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FireEyes While the Internet is a wonderful new world with all information it makes available, all new communication channels and its ability to disregard geographical borders and time zones, it has brought along with it a new breed of crime - invasion of privacy. Basically, invasion of privacy falls into two broad categories - actual invasion of your privacy and DoS (Denial Of Service), which does not compromise your private information but does deny you the right to be on the Internet through various means. Many programs and tools have been written to prevent such attempts, but most have either proved too expensive and served mostly to cage in the person they are protecting (like firewalls) while others offer a temporary and incomplete solution. Where invasion of privacy is concerned, there are several programs available on the Internet that allows intruders to achieve their purpose. Back Orifice, NetBus and GirlFriend are all such examples. They come in two parts, a client, which the hacker uses, and a server that will reside on the victim's computer. Most come pre-configured to attack the victim's PC on specific port numbers and install themselves in the Windows Registry using predefined paths. This is where most security programs can detect or remove such malicious servers. The problem arises when the intruder has some degree of skill and can change the port number he chooses to attack and the path in the Windows Registry. His attempts will in most cases be rewarded and remain undetected by most if not all detection or removal programs. In effect, there is no way to totally prevent a determined and professional hacker from accessing your system by simply blocking known access ports. FireEyes doesn't protect your PC from intrusion. It gives you the chance to see who is accessing your PC and make up your own mind whether it's a legitimate connection or a suspect connection. It also alerts you when ports or IP numbers you define connect to you. Download available at www.webcruizer.com Internet Sweeper If you don't want
anyone, be it your colleagues, family or somebody else who has access
to your computer, know what sites you've been visiting, you can go the
hard way - delete the browser history, cache, cookies, etc. manually -
or let Internet Sweeper do it for you. Internet Sweeper is a smart
program that lets you clear the surfing logs from any browser you use.
This is good news for those who don't stick to a single browser, for
example, Internet Explorer, but use Netscape Navigator and, say, Opera
too. Things to wipe out in each browser, installed on your system, are
listed separately. So, under IE heading you'll have, among other
items, 'AutoComplete' and 'Passwords', while under Opera heading you
won't have those but see 'Windows' instead. The tool allows you to
clear system history too - Recent Documents folder, Favorites, Temp
directory and more. It also can close popup windows, run and wipe out
your browser cache on startup and do other useful things that you had
to do manually before. Download this free tool now and see it for
yourself. Download is available at www.geocities.com/Internet_Sweeper/isfw.zip |
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This software was inspired by
the desire to print address labels quickly without complex issues of fields,
graphics, databases etc. to prolong the learning process. This software is
simple. It has no real frills. It simply prints address labels from a text file.
It is simple to operate. Select "New job wizard" from the
"File" menu and follow the sequence presented. There are preset
templates provided with the software and also example text files of fictional
addresses and sequences. This list assumes you want to specify your own
measurements for the template but you may find the required labels in the preset
templates provided. Select Template/New and enter the size of your label sheet.
Select Template/Edit layout and enter the measurements for your labels. Print
the template from File/Print template and check the measurements are correct for
your labels. You can calibrate the printer if you want precise location using
the File/Calibrate printer option. It's a good idea to save your template for
other jobs when you have it as you want it. You do this from Template/Save as.
You need a text file (ASCII text - most applications where you might store your
addresses have an option to export data as text only (that's .txt files) that
contains your addresses (or any other data you wish to use). The software
regards consecutive lines of text as belonging to one label and recognises an
empty line as a separator between labels. Load the data using the Data/Open
option and select your text file. If you want to alter the default 2mm border,
text alignment or justification and the font, you can do this by selecting
File/Format labels option. You can also save your choice as the default for new
jobs. Check that your labels appear correctly on the screen and when you are
satisfied save the job. It is worth noting that if you want to edit the text in
your labels that you do this by editing your text file with an editor of your
choice. Download this from — Raman Mohan |
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