks you into following a link that looks like it’s from a friend. It’ll usually look like a link to a video of someone you know. Once you open the link, though, you’ll be told you need to download an update to your adobe flash video player. That update is actually the Facebook worm threat in disguise. Koobface poses to you as a Youtube page. It’ll even display your name and photo from Facebook to give a nonthreatening appearance to unsuspecting users.

facebook-worm Image Credits: TrendMicro

How Koobface Facebook Worm Spreads?

Once you agree to install the software it offers, the Koobface worm will take over your computer and hijack your Facebook account. It’ll then start sending messages to your friends in an attempt to infect them as well. It also sends and receives information from an infected...
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Easiest Way to Shutdown, Restart or Log off – Shutdown Suite

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Downloads
shutdown-suite-logo Shutdown Suite is a combination of small freeware apps that make shutting down, restarting or logging off your Windows PC a breeze. It contains two packages: "No Install" and "Installer". Each package contains different applications. In "No Install" package, there are 6 programs.

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Important thing to note is that these programs never ask for confirmation when they are launched. For Example: ShutDown Safe.exe application in this package shuts down computer immediately. But if there are any applications that have unsaved data, stops shutting down and wait for user's reply to that program's save warning. But ShutDown Force.exe ignores unsaved data and other programs and forces system to shut down. This may cause data loss. In "Installer" package, there are 3 programs: ShutDown, Reboot and LogOff. These programs have installer and uninstaller routines and display a tray icon and allows you shut down, reboot or log off your system easily via their tray icon menu. These programs also have "force" and "Start with Windows" options. Shutdown suite is completely Free and works on Windows 2000/XP/Vista. Download Shutdown...
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Top 10 Product Review Websites

02 Mar, 2009 by
Featured

top-product-review-websites Everytime a person comes across a new product - be it a television, a mobile phone or a car, he/she likes to know the opinion of those people who have already used the product atleast once. This is a normal human behavior. On the web, there are hundreds and thousands of websites which do nothing but Reviewing the new products in town. Today I am sharing my analysis on which of these product review websites make it to my Top 10 list!

Top 10 Product Review Websites

1. CNet Reviews

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CNet is the web division of CBS Interactive and over the years has proved itself to be one of the most reliable and comprehensive site for Product reviews. It covers a wide range of products - from Electronics to software to web hosting. User reviews in addition to Editor reviews on the latest products in the town make it a popular product review site. 2. ConsumerSearch

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ConsumerSearch is known for its no-nonsense website design and easy navigation. The products are neatly categorized and arranged making them "easy to access". There is a...
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A revolutionary Open Source Music Player from Mozilla – SongBird

01 Mar, 2009 by
Downloads, News
songbird-logo Mozilla has released an Open Source Music Player called SongBird. It is a customizable music player that's still under active development. Mozilla is still playing safe by saying the music player is still needed to be implemented with all the ideas they have, but still the current list of features are impressive enough to try out.

Killer Features of Mozilla SongBird Music Player

  • Media Importing - Add media to Songbird by importing from your file system or iTunes.
  • Media Playback - Songbird supports MP3, FLAC, and Vorbis on all platforms; WMA and WMA DRM on Windows; and AAC and Fairplay on Windows and Mac.
  • Cross Platform - Songbird runs on Windows, Linux and Mac.
  • Web Browser - Songbird includes an integrated web browser with features like bookmarking, tabbed browsing, and more.
  • Smart Playlists - Create dynamic playlists that automatically update based on criteria you set.
  • Custom UI - Make Songbird your own by choosing from dozens of different feathers (skins).
  • Library Management - Browse, organize, sort and search your media.
and many more

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It will soon have CD ripping with multiple encoding capabilities, Video integration and many more exciting features. You can check their Roadmap to have...
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Best posts on Technically Personal! from Feb 2009

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Tech
Too many posts to handle? If you missed out on a great post from last month, here's a quick digest of the top posts that you may want to check out:
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