Friday, July 30, 2010

Change WI-FI Mac Address

MAC address (Media Access Control address) is a quasi-unique identifier consists of a six byte number that attached to most network adapter card or network interface card (NIC). As such, all network cards, whether it’s of Ethernet NIC, Gigabit Ethernet NIC or wireless 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi or Hiper-LAN adapter, should have different MAC addresses, which also known as Ethernet Hardware Address (EHA) or adapter address.

In operating system, MAC address is often represented in 12-digit hexadecimal number. In practical usage, layer 2 MAC address is converted from layer 3 protocol addresses such as Internet Protocol (IP address) by ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), which then allowed each host to be uniquely identified and frames to be marked for specific hosts on broadcast networks, such as Ethernet. After translated (or when a host on LAN sends its MAC address to another machine which does n ot configured not to accept unrequested ARP replies on the network for preemptive caching), MAC address is cached on source PC ARP table for later use. Content of ARP table on each computer can be viewed by typing arp -a in Windows or arp in Linux. MAC address thus forms the basis of most of the layer 2 networking upon which higher OSI Layer protocols are built to produce complex, functioning networks.

There are many reasons or possibilities that an user may want to change the MAC address or a network adapter, which also known as MAC spoofing. For example, to bypass the MAC address filtering on firewall or router. The trick can be used to get pass the network access restriction by emulating a new unrestricted MAC address, or to gain access connection by spoof an authorized MAC address after sniffing the legitimate MAC address out of the air in MAC filtering Wi-Fi network.

Beside, hackers or enthusiasts also spoofing another host’s MAC address as their own in order to receive traffic packets not meant for them, although ARP poisoning technique is more commonly used. However, changing MAC address can still keep the real information from been detected and logged by various services such as IDS, firewall, DHCP server, wireless access points and etc, and is essential protect user’s privacy. MAC spoofing also potentially trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) attack by causing routing problem with duplicating MAC address exists in the network, especially those similar with gateway and AP router’s BSSID (Basic Service Set Identifier.)

Whatever the reason, it’s pretty easy to change the MAC address or perform MAC spoofing on most of today’s hardware, listed below. Actually, the original MAC address is burnt and imprinted to the network card, and cannot be changed. However, operating system can spoof as if there is different MAC address for the network interface card using tricks below.

Change the MAC address in Windows

1. Go to Start -> Control Panel. Double click on Network Connections (inside Network and Internet Connections category in Windows XP

). The, right click on the active network connection with network adapter that you want to change the MAC address (normally Local Area Network or Wireless Network Connection) and click on Properties.

Above steps work in Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. For Windows Vista, access to NIC’s properties is from Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center -> Manage Network Connections.

Alternatively, if you already know which network adapter that’s responsible for your network or Internet connection, go to Device Manager and open the properties dialog by double click on the NIC itself.

2. In the General tab, click on the Configure button.

3. Click on Advanced tab.

4. In the Property section, select and highlight Network Address or Locally Administered Address.

5. To the right, “Not Present” radio button is by default selected as value. Change the value by clicking on radio button for Value:, and then type in a new MAC address to assign to the NIC.

Change MAC Address of Network Adapter

The MAC address consists of 6 pairs of numbers (0 – 9) and characters (A – F) combination.

6. Click OK when done.

7. To verify the change of MAC address, go to command prompt, then type in one of the following commands:

ipconfig /all

net config rdr

8. Reboot the computer if successful to make the change effective.

Note: To restore or reset back to original default MAC address, simply set back the option to “Not Present”.

Change the MAC Address of NIC in Windows via Registry

1. Open a command prompt.

2. Type the following command and hit Enter.

ipconfig /all

3. Record down the Description and the Physical Address (is MAC address) of the active network connection (discard those with Media Disconnected state).

Get MAC Address for Network Card

For example, in figure above, Description is Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link and MAC address is in the format of XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX.

4. In the command prompt also, type the following command and hit Enter.

net config rdr

5. Record down the GUID for the MAC address for the active connection’s NIC which MAC address to be changed. The GUID is contained within the { and } brackets right in front of the MAC address as shown in figure below.

GUID for the NIC

6. Type regedt32 or regedit in Start -> Run box or in Start Search for Windows Vista. Note: for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, regedt32 must be used.

7. Navigate to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

8. Expand the {4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} tree, and there will be more sub-keys in the form of 0000, 0001, 0002 and so on.

9. Go through each sub-key starting from 0000, look for subkey that has DriverDesc value data that matches NIC description copied from step above, that want its MAC address to be changed. In most cases, it will be similar to the network adapter card name.

To verify that the subkey found is indeed a correct one, check the value of the Net-CfgInstanceId, which should have the same value with the NIC’s GUID taken from step above.

10. Once a sub-key is matched to the network interface card that MAC address want to be spoofed, select and highlight the subkey. Right click on the sub-key (for example, 0000), then select New -> String Value. Name the new value name as NetworkAddress.

Note: If NetworkAddress REG_SZ registry key is already existed in the right pane, skip this step.

11. The double click on NetworkAddress and enter a new MAC address as its value data.

Change and Spoof MAC Address in Registry

Note that the 12-digit MAC address in hexadecimal format, and should be entered without any dash (-).

12. Reboot the system to make the new MAC address effective. Alternatively, if you don’t want to restart the system, try to disable and then re-enable the network adapter in Device Manager.

13. To verify the change of MAC address, go to command prompt, then type in one of the following commands:

ipconfig /all

net config rdr

Note: To restore or reset back to true original hardware burned-in MAC address, remove the NetworkAddress registry key that is been added.

Alternative: Third party tools and utilities to change the MAC address in Windows operating system are plenty, for example: SMAC (direct download link to smac20_setup.ex, supports Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000), Macshift (direct download link to macshift.zip, for Windows XP), BMAC (almost identical SMAC MAC changer clone by moorer-software.com), Mac MakeUp (direct download link to macmakeup.zip, for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista), MadMACs (MAC Address Spoofing And Host Name Randomizing App For Windows, directly download MadMACs.zip), EtherChange (direct download link to etherchange.exe), and Technitium MAC Address Changer (for Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008).

Windows Registry Hacks

Display legal notice on startup:
Wanna tell your friends about the do's and dont's in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.
REGEDIT
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
"legalnoticecaption"="enter your notice caption"
"legalnoticetext"="enter your legal notice text"
Automatic Administrator Login:
Well here's the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.
REGEDIT 4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"
No Shutdown:
Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.
Just hack it down !!!
Regedit
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
"NoClose"="DWORD:1"
Menu Delays:
Another minor and easy tweak to remove any delay from menus sliding out. For this you will need to use regedit (open regedit by going to Start -> Run..., then typing 'regedit' and pressing enter). The key you need to change is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop. The actual key is called MenuShowDelay - all you have to do is change the value to 0. Remember, you will have to re-boot your computer for this tweak to take effect.
GPEDIT.MSC And Autoplay
A great tweaking file that comes with XP is gpedit.msc. Go to Start -> Run... and then type in 'gpedit.msc' and press enter. This is effectively the Policies Editor, and it comes in handy often. For example, if you hate CD autoplay like I do and want to permanently disable it, you can use this tool to do so. Just run gpedit.msc, then go to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System. In here you can see the value 'Turn Off Autoplay'. Right-click on it and then click 'Properties'.
Increasing options in add/remove programs:
Not a fan of MSN Messenger? don't want Windows Media Player on your system? Fair enough, but if you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, by default none of Windows XP's 'built in' programs are visible. it's fairly easy to change, though... just open the file X:\Windows\inf\sysoc.inf (where X: is the drive letter where Windows XP is installed) in Notepad. You should see a section of the file something like this:
[Components]
NtComponents=ntoc.dll,NtOcSetupProc,,4
WBEM=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,wbemoc.inf,hide,7
Display=desk.cpl,DisplayOcSetupProc,,7
Fax=fxsocm.dll,FaxOcmSetupProc,fxsocm.inf,,7
NetOC=netoc.dll,NetOcSetupProc,netoc.inf,,7
iis=iis.dll,OcEntry,iis.inf,,7
com=comsetup.dll,OcEntry,comnt5.inf,hide,7
dtc=msdtcstp.dll,OcEntry,dtcnt5.inf,hide,7
IndexSrv_System = setupqry.dll,IndexSrv,setupqry.inf,,7
TerminalServer=TsOc.dll, HydraOc, TsOc.inf,hide,2
msmq=msmqocm.dll,MsmqOcm,msmqocm.inf,,6
ims=imsinsnt.dll,OcEntry,ims.inf,,7
fp_extensions=fp40ext.dll,FrontPage4Extensions,fp40ext.inf,,7
AutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,au.inf,hide,7
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
RootAutoUpdate=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,rootau.inf,,7
IEAccess=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,ieaccess.inf,,7
This is a list of all components installed at the moment. I've taken the example of MSN Messenger - the program entry called 'msmsgs', third-last line. You can see the word 'hide' highlighted - this is the string which tells Windows not to display the component in the Add/Remove Programs list. Fix this up by simply deleting the word 'hide' like so:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
To this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
Now, after restarting, you should be able to see MSN Messenger in the Add/Remove Programs list. If you want to be able to quickly view and remove all components, simply open the sysoc.inf file and do a global find and replace for the word ",hide" and replace it with a single comma ",".
Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown:
don't you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running? Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap. Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.
Speeding Up Share Viewing:
This is a great tweak. Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers. Basically, when you connect to another computer with Windows XP, it checks for any Scheduled tasks on that computer - a fairly useless task, but one that can add up to 30 seconds of waiting on the other end - not good! Fortunately, it's fairly easy to disable this process. First, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace in the Registry. Below that, there should be a key called {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}. Just delete this, and after a restart, Windows will no longer check for scheduled tasks - mucho performance improvement!
Create a Shortcut to Lock Your Computer
Leaving your computer in a hurry but you don’t want to log off? You can double-click a shortcut on your desktop to quickly lock the keyboard and display without using CTRL+ALT+DEL or a screen saver. To create a shortcut on your desktop to lock your computer: Right-click the desktop. Point to New, and then click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard opens. In the text box, type the following: rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation Click Next. Enter a name for the shortcut. You can call it "Lock Workstation" or choose any name you like. Click Finish. You can also change the shortcut's icon (my personal favorite is the padlock icon in shell32.dll). To change the icon: Right click the shortcut and then select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and then click the Change Icon button. In the Look for icons in this file text box, type: Shell32.dll. Click OK. Select one of the icons from the list and then click OK You could also give it a shortcut keystroke such CTRL+ALT+L. This would save you only one keystroke from the normal command, but it could be more convenient.
Speed up Internet Explorer 8 
For some reason, the Favorites menu in IE 6 seems to slow down dramatically sometimes--I've noticed this happens when you install Tweak UI 1.33, for example, and when you use the preview tip to speed up the Start menu. But here's a fix for the problem that does work, though it's unclear why: Just open a command line window (Start button -> Run -> cmd) and type sfc, then hit ENTER. This command line runs the System File Checker, which performs a number of services, all of which are completely unrelated to IE 6. But there you go: It works.
Aspi
WinXP does not come with an Aspi layer. So far almost 90% of the problems with WinXP and CD burning software are Aspi layer problems. After installing WinXP, before installing any CD burning software do a few things first: 1. Open up "My computer" and right click on the CD Recorder. If your CD recorder was detected as a CD recorder there will be a tab called "Recording". On this tab uncheck ALL of the boxes. apply or OK out of it and close my computer. 2. Next install the standard Aspi layer for NT. Reboot when asked. That's is. after the reboot you can install any of the currently working CD recording applications with no problems. If using CD Creator do not install direct CD or Take two as they are currently incompatible but Roxio has promised a fix as soon as XP is released.

How to get IP Address of senders in Yahoo,Rediff or Gmail.

When you receive an email, there is lot of things apart from mail. The email comes with headers that carry important information which can tell where the email was sent from and who's the sender. For that, you need to find the IP address of the sender. The tips below can help you find the IP address of the sender. Note that this will not work if the sender uses anonymous proxy servers.
Finding IP address in Gmail

1. Log into your Gmail account with your username and password.
2. Open the mail.
3. To display the headers,
* Click on More options corresponding to that thread. You should get a bunch of links.
* Click on Show original
4. You should get headers like this:
Gmail headers : name
Look for Received: from followed by a few hostnames and an IP address between square brackets. In this case, it is

65.119.112.245.
That is be the IP address of the sender!
5. Track the IP address of the sender

  Finding IP address in Yahoo!

1. Log into your Yahoo! mail with your username and password.
2. Click on Inbox or whichever folder you have stored your mail.
3. Open the mail.
4. If you do not see the headers above the mail message, your headers are not displayed. To display the headers,
* Click on Options on the top-right corner
* In the Mail Options page, click on General Preferences
* Scroll down to Messages where you have the Headers option
* Make sure that Show all headers on incoming messages is selected
* Click on the Save button
* Go back to the mails and open that mail
5. You should see similar headers like this:
Yahoo! headers : name
Look for Received: from followed by the IP address between square brackets [ ]. Here, it is 202.65.138.109.
That is be the IP address of the sender!
6. Track the IP address of the sender

Finding IP address in Rediff !
In Rediff the you can see header just left side of senders name with the name of "Show Headers" .


Tuesday, July 27, 2010

How to use Keylogger ?

 Keyloggers have gotten a lot of bad press lately, with their association with hackers and identity theft. But the fact is that, like any tool, they can be used for good or bad purposes. Yes, some unscrupulous person could possibly put a keylogger on your computer, and that's why you have a spyware detector.

Just the same, while you could use a car to take you safely to your destination, that same car (or one very much like it) could be used by a criminal in a crime. I'm sure you would agree that this is not a good thing, but I doubt you would want to give up your car, would you? Keyloggers actually have a number of legitimate uses.

To give you an example, if you have children, a keylogger can be used to help ensure their safety. Just install the program, and it will automatically watch what they do. This lets you check up on them, and see if they're doing anything dangerous, like giving someone online their address! There are a lot of dangers on the internet today, and a keylogger can be a big help in taking care of your kids.

Even if you aren't worried about what your kids are up to, a keylogger is a useful tool in any family matters. For example, maybe you are worried that your partner is cheating on you. Well, a keylogger provides an easy way to find out! Just set it up, and it will give you immediate knowledge of who your partner talks to, and what they talk about. Much less hassle then a private eye.

Even if you have no family members you want to keep an eye on, a keylogger can be an excellent tool in other areas as well. For example, install one on your computers at work, and you'll be able to instantly spot anyone slacking. Much more important then this, though, is the ability to identify trade secret leaks and plug them before they become a problem. Now that's a useful device.

You can use a program such as Secret Agent software, from http://secretagentsoftware.com/, to simplify the task. It's a professionally done program, so all you have to do is get it set up on the computer you want to monitor. You can then immediately start following what anyone on the computer is doing.

In fact, recent software such as the Secret Agent Spy allows you to view screenshots and captured web pages as well. You can play back the users activities as if it was a DVD, fast forwarding or rewinding to what you want to see or just letting events scroll as you watch everything they were doing, hours or even days after they did it.

The stealth options that now come as standard with programs like this prevent anyone from discovering it is installed, and the ability to automatically email the results of the monitoring to an email address of your choice make plausible deniability easier then ever. No-one will find the program, and even if they did, its password protected so they could never use it!

In the end, if you are worried at all (or perhaps just curious) you should definitely get a keylogger. Even the most basic will be a big help to you, and the more advanced, modern programs have a host of additional features. The best thing to do is to think up a list of everything you want it to do, and then shop around until you find something that meets your specifications. Be sure to ask for advice in forums, and check out review sites. Where your peace of mind is at stake, don't settle for anything less then the best.
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Mozilla Firefox's Keyboard Shortcuts

  Keyboard shortcuts


CommandShortcut
Navigation
BackAlt+Left Arrow
Backspace
ForwardAlt+Right Arrow
Shift+Backspace
HomeAlt+Home
Open FileCtrl+O
ReloadF5
Ctrl+R
Reload (override cache)Ctrl+F5
Ctrl+Shift+R
StopEsc
Current Page
Go to Bottom of PageEnd
Go to Top of PageHome
Move to Next FrameF6
Move to Previous FrameShift+F6
Page Info
Page SourceCtrl+U
PrintCtrl+P
Save Page AsCtrl+S
Zoom InCtrl++
Zoom OutCtrl+-
Zoom ResetCtrl+0
Editing
CopyCtrl+C
CutCtrl+X
DeleteDelete
PasteCtrl+V
RedoCtrl+Y
Select AllCtrl+A
UndoCtrl+Z
Search
FindCtrl+F
Find AgainF3
Ctrl+G
Find As You Type Link'
Find As You Type Text/
Find PreviousShift+F3
Web SearchCtrl+K
Ctrl+E
Windows & Tabs (see Tabbed Browsing )
Close Tab Ctrl+W
Ctrl+F4
Close WindowCtrl+Shift+W
Alt+F4
Move Tab Left
(when tab is focused)
Ctrl+Left Arrow
Ctrl+Up Arrow
Move Tab Right
(when tab is focused)
Ctrl+Right Arrow
Ctrl+Down Arrow
Move Tab to Beginning
(when tab is focused)
Ctrl+Home
Move Tab to End
(when tab is focused)
Ctrl+End
New TabCtrl+T
New WindowCtrl+N
Next TabCtrl+Tab
Ctrl+Page Down
Open Address in New Tab
(from Location Bar or Search Bar)
Alt+Enter
Previous TabCtrl+Shift+Tab
Ctrl+Page Up
Undo Close TabCtrl+Shift+T
Select Tab (1 to 8)Ctrl+(1 to 8)
Select Last TabCtrl+9
Tools
Bookmark All TabsCtrl+Shift+D
Bookmark This PageCtrl+D
BookmarksCtrl+B
Ctrl+I
Library windowCtrl+Shift+B
Caret BrowsingF7
DownloadsCtrl+J
HistoryCtrl+H
Toggle Private BrowsingCtrl+Shift+P
Clear Recent HistoryCtrl+Shift+Del
Error ConsoleCtrl+Shift+J
Miscellaneous
Complete .com AddressCtrl+Enter
Complete .net AddressShift+Enter
Complete .org AddressCtrl+Shift+Enter
Delete Selected Autocomplete EntryDel
Toggle Full ScreenF11
HelpF1
Select Location BarAlt+D
F6
Ctrl+L
Select or Manage Search Engines
(when Search Bar is focused)
Alt+Up Arrow
Alt+Down Arrow
F4
Media shortcuts(OGG/Theora Videos Only)
Toggle Play / PauseSpace
Decrease volumeArrow down
Increase volumeArrow up
Mute audioCtrl+Down Arrow
Unmute audioCtrl+Arrow up
Seek back 15 secondsLeft Arrow
Seek back 10 %Ctrl+Left Arrow
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Seek forward 10 %Ctrl+Right Arrow
Seek to the beginningHome
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