Most Important Application Installed in my PC

I wanted to share to all of you what are the application inside my pc and how simple i wanted it to be. there are thousands of applications out there and yet only few of them for me is important. This are my own personal choice so if you nice application you want to suggest you are free to share them. just leave a comment..
Maybe you notice all my programs installed in my computer are always the latest update because outdated software are prone to exploits and bugs

CCleaner
This is a Free software very reliable to clean up your pc. you can also scan and delete your unused system registry, delete your auto start program and more.

Your UnInstaller
after installation of a program this will created registry inside our systems and you a third party software to delete them. this software will help you to locate the junk files inside your computer.



Eset Smart Security - NOD32

Even im using Windows 7 that Microsoft claiming to be safe from virus because of the UAC some virus are still run and bypass UAC, thats why still advisable to use anti virus a good one. there are many free anti virus out there such as AVG, Avira, Avast and many more but i prefer to use the paid version such as NOD32 and Kaspersky because they are seldom false detection on some program which are really clean.

Internet Download Manager

how about a download 8x more faster than ordinary download? that was pretty fast isn't it? this download manager is the best downloader in town. I also share some tweaks regarding this application. How to download multiple links in rapidshare and how to make your download 16x faster than the default speed.

Nero Burning tool
You may wondering why i use version 8 rather than the verison 9? its my personal choice to use this one. i use this to burn my own personal DVD i like the slideshow because you can use many design.


Foxit READER
i like this one compare to adobe reader because of his lightness. and more faster to load than Adobe reader besides i only open PDF files i dont edit much.



Yahoo Messenger

For communication ofcourse for most of the Pilipinos we prefer to use yahoo because there is a chat room where we can interact with some other yahoo chatters and the latest version also provide us video conference just like Skype.

TeamViewer

This is a free software to remote the PC of your friend or your own PC. even are away from your Home computer you still can manage it using teamviewer. And i use this for my friends asking me to troubleshoot there pc.

Skype

Video call? this is more stable than any other programs for communication, they also provide VOIP, this program can also

FireFox
Safety now a days internet is the most target of cyber criminals, hacking tools such as spyware, malware scattered around the net. this free software browser is the safest browser as they are open source programs means all programmers around the globe is sharing ideas on how to patch exploits from the browser to become more safer. My personal advice is keep your browser updated to be more safer. Not just Firefox is a good browser you can also try Google Chrome, Opera and ofcourse Internet explorer.

how to check if you infected with Conficker, aka Downup, Downdup & Kido

you want to check if you are infected with the Conficker, aka Downup, Downadup & kido.. just visit this site and you can see whether your pc is infected.

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html

What is a botnet

The abstract concepts of "botnet" and "Trojan" just became a lot more concrete for me.

In less than an hour on Thursday, I was able to use programs readily available on the Internet underground for as little as $300 to infect several Windows clients and take complete control of them in a test environment.

In contrast to the real world, the McAfee Malware Experience event, which was akin to a Malware 101 class (or, in my case, Malware for Dummies), served up printed step-by-step instructions for us nonhacker journalists. But McAfee researchers said the programs used--real samples of malicious code from the wild--were not particularly sophisticated and any script kiddie could manage them easily.

First, I used a tool to infect a PC with a Sub Seven Trojan. With a few clicks it was on the client and I had remote access to everything on that machine via a so-called "back door." A management console provided an easy-to-use interface, including drop down menus with names like "Fun Manager."

Feeling mischievous I used the "flip screen" feature so that everything on the victim's PC was upside down and I changed the colors for the desktop and background to Hello Kitty hues of pink and orange. If I wanted to be nastier I could have directed the victim's browser to a URL of my choosing, turned on the client's Web cam, taken control of a chat session, printed out obscenities on the networked printer, or hidden the desktop or mouse from sight.

I tested out the keystroke logger and found it to be particularly empowering and scary. It was thrilling to have so much control at my fingertips. It felt a bit like the electronic equivalent to pranks we did as kids, such as shorting the sheets and drawing on someone while the victim was sleeping. But these digital shenanigans have much more dire consequences.

Next up was creating a botnet, which would give me control over multiple zombies to do things like shut Web sites down with a denial of service attack and blanket e-mail inboxes with spam. I infected the two clients with the bot software and then created a command-and-control center on an IRC room. I then ordered up the system information from the bots, scanned their ports, and downloaded a malicious file onto the computers, as well as a keystroke logger. As they say in hacker lingo, I "p0wned" the machines.

Finally, I used a program called "Shark" (also known as "Backdoor-DKG") to create a Trojan and install it on the victim clients by sending it through a Microsoft Outlook e-mail. Using a spreadsheet interface, I was able to set the functions of the Trojan, activate a keystroke logger and could have disabled antivirus software or set it to shut the system down based on certain conditions.

Following the tutorial, McAfee provided some bleak statistics to put my actions into perspective. For instance, the company's Avert Labs sees more than 400,000 new zombies a day, 4,000 new pieces of malware a day and 1.5 million malicious sites a month. There were 1.5 million pieces of unique malware last year and McAfee predicts that number will rise to 2.4 million this year.

The numbers aren't all that surprising to me now that I've seen firsthand how easy the malware is to create and use. All in all, I'd say it was a very sobering experience.