From the author of the popular Remove Restriction Tool which restores task manager, regedit and folder option disabled by virus, here is iSergiwa Portable Malware Scanner or iPMS! I think the short name iPMS is not a very good name because it sounds like “I am having a PMS”!

It is only version 1 and is able to easily remove 161 types of malwares from all your hard drives, network drives, floppy disks and USB flash disks (removable media must be write enabled during the scan process). I am sure the the list of malwares that it can remove will increase in future.


To do a full scan, start your computer in safe mode and run iPMS then click START. To scan individual objects (drives, folders..) click install, this will add an item to the explorer context menu called “Scan with iPMS”. Use this item whenever you need to scan individual object.

Here is the 161 types of malwares that iSergiwa Malware Scanner currently is able to detect:
IM-Worm.Sohanad.ao
IM-Worm.Sohanad.as
IM-Worm.Sohanad.am
IM-Worm.Sohanad.ap
Email-Worm.Win32.Rays
Virus.Win32.Autorun.df
Packed.Win32.NSAnti.r
Trojan.Win32.BHO.yr
Trojan-Spy.Win32.KeyLogger.cb
Trojan-PSW.Win32.OnLineGames.edh
Virus.Win32.AutoRun.tk
IM-Worm.Win32.Qucan.r
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob.bfp
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob.biu
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.INService.mr
Worm.Win32.Agent.o
Worm.Win32.Perlovga.a
Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.aa
Trojan-IM.Win32.AimLog.a
Trojan.VBS.Zapchast.b
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Small.apl
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.AutoIt.q
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Delf.ajo
Trojan-Spy.Win32.VB.qu
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.AutoIt.aa
Trojan.VBS.Starter.a
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Zlob
Backdoor.Win32.VBbot.bt
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Klogger
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
Backdoor.Win32.Wow.23
VirTool.Win32.Ainder.b
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.AmokJoiner
HackTool.Win32.Ares.a
Backdoor.Win32.Armageddon.10
Backdoor.Win32.Armageddon.10
Backdoor.Win32.Assasin.10.a
Backdoor.Win32.Assasin.10.a
Backdoor.Win32.Assasin.10.a
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.BigJack.a
Backdoor.Win32.Bushtrommel.12
Backdoor.Win32.Bushtrommel.12
Backdoor.Win32.Bushtrommel.12
not-virus:Hoax.Win32.CardGen.e
Exploit.Win32.DebPloit
Exploit.Win32.DebPloit
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Dirt.211
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Dirt.211
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Dirt.211
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Dirt.211
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Dirt.211
is-HackTool.DowngradeAttacker
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Oblivion
Trojan-PSW.Win32.DummyLock.20
VirTool.DOS.Exe2Html
Trojan.Win32.Fakeaol
Trojan.Win32.FakeGina.a
Trojan.Win32.Ginastub
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.GoBind.a
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Fearless
Constructor.Win32.GodWill.106
Backdoor.Win32.VB.bdg
is-GoodLuck3.0.0.0
Backdoor.Win32.VB.bdg
is-GoodLuck3.0.0.1
Backdoor.Win32.Zombam.l
Backdoor.Win32.HacDef.073.a
Backdoor.Win32.HacDef.073.a
Backdoor.Win32.HacDef.073.a
HackTool.Win32.Agent.ar
Exploit.Win32.IISCrack.a
HackTool.Win32.John
Trojan-PSW.Win32.KeyLogger.10
Trojan-PSW.Win32.KeyLogger.10
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Ksniff
Trojan-Spy.Win32.KeySpy.651
not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.OcyKeySpy.10
Backdoor.Win32.MiniCommander.13
Backdoor.Win32.MiniCommander.13
Backdoor.Win32.MiniCommander.13
Backdoor.Win32.MiniCommander.13
Backdoor.Win32.MiniCommander.13
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Msgate.01
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Msgate.01
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.MultiBinder.141
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.MultiBinder.141
HackTool.Win32.Munga.a
not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.SrvCmd
Backdoor.Win32.NetDevil.15
Backdoor.Win32.NetDevil.15
Backdoor.Win32.NetDevil.15
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.AmokJoiner
not-a-virus:Monitor.Win32.OcyKeySpy.10
Exploit.Win32.CAN.2001-1122
Exploit.Win32.CAN.2001-1122
Exploit.Win32.CAN.2001-1122
Backdoor.Win32.Oblivion.01.c
Backdoor.Win32.Oblivion.01.c
Backdoor.Win32.Oblivion.01.c
Trojan.Win32.AphexSniffer.011
Trojan.Win32.AphexSniffer.011
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.PassDumper.10
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.Pqwak.10
not-a-virus:Server-Proxy.Win32.Mabry
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.PWDump.3
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.PWDump.3
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.PWDump.3
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.RePWL
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.RePWL
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.RePWL
not-a-virus:PSWTool.Win32.RePWL
HackTool.Win32.Remoxec.101
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Joiner.u
Trojan-Spy.Win32.SCKeyLog.b
Trojan-Spy.Win32.SCKeyLog.b
HackTool.Win32.VB.q
Trojan.Win32.Sehole.a
Trojan.Win32.Sehole
Trojan-Spy.Win32.SilentLog.a
Trojan-Spy.Win32.SilentLog.a
VirTool.Win32.ST.20.a
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.TopBinder
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.TopBinder
VirTool.Win32.Topo.12
not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC-based.b
Backdoor.Win32.AckCmd
Backdoor.Win32.Tiny.b
Backdoor.Win32.AckCmd
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Tiny.101
HackTool.Win32.Unisploit.21
Constructor.VBS.Alamar.20.b
not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC.333
Backdoor.Win32.Delf.bf
Backdoor.Win32.Delf.bf
VirTool.DOS.WeirdBinder
HackTool.Win32.Whoisadm
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Whomp.10
Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Whomp.10
not-a-virus:NetTool.Win32.Winfingerprint
Backdoor.Win32.WinShell.50
Backdoor.Win32.Wollf.14
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Yabinder.102
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Pino.11
Trojan-Spy.Win32.Pino.11
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.Zyon
Backdoor.Win32.NetDevil.15
not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC-based.b
Trojan.Win32.Dialer.oi
Backdoor.Win32.Assasin.10.a
Packed.Win32.NSAnti.r

Too bad Brontok is not in the list. To clean and remove Brontok virus, you’ll need to use Sergiwa’s other product CaSIR.

[ Download iPMS – iSergiwa Portable Malware Scanner ]

Ever wondered why some people can be so smart in doing everything? No matter what they do, they seems to have an easier way of doing it rather than us struggling to get it right? I found a blog site that has a list of websites containing library of free video lessons, video tutorials, video lectures & video how to guides. It’s much better than those websites that provide written tips because you don’t get to see how it’s being done. If you have a video that shows you how to do it, accompanied with written instructions, the chances of you getting it wrong is very slim. There are thousands of how to video tutorials FREE for you to view! Some of the weird and interesting ones are like “How To Fold A T-Shirt In 2 Seconds”, “How To Undo Her Bra With One Hand” and etc… It has videos on every category you can think of.


Just to make it short, Digital Inspiration listed 4 video tutorial websites.
– VideoJug.com

Notes about VideoJug: Of all video tutorial websites, I liked this the most. You can download the videos but it requires you to sign up for free. VideoJug project was started by a person named David Tabizel. He is in his early forties, married with 2 children & have a Golden Retriever called Monty. This idea came about when he had a flat tyre and looked on the Internet for a film to help him, but to no avail. VideoJug relies on advertising and sponsorship to maintain this free service.

– SuTree.com

Notes about SuTree: There are currently 5043 lessons in SuTree. SuTree does not host the videos on their website and is an online aggregator of video tutorials from various video hosting websites such as YouTube, metacafe and etc…

– 5min.com

Notes about 5min: The reason this website is called 5min because of a very simple one: any solution can be visually explained in no more than 5 minutes. None of the tutorial videos at this website is longer than 5 minutes. To view the videos, you need to have the latest version of Adobe Flash player.

– About.com

Notes about About.com videos: A lot of videos as well and I have to agree with Digital Inspiration that their web design can be better. This current one looks old, boring and full of advertisements. You can’t download the videos here and also they don’t provide the URL for you to share or embed the video to your website.

No matter what I wrote above, all 4 video tutorial websites above is great! What you want is to learn from the videos to make you wiser.

Source: Digital Inspiration

You can professionalized your IE7 using IE7Pro add-on. IE7Pro is an add-on for Internet Explorer 7 which adds lots of features and extras that make your IE easier, more useful, more secure and more customizable. IE7Pro doesn’t make any changes on the looks of Internet Explorer. This add-on will include some functions in your Internet Explorer browser that by default already has in Firefox browser. So is IE still behind Firefox? It’s an argument that would go on forever!

Like I said before, I use both browsers because some page loads better in Firefox and some in IE7. So I constantly find ways to improve my Firefox and IE browser. IE7Pro is FREE and the installation setup is only 520KB in size. After installation, you’ll find IE7Pro settings at Tools -> IE7pro Preferences. There might be a small icon on the top right of your Internet Explorer browser.

Clicking on the icon also brings up the IE7Pro settings.


One of the default feature I like in Firefox is crash recovery. Let’s say your browser suddenly hung because of one stupid website and you need to end the process. When you start back the Firefox browser, you’ll loose all the page you were viewing. Crash recovery enables gives you the option to bring back all the tabs and windows you were viewing. That’s handy! Now you can have that in your Internet Explorer with IE7Pro. When you reopen Internet Explorer after crashing, it will prompt if you want to restore your last session.

You can also spoof your User-Agent so that websites wouldn’t know the actual browser you’re using. Another very good option for people who like anonymity is proxy. You can enter a proxy address and then press CTRL+F9 to toggle it on or off. I think they can improvise it by entering a list of proxies instead of only 1 proxy address.

If you have a fast connection, you can improve the speed of loading the page by setting the maximum connections per server. This determines the number of parts of a webpage (i.e. images, HTML) that IE will download at once. The default is four; if you have a fast connection then setting it to 10 (or possibly higher) may speed up page load times.

It has a lot of other nice features which might be helpful to you. Do check it out!

[ Download IE7Pro ]

I have been feeling safe for a while because of using LastPass which auto fills my username and password on web forms and also using KeyScrambler when I needed to type password into applications such as Windows Live Messenger, PuTTy, CuteFTP and etc… KeyScrambler seems light with very little memory usage but it does make me feel that there’s a little lag especially during typing because it needs to encrypt and decrypt the keystrokes. From my KeyScrambler review post, there is a commenter from Poland suggesting NextGen AntiKeylogger, a KeyScrambler alternative.

I checked out the official website of NextGen AntiKeylogger and the features are quite similar to KeyScrambler with also 3 version (free, pro and ultimate). Fortunately MaxSecurity Lab, the company that creates NextGen AntiKeylogger offers fully functional 15 days trial. I downloaded NextGen AntiKeylogger 3.3 Ultimate and installed on my test computer to see if it can prevent keyloggers from logging my keystrokes.


I tried typing on Notepad in Windows 7 32-bit and see if the 7 keyloggers plus 3 Remote Administration Tool trojan that has keylogger function is able to capture the encrypted or clear text.

REFOG Keylogger – FAIL
Elite Keylogger – FAIL
Award Keylogger Pro – PASS
All In One Keylogger – PASS
Ardamax Keylogger – PASS
Revealer Keylogger Pro – PASS
WebWATCHER – PASS
DarkComet RAT – PASS
CyberGate RAT – PASS
BlackShades RAT – PASS

From the results above, NextGen AntiKeylogger is unable to protect keystrokes against REFOG Keylogger and Elite Keylogger as they are able to capture real text instead of the encrypted text. If you look at the NextGen AntiKeylogger official website, it says “NextGen AntiKeylogger, as seen from its name, is the next generation anti-keylogger program which protects your data against all types of keylogging programs both known, unknown or being developed right now”. As you can see how important it is to really put a software into test rather than spending 30 minutes or less “blogging” about it.

The first problem which I’ve encountered is it causes Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) when I run Google Chrome 11. My guess is NextGen AntiKeylogger is not yet updated to support the latest Chrome 11. If you didn’t know, keystroke encryption software such as KeyScrambler and NextGen AntiKeylogger only works on supported software and not all.

There is an interesting option which keeps the protection enabled even if NextGen AntiKeylogger is not running or terminated. I enabled the option, terminated the antikeylogger process (NextGenAkl.exe) from Windows Task Manager and the encryption immediately stop working. KeyScrambler wins on this one because this security feature is hard coded and you cannot enable or disable it.

NextGen AntiKeylogger doesn’t have a convenient hotkey to easily enable or disable the protection but KeyScrambler has it which is Ctrl + Shift + K by default. I programmed an executable macro using AutoHotkey to simulate the pressing the hotkey to see if I can disable KeyScrambler by just running it but KeyScrambler is not vulnerable to this flaw.

The only option that NextGen AntiKeylogger has but KeyScrambler doesn’t is the password protection where you can prevent unauthorized users from disabling the protection and accessing the options. KeyScrambler is slightly more expensive than NextGen AntiKeylogger but it is definitely worth the money.

[ Visit NextGen AntiKeylogger ]

You are going to love me for this. First, there was a trick on how to get Kaspersky Anti-Virus key for free and then Norton AntiBot. As for this week, let’s start off by getting ANOTHER leaked 1 year security software for free. a-squared Anti-Malware is able to detect and remove trojans, worms, keyloggers, dialer, spyware or adware from your PC, gives double realtime protection with signature scan and malware-IDS (HIPS).

The latest version of a-squared Anti-Malware supports Windows Vista, tweaked to use 50% less RAM, is able to detect more than 1 million different types of malware and also protects your computer against rootkits.

If you go to a-squared Anti-Malware website, you’ll find that a-squared Anti-Malware cost $39.95 for a year license but if you follow the steps which I am about to show you, you’re going to get the genuine license for free!


There are many anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-dialer software products but only a few of them can claim to provide effective protection from all types of Malware. The main reason for this is the eternal cat and mouse game played for decades between Malware programmers and the security industry. Normal security software is limited by the fact that it can only recognize Malware for which the manufacturer has already created a signature – assuming that the manufacturer even has a copy of the Malware available for analysis.

Emsi Software has now turned the tables and no longer trails behind the Malware authors. a-squared Anti-Malware does not identify damaging software purely on the basis of signatures, but also looks at how it behaves. This means that you will be protected from the hundreds of new Trojans, Worms, Dialers, Rootkits and Spyware that appear every day.

Features of a-squared Anti-Malware

Removes existing Malware on your PC

Protects against Trojan Horse attacks from the web

Protects against Worms (Worm-Viruses)

Protects against Dialers which change your dial-in number

Protects against Rootkits

Protects against Spyware which collects personal information

Secures the computer against harmful software

Gives you control over the procedures inside the PC

Here are the steps on how to get free a-squared Anti-Malware license to protect you from malwares for 365 days.

1. Create a new user account. You need to enter a name, e-mail address and click “Create User Account” button. Make sure you use a real email address because a random generated password will be sent there.

2. Now check the email address that you’ve entered earlier. You should get an email from a-squared Control Center ([email protected]) with the subject “Your user account information‏”. If you didn’t get it, check your spam/junk folder. The password is in the email.

3. Type in your username and password (shown on the email) to login to the Customer Center.

4. After you’ve successfully logged in, click on Manage Licenses at the left side of the page. Then click the “Convert a coupon code” link.

5. Enter nanova5736 as coupon code and hit Convert button. You should then see that it has added a-squared Anti-Malware to the list.

6. Download a-squared Anti-Malware and install.

7. After installation completed, run a-squared Anti-Malware. You’ll be prompted to enter an account to login. Enter the same email address and password that you entered in Customer Center on the program and click Log in.

8. It will show that you have a “full version license” installed.

It seems that a-squared Anti-Malware is more concentrated on detecting known and unknown trojan but not virus. It has a very huge signatures to detect malwares but as for virus, it only depends on behavior blocker module (Malware-IDS). There’s a huge difference between virus and trojan. Virus usually causes damages in Windows system but Trojans is used to gain unauthorized access to the user’s computer.

This license is from PC Advisor UK. Thanks Combola for sharing this tip with us!

Manually searching for subtitles for your movies can be a waste of time because there are so many versions and languages, most of the time I ended up testing one by one until I found one that matches the movie and doesn’t go out of sync. More than a year ago I found 2 useful software called Oscar and SubDownloader that is able to search for subtitle that will definitely match your video file using hashing algorithm.

Well both of these tools used to be free and user friendly but now, SubDownloader has turned into shareware that cost €15 if you’re using Windows and Oscar requires an annoying registration which only searches from one subtitle engine. I am not sure when did this happened but nowadays I’ve started to watch a lot of movies and I needed an alternative for Oscar and SubDownloader. Thank God I found Sublight!


Sublight is simple application which allows you to download subtitles for your movies.

Sublight Features:

auto subtitle search

manual search

preview subtitle before download

subtitle ratings and commenting

subtitle lists: “New”, “Favorites”, “Published by me” and “Downloaded by me”

subtitle download statistics

all subtitles in primary database are saved in Unicode encoding

Windows Explorer integration (optional)

video playback for downloaded subtitles (with just one double click)

video codec detection

support for VLC, BS.Player, Media Player Classic, KMPlayer, Windows Media Player, Zoom Player and GOM player

registered users can publish new subtitles (registration is free and very simple)

easy to use and modern user interface (featuring Ribbon like UI)

auto update capability

you can remove [i] tags from your subtitles

plugin framework for searching subtitles from other sources

available in English, Spanish, Slovenian and Serbian language

support for OpenSubtitles.org, Podnapisi.NET, DivxFinland.org, subdivx.com and divx-titlovi.com database

SublightCmd command line interface for advanced users (can be used for auto subtitle download, movie title detection, .NFO generator, …)

application is 100% clean, which means it does not contain any form of malware and is completely free

Sublight interface is a little huge compared to Oscar and SubDownloader which I’ve used before. To search for a subtitle for your movie file, click the Choose button at the criteria for auto search box and browse for the AVI video file. At the right hand side, you can choose what language of subtitle that you want to search for. Finally click the search button. The first one is usually colored which means it is linked to the video file. You can double click to play video with subtitle or just download the subtitle to view it later.

Do take note that Sublight requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and above to run.

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I just found the latest Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.36.0 cracked by Team ETH0. Release date of this cracked WGA is on 17 May 2007.

I checked both Wikipedia and also Microsoft Download Center, both websites shows that the latest version of Windows Genuine Advantage is 1.7.0018.1. I went to Windows Updates for custom check and it didn’t prompt me to download and install new Windows Genuine Advantage.

I guess either this latest WGA 1.7.36.0 is a beta version or Microsoft is slowly rolling it out region by region.


As usual, extract the downloaded archive file into a new empty folder and run installer.bat. Everything else is automated. If you get any of the error messages below, don’t panic. It’s most probably you did not even have the original WGA installed.
– “The process “wgatray.exe” not found”
– “Could Not Find C:\Windows\system32\wgatray.exe.old”
– “Could Not Find C:\Windows\system32\wgalogon.dll.old”
– “The system cannot find the file specific”

The most important message to know that it has successfully copied the cracked LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe is when you see the message like the picture below.

As usual, this cracked Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.7.36.0 files only enable you to use Windows Update, Microsoft Download Center and also removes the Windows Genuine Advantage Notification nag screens. And still, this does NOT work with Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Media Player 11 because both uses their own WGA check that is in their install program.

[ Download Windows Genuine Advantage v1.7.36.0 Crack ]

Password to Extract is: www.2baksa.net

McAfee Internet Security makes PC and online protection easy for everyone. This set-it-and-forget-it solution comes with award-winning McAfee SiteAdvisor web security, so you know the safety of web sites before you visit, bank, shop or trade online. This powerful security bundle keeps your family and your PCs safe from viruses, spyware, hackers, online scammers, identity thieves and other cybercriminals.

McAfee Internet Security is now available with revolutionary Active Protection technology, providing immediate protection against malicious threats to your PC. A new threat can be analyzed and blocked in milliseconds, rather than waiting hours for traditional techniques. Active Protection is the best technology to keep you safe from emerging online threats. With unmatched performance, McAfee Internet Security runs silently in the background without slowing down your PC, boasting faster start-up, shut-down and scan times.

When you purchase a Lenovo laptop in Philippines, you’re entitled for a free McAfee Internet Security 2009 3 computer license valid for 6 months. I have a friend there and he wasn’t able to successfully get his McAfee IS 2009 license. So I used TeamViewer to remotely help him out and managed to get his license. Anyway, the steps to get the free McAfee Internet Security 2009 license is really long and confusing. I’ve taken the liberty of writing the whole steps down so that the next Lenovo user will be able to obtain his free McAfee Internet Security 2009 without problems.


1. Go to this page: http://www.lenovopromos.com/LREG/PH

2. Enter POL in the media code box and click the Verify button.

3. Click Agree and Proceed button.

4. Fill up the form. Make sure you enter a real working Email address. The rest of the information can be bogus except Serial Number. You can find the 8 digit serial number at front right panel or on the back of the Lenovo system. (Googling the phrase lenovo serial number K100 reveals a lot of working 8 digit serial numbers 😉 Changing the numbers at the end of a legitimate serial numbers also works). Click Submit when done.

5. Check your email address that you entered in the form at step 4. You should get an email from Lenovo ([email protected]) with the title Confirmation of Lenovo Purchase. There is a link that you must click to activate the download.

6. Click the Download Now button where it says Free 6 Months Trial

7. Now you’ll have to create a McAfee account by filling up the form. Click Read Privacy Policy button when finished filling up the form.

8. Scroll right to the bottom of the McAfee Privacy Policy page and click I Agree.

9. Scroll right to the bottom of the End User License Agreement page and click I Agree.

10. You should see a print receipt page now. Click Go to My Account. Leave the web browser with the current page open.

11. Now check your email that you’ve used to create McAfee account. You should receive an email from [email protected] with the subject Your McAfee Account. You’ll have to click the link in the email to complete the activation process.

12. Go back to the web browser where you left it open in step 10. Click Download button.

13. Click I Agree button.

14. Click the small download button to download DMSetup-Serial.exe

15. Run DMSetup-Serial.exe when finished downloading. You should be able to to select Typical or Custom installation but if you don’t see that and asked to login, just enter your McAfee login details that you’ve created in step 7.

16. The setup will automatically download and install McAfee Internet Security 2009 on your computer.

After helping my Philippine friend to install the McAfee Internet Security 2009, I noticed that the graphical user interface (GUI) is exactly the same as version 2008. Every software that goes through a major update surely has some noticeable changes in the interface. I checked the official McAfee datasheet and saw that the screenshot is the same. I believe that the McAfee 2009 products only improved the core of the program but not interface.

Note: This offer is meant for people who bought Lenovo laptop in Philippines, not everyone. As you can see, the Lenovo user would have to go through a very long process to get the free 6 months McAfee Internet Security 2009 license and I believe not every basic computers is able to achieve that. The complete step-by-step provided is meant to help the Lenovo customers, and not to promote piracy.

Here’s another reason why Firefox browser is the fastest growing browser in the world. You can now download torrent files using Firefox if you have the extension installed. Meaning you can avoid installing and using BitTorrent clients such as Azureus, uTorrent, BitComet and etc… Currently I only found two extensions that is able to download torrent files using Firefox. It is FoxTorrent and FireTorrent.

Tried them both and this is what I have to say about FoxTorrent and FireTorrent.


I tested both the extensions by downloading OpenOffice. OpenOffice torrent has enough seeders to max out my download speed.

FireTorrent is the world’s first BitTorrent plugin for the Wyzo and Firefox web browsers. Suitable for novice and advanced users, FireTorrent allows you to download torrents without the hassle of a 3rd party application. The FireTorrent plugin includes the very latest technologies and standards to ensure that your download completes quickly and reliably, including advanced features such as STUNT connections, uPnP NAT traversal, uTorrent compatible peer exchange, and many many more!

FireTorrent is able to maxed out my download speed at nearly 100KB/s.

The only drawback about FireTorrent is I can’t resume the download if I cancel the it. Resuming download should be the basic feature that every torrent client to have. BitTorrent technology was developed to distribute large files and what if we got disconnected at 90% from a 10GB download? That’d be frustrating!

FireTorrent is able to handle downloads very well and there are options such as Port, Download/Upload Rate, Encrypt BitTorrent Connections, Proxy which you can configure. FireTorrent would be a very good Firefox torrent extension if it is able to support resume downloads.

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FoxTorrent is an open-source Firefox extension that lets you stream torrents as they download, from your web browser, with zero configuration needed. It said to be Streaming Fast Delivery, Background Downloading, Complete Firefox Integration, Low Resource Footprint, Works on Windows, Mac, and Ubuntu Linux and Configuration-Free.

There is nothing to configure in FoxTorrent. You can’t find any options at all other than the download location. It will be good if it works perfectly but if it doesn’t, you can’t do anything about it. FoxTorrent claims to makes its best effort to auto-configure NAT boxes but it didn’t work for me. I spent 30 minutes downloading OpenOffice and the fastest speed I got was 10KB/s. That’s nearly 10 times slower than FireTorrent! After reading Foxtorrent FAQ, I found out that FoxTorrent uses port 9420. I manually forwarded port 9420 but the download speed didn’t improve.

One more thing about FoxTorrent is, it supports pausing and resuming torrent downloads.

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FireTorrent is fast but without resume capability. FoxTorrent is slow and it’s supports resuming. If you ask me which I’d prefer to use, I’d say NEITHER one and I’d stick with uTorrent. Well, if FireTorrent is able to support resuming, I might use FireTorrent.

3 days ago I ranted on how frustrated I was when YouTube automatically remove the video that I have spent more than an hour uploading just because they wasn’t capable of detecting the video length first before uploading the whole video. I searched in Google about this issue and found that there were many frustrated users experiencing the same problem as well but without a real solution. 15 minutes is actually good enough for showing a short video tutorial but it is definitely not enough for uploading talks or speeches.

Thanks to Ricky Splinter, Rinsoy Nellissery and Gábor Szurgent for sharing with me via comment that the 15 minutes limit can be actually removed by simply giving them my phone number for verification. Some of you may think that giving out your phone number is intrusive to your privacy but it is actually the best method today to verify that you are a real human and not a robot that is coded to do some automatic stuff. Just like in our forums, the phone verification is active to avoid the same user registering a few accounts and joining the giveaways to increases their chance in winning.


After logging in to YouTube, if I’ve opened my eyes bigger I would have notice the information that shows “Videos can be… High Definition, Up to 15 minutes in length (Increase your limit), A wide variety of formats. The most important part is the Increase your limit link which brings you to a page to verify your account by providing them your mobile phone number.

If for some reason you can’t find that link, you can use the direct link below.
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload_verify

Once you’ve selected your country and entered your mobile phone number, clicking the Submit button and you will receive a text message that says “Your Google verification code is XXXXXX“. Note down the 6 digit and enter it at Step 2 of 2 and click the Verify button.

When you want to upload a video, you should see a blue information bar that says “Congratulations! Your account is now enabled for uploads longer than 15 minutes. Click the Upload button below to select a video.”

Your YouTube account now doesn’t have viewing limit nor video length limit plus it is free and fast! I wished I would have found this out earlier so that I wouldn’t have spent $59.95 on Vimeo Plus.

Most wireless internet service in hotels are quite expensive. I stayed a night in Cititel Midvalley last week and they are charging RM30 (US9.40) for 2 hours. I wanted an hour or maybe just half an hour to check my emails but they told me their minimum usage is 2 hours. Instead of spending RM30 just for wireless internet in my hotel room, I can actually go to Coffee Bean or Starbucks, order a cup of nice coffee and use the wireless internet there for hours!

Of course there are pros and cons. If I want privacy in Coffee Bean, I need to find a corner seat so that people can’t see what is on my screen. There is also a risk of some hacker might be accessing my passwords, credit card numbers, sensitive company data and much more. And standard antivirus software won’t protect me.

Here is a free security software that keeps your Internet connection secure at public hotspots, home or work.


Hotspot Shield creates a virtual private network (VPN) between your laptop and the wireless router. This impenetrable tunnel prevents snoopers and hackers from viewing your email, instant messages, credit card information or anything else you send over a wireless network. Which means you remain anonymous and protect your privacy. Actually Hotspot Shield can also be used at home when you’re connected to your router. It is the same thing as proxy technology except Hotspot Shield claims to encrypts your traffic but it doesn’t explain how it plans to encrypt your data.

Hotspot Shield is quite simple to use. Just download Hotspot Shield (less than 1MB) and install. You can either run “Hotspot Shield Launch” shortcut from desktop or start menu and you’ll notice a shield icon appear at your tray. Your default web browser will open up http://www.hotspotshield.com/launch/ page. To connect to Hotspot Shield VPN server, you can either right click the tray icon and select Connect or click the big “Run Hotspot Shield” button at the webpage. When you’re connected, you’ll see a similar page like the image below.

Hotspot Shield service is totally free. If you wonder how can they run their servers to provide you with such service, well, they are funded by advertisements. After connecting to Hotspot Shield VPN server, you’ll immediately being redirected to a advertisement website. Then, your web browser will have a bar on top that shows advertisement which will refresh every few minutes.

The advertisement bar is a little annoying… I also noticed that most of the time when I disconnect from the Hotspot Shield VPN server and reconnect again, I will be assigned to a new IP address. This means that you can use Hotspot Shield to download from RapidShare without limits! I’ve also tested the download speed and I only got an average of 20KB/s. For web browsing, the speed is fine but if you want to download hundreds of megabytes from RapidShare, it is very time consuming.

Update: If you are unable to connect using Hotspot Shield and getting Pulling Options page looping, Daemon Start Error or Bandwidth Exceeded, please refer to this article for a fix.

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For the past few years, a common problem that most antivirus software experiencing is the high memory usage which causes the computer to slow down. Do you still remember the super bloated Norton Antivirus 2006 and also Kaspersky Internet Security v7? Fortunately the antivirus companies are aware of this and they’ve improved the memory usage on the current versions, although there are some still taking up hundreds of megabytes of memory usage…

Today, instead of complaining about the memory usage, we should worry about the amount of false positives detection that an antivirus software is reporting. False positives is another way of saying “mistake”. A false positive occurs when the program mistakenly flags an innocent file as being infected and this is very common nowadays because of “heuristic” detection method. Heuristic detection is a method that an antivirus can analyze the instructions of a program and determine if it is a virus or not. This is mainly used to detect undetectable virus or trojan.

False positives is so common nowadays and I personally think that EVERY antivirus company should do something about it. If you think that false detection is not such a big deal, let me try to convince you.


One of my work place is frequently being infected by Brontok virus even when every computer has Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition installed. The joke is the antivirus cannot prevent Brontok virus from infecting the computer BUT it can block and auto delete Brontok Washer which I use to disable Brontok virus. So Symantec Antivirus CE can’t remove Brontok virus from the computer and doesn’t allow me to use third party tools that CAN clean the virus. Seems like a pretty useless antivirus to me…

There are also times when I posted others tools on this blog and as usual, some super paranoid antivirus that is installed on the reader’s computer found that it’s a threat. I do get a few very nasty comments and emails telling me that I am trying to infect their computer and steal their information. Come on, I get nothing by doing this. I wouldn’t tarnish this blog’s reputation which I took 3 and a half years to build. Because of antivirus false detection, this site has certainly gained a few angry and pissed off readers…

Another example is iSergiwa, the developer of Remove Restriction Tool, CaSIR, iPMS and many other useful virus removal tools. 2 months ago, one of iSergiwa’s client reported that Kaspersky detected iPMS as a rootkit which obviously is a false positives. Although he managed to get Kaspersky to fix the false positives, but during those 48 hours of this false positive alarm he received tons of complains, his website visitors and sales fell back and many of his potential customers left.

The message that I am trying to convey here is don’t always 100% listen to what the antivirus that is installed on your computer says because there is always a possibility that it is a false detection. Just treat it as a warning and you can scan the suspicious file in Virustotal first. If you’re still unsure, analyze it in ThreatExpert or Camas.

No worries if the antivirus companies are not going to do something about the false positives. There are ways to undetect an application from all antivirus which I will be sharing with you in a couple of days if I am not busy with work or the wedding preparation. Have a good weekend!

Note: Here is a post in our forum with latest method on how to get a free BitDefender Internet Security 2009 1 year license.