Change the Title of Yahoo Messenger

Here’s how you change the title text that appears at the top of the Messenger window. By default, this is “Yahoo! Messenger”, followed by your status. Simply edit the ymsgr.ini file, which you will find in the same folder as the Messenger program, in your Program Files folder. Locate the file and open it in Notepad. Then, at the end, add the following:

[APP TITLE]

caption=YOUR TEXT

Here, “YOUR TEXT” is whatever you want in the title bar. Save the file and close Messenger. When you restart it you will see your text in the title bar.

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Email Tracking

One of most the frequently asked question is how to track an email back to the sender.That is how to determine the sender of the email? The most obvious answer is by looking at the “From:” line! But this way of tracking does not work all the time since most of the spammers forge the email address or most of the spam that we get has a forged email address.This is also known as a spoofed email.Is it possible to send email from other’s address?Yes it is possible to send email from anyone’s name.Why not, you can send an email even from Bill Gate’s Email ID.If you need a proof look refer the post Send Spam Email To Friends

 

For more information on how to send a spoofed email refer the following post (link).

How To Send Fake Emails



OK now let’s come back to the topic of email tracking.So how do you determine where a message actually came from?Inorder to track an email we have to understand how email messages are put together in order to backtrack an email message. SMTP is a text based protocol for transferring messages across the internet. A series of headers are placed in front of the data portion of the message. By examining the headers you can usually backtrack an email to the source network, sometimes the source host.

If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express you can view the headers by right clicking on the message and selecting properties or options.

Below are listed the headers of an actual spam message.I have double spaced the headers to make them more readable.

Return-Path: <s359dyxtt@yahoo.com>

X-Original-To: sriki@example.com

Delivered-To: sriki@example.com

Received: from 12-218-172-108.client.mchsi.com (12-218-172-108.client.mchsi.com [12.218.172.108])by mailhost.example.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F9B8511C7for <sriki@example.com>; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 09:50:37 -0800 (PST)

Received: from (HELO 0udjou) [193.12.169.0] by 12-218-172-108.client.mchsi.com with ESMTP id <536806-74276>; Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:42:31 +0200

Message-ID: <n5-l067n7z$46-z$-n@eo2.32574>

From: “Maricela Paulson” <s359dyxtt@yahoo.com>

Reply-To: “Maricela Paulson” <s359dyxtt@yahoo.com>

To: sriki@example.com

Subject: You Have won $10000 in US Lottery Scheme

Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:42:31 +0200

X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21)

X-Priority: 3

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=”MIMEStream=_0+211404_90873633350646_4032088448″

According to the From header this message is from Maricela Paulson at s359dyxxt@yahoo.com. I could just fire off a message to abuse@yahoo.com, but that would be waste of time.

This message didn’t come from yahoo’s email service.

The header most likely to be useful in tracking the actual source of an email message is the Received header. According to the top-most Received header this message was received from the host 12-218-172-108.client.mchsi.com with the ip address of 21.218.172.108 by my server mailhost.example.com. An important item to consider in tracking is at what point in the chain does the email system become untrusted? I consider anything beyond my own email server to be an unreliable source of information. Because this header was generated by my email server it is reasonable for me to accept it at face value.

The next Received header (which is chronologically the first) shows the remote email server accepting the message from the host 0udjou with the ip 193.12.169.0. Those of you who know anything about IP will realize that that is not a valid host IP address. In addition, any hostname that ends in client.mchsi.com is unlikely to be an authorized email server. This has every sign of being a cracked client system.

Here’s is where we start digging. By default Windows is somewhat lacking in network diagnostic tools; however, you can use the tools at to do your own checking.

sriki@nqh9k:[/home/sriki] $whois 12.218.172.108 AT&T WorldNet Services ATT (NET-12-0-0-0-1)12.0.0.0 - 12.255.255.255Mediacom Communications Corp MEDIACOMCC-12-218-168-0-FLANDREAU-MN (NET-12-218-168-0-1)12.218.168.0 - 12.218.175.255

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-12-31 19:15# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN’s WHOIS database.

I can also verify the hostname of the remote server by using nslookup, although in this particular instance, my email server has already provided both the IP address and the hostname.

sriki@nqh9k:[/home/sriki] $nslookup 12.218.172.108

Server: localhostAddress: 127.0.0.1

Name: 12-218-172-108.client.mchsi.comAddress: 12.218.172.108

Ok, whois shows that Mediacom Communications owns that netblock and nslookup confirms the address to hostname mapping of the remote server,12-218-172-108.client.mchsi.com. If I preface a www in front of the domain name portion and plug that into my web browser, http://www.mchsi.com/, I get Mediacom’s web site.

There are few things more embarrassing to me than firing off an angry message to someone who is supposedly responsible for a problem, and being wrong. By double checking who owns the remote host’s IP address using two different tools (whois and nslookup) I minimize the chance of making myself look like an idiot.

A quick glance at the web site and it appears they are an ISP. Now if I copy the entire message including the headers into a new email message and send it to abuse@mchsi.com with a short message explaining the situation, they may do something about it.

But what about Maricela Paulson? There really is no way to determine who sent a message, the best you can hope for is to find out what host sent it. Even in the case of a PGP signed messages there is no guarantee that one particular person actually pressed the send button. Obviously determining who the actual sender of an email message is much more involved than reading the From header. Hopefully this example may be of some use to other forum regulars.

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Change IP Address

How to change your IP address in less than a minute? The following trick gives you a step-by-step procedure to change your IP address.

 

 

 

 

1. Click on “Start” in the bottom left hand corner of screen.

2. Click on “Run”.

3. Type in “command” and hit ok.You should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen.

4. Type “ipconfig /release” just like that, and hit “enter”.

5. Type “exit” and leave the prompt.

6. Right-click on “Network Places” or “My Network Places” on your desktop.

7. Click on “properties”.

You should now be on a screen with something titled “Local Area Connection”, or something close to that.

8. Right click on “Local Area Connection” and click “properties”.

9. Double-click on the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” from the list under the “General” tab.

10. Click on “Use the following IP address” under the “General” tab.

11. Create an IP address (It doesn’t matter what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up).

12. Press “Tab” and it should automatically fill in the “Subnet Mask” section with default numbers.

13. Hit the “Ok” button here.

14. Hit the “Ok” button again.You should now be back to the “Local Area Connection” screen.

15. Right-click back on “Local Area Connection” and go to properties again.

16. Go back to the “TCP/IP” settings.

17. This time, select “Obtain an IP address automatically”.

18. Hit “Ok”.

19. Hit “Ok” again.

20. You now have a new IP address.

Some ISPs do not support this type of procedure and hence there are chances of getting back the same old IP address even after trying this hack.In this case you need to switch off the modem and then switch it on to get the new IP address.

NOTE: All these tricks works only if you have a dynamic IP address.But if you have a static IP address you have no option to change your IP.

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How to Disable Windows Logo Key ?

At times it becomes necessary to disable the Windows Key on the keyboard.For example when playing games this nasty Windows Logo key keeps annoying , as we often accidently press it and this takes our game out to the desktop.So it becomes necessary to disable it when not needed an re-enable it when needed.

The following download consists of two registry scripts (.reg) one to disable windows key and the other to re-enable it.In this download there are two files

disable_winlogo_key.reg - Disable Windows Logo Ley

re-enable_winlogo_key.reg - Re-Enable Windows Logo Key

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Hacking Yahoo Messenger

This tutorial will tell you how to hack yahoo messenger while you are engaged in chatting with some person.While you are chatting through yahoo messenger, Yahoo will hide the IP addresses of all the computers that are connected through the yahoo messenger application to the chat room.So it is not possible to directly find out the IP of the person you want to hack.Then how to get the IP address? Yes it is still possible to hack the IP address during the Yahoo messenger chat.The procedure to Hack Yahoo messenger is discussed in detail below.

While you are chatting via yahoo messenger the communication between you and the person you want to hack, takes place indirectly via Yahoo server and not directly.It is not possible to hack Yahoo messenger directly to get the IP address.So to hack his IP, you must establish a direct communication with him.So,how to do this? It’s easy.Just start chatting with some one via Yahoo messenger.During the process of chatting send him a big file.Now the file transfer takes place directly between your computer and the victim’s computer(via yahoo messenger application).So now, you are ready to go. Here’s the step-by-step process to hack Yahoo messenger and get the IP address of the person .

• Goto the COMMAND PROMPT (START>>>RUN>>>Type CMD).


• Here Type “netstat -n” (without quotes).

NOTE: If you are new to “netstat” and other IP related commands refer this tutorial:Windows XP IP Utilities

• The pic given below shows netstat results of my computer.I was not chatting when i took this pic and hence it looks modified.

 

• Here local address is your own IP and the foreign address is the IP address of the recipient with whom you are connected via yahoo messenger (There may be multiple recipients and hence multiple foreign addresses).


• Now send him the file.


• Check the output by typing the command “netstat -n” (without quotes).


• Assume the output is something like this.

 

TCP 127.0.0.10:5101 124.55.23.11:1246 ESTABLISHED

Here 124.55.23.11 is the IP address of the person with whom you are chatting and 1246 is the port number where connection is established.That’s It! You have now hacked Yahoo messenger to get his IP address.

Once you hack Yahoo messenger and get his IP address you can use any of the Remote Administration tools or perform NETBIOS HACKING.Refer this tutorial on Netbios Hacking.

NOTE: Some times there are chances where in the file transfer gets encrypted (takes place via yahoo server itself).So in this case the above hack may fail to work.

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How to Edit Start Menu ?

Windows has a nice new Start menu, which you can customize more thoroughly than you could with the Start menu in any earlier version of Windows. Open the Taskbar And Start Menu Properties dialog box by right-clicking the taskbar and clicking Properties. On the Start Menu tab, select either the Start Menu option or the Classic Start Menu option to choose which version of the Start menu to use, and then click Customize. The Customize Start Menu dialog box appears; you use this box to customize how Windows displays the Start menu.

The following sections describe the most useful Start menu hacks. First you learn how to configure what does and does not appear on the Start menu. Then you learn how to prevent some programs from appearing on the frequently used programs list. You also learn how to restore the Start menu’s sort order when it’s not in alphabetical order.

Configuring the Menu’s Contents

Even though you can completely customize the Start menu in the user interface, power users and IT professionals will likely want to script Start menu customizations. Power users don’t want to reconfigure the Start menu every time they install Windows. IT professionals can use scripts to deploy these settings or configure them automatically when creating default user profiles.

If you want to script these settings, you need to know where to find them in the registry. All these settings are in the same place:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

The first section, “Classic Start Menu,” contains values that affect the classic Start menu. The second section, “New Start Menu,” contains values that affect the new Start menu, also known as the Start panel. Most of these settings are REG_DWORD values, but some are REG_SZ values. If the possible data for any of the settings includes 0×01, 0×02, and so on, that setting is a REG_DWORD value. If the possible data includes NO or YES, it’s a REG_SZ value.

CLASSIC START MENU

StartMenuAdminTools

0×00–Hide Administrative Tools

0×01–Display Administrative Tools

CascadeControlPanel

NO–Display Control Panel as link

YES–Display Control Panel as menu

CascadeMyDocuments

NO–Display My Documents as link

YES–Display My Documents as menu

CascadeMyPictures

NO–Display My Pictures as link

YES–Display My Pictures as menu

CascadePrinters

NO–Display Printers as link

YES–Display Printers as menu

IntelliMenus

0×00–Don’t use personalized menus

0×01–Use Personalized Menus

CascadeNetworkConnections

NO–Display Network Connections as link

YES–Display Network Connections as menu

Start_LargeMFUIcons

0×00–Show small icons in Start menu

0×01–Show large icons in Start menu

StartMenuChange

0×00–Disable dragging and dropping

0×01–Enable dragging and dropping

StartMenuFavorites

0×00–Hide Favorites

0×01–Display Favorites

StartMenuLogoff

0×00–Hide Log Off

0×01–Display Log Off

StartMenuRun

0×00–Hide Run command

0×01–Display Run command

StartMenuScrollPrograms

NO–Don’t scroll Programs menu

YES–Scroll Programs menu

NEW START MENU

Start_ShowControlPanel

0×00–Hide Control Panel

0×01–Show Control Panel as link

0×02–Show Control Panel as menu

Start_EnableDragDrop

0×00–Disable dragging and dropping

0×01–Enable dragging and dropping

StartMenuFavorites

0×00–Hide Favorites menu

0×01–Show Favorites menu

Start_ShowMyComputer

0×00–Hide My Computer

0×01–Show My Computer as link

0×02–Show My Computer as menu

Start_ShowMyDocs

0×00–Hide My Documents

0×01–Show My Documents as link

0×02–Show My Documents as menu

Start_ShowMyMusic

0×00–Hide My Music

0×01–Show My Music as link

0×02–Show My Music as menu

Start_ShowMyPics

0×00–Hide My Pictures

0×01–Show My Pictures as link

0×02–Show My Pictures as menu

Start_ShowNetConn

0×00–Hide Network Connections

0×01–Show Network Connections as link

0×02–Show Network Connections as menu

Start_AdminToolsTemp

0×00–Hide Administrative Tools

0×01–Show on All Programs menu

0×02–Show on All Programs menu and Start menu

Start_ShowHelp

0×00–Hide Help and Support

0×01–Show Help and Support

Start_ShowNetPlaces

0×00–Hide My Network Places

0×01–Show My Network Places

Start_ShowOEMLink

0×00–Hide Manufacturer Link

0×01–Show Manufacturer Link

Start_ShowPrinters

0×00–Hide Printers and Faxes

0×01–Show Printers and Faxes

Start_ShowRun

0×00–Hide Run command

0×01–Show Run command

Start_ShowSearch

0×00–Hide Search command

0×01–Show Search command

Start_ScrollPrograms

0×00–Don’t scroll Programs menu

0×01–Scroll Programs menu

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How to Change IE Title Bar Text ?

This hack allows you to change the text on the Internet Explorer title bar. The default text or title is “Windows Internet Explorer”.You can change this title text to your own choice.

1. Goto Run(Win+R)

2. Type “regedit” (without quotes) in the run dialogue box .

3. In the registry editor navigate to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

4. Modify/Create the Value Name [Window Title] according to the Value Data listed below.

Data Type: REG_SZ [String Value] // Value Name: Window Title

Value Data: [Enter The Text Desired In Title Bar]

Exit Registry and Reboot

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