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  • Windows Live Messenger 2010 Build 15 Beta Sign In Restriction Patch

    The new Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 beta has been leaked and it can be found on torrents and file sharing sites. I really wonder how does this Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 got leaked out when it is supposed to be a private beta? Surely it must be a Microsoft employee that either accidentally or intentionally leak this out. A leak is not necessarily bad because the Windows Live development team will only receive more feedback on the new Wave 4 and they don’t need to answer for any problems that can cause on the user’s computer.

    Basically Windows Live Essentials is like a whole suite that allows you to install a bunch of Windows Live applications such as Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Family Safety, Windows Live ID, Windows Live Movie Maker, Windows Live Photo Gallery, Windows Live Sync and Windows Live Writer. Out of curiosity I downloaded the Wave 4 and installed all of the Windows Live applications. The first thing I noticed is that all of the application now has ribbon. When I tried to sign in to Windows Live Messenger Build 15, I got the error “We can’t sign you in to Windows Live Messenger. You don’t have permission to log into this version of Windows Live Messenger. Error code: 810003cc“. Clicking on the Get more information links to me a Microsoft Federation Services employee sign in page.

    We can't sign you in to Windows Live Messenger. You don't have permission to log into this version of Windows Live Messenger. Error code: 810003cc
    I don’t know why all of the Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta applications can be used except for Windows Live Messenger which is limited to only Microsoft employee…


    There is a patch that replaces the original Windows Live Messenger 2009 build 15 with a patched version that allows you to sign in without getting the 810003cc error code. It only works for Build 15.2.2583.119 but when a new beta is leaked/released again, the patch cannot be used and will only revert the newer Windows Live Messenger to an older build.

    To get around this restriction, I’ve created a patch that will auto search and replace the necessary offsets to allow sign in to Windows Live Messenger beta. Basically it is pretty much the same thing as the full patch but this tool allows you to do it your own and it also works with future Windows Live Messenger beta since it has offset scanning capabilities. The patch is created with dUP2 and some antivirus flags this tool as malicious. 14 out of 42 detects the patcher created by dUP2 as backdoor, cracker, hacktool and etc but both ThreatExpert online sandbox analysis shows that the patcher is clean and does not perform any malicious actions. Simply run and click the Patch button. It will auto locate where Windows Live Messenger 2010 is installed and creates a backup of the original messenger.

    Windows Live Messenger Beta Sign In Patch

  • VirusTotal Analysis: LINK
  • ThreatExpert Analysis: LINK

    • When I signed in for the first time, the WLM interface is really huge. Then after playing around with the menus, I found out this is the Social Mode and I can switch it back to the contacts mode which is like the current Messenger interface. Tab feature has also been implemented to the chat window so you won’t get multiple chat window flooding your taskbar.

    download Windows Live Messenger 2010

    It seems to also have some sort of Facebook integration at the bottom right Add > Facebook but the feature is incomplete. I am asked to sign in with Windows Live ID after adding Facebook and then it shows my Live account main page. Clicking the Skip button closes the window and that’s it.

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    Download Windows Live Messenger Beta Sign In Dynamic Patcher by Raymond

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  • Beware of the New “hi. this is your photo?” MSN Virus

    I’ve always been creating awareness to users so that everyone will watch out for those fake MSN messages sent by your friends from contact list. At first it was the PICS FOR MSN FRIENDS, then came VERIFY WHO BLOCKED YOU ON THEIR MSN CONTACT LIST. Those fake messages are sent by an automated system created by the phishers that got hold of your MSN login and password. It is unclear what the phishers will do to your MSN accounts but they seemed to be harvesting a lot of accounts.

    Recently I’ve been getting new type of MSN fake messages sent by my friend from my contact list. As usual they will be offline when you get that message and if they are online, most probably they’ve sent that message earlier as an offline message to you. The message only contains one sentence “hi. this is your photo?” followed by a smiley and a 5 random generated letters. At the next line, it has a URL link that changes all the time.

    hi. this is your photo?

    Previously if you clicked on the link, it will present you a page to enter your MSN login information but this time, it will auto prompt you to download a file “Picture_2525.exe” 1.8MB in size which IS a virus.


    If you accidentally run the file, you should see a small window that says “bedava Film indir. Hemen TIKLA 7” which I have no idea what is that since Google Translate does not support Azerbaijani. Clicking on that window will open an advertising page on your default browser.
    edava Film indir. Hemen TIKLA 7

    I’ve analyzed the Picture_2525.exe file by running it on my test computer and I found out that it drops a few files to your system32 folder and installs a service to auto startup the file when Windows is booted up. It also changes your Internet Explorer start up page to point to www.googlesayfa.com/en which looks very similar to the official Google Search page except that it has a Google Adsense advertisement at the bottom and a sentence that says “this website unofficial Google Search Fan website”. Other than that, it also creates a connection to a US IP 67.228.41.155 and port 6772.

    I uploaded the Picture_2525.exe to VirusTotal and 33 out of 41 antivirus is able to detect this file as a threat. Fortunately this virus is not hard to clean because it is not “persistent”. I could create a batch file to auto clean it but you can just run the commands below to get rid of it.

    1. Open Windows Task Manager (press Ctrl+Shift+Esc simultaneously), go to the Processes tab and right click at the processes below and select End Process:

    svlost.exe
    svlostSrv.exe
    tasman.exe

    2. Then simultanously press Win+R to bring up the Run window and type the following command.

    sc delete svlostServices

    3. Delete the files listed below in Windows\System32 folder.

    libeay32.dll
    ssleay32.dll
    svlost.exe
    svlosta.dll
    svlostb.dll
    svlostSrv.exe
    tasman.exe

    4. Again simultanously press WIN+R to bring up Run window and type the two commands below. Type once, hit enter and then continue to the second one.

  • reg delete "hkcu\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main" /v default_page_url /f
  • reg delete "hkcu\software\microsoft\internet explorer\main" /v "Start Page" /f

    • The virus has been completely removed from your computer. However, I’d still advice you to change your MSN password just to be on the safe side. I did a Reverse IP search using my DomainTools account on the domain that I received from the MSN message and it showed me that there are 52 more domains that is hosted under the same server.
    domaintools reverse ip
    You should avoid visiting all the websites below.

  • Ahvalimsn.info
  • Ankemsn.info
  • Arabiamarabia.info
  • Arabimsnks.info
  • Asmsnas.info
  • Azrrufi.info
  • Baemsn.info
  • Burdamsns.info
  • Demlikciheymsn.info
  • Denimenter.info
  • Dubaimsn.info
  • Ehlenselamam.info
  • Elmsnulblock.info
  • Gerwhymsn.info
  • Habibimwhos.info
  • Habibmsnd.info
  • Habibulmsn.info
  • Hakmsns.info
  • Haydari.info
  • Heymanat.info
  • Hombilmombil.info
  • Kimbenibans.info
  • Kimbitr.info
  • Kimpetek.info
  • Leyyamsn.info
  • Lovemsnlove.info
  • Lovepoemswhy.info
  • Maishemsn.info
  • Menzilmsn.info
  • Msnbut.info
  • Msniblock.info
  • Msniblocki.info
  • Msnminepr.info
  • Msnmsntsn.info
  • Msnsenm.info
  • Mustarabis.info
  • Myfedorea.info
  • Mysoutchests.info
  • Nerdenmsns.info
  • Patlirafan.info
  • Peyamnetsd.info
  • Pirinces.info
  • Reddumsn.info
  • Senmsnen.info
  • Seyyarmsn.info
  • Seyyarmsnn.info
  • Tayyarmsn.info
  • Thisallfreegetit8.info
  • Turustum.info
  • Vasilios.info
  • Wheremerewhy.info
  • Zlanmsnm.info
  • Karamsns.info

    • If any of your friend sends you such message, tell them to come to this page on how to clean up the virus that is on their computer.

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  • Easily Be the Best MalwareCity Malware Catcher and Win BitDefender 2010 License

    Did you know that MalwareCity, a community website set up by BitDefender is having a contest where you have to prove yourself as the best malware catcher to win a free legal BitDefender 2010 license for 1 year? What you need to do is browse through MalwareCity’s website and try to look for the “Catch Him” image which you can click on it to submit your entry. The contest starts on 14 December, and ends on 21 December 2009. Now if the website has tons of articles, it’d be time consuming and tedius for you to browse through every article just to look for that image.

    MalwareCity Catch Malware Expert

    Fortunately I know of a method that can help you automate the process of searching for that image. It took me less than 5 minutes to search where the “Catch Me” image is located at. I personally don’t think this is cheating because I am using my computer knowledge and skills to be the best malware catcher!


    First, you will need a website downloader or some people call it offline browser to automatic crawl and download all contents from a link. My personal favorite is Offline Explorer because it is packed with tons of features which makes it very powerful. Unfortunately it is shareware but you can use it without any limitations for 30 days. Then you crawl MalwareCity’s website with Offline Explorer and when finished, use a textcrawler to search for the image filename and see where it is located. Not sure what am I talking about? Follow the steps below and perhaps you can get a better idea.

    1. Download and install Offline Explorer

    2. Run Offline Explorer and when the New Project Wizard dialog box appears, enter http://www.malwarecity.com at the Project URL and click Next.
    Configure Offline Explorer

    3. Make sure Levels limit is checked and the value is 1. Click Next.

    4. Make sure that Download all files that are linked to the starting page is selected and click Next.

    5. Make sure that Load only within the starting URL is selected and Load images from any location is checked. Click Next.

    6. Make sure that Download the new Project now is selected and click Next. Offline Explorer will start downloading the whole MalwareCity’s website. When finished downloading, continue step 7.

    7. Download TextCrawler and install.

    8. Run TextCrawler, set it up with the information below and click the Find button.
    Configure TextCrawler

    Filename/Filter: *.*
    Start Location: C:\download\www.malwarecity.com
    Find: catch_him.jpg

    9. In a few seconds, a list of searched results will appear in TextCrawler. Take note of the Path and File Name. Those are the links where the catch_me.jpg image are found and most likely is the place for you to join in the BitDefender 2010 giveaway. Open the REAL URL in your web browser and look for the catch_me.jpg image. Click on it and a form for you to join the giveaway should appear.
    bitdefender catch_me page

    Now you’ve easily beaten the contest. All you need now is a little bit of luck to be chosen as one of the winners of BitDefender 2010. Best of luck to you and hope that you’ve learned something new today.

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  • Difference Between the Free and Paid Version of Rising Antivirus 2009

    Yesterday I read a post in forum saying that the free and paid version of Rising Antivirus 2009 is exactly the same. I second that because I did a quick comparison a few months ago and found that they don’t have much differences. If you go to the RISING FREE Antivirus homepage, it says that the latest Rising Antivirus Free Edition has the same service and function as Rising Antivirus 2009 paid version, but there are some four differences which is:
    Free RISING Antivirus

    1. Information centre service: The free edition has an information centre window in its main interface where it displays the latest news of company. As for the paid version, there is no such window.

    2. Update Service: RISING paid version product gets update through high speed update server each day, but Rising Antivirus Free Edition product does not.

    3. Fast response technical support for paid version and limited support for free edition.

    4. Licensed users gets Rising Firewall for free.

    Basically only the first two points are the differences in the software. The third and the fourth point are extra benefit/service offered by RISING to their customers. The paid version of RISING Antivirus cost USD$19.95 per year and let’s see if it is really worth the money or not.


    I downloaded both paid and free version of RISING Antivirus 2009 and tested it one at a time. Both the program folders has the exact same files. So I thought that maybe the registry is the place where it determines if the program is recognized as the free or paid version. I analyzed the registry keys created by RISING and also found not much difference.

    I had to go deeper by monitoring the installation with SysTracer and Total Uninstall. This time I found that RISING Antivirus created some files at the application data folder. This path is being used by some software to stores its settings and configuration. If you go to %appdata%\Rising\Rav folder, there is a file RsConfig.cfg that determines if the program should be a free or paid version. If you copy the RsConfig.cfg file from the free edition to the paid version, the paid version instantly turns into a free version. Vice versa. This RsConfig.cfg file is encrypted and not editable by text editor or hex editor. You also cannot delete the RsConfig.cfg file. Once it’s gone, the program will treat it as corrupted and wants you to reinstall again. That’s about the “information centre service” window.
    RISING Information Centre Service

    Next, I’ve used URLSnooper to check on the URLs that RISING Antivirus connects to get the latest program updates and virus definitions. Both versions first connects to rsup09.rising.com.cn to get a few xml files to compare if the computer has the latest virus definitions. When it requires to download the definitions, both version connects to down.rising-global.com.
    RISING Definition Update Server
    This shows that point number 2, “RISING paid version product gets update through high speed update server each day, but Rising Antivirus Free Edition product does not” is fake.

    If you ask, why is it that the installer for paid version is 5MB bigger than the free version? That’s because the installer for paid version is compiled with a newer engine and virus definition so you don’t need to spend as much time as the free version in updating after installation.

    Since I never reviewed RISING Antivirus 2009 before, here are some little information about it. After installing RISING Antivirus 2009, there will be an extra 6 processes namely CCenter.exe, RavMonD.exe, RavTask.exe, rsnetsvr.exe, RsTray.exe and ScanFrm.exe. All of the 6 process takes up about 23MB during idle. A full scan on a clean Windows XP service pack 3 with all latest hotfixes took 17 minutes 36 seconds.

    Now you know the difference between the paid and the free version of RISING Antivirus 2009. Whether it is worth paying USD$19.95 for the paid version is entirely up to you to judge. As for me, I would be just fine with the free version since there are no popups or any nag screen like Avira free (which of course can be disabled). Just another thought, I wonder when will RISING Antivirus 2010 be out since most of the antivirus companies has upgraded their version to 2010…

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  • Australians Gets PC Tools Disk Suite License for FREE!

    I’ve been pretty much out of touch in the tech world as I am busy with the X-Ray project. It should take a few more weeks before it is fully revealed to you guys. I really have no idea on what to write since most of the articles that you read here are written based on my experience with computers. Seeing that this freebie has not yet been posted anywhere, I thought it’d be nice to share this out. Here is another free license promo offered by PC Tools to Australian PC User magazine readers.

    free pc tools disk suite license code

    Disk Suite is an all-in-one hard-drive management utility that integrates disk optimization and cleanup, defrag and backup in one easy to use package. Disk Suite puts a range of tools at your fingertips to provide optimum system performance and improved stability and security. PC Tools Disk Suite normally cost $39.95 for a 3 computer license, but is absolutely free if you follow the steps below.


    1. Go to this page http://www.pctools.com/disk-suite/free/promo/PCUSER0110/

    2. Fill up the form by entering your first name, last name, email, address, city, country, zip and the random captcha code. You will also need to check the small checkbox and then click the “Request Free License” button.
    request free registration code

    3. You can check your email when you see the message “Thank you for requesting your FREE license for PC Tools Disk Suite v1. Your free license code will be e-mailed to you shortly.” You should instantly receive an email from PC Tools (sales@pctool.somc) with the subject Free PC Tools Disk Suite License. Note down the Name and License Key.

    4. Download and install the latest version of PC Tools Disk Suite here: dsinstall.exe

    5. Run the program and register the program with the Name and License Key.

    Like I said earlier, this offer is only for Australians. If you do not have an Australia IP address, you won’t see the form for you to request the free license. Well I managed to request for a free license with an Australia proxy but it was like the only Ausi proxy that I could find. PC Tools also logs the ip address that has been used to request for the license and blocks it from further request. PC Tools Disk Suite is designed for Windows Vista 64-bit SP1, Vista 32-bit, XP and 2000. I installed on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit and it seems to work just fine.

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  • X-Ray and L4D2 Winners Announced

    I have a good and bad news. As some of you might have noticed, there is a new tab called X-Ray. The good news is this is the secret project which I’ve worked on for many days and still requires a lot more improvements. It’s still not the time to reveal what is X-Ray all about but I assure you that this is something you have never seen before!
    X-Ray Project by Raymond.CC
    Bad news is I might not be able to write and post something at a daily basis due to my commitment in life, my full time job and also the upcoming project X-Ray. So if you think you can contribute, drop me an email and we’ll see how we can work things out.

    By the way, the Left 4 Dead 2 winners has been announced. I’ve removed a few duplicate emails and also a few non-steam users. I am aware of some tools such as SteamUp!, UnDeadPatch, DynPatch, DSMP and etc that can display all STEAM games and then you only need to look for the latest GCF files. My friend will try to contact the winners through Steam and probably send the L4D2 gift from there.

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  • Free File Recover 7.5 License Key To Restore Deleted Files Worth $29.95

    Last year I’ve posted a promotion for PC Tools File Recover but it is for version 6.1 and the license update subscription last only for 4 months. If you didn’t know, all of PC Tools software are subscription based, meaning that your license is still valid and not expired, you are entitled to all new versions, unlimited smart updates and customer support for a year. When your license has expired, so is all the benefits above but you can still continue using the software without limitations.

    Today I’ve just discovered a new method to obtain a free 1 year license for the latest version of PC Tools File Recover 7.5. This version of File Recover incorporates a number of enhancements if compared to the previous v6. It has significant speed improvements in searching & recovery of deleted files and enhanced file recovery quality & support for more file types. Continue reading on how to obtain your free 1 year PC Tools File Recover license key worth $29.95.


    PC Tools File Recover graphical user interface (GUI) looks exactly the same as the previous version other than the new logo located at the bottom left.

    Free PC Tools File Recover 7 license key

    This is what you need to do to get your free PC Tools File Recovery 7.5 license key:

    1. You will need to use a UK proxy/vpn and then visit the link below.
    http://www.pctools.com/file-recover/free/promo/PCADVISOR0110/

    2. Fill up the form and make sure you entered a valid working email address because that is where the license key is going to be sent to.
    file recover promo page

    3. If you got it right, you should see a page saying “Thank you for requesting your FREE license for File Recover v7.5. Your free license code will be e-mailed to you shortly”.
    request free license key

    4. Now check your email and note down the name and license key.

    5. Download File Recover v7.5 and install.

    6. Run File Recover and enter the registration code to license the program.

    At the main page for File Recover, it is said to be designed for Windows 2000, XP Pro, XP Home, Vista Basic, Vista Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) but when I click the About button and then go to System Information, it shows that my operating system is Windows Vista when I am actually using Windows 7 Ultimate. Not really a big deal, maybe the developer has forgotten to update the signature to detect Windows 7 OS in System Information. I’ve tried deleting a file and was able to easily find & recover the deleted file using File Recover 7.5.

    If you kept on getting the message “The promotion you are attempting to access is not valid in your country”, that means the UK proxy/vpn you are using is not really working. Sometimes it will even show you the page to purchase the license instead of the form to request for free license. There is also a restriction that one IP address can only request once. I’m sure some people that find this too much a hassle will simply use “PCTools.File.Recover.v7.0.0.38.Incl.KeyMaker-DVT”. Do leave a comment if you are NOT from UK and is able to access the promotional page without using a UK proxy/vpn.

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  • Giveaway: 200 FILEminimizer Pictures License To Be Given Away

    One thing about spending your holidays in Europe is you will be taking lots and lots of pictures because everything there is so beautiful. During my honeymoon, me and my wife had taken thousands of pictures because we had our own camera. We were snapping every nice building and beautiful scenery. When we got back, some of our friends and relatives were asking us to send the photos taken in Europe but I know it wasn’t easy because every picture is in very high resolution and resizing all of them is going to be a tedious task. Moreover, I wasn’t really very sure what is the best way or software to batch resize and compress the images so that the quality is still there and the file size is small.
    free image compressor
    Christoph Schmid from the balesio team contacted me just in time because the company wanted to sponsor a few hundred license for FILEminimizer Pictures. FILEminimizer Pictures reduces the file size of JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, BMP and EMF images, pictures and photos by up to 98% using an intelligent image compression technique which preserves the original quality. As FILEminimizer does not create any zip or rar archive, there is no unzipping necessary. The optimized images, photos and pictures are then much smaller, ideal for sharing on Facebook, Flickr and other online platforms and they are perfect for being sent via e-mail. Recipients do not require the software to edit or view the optimized images and photos. Each FILEminimizer Pictures license cost € 24.95 but thanks to the sponsorship, we’re able to give away 200 license for FREE!


    There are 3 compression examples on balesio’s website and it is REALLY impressive. You can’t really see any difference with your naked eye and the file size has been drastically reduced from 1.31MB to 0.24MB! You can download and test the latest version of FILEminimizer Pictures yourself from this link FILEminimizerPictures-Setup.exe

    free fileminimizer pictures license key code

    It’s really a no brainer to use FILEminizer Pictures to automatically compress multiple pictures. Just click Open Files to select the files that you want to compress and then click Optimize Files. Before optimizing the files, you can select 3 types of compression settings which is low, standard and web. If you’re a more advanced user and would like to have your own control, you can configure the settings for “Custom Compression”.

    My wife selected 209 pictures to be uploaded to Facebook and the total file size for the original images are 704MB. After compressing all the photos, it has been reduced to only 24.2MB! My wife can now upload the photos much faster to facebook and her friends can also download and view them faster too.

    Some people will think that WinZIP is better but they are wrong. WinZIP is useful to pack multiple files into one but FILEminizer Pictures compresses the image itself. Actually MyDigitalLife has done a giveaway on this software earlier this month so whoever missed it, here’s your chance again. Just write a comment on how do you intend to use FILEminimizer Pictures and include your valid email address at the box where it says E-mail (*). At first I wanted to have the same rule which is the first 200 people who writes a comment gets it! But later I found out from forum that someone cheated in MDL giveaway, so now I will instead select the 200 users randomly. Winners be selected tomorrow and will get the FILEminimizer Pictures registration information directly from balesio.

    P/S: Remember to check tomorrow’s article at 3PM GMT+08:00 (Malaysian time) because something that is really HOT will be published. If it’s your sleeping time, stay awake and don’t miss it! All I can say is it definitely won’t last long!

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  • Free 1 Year a-squared Anti-Malware License on Windows 7 Launch Party

    Seems like the whole world is talking about the Panda Internet Security 2010 free license and also the Kaspersky Internet Security offer during Windows 7 launch parties. While I am writing this in the morning of 22nd October, there is still no update on the Kaspersky and Panda offer page. I do not put too much hope on these 2 offers because most probably there are restrictions such as you must have a House Party account which is for US people only. Instead of posting the same thing that has already appeared on probably thousands of websites, here is something different which is download your free 1-year license of a-squared Anti-Malware 4.5!

    free a-squared anti-malware license

    I will try to keep this as short as possible because in a few hours I will be taking a plane back to my hometown for my mum’s birthday. The steps are very similar to the ones I’ve posted before but this time it requires an extra step. Continue reading to find out how you can get your free 1 year a-squared Anti-Malware genuine license.


    1. Go to http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/account/ and signup for an account. Just enter your name and email address.

    2. Check your email address and you should get an email from Emsi Software (automail@www.emsisoft.com) with the subject Your user account information – Requires verification. Note down your password.

    3. Go to this web proxy http://www.german-proxy.de or
    http://www.proxy-service.de

    4. Copy this link http://cc.emsisoft.com/en and paste it to the proxy’s URL box and click GO.

    5. Login with the details that you’ve noted earlier.

    6. Once you are logged in to the customer center, click on Manage Licenses on the left sidebar.

    7. Then click on the link that says “Get license by coupon code”

    8. Paste the following coupon code without any quotes or spaces “kam-nef-max-558” and click the Convert button. Your account will now show that you have a full version of a-squared Anti-Malware assigned to it.

    9. Download the full version of a-squared Anti-Malware 4.5 and install. After installation, you will 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. You now have a full version of a-squared anti-malware valid for 1 year.

    If you didn’t know, a-squared Anti-Malware has been ranked number 1, achieving the highest detection rate on malwares compared to other antimalware programs. However it’s memory usage is a little high as well. No matter what, quickly grab your license before this offer is gone again. Perhaps in their next release v5 they will have something which is lighter in system load.

    Thanks to nsane from ssupdater.com (via drunk.ocz)

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  • FREE Dr.Web Antivirus License Valid for 1 Year Without Being in China

    3 weeks ago I posted a tip on how to obtain a 1 year Dr.Web Antivirus v5 license key valid for 1 year. After a few days, the promotion has been restricted to only China users. If you are not from China or you are not using a China IP address, you’ll get an error saying “Sorry, this event is not for foreign users!”. The logical way to bypass this restriction is to use a China proxy. It is troublesome to find a working China proxy and even if you found one, very likely it has already been used to generate a license key and you cannot re-use it.

    Today’s post is a very short one and its more like an update to the article I posted 3 weeks ago. Out of curiosity I tried to generate a new Dr.Web license key today morning without using a China proxy. I got popup that says that this even is not for foreign users but weirdly when I checked my inbox, I still got an email from Dr.Web with the 16 digit serial number! This is obviously a bug which they’ve yet to discover. If you want the keys, get it NOW before they fix the bug.


    1. Go to this page http://www.drweb.com.cn/other/frdrweb.aspx
    2. Click the button on the right.
    3. Enter your email in the SECOND box. You can simply enter anything on the other boxes and also make sure you also selected an option from the drop down box. Click the button on the right.
    4. Again simply enter anything in the boxes and also select an option from the dropdown menu. Finally type in the exact random combination of numbers and letters that you see. Click the button on the right.
    5. Now you get the error “Sorry, this event is not for foreign users!”
    6. Check your email and note down the key.
    7. You can register your code to get a license key file.
    8. Download Dr.Web Antivirus v5 from here.

    I personally don’t really like to use Dr.Web Antivirus because I find that it is quite heavy in system resource, slow scanning speed and low detection rate. I’m just sharing this update with you in case you think that the offer is over and didn’t even bother trying. By the way, this web form remembers your IP address. If you want to generate extra keys, just reconnect your Internet to get a new IP address and you can request for another one.

    As for 100 BitDefender Internet Security 2010 license key giveaway, I’ve decided to close the draw and start drawing for the lucky winners today instead of Sunday. Reason is after posting the article for a day, it has generated more than 1700 comments. I am am pretty busy today and not sure if I can have the results posted. If not, they’ll be posted tomorrow.

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  • How to Extract Audio from Video and Convert Media File Format

    I have a few friends who work as a DJ. Some of them are music remixers and some are working in clubs mixing live music. One of them which is pretty new to this business called me yesterday asking me if I know how to extract audio from a movie. DJs often need to use a small part or a short phrase from a movie to embed it into their remix or simply to scratching purposes. One common example that a DJ normally scratch is from a simple “Oh yeah” and the DJ can make it sound like “oh, ohhh ye-ye-yeahhhhhhh”. There are many more examples and it depends on the DJs creativity to make it sound better and more catchy.

    I’ve never really done any research on which is the best audio or video convertor which can extract audio from a video file. If you do a search in Google, you’ll definitely find a lot of “convertor” software and most of them are shareware that cost money. Don’t be even surprised if some of them are actually from the same company and they re-branded their software to get more exposure and sales. I know about this because most of the spam in forum is about audio convertor software.

    Look no further because here are 2 free media convertors which I’ve been using all along and it supports a lot of audio and video formats.


    My first choice is Format Factory.
    convert audio and video with format factory
    It is a multifunctional media converter that supports converting all popular video, audio, picture formats to others. To extract audio from a video, simply load the video file and then select “All to MP3″. Other than converting audio and video formats, it can also repair damaged video and audio file, reduce Multimedia file size, watermarking videos and images, rips DVD and the program interface supports up to 50 languages. Most importantly, this program is totally free and you can’t find any spyware or nag screens bugging you to donate. I also recently used this to convert a .MP4 movie to .AVI to play on my WDTV.
    [ Download Format Factory ]

    My second choice is xrecode II.
    extract audio from flv avi mov
    It is converter and audio-grabber which allows you to convert many audio formats but it cannot convert video formats. Other than that, xrecode II supports parallel conversion by utilizing power of multi-core CPUs, normalizing audio files so that every mp3 plays at the same volume, able to combine multiple files into one large audio file, extracting audio from flv, avi, mov etc. video files (multiple audio streams are supported). Although it is a shareware that cost $15, it is fully functional with only a nag screen being displayed on startup.
    [ Download xrecode II ]

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  • FREE Mamutu v2 (ThreatFire Alternative) Genuine License Worth $27 for EVERYONE

    Heard of Mamutu? It’s another security software by a-squared that doesn’t rely on signature to detect a malware. Mamutu monitors all active programs in real time for dangerous behavior (Behavior Blocking) and can detect new unknown Trojans, Worms, Viruses and other damaging programs (Zero-Day dangers) without daily updates. Mamutu is small but very powerful. It saves resources and does not slow the PC down. Mamutu is actually a part of a-squared Anti-Malware, but it exist as a separate product so that you can use it simultaneously with other antivirus of your choice such as NOD32, Kaspersky, Avira and etc.
    free mamutu license key code
    You can say that Mamutu is an alternative to ThreatFire except that it cost money ($27 per year). Thanks to GIZMO again, they’ve managed to seal a deal with a-squared to provide their readers a free 12 month license for their “Mamutu” behavior blocker. This exclusive offer expires on 11.59 PM USA PST, Monday August 24, 2009, so go grab it while you can.


    1. Go to this page https://emsisoft.cleverbridge.com/34/?scope=checkout&product=21522

    2. Check the checkbox where it says “Check to enter coupon code”, enter the code as GIZMOSFREEWARE and click the Apply button. You should now see that the total price has become $0.00
    free mamutu coupon code

    3. Fill up the form by entering your first name, last name, address, zipcode, city, country, and a working email address. For the payment option, just select “Cash”. Click Next.

    4. Check the confirm subscription checkbox and click the Complete purchase button.

    5. Go to this page http://www.mamutu.com/en/support/codelost/Default.aspx

    6. Key in your email address that you entered in step 3 and click the Send Code button.

    7. Check your email and you should receive an email from Emsi Software with the subject Emsi Software User Account Password. Note down your username and password.

    8. Download the latest Mamutu version 2 and install.

    9. After finished installing Mamutu, run it and you’ll be asked to login from the program itself. Enter the username and password. At the next screen you’ll see that you have 1 number of full version license valid for a year.
    register mamutu

    Sorry 64-bit Windows users, Mamutu runs only on 32-bit of Windows XP, 2003/2008 Server and Vista. There are 2 processes for Mamutu which is a2service.exe taking up 9.692MB and mamutu.exe taking up 20.688MB. This is the first time I got to test Mamutu and honestly I was a little disappointed with the results.

    Mamutu claims to detect injection of code into other programs, invisible installations of software and creation of Autostart entries BUT it didn’t warn me when I tried infecting my test computer with a trojan. The trojan that I used for testing has all 3 behaviors above but no idea why it did not block or warn me about it. I’ve also tried running a very destructive virus called Almanahe/JambanMu, it managed to detect “Invisible installations of software” and pops up the same warning over and over again for a few times even though I select “Block behavior”. When the warning popups has stopped, I was shocked to find that the computer has been successfully infected by the virus because task manager, regedit, cmd has been disabled and the computer was running very slowly. As for Brontok virus, it managed to block all suspicious behavior. In my opinion, I personally think that ThreatFire works better than Mamutu.

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  • Batch Upload Files to Hundreds of One-Click File Hosting Websites

    How many file hosting websites do you know? RapidShare, Megaupload, Hotfile, zshare, mediafire, netload? 90% of the time I only search for files that is hosted in RapidShare and the remaining 10% goes to Megaupload. Did you know that there are actually about 200 of them? I believe the list will continue to grow when a lot of people are seeing how RapidShare turned into the most popular file hosting in the world and obviously they make tons of money from their premium system.

    Last week I compiled a comprehensive list of file spreading websites which is able to upload your files to multiple file hosting websites. You upload one time and get 5 or more links. However if you want even more links than that, you’ll have to manually upload again. 3 years ago when team CMSZone was active, they created a free tool called RapidUp that is able to automatically upload files to multiple sites. Years gone by and they haven’t update the tool making it unusable. Here’s another free file uploader alternative tool which works on 200 file hosting sites.


    z_o_o_m’s File & Image Uploader is the most comprehensive and the best program of its kind that supports uploading files to more than 200 servers.
    File and Image Uploader
    It is possible to use with premium accounts if you have them, meaning you can upload the files to your premium account storage space. It also supports parallel uploading with multiple threads so you can finish uploading your files much faster compared to only 1 thread. There is no advertisements on the program, easy to use and supports multi-language. If you found experience any problems or bugs on the program, you can send an email directly from the program itself. Finally, you can check if you have an up to date program from Help > Update. Saves you the trouble from manually checking on the official website.

    There are 3 versions for File & Image Uploader. The free version supports up to 8 parallel uploads with up to 10GB maximal daily data transfer if necessary. It also has a start-up window like a nag screen, and restriction against using some host and some accounts with some functions disabled. Another version would be the registered version which would be based on donation. If you donate $3 or more, you get the registration number. You get up to 100 parallel uploads, 50GB maximal daily data transfer and no restrictions on on host or functions. Finally there’s also a commercial version where everything is unlimited but there’s no information from the official website on how much it cost.

    During testing, FileUploader process created a lot of CPU spikes during uploading and it made the program felt like the application has hung.
    File Uploader CPU spikes
    Hopefully the developer of FileUploader will fix this in future versions. Good news is there is a new uploading engine coming soon which offers much more functions, less bugs and are cross-platform (can run on Linux, MacOS …). Could take a few weeks or even months to remake a new uploader.

    [ Download File & Image Uploader ]

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  • Create a Self Burner Package for ISO Files

    To a person that is familiar with computers, they definitely know what is an ISO file and how do we burn it to a disc. An ISO image is an archive file of a disc. Just think it as a ZIP file for a CD where all the contents in a disc is being packed into one file BUT without compression. When you backup a disc, it is normally being backed up as an ISO image file. This is a standard that has been defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

    Manually copying all files from a disc to your hard drive and zipping it up to a single file has slight difference compared to backing up as ISO. Other than backing up the data of the files on a disc, an ISO image also backs up all the file system metadata, including boot code, structures, and attributes. Burning ISO images to a disc is another problem to some people because it is not the same as the usual steps like when you burn data. Instead of dragging the ISO file to burn to a disc, you should open it with your burning software and then burn.

    If you had to deal with people who doesn’t know how to burn an ISO image file, here is an idea to make things easier for them instead of guiding them over the phone.


    You can make a self burning package for an ISO file. Meaning the user can just run a single executable file and it will automatically launch a portable burning software to burn the ISO file by clicking the burn button. Burning an ISO image to a disc can’t get any easier than this. CD SelfBurner is a free tool made by Damian666 which is able to let users create a self-extracting and self burning ISO file.
    create self burning iso image file
    First, run CD SelfBurner, then browse for the ISO or CUE file. Then select where you want to save the resulting single executable self burning file. Click the Create button, wait for a while and you will have your self burning package in no time.

    You will get a prompt to extract and burn to CD/DVD when you run the executable self burning package file. Click Yes and it will automatically start burning with ImgBurn IF you have inserted a blank disc to your drive.
    extract and burn iso
    [ Download CD Self Burner ]

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  • Re-enabling Webcam Fixes Broken Windows Live Messenger Show My Webcam

    Few months back I was having problems using the Show My Webcam option from Windows Live Messenger 2009 on my laptop running Windows Vista. After spending a lot of time testing, I found a temporary workaround to enable the grayed out or broken camera icon by just signing out and then signing in back. This workaround is not really a real solution because I had to do that all the time whenever I wanted to use the Show My Webcam option. It is a bug on Windows Live Messenger 2009 and surprisingly there isn’t any updates to fix the problem even after months has passed since messenger 2009 was released.

    Show My webcam disabled

    Today I was checking out Jonathan Kay’s blog and he too written a similar article but with another solution. I gave it a try and the solution permanently enabled Windows Live Messenger 2009 Show My Webcam option! By saying permanently meaning that after restarting my computer, the Show My Webcam option is no longer grayed out and I no longer need to repeat the workaround whenever I wanted to enable show my webcam.


    The solution that was posted in Jonathan’s website is to disable the webcam from “Audio and video setup” and then re-enabling it back. To do that, press Alt + T to bring up the Tools menu bar, then select Audio and video setup…. Click the Next button when you’re at the audio setup to go to the webcam setup. Click on the drop down menu from the webcam selection and select Disable. Click Finish.
    Messenger 2009 camera disabled
    Now do the exact same thing as above but this time instead of selecting disable, select your default webcam that you want to use. Now try signing on to your Messenger and check if the Show My Webcam feature is available to use or not (by right it should). Also do try restarting your computer to check if your Messenger 2009 show my webcam is enabled or not without going through the workaround steps above.

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