• Archive for December, 2007

    Dec 30th, 2007

    Upgrade Wordpress 2.3.2

    I just upgrade today, WordPress 2.3.2, fixed a nasty vulnerability. I haven’t did any test yet but according to “blackhat domainer” you can view WordPress Draft Entry via simple URL parameters without log in (un-authorize view).
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    Dec 29th, 2007

    How to Block Google Wireless Transcoder (GWT Proxy) from Indexing your Website

    google_mobile.gifWhen Google Wireless Transcoder (GWT, Googlebot-mobile) translate your website it strip all “scripts” and render it in mobile format (XHTML mobile 1.0)Google version of “Mobile format”. To test this services go to http://google.com/gwt/n. GWT services is actually made for mobile-user but you can still surf with normal browser.

    So what the heck wrong with it

    The answer is Yes & No. This type of services is bad for webmaster that depend on ads income. Otherwise Normal Surfer would love this services as they wont need to view any ads and surf safely without “javascript embed” (from the originating website).
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    Dec 26th, 2007

    How to Fix Gravatars2 PHP5 HTTPRequest Fatal Error

    I used gravatars2 plugins to support my new sexy theme. There is some minor issue (throw fatal Error in PHP5.1) with this WordPress plugin. I did asked them to updated it but till today’s this bug still exists with Gravatars2 plugins.

    This “fatal error” or conflict happen if you had PHP 5 ( 5.0 > 5.1 above) with HTTPRequest Modules Installed.
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    Dec 24th, 2007

    How To Disabled and Removed Microsoft Windows MobSync - Trojan RootKit

    mobsync.exeMobSync is a Microsoft Mobile Synchronization Manager available in Win 2000 & Windows XP

    Excerpt from Microsoft KB 314512 Articles (2002)

    The Windows XP Synchronization Manager helps ensure that the files and folders on your mobile device and your desktop computer stay synchronized. With Synchronization Manager, you can be sure you are always working with the latest copy of your data, online or offline.

    Technically MobSync is part of Windows Memory Management, its prefetch (type of cache) your External Device Contents (Mobile PC, Windows Embed XPE, PDA,database etc .. ) thus helps speed up the Windows booting process by shortening the time external device programs takes to start up.

    MobSync Issue

    MobSync is registered to run on logon but the process is hidden on others ‘Scans Tools’ like Autoruns.exe & Process.exe (SysInternal).

    QuickFact:

    • MobSync.exe can record inputs.
    • Its hide itself from monitor applications.

    Apparently because of its transparencies nature to hide behind windows systems some hackers decide to reverse engineer this programs as a Trojan Rootkit.
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    Dec 23rd, 2007

    How to Register Multiple Accounts (MU) on Websites With Single Email Addresses

    Gravatar LogoYou can used this technique to register on sites and forum. To name a few → digg, myspace, newsvine, 9rules, blogger & msn etc.

    Gravatar sign-up process took less than 5 minute to complete and they don’t burden you with filling form chores (i.e: address, newsletter subscriptions, marketing questionnaire). So we pick Gravatar Web services for this guide.

    Requirements

    You must have the following email.

    1. Gmail or Google Aps Gmail

    Gmail Plus-Addressing Features

    Gmail Email services LogoIn brief, Gmail services has undocumented plus-addressing features (+) since early 2004. The plus-addressing features is mostly used for writing self notes, email filtering and mapping (google maps).

    “Gmail never announce this features (beta forever) as there is no official documentation at Gmail Help Center.” — Anon

    RFC 2282 - Internet Message Format

    Technically, the plus sign operator is a standard URI protocol for handling Email address including telephone and fax (+tel, +fax ). This standard is maintained by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF Network Group) → RFC 2282 “Internet Official Protocol Standards - Internet Message Format”.

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