Is this email real or fake? The last thing we want is other people getting hold of our login information. Fake emails are becoming more and more realistic looking and phishers are not just targeting large financial institutions, but even smaller businesses and organizations. Once you’ve submitted your information on the fake form, there’s no way to undo it UNLESS you’re quick enough to realize that the website is fake and you quickly log in to REAL website to change your password.

Identifying fake emails can be tricky and troublesome. You must know how to view HTML code in order to find out where you’re submitting the information to. Nowadays there are so many fake emails, manually identifying all of them is going to be a real waste of time.

Why not put your put your identifying fake email problems on world’s leading provider of visual email identification solution for free?


Iconix eMail ID is software that works in conjunction with your email program and confirms the source of an email message. Once confirmed, the message is easy to identify because there is an icon next to it for easy identification. Currently eMail ID can recognize and verify the authenticity of messages from hundreds of major companies including eBay, PayPal, Citibank and many more!

When an email arrives, Iconix eMail ID uses industry standard technologies to verify the authenticity of the message. It uses technologies like Domain Keys and Sender ID which are backed by companies such as Cisco, Microsoft and Yahoo! The email sender is checked against a list of registered senders with ICONIX, Inc. Once an email has passed Authentication and Identification steps, a Truemark icon is displayed in your inbox.

Moving your mouse to hover the icon will bring up the Truemark certificate which reveals more details about the sender.

It works on Firefox and Internet Explorer by installing the Iconix eMail ID add-on and is able to support checking emails at Yahoo, Hotmail, GMail, Earthlink and soon AOL. The only email client that works with Iconix eMail ID is Outlook Express. As for Microsoft Outlook, it is still in beta testing.

Trend Micro eMail ID is a ZERO configuration software. After installation, you don’t need to access the preferences window because all has been set for you. If you want to disable checking on any webmail, just uncheck the checkbox.

You might have noticed that there are some text that says “Trend Micro” on eMail ID. That’s because Truemark eMail ID software has been selected by Trend Micro as part of Trend Micro’s security tools. Trend Micro is offering the service under its own name, Trend Micro eMail ID, and licensing the software from ICONIX. It is still FREE to use.

[ Download Trend Micro eMail ID | Website ]

For those who still don’t have GMail email account, you can get one yourself at the end of the page.



Wonderful features of GMail
Auto-save – NEW
We spent 20 minutes writing this entry, and then the browser crashed. Good thing there’s auto-save. It saves. Automatically.

Export contacts – NEW
Export your Gmail Contacts and save them in a file for back-up or to use in another account or service–great if you’re using Gmail’s free POP access.

More ways to access your Gmail account – NEW
It’s now easier than ever to get to Gmail: Go to your Inbox from any web page with one click from the Gmail-enabled Google Toolbar. See your new messages directly from your personalized Google.com homepage. And search for messages even when you’re offline using the new Google Desktop.

Google Talk
IM and make free calls through your computer with Google Talk. Your Gmail contacts are even pre-loaded.

Customized ‘From:’ addresses
Customize the address on your outgoing messages to display another one of your addresses instead.

All this while I was able to play AVI videos normally with Winamp. Everything was still working fine until I downloaded .SRT subtitle file and played it together with AVI video. The video was playing upside down and the subtitles are being displayed from back to front.

I did some tests to try pinpoint the problem.

1. Use Winamp to play AVI video with subtitle – Video Upside Down
2. Use Winamp to play AVI video without subtitle – OK
3. Use Windows Media Player to play AVI video with subtitle – OK

At first I thought it had to be something wrong with the .SRT subtitle file but step 3 proves it’s not. I can only think of 2 possibility that might be causing the AVI video being played upside down which is Winamp player, or the codec settings that is associated with Winamp. I downloaded the latest official Winamp, installed it but still didn’t fix the problem. After a little searching and testing, I found a solution to fix the AVI video playing upside down problem.


I will try to explain in general on how to fix this video upside down problem because there are so many versions of codecs and also types of codec packs. The solution for playing these files correctly is to enable Xvid decoding in ffdshow. First of all, you need to know what codec is needed to play the AVI video. Here is an article on how to determine video codec required to play AVI video. Just a tip, MOST of the AVI files can be played with XVID codec.

Next you need to look for “ffdshow video decoder” shortcut to configure ffdshow video decoder. I have K-Lite Codec Pack installed on my computer, the ffdshow video decode shortcut is at Start -> Programs -> K-Lite Codec Pack -> Configuration -> ffdshow video decoder.

If you don’t have FFDShow installed, download the latest FFDShow from Free-Codecs website and install it. After installation, go to Start -> Programs -> ffdshow and run Video decoder configuration.

If the AVI video file requires Xvid codec to play, then at the left hand side Codecs page, set Xvid to “libavcodec“. If it’s H.264/AVC, then set “libavcodec” on H.264/AVC.

YAY! No more upside down video when playing AVI file with subtitles!

I hope you do not encounter problems in including subtitles for downloaded divx movies. If you find that searching for subtitles from websites to websites is tedious and troublesome, then here’s an easy way for you to search subtitles in 7 websites simultaneously and lets you download the subtitle file without even opening your web browser!


Subcrawler is a free program, 100% written in Java, that allows you to search for and download subtitles from various web sites.

Currently Subcrawler supports searching and downloading subtitles from 7 websites which is listed below. Out of the 7 websites, 2 websites that is podnapisi.NET and subtitlesbox requires you to register in order to search. Registration is FREE. Actually Divxsubtitles also requires registration in order to download subtitle files but I found out that Subcrawler is using a default already included login which is [email protected] with the password “demo“. Looks like there’s a hidden default password for that site…

– podnapisi.NET (Requires Registration)
– subtitlesbox (Requires Registration)
– Divxstation
– Divxsubtitles
– Greek Divx Subtitles
– DVD.Stuff
– TiTLES

If you want SubCrawler to search for subtitles in podnapisi.NET and subtitlesbox, you need to sign up for a free account first. After registering free account on podnapisi.NET and subtitlesbox, run SubCrawler and right click on the Name and select “settings“. Enter the username and password that you just registered. To download subtitles from SubCrawler after searching, right click on the subtitles and select Download. Very simple and straight forward program that does the job.

I like software that has the feature of able to check for program updates. This way we are able to easily keep the program up to date without visiting the website daily, weekly or monthly to check if there’s a new version to download. By default, SubCrawler checks for latest version on startup. You can disable it at Tools -> Settings. If you want to manually check for update, you can go to Help -> Check for latest version.

To run Subcrawler, you need to have Java installed. If you don’t have it, you can download the Subcrawler package that has JAVA included. Good thing about program written in Java is it can support multiple operating system. Subcrawler is available for Linux users as well!

[ Download SubCrawler without JAVA ]
[ Download SubCrawler with JAVA (15.3MB) ]
[ Download SubCrawler for Linux ]

The simple rule of having a secured password is not to use the same password on all websites. If possible, try to use random characters that doesn’t make a word as password to prevent from being cracked with dictionary attack. However, it is impossible for us to remember our passwords if we follow this two rule because as time goes by, we’ll be remembering more and more passwords. That’s when a password manager comes in to help us.

Let’s start off this week with a promotion offer on the latest version of Steganos Password Manager with genuine serial key code that I managed to dig out. For people who is not using any password manager, or even if you’re using the free limited version of Roboform, perhaps you could give Steganos Password Manager 2007 a try. Steganos is a 10 years company that is specialized in security and encryption. If you’ve used their encryption software before, rest assured that your sensitive data will remain encrypted.

Steganos Password Manager 2007 normally cost $19.95 but it will be free if you follow the steps which I am about to show you.


With Steganos Password Manager 2007 you can manage your passwords: user accounts, ATM card numbers, access codes for your online service, TANs or the security code for your cell phone. Passwords and access codes are omnipresent. Steganos Password Manager 2007 allows you to manage all this information in one place. You now only have to remember one password, which grants you access to all stored passwords. Of course, the password list is encrypted. You can create categories and organize the passwords as you wish, for example, all PINs or Web-access passwords, and so on.

If you use Internet Explorer and browse the Web, Steganos Password Manager 2007 saves your user name and the password entered as soon as you log on to a Web site. The next time you visit this Web site your user name and password will be entered automatically for you. You can also manage and modify saved passwords directly in the Password Manager. Selecting bad passwords is also a thing of the past. In addition to its usual password quality indicator, Steganos have also put together a list of “bad” passwords that are easy to guess. As a result, if you enter one of the passwords in this list, you will automatically be sent a warning before you can use it.

Steganos Password Manager 2007 Key Features:

All your passwords in one encrypted list – just remember one password

Create highly secure passwords in a jiffy – with the password generator

Uncrackable encryption with 256 Bit AES (Advanced Encryption Algorithm)

Make it mobile: use the Password Manager on your Pocket PC

Automatic entry of user name and password in websites – it can’t get more comfy

Save important additional information about your access sites in the Password Manager

Access your chosen website directly from the Password Manager

Sort your passwords in your own categories and find the password you need in a second

Here are the steps to get your free Steganos Password Manager 2007 serial number. It supports both Windows XP and Vista.
1. Go to this page, enter your email address and press the Abschicken button.

2. Check the email address that you’ve entered at step 1. Open the email from Steganos GmbH ([email protected]) with the subject “Steganos Password Managerâ„¢ 2007”. Note down the “Seriennummer”.

3. Download Steganos Password Manager 2007 spm2007int.exe and install.

4. At installation, you’ll be prompted to enter the serial key. Enjoy!

I noticed from last time that all Steganos software installation file is huge. The setup file for Steganos Password Manager 2007 is 14MB. At first I thought this software is a bloatware but I don’t find the program bloated at all. In fact it loads pretty fast! What I like about this software is it can synchronize password data with a Pocket PC. It has nearly everything of a password manager except the ability to run it from a USB flash drive. Maybe in future version it will support external portable drives.

There’s also a free license promotion for Steganos Security Suite 2007 which I found much earlier but I won’t be writing about it because it is no longer being sold and is replaced by Steganos Privacy Suite 2008. If you’re interested, you can get the free license for Steganos Security Suite 2007 at this page. Here’s the direct download link to Steganos Security Suite 2007 sss2007int.exe.

I seldom post any tips or tricks on MegaUpload because I really seldom use this free service. Reason is because there are 2 restrictions. Whenever I want to download anything from MegaUpload, I will get the message saying “All download slots assigned to your country (Malaysia) are currently in use. Please try again in a few hours or install the Megaupload Toolbar for immediate access – with the toolbar installed, there are no more slot limitations for you!” What? I have to download a toolbar in order to download using free account? Forget it! Fortunately, there is a Firefox extension which lets you bypass the requirement to download the unnecessary toolbar.

Second restriction is after I’ve downloaded the a file from Megaupload, I can’t immediately download the next file… I’ll have to reconnect my internet connection to get a new IP address to bypass this restriction. Sometimes I have no choice but to go through all that because the files I am looking for can only be found in megaupload.

I think I am lucky because while reading some post on a forum, I found a website that can generate megaupload premium link! A megaupload premium link means I have the highest download speed priority, maximum parallel downloads, no wait time before download begins, download starts immediately, and support resuming!


FreeMu.info uses an amazing brilliant script which is also very simple. The script uses a premium megaupload account to generate a premium megaupload link from a normal megaupload link. A normal megaupload link looks like this (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XXXXXXXX) but as for PREMIUM megaupload link, it is very long and it looks something like this (http://www41.megaupload.com/files/aa3/file.rar)

I’ve never own a megaupload premium account before, therefore I don’t know if there are any download limit restriction for a premium account. A megaupload premium account cost $199.99 for a lifetime platinum membership. If you look carefully at FreeMu.info website, there is a lot of advertisements and I believe the owner can easily cover back his cost. It’s a win-win situation. He gets revenue by placing advertisements and we get free service. I sure hope he can continue this service as long as possible without getting noticed or banned by Megaupload.

OK, let’s get head on to the fun part on how to generate a normal megaupload link to a premium link. Visit FreeMu.info website, scroll right to the bottom and you’ll see a small text box with a small Go button. Just paste the megaupload link to the text box and click Go! button. You will notice that the page is being refreshed and you’re at the top of the FreeMu.info page. Scroll down again and this time you’ll see a long link just below the text box.

I really love this free and useful website. If you like it too, share it with your friends!

[ Visit MegaUpload Premium Link Generator ]

Note: If you’re unable to generate megaupload premium link using the above website, try MegaDL.info and Megafast.info.

Facebook…. The most visited website in the world today probably even beating Google. If you want to find an old friend, the first place you should attempt to look first is Facebook. I noticed that whenever I see any laptop in public, most of the time they are on Facebook, going through their news feed seeing what’s the latest message posted by their friends, reading comments or viewing photos or albums. One of the main reason why until today I don’t want to sign up for a Facebook account is I am stuck to the slogan “DO YOUR WORK. DON’T BE STUPID“. Not that using Facebook is stupid, but I have a lot of other things to do on the computer.

I have a friend that is so addicted to Facebook until you can see her profile Online or Idle when you bring up the chat window from the bottom of the screen. Her company has started a rule that they cannot open Facebook website from their web browser and she’s dying to get online. The only solution I can think of is to use a desktop chat client for Facebook.


FacebookDiscovery is a desktop application that makes it easy and natural for you to talk with your Facebook friends. It is made to look like a normal instant messenger such as Yahoo Messenger or Windows Live Messenger except without all that bloat and it only works on Facebook.

After installation, run FacebookDiscovery and you’ll be prompted to login. Simply enter your email address that is used to login to facebook and your password and click the Login button. You can click on your status to update what’s on your mind right inside FacebookDiscovery without opening your web browser and logging in to Facebook.

The settings window allows you to sort contacts by status or name, contact list picture or icon, showing alert when a contact signs in and out, becomes idle and comes back from being idle. FacebookDiscovery automatically caches the contact profile picture on your hard drive and is scheduled by default to clear every 5 days.

FacebookDiscovery is fast and lightweight with only 700KB in size. It supports emotion icons and most important it is free. Works on Windows XP, 2003, Vista and 7 both 32 and 64 bit with different versions of installer. I’m sure my friend will be very happy and satisfied with FacebookDiscovery since she can now stay online in Facebook during working hours.

[ Download FacebookDiscovery ]

These past few days I’ve been giving tips on how to recover passwords from your browser. Out of all the tips, I think this is the best! It doesn’t require any software to reveal hidden passwords under asterisks and don’t need to waste your time in cracking master password.

Remembered I said it was impossible to view the hidden password under asterisks in Firefox? Well I was wrong. Turns out that there’s a way to do it. No software required, the result is immediate and it is shockingly easy to reveal the hidden password.

Continue reading to learn how to do it.


Here’s an example. As you can see, I have my GMail username and password saved in my Firefox browser.

If I’ve forgotten the master password, I can easily view the contents of password fields by simply entering a line of javascript below at the address bar and hit enter.

A dialog box will prompt and your password is shown!

This method works on Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape and Opera. When I get to know about this method, I felt that even Firefox master password is rather useless. Turning off javascript will protect you from this hack but then you might face problems viewing websites that uses javascript.

Simple rule to protect your password. Do NOT save your password if you’re using a shared computer. If you’re using a public computer, make sure you clear the cache and private data just in case you accidentally saved your password.

There are so many firewall software that claims to protect your computer against hackers and malicious programs and I am sure you have wondered which is the best firewall. Look no further because it is definitely Online Armor. No it’s not something that I just say for fun but it has been proven with a series of 84 tests. If you take a look at the latest Matousec Proactive Security Challenge test results, Online Armor took the first place by scoring 99%, reaching level 10+ and excellent protection level when compared with 40 other security suite software that has firewall function.

There is a free version for Online Armor and this version managed to get number 6 out of 41 which I’d say it’s pretty impressive for a free product. Of course having the best product will cost you money and Online Armor Premium v3.5 cost $39.95. However you can now get it for FREE, thanks to Gizmo! This offer will end on 11.59 PM Wednesday August 12, 2009. (All times are US Pacific Standard Time). So get your free Online Armor Premium v3 license key fast by following the few simple steps below!


1. Go to http://www.tallemu.com/cart/

2. Click the “ADD TO CART” button for Online Armor.

3. Then click the “Checkout” button on the top right of the screen.

4. Indicate whether you are an existing or new customer. If new then complete the registration details and click the “Register” button.

5. At the Checkout screen, enter the promo code GIZMO and click the “Apply Promo Code” button.

6. You should now see that the total has changed to $0.00. Click the Pay button.

7. Now check your email address and you should receive an email from Online Armor Sales ([email protected]) with the subject [Online Armor Store] – Order processed?. Note down your License Key.

8. Download the latest version of Online Armor and install. During installation, you’ll be prompted to register Online Armor by entering license key.

Currently Online Armor runs on Windows XP and Vista, 32 bit only. This free Online Armor Premium v3.5 license is valid for 1 year. Most of the firewall software such as Outpost, ZoneAlarm, Online Armor, Lavasoft, Sunbelt are subscription based meaning you have to renew every year like what you normally do for antivirus software. There are only very few firewall software such as Jetico and Malware Defender that will provide you with lifetime updates when you purchase a license.

Maybe, I’d say that “maybe” Online Armor scored so well in Matousec test is because it is made to block all leak tests created by Matousec. I said that because I tried cutting off using netCut on my test computer running Online Armor Premium but the firewall didn’t detect anything at all. Obviously the Internet and LAN was inaccessible until I turn off netCut. I tried searching in Options and couldn’t find anything that could block or protect a computer from ARP poisoning. I am sure Tall Emu, the company that made Online Armor knows about netCut as I found a discussion dated year 2007 in WildersSecurity but don’t know why they did not make their program to protect against such attacks.

I’m never a big fan of BETA software because it is still under testing and can cause our computer to be unstable. However, when it comes to web browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer, I can’t wait to test the second BETA release. The reason why I only test second beta release and higher is because most likely the developers would have already fixed a lot of bugs that is found in the first BETA. So in the second beta, we can use the new features and it is also likely less buggy.

I just got to know that Internet Explorer 8 BETA 2 was released two days ago and I immediately went to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 website to download and install it on my computer. Testing IE8 on my computer for only 10 minutes and I can only say that IE8 is by far the best improvement that Internet Explorer has ever made.


Internet Explorer 8 is being developed around three themes: everyday browsing (the things that real people do all the time), safety (the term most people use for what we’ve called ‘trustworthy’ in previous posts), and the platform (the focus of Beta 1, how developers around the world will build the next billion web pages and the next waves of great services).

The first thing that I noticed about Internet Explorer 8 is it launches faster than Internet Explorer 7. One nice feature that Safari web browser already has is the IE8 InPrivate feature.

InPrivate Browsing prevents Internet Explorer from storing data about your browsing session. This includes cookies, temporary Internet files, history, and other data. The next time when I do online banking in Internet Explorer, I don’t need to manually delete the cache anymore… Firefox can support private browsing through Stealther add-on but unfortunately Opera doesn’t have this feature at all.

I also like the fact that it is no longer a hassle to reopen closed tabs. It can be done in IE7 but again it requires third party addons. After opening and closing a few web page through tabs, simply open a new empty tab will show you the tabs that you’ve closed since starting Internet Explorer 8. I guess this feature is a must since a lot of other browsers such as Firefox already has this.

The URL bar where you enter the website link is also improved and is now called Smart Address Bar. Typing in the Smart Address Bar not only searches across Favorites, History, and RSS feeds, but provides a great experience. You can easily delete any unwanted suggestions from the list by clicking the red “x” when you place your mouse cursor over an item.

If you frequently visit a website that is designed for older browsers, you can use the new IE8 built-in Compatibility View. Simply press the Compatibility View button if you see display problems on a website like misaligned text, images, or text boxes. It’s located next to the Refresh button on the Address Bar. Actually I very seldom encounter problem displaying a webpage correctly on Internet Explorer as most websites are designed to be compatible with IE.

Then there are other top features like Web Slices which keep up with changes to the sites you care about most, Accelerators that let you complete your everyday browsing activities more quickly and even discover new services and SmartScreen Filter which is a new security feature that helps to protect you against deceptive and malicious websites which can compromise your data, privacy, and identity.

One problem I noticed about Internet Explorer 8 is it takes up a lot of memory. If I open 4 tabs, it actually launches 4 iexplore.exe processes and took up a total of 141MB! Unlike Internet Explorer 7, opening 4 tabs only launches 1 iexplorer.exe process and takes up only 64MB. Let’s hope the developer of IE8 realizes this and will improve on the memory usage. Oh and finally you can install IE8 on pirated Windows because the installer doesn’t validate if your Windows is genuine or not. I believe this is to encourage more users to use Internet Explorer.

[ Download Internet Explorer 8 ]

More than a week ago Microsoft has released a new WGA 1.8.31.0 that causes Windows XP Professional wallpaper and background to auto reset to black screen every 60 minutes. There wasn’t any cracks at that time so the only way is to use RemoveWGA to remove the notifications. However, once you’ve removed Windows Genuine Advantage Validation, you won’t be able to download any updates from Windows Updates and Microsoft Download Center.

Someone by the name “hey” commented that team ETH0 which was famous with its WGA and OGA fixes has left the cracking scene for some security reasons. Good news is after a week since the latest WGA 1.8.31.0 is out, the latest WGA has been cracked but not by the famous eth0 group. It is unknown who or which group cracked and released this latest WGA 1.8.31.0 as the info file only mentioned that this is a tribute to ETH0, creator of base version crack. I’ve tested the latest Windows Genuine Advantage Validation v1.8.31.0 cracked files and it works!


All you need to do is to run the installer.bat file and it will create a backup of the original LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe by adding a .bak extension at the end. It will then copy the cracked LegitCheckControl.dll, WgaLogon.dll and WgaTray.exe file to System32 folder in Windows. Reboot the computer and persistent desktop notification at the bottom right hand of the screen that says “You may be a victim of software counterfeiting. This copy of Windows did not pass genuine Windows validation.” will be removed. The rest of the Windows genuine notifications will be removed as well. It is also possible to visit Windows Update to download and install latest Windows updates and fixes.

Note: When you run installer.bat file, a command prompt window will appear and you will see “ETH0 Windows Genuine Advantage v1.7.69.2 Crack Installer. Press any key to continue..“.

You don’t need to worry about that because the echo command that controls what gets shown on the screen is not updated. I wished I could post about this earlier but couldn’t do so because I was away for a week and have very limited Internet access. So here you are, hope it’s not too late…

[ Download Windows Genuine Advantage v1.8.31.0 Crack ]

I’ve got a friend asking me how to restore the “Show Desktop” icon back to quick launch on taskbar if accidentally deleted?

I really have no idea how to do it at first other than copying the “Show Desktop” icon from another computer. It works! But what if you do not have another computer with you that time? Here’s how you can MANUALLY create the “Show Desktop” icon.


Open Notepad and enter the following text:

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Save the new file as Show Desktop.scf then drag and drop the icon on the Quick Launch bar or whatever location you want the shortcut to appear.

Easy isn’t it?

Using e-mail client to check for new emails is so much easier and convenient without the need of opening your browser, logging in to website, typing in your username and password, and waiting for the whole interface to be loaded.
With e-mail client, you can skip all the process above and still able to read and send email just by opening your configured e-mail client.

Yahoo! Mail disabled free access to its POP3 service o­n 24th April, 2002. So it’s no longer possible using any e-mail client such as Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook to check your Yahoo! e-mails.
Is there anyway to continue using any e-mail client such as Outlook Express to read and send Yahoo! email eventhough this free service has been disabled by Yahoo!?

Fortunately, YES! Continue reading to find out how…


The YPOPs! team consisting of 6 person has created a free software that acts as a middleman between your e-mail client and the Yahoo! POP3 service. Well, this application is more like a gateway. It provides a POP3 server interface at o­ne end to talk to email clients and an HTTP client (browser) interface at the other which allows it to talk to Yahoo! In short, YPOPs! is an application that provides POP3 access to Yahoo! Mail. It is available o­n the Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac platforms.

Yahoo Mail Beta is not supported by YPOPs! You must switch back to the normal old Yahoo Mail interface to use YPOPs! otherwise you’ll get an error message window like the one below.

If you’ve made up your mind to use e-mail client to check your Yahoo! e-mails, it doesn’t make a different if you’re using the Yahoo old or the new beta.

To switch from the new Yahoo Mail Beta to the the old interface, just follow the instructions below.
1. Sign in to your Yahoo! email at http://mail.yahoo.com/

2. At the top of your Yahoo! email, you’ll see a note saying “Welcome, yourname”. You’ll see a “Switch Back” link just beside it.

3. After clicking on the Switch Back link, you’ll be prompted to confirm switching back to your old original Yahoo! Mail. Click “Switch Back” button again.

An important note that you should know is you can’t revert back to the new Yahoo Mail Beta once you’ve done a switch before.
So make sure you’ve really made up your mind to use YPOPs! with email client to send and receive Yahoo Mail in future.

After downloading and installing YPOPs!, by default you don’t need to configure anything. The default configurations looks fine. All you need to configure is your email client’s POP3 and SMTP address which is 127.0.0.1
For complete tutorial on email client configuration, please refer from this link.

[ YPOPs! Website | Download YPOPs! ]

If the ASecurityAssurance.com website automatically loads when you launch Internet Explorer, then I’d like to inform you that you’ve been infected by a trojan called Zlob.

You might even get popup from your tray bar warning you that you’ve been infected by Win32@mx trojan.

asecurityassurance.com is a dangerous hijacker which is comes from Trojan.Zlob spyware. These kind of hijackers displays a fake warning message such as, W32.Myzor.fk@yf warning message to purchase the paid version of rogue security applications (for example; VirusProtectPro, MalwareBurn, VirusRanger and so on.,). Once the Trojan.Zlob installed, it drops many spyware applications to hijacked your homepage. Not only this, It also displays fake flashing warning alerts on your system tray.

If your computer is infected by Trojan.Zlob and hijacked by the asecurityassurance.com then your computer is in trouble because it does transfer back and forth information from the infected computer which makes it a potential for application/data theft.

Fortunately, there are free automatic removal tool to clean Zlob trojan without any effort.


1. Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

– This tool is being offered by Microsoft. It is very efficient in removing specific malwares. I was once infected by Optix trojan and it was able to remove it. Here is a list of malwares that it can remove. Make sure you select Full Scan when it ask you to choose a type of scan.
[ Download Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool v1.34 ]

2. Spybot – Search & Destroy

– The latest Spybot definition has an update for cleaning Zlob. It can detect latest Zlob trojan variant.
[ Download Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5 ]

3. Roguefix

– Roguefix detection and removal script to clean computers with the Windows XP operating system that are infected with fake security warnings from a family of rogue scanners, Desktop/Homepage hijackers, their installing/accompanying trojans and ‘partner’ programs. Very easy to use. Download the batch file, run it and follow the instructions.
[ Download Roguefix ]

4. G Data Removal Tool

G-Data removal tool also able to clean a list of specific virus.
[ Download G Data Removal Tool ]

If you’re unable to access the Internet after cleaning Zlob trojans, you might need to use LSP-Fix to repair Winsock 2 stacks.

Click HERE to download LSP-Fix.