Ok! now let us come to the computer geeks page........ Here I will put all the information I have for you geeks. If you have any info that you think would fit in here please mail me! Critics and suggestions are most welcomed.I would put in a constant effort to improve this site. Let us put our sinking brains to work!!! |
Note: Iam not responsible for the problems you face while trying the things I listed.I try all these things personally but just in case........!
I strongly recommend you to make backup copies before trying them. |
Who is a Hacker? Hackers are not computer criminals.Hackers were computer geeks who knew almost everything about computers (both hardware and software) and were widely respected for their wide array of knowledge.But over the years,the reputation of hackers has been steadily going down.Today,they are feared by most people and are looked upon as icons representing the underground community.Real hackers like to call people who break into systems "crackers".In fact,people who code and release viruses are not necessarily hackers,they are virii coders.Hackers are those really intellectual people who have the extra bit of information.They do not accept software applications in the form they are meant to be in but more often than not find ways of making software work the way they want it to.However, there is a very thin line between hackers (good one's) and crackers (not-so-good one's) and not many people can resist the temptation of crossing it.Here are some shocking facts: �Cyber crime has become punishable under law,and is considered a serious offence.Amongst the common punishments are imprisonment,huge fines and even life bans from using computers.Also,cyber criminals are not easily given bail.Iam not suggesting that we should not hack.Do something that does no harm to anyone.Make good use of your additional knowledge by doing something to improve the services and quality of the software industry. Tips on finding info on the net The internet is the most exhaustive and comprehensive library of information and knowledge.It is really easy to get lost in this gigantic resource.In order to truly be able to make use of internet,you need to know how to use it.First,let us look at the search engines.There are basically two kinds of search engines--meta-search engines(more accurate) and the normal search engines.'Askjeeves' www.askjeeves.com is among the best meta-search engines around.Among normal search engines 'Altavista' www.altavista.com is the best for serious research.Using quotes(" ") you can narrow down the search parameters and make the search more specific.Using Boolean logic (AND,+,OR,NOT,-) can narrow down the search parameters.For example searching for 'hacking-exploits' will give results with information on hacking but no information on exploits.The most exhaustive resource for all aspiring web geeks or hackers is something called RFC or Request For Comment.The way to use it is go to your search engine (Google) and type RFC followed by a no.These RFCs are meant for advanced users.For a complete list of RFCs visit antionline.com.There is also something called FYI (For Your Information). Some useful websites are: 1.PHRACK (www.phrack.com):It is an e-magzine which has information understandable by only proper geeks.It boasts of some really fascinating advanced stuff. 2.MSDN Online (msdn.microsoft.com):It is basically an online library of texts on almost all programming languages supported or developed by Microsoft. 3.Neworder (neworder.box.sk):This has a large archive of hacking material and some interesting tutorials. 4.Astalavista (astalavista.box.sk):This is the most popular security-specific search engine. Hacking your Windows system Windows Login Passwords After this hack,you will know why a hacker running windows is considered to be lame and why a hacker laughs whenever someone says Microsoft and security in the same sentence. Actually if the machine is running Windows 9x and is not part of a LAN,you need not perform the above hacks.You can simply click on cancel when the Windows Login Dialog comes up.Anyway a good hacker should know all the numerous ways it can be done! To hack the Windows login password,reboot and wait for the message: "Starting Windows 9x....." When you see this on the screen,press F8.The boot menu will come up.Select option 7 to boot into DOS.Then type C:\cd windows Then rename all files with the extension .pwl by typing the following command: C:\windows>ren *.pwl *.xyz Optionally you can delete *.pwl files but the above trick is better. Now,when the Windows password login pops up,you can write anything in the place where the password has got to be typed.As you have renamed the password files,windows cannot find the file so when you enter a password, windows just takes it as the original password. How to counter the above hack? Well I would tell you that as well....... There is a way of disabling the F8 key or the boot up key: It is really dangerous to play with system files so back them up.Find the file msdos.sys which can be found at c:\msdos.sys.We have to change its attributes by typing c:\>attrib msdos.sys -h-w.Open msdos.sys in wordpad,you will see something that looks like this: ;FORMAT [Paths] WinDir=c:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=C [Options] BootMenu=0(default) BootMulti=1 BootGUI=1 DoubleBuffer=1 AutoScan=1 WinVer=4.10.1998 To disable function keys during bootup,directly below [Options] you insert the following piece of code: BootKeys=0. Since msdos.sys is important change back its attributes by typing: C:>attrib msdos.sys +h +r Exiting Windows the kewl and quick way |
Normally it takes a hell lot of time just Shutting down Windows, you have to move
your mouse to the Start Button, click on it, move it again over Shut Down, click,
then move it over the necessary option and click, then move the cursor over
the OK button and once again (you guessed it) click.This whole process can be
shortened by creating shortcuts on the Desktop which will shut down Windows at
the click of a button. Start by creating a new shortcut( right click and select
New> Shortcut). Then in the command line box, type (without the quotes.) 'C:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindowsexec' This Shortcut on clicking will restart Windows immediately without any Warning. To create a Shortcut to Restarting Windows, type the following in the Command Line box: 'c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows' This Shortcut on clicking will shut down Windows immediately without any Warning. |
Stop that lamer from shutting down windows This is a neat trick you can play on that lamer that has a huge ego, in this section I teach you, how to disable the Shut Down option in the Shut Down Dialog Box. This trick involves editing the registry, so please make backups. Launch regedit.exe and go to : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer In the right pane look for the NoClose Key. If it is not already there then create it by right clicking in the right pane and selecting New > String Value.(Name it NoCloseKey ) Now once you see the NoCloseKey in the right pane, right click on it and select Modify. Then Type 1 in the Value Data Box. Doing the above on a Win98 system disables the Shut Down option in the Shut Down Dialog Box. But on a Win95 machine if the value of NoCloseKey is set to 1 then click on the Start > Shut Down button displays the following error message: This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator. You can enable the shut down option by changing the value of NoCloseKey to 0 or simply deleting the particular entry i.e. deleting NoCloseKey. |
Pop a banner each time Windows Boots To pop a banner which can contain any message you want to display just before a user is going to log on, go to the key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WinLogon Now create a new string Value in the right pane named LegalNoticeCaption and enter the value that you want to see in the Menu Bar. Now create yet another new string value and name it: LegalNoticeText. Modify it and insert the message you want to display each time Windows boots. This can be effectively used to display the company's private policy each time the user logs on to his NT box. REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Winlogon] "LegalNoticeCaption"="Caption here." "LegalNoticeText"="Some text which you want to display like Welcome!." Well a brief description of what IP is Now let me tell you something.....if you want to become a real hacker then this section is very important to you! |
Instead of performing the above difficult to remember process, simply type the below
in notepad and save the following with an extension of .reg and add it's contents
to the registry by double clicking on it.I would give such .reg files for
almost every trick from here on. |
Every system connected to the Internet or connected to a particular network has a
unique Internet Protocol Address of an IP Address. Just as in the real world every
person has his or her own Home Contact Address, similarly every system connected
to the Internet has its own unique IP Address. Your IP Address is the address
to which data should be sent to ensure that it reaches your system. The IP
Address of a system acts as the system�s unique identity on the net. Now, that you know what exactly an IP Address is, let us move on to the structure of IP Addresses. An Internet Address (IP Address) is a 32-bit address or number, which is normally written as four decimal numbers (of 8 bits each) , each separated from the other by a decimal.. This standard is known as the dotted-decimal notation. A Typical IP Address would be as follows: 202.34.12.23 It can be further broken down as: 203 representing the first 8-bits. 34 representing the next 8-bits. 12 representing the third 8-bits. 23 representing the fourth 8-bits. Thus when considered together 202.34.12.23 represents 32-bits. So basically we can conclude that each decimal in an IP Address represents 1 byte or 8 bits. It is important to note than an IP Address can contain numbers from 0-255. Each individual IP Address can reveal a lot of secrets about the Network, of which it is a part. Before we move on to that, we need to understand the fact that all IP Addresses being used are divided into a number of ranges, which are as follows: Class Range A 0.0.0.0 to 127.255.255.255 B 128.0.0.0 to 191.255.255.255 C 192.0.0.0 to 223.255.255.255 D 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 E 240.0.0.0 to 247.255.255.255 So, we can easily conclude that one can find out the Class to which an IP Address belongs to simply by comparing the numeral before the first decimal of the IP Address with the above table. The various IP Addresses are divided into the different classes on the basis of the structure of their Network or in other words on the basis of what the various numbers separated by decimals actually stand for. To understand this, let us refer to the following: Class Information A It has the first 8-Bits for Netid and the last 24-bits for Hostid B It has the first 16-Bits for Netid and the last 16-bits for Hostid C It has the first 24-Bits for Netid and the last 8-bits for Hostid D It represents a 32-bit multicast Group ID. E Currently not being used. The above table will be clearer after reading the following examples: An IP Address 203.45.12.34 belonging to Class A means that the network ID is 203 and the host ID is 45.12.34 If the Same IP Address belonged to Class B, then the network ID would become 203.45 and the host ID would become 12.34 Almost all ISP�s prefer to use a Class B Network. If that is the case then each time you login to your ISP, then the first 2 octets of your IP Address would not change, while the last two are likely to change. However, even if only the last octet changes, and the remaining three remain constant, it is likely that the ISP uses Class B addressing. ***************** How do you find out the IP Address of your own system? In order to get your own IP Address all you have do is, follow the below process: Connect to the Internet. Launch MSDOS. Type: netstat �n at the prompt. You will get an output similar to the below: C:\WINDOWS>netstat -n Active Connections Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP 203.94.253.183:1025 64.4.13.56:1863 ESTABLISHED TCP 203.94.253.183:1031 209.143.242.119:80 ESTABLISHED The IP Address shown under the Local Address Field denotes the IP address of your system. ***************** An IP Address, which belongs to the Class-A addressing system having a network ID equal to 127, is referred to as the special address. It is actually known as the Loopback Interface. It allows clients and servers on the same system to communicate with each other. The loopback address, which is commonly used, is 127.0.0.1. Almost all systems have also given the loopback address the special name �localhost�. An IP Address does not necessarily have to be represented in the dotted decimal form. There is more than a single way in which one can represent an IP Address. Some of there are as follows-: Decimal System: If an IP Address is being represented in the Decimal system, then it means that it is being represented in the Base 10 system. The normal IP Addresses are represented in the Decimal System. Example: 216.115.108.245 Domain Name System: If an IP Address is being represented in the form of human recognizable characters and names then it is said to be in the form of DNS system. Example: www.yahoo.com DWORD Format: DWORD is short for double word. It basically consists of two binary "words" (or lengths) of 16 bits. However, it is almost always represented in the decimal number system i.e. having a base 10. Example: D8736CF5, which when represented in the form of a decimal number system with a Base 10 becomes 3631443189 Octal System: If an IP Address is represented in the octal system, then it means that it is being represented in the Base 8. Example: 33034666365 Hexadecimal System: If an IP Address is represented in the Hexadecimal System, then it is actually being represented in the Base 16 system. A Cross Breed: If an IP Address is being represented in the mixture of any of the above two systems, then it is said to be a Cross Breed. What I want to say by this is that typing any of the following in your browser will take you to the same site: www.website.com , 3631443189, 33034666365 and 216.115.108.245. The Binary form of this address, which is 11011000011100110110110011110101 may also work with certain applications. Please note that not all of the above work in all browsers. And if you or your ISP has a Proxy or a firewall installed then some of the above may not work. We can convert the domain name into the above different forms. One can easily get the IP Address of a domain by various methods like WHOIS, netstat, ping, traceroute etc. In this manual, I have used ping to get the IP: C:\WINDOWS>ping yourwebsite.com Pinging yourwebsite.com [213.125.108.245] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. The above screenshot clearly shows that the IP Address of our example target system is 216.115.108.245. Obtaining the IP Address of other systems The most common method of getting the IP Address of other systems, is through Instant Messaging Software like ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM etc. In this manual we briefly discuss them all. I Seek You or ICQ is one of the most popular chatting software around. With it not only comes easy pastime, but also security concerns. ICQ has an inbuilt IP Address Hider, which when enabled is supposedly able to hide your IP from the users you are chatting with. However, like most IP Hiding software, this too is nowhere near good. You can find out the IP Address of any ICQ user, even if IP Hiding has been enabled, by following the below process. 1.) Launch MSDOS and type Netstat �n to get a list of already open ports and the IP�s of the machines with which a connection has been established. Note down this list somewhere. 2.) Now, launch ICQ and send a message to the victim. 3.) While you are still chatting, go back to DOS and again give the Netstat �n command. You will find that a new IP signifying a new connection. This would be the IP Address of the victim. This method of obtaining the IP Address of the person with whom you are chatting to is quite common. However, it works only with ICQ and other select Instant Messengers. It certainly does not work with MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger etc. The main reason behind this is the difference in the working of ICQ and MSN Messenger. Let us assume that your IP Address is xx.xx.xx.xx and your friend�s IP Address is yy.yy.yy.yy Case I (ICQ): Whenever you start a chat session with your friend in ICQ a direct connection between you and your friend is opened by the ICQ software with the help of the ICQ server. Thus all messages that you type are sent in the following manner: xx.xx.xx.xx ------------------� yy.yy.yy.yy (you) (friend) And all the messages that your friend types, reach you in the following manner: yy.yy.yy.yy-----------------� xx.xx.xx.xx (friend) (you) Thus a direct connection has been established between your system (xx.xx.xx.xx) and your friend�s system (yy.yy.yy.yy) As a result when you give the netstat �n command, you can obtain his IP Address. Case II (MSN Messenger): Whenever you start a chat session with your friend in MSN Messenger an indirect connection between you and your friend is opened via the MSN Server. Thus all messages that you type first go the MSN server which then forwards them to your friend and vis-a-versa. Communication takes place in the following manner: xx.xx.xx.xx ------------------� MSN Server---------------�yy.yy.yy.yy (you) (friend) And all the messages that your friend types, reach you in the following manner: yy.yy.yy.yy-----------------�MSN Server-----------------� xx.xx.xx.xx (friend) (you) Thus as an indirect connection has been established between your system (xx.xx.xx.xx) and your friend�s system (yy.yy.yy.yy) giving the netstat �n command does not give you your friend�s IP, but instead displays the IP address of the MSN server. The same is the case for Yahoo Messenger and also some other Messaging Software. However, even such utilities are vulnerable to giving away the IP Address of the target system on issuing the Netstat �n command. All one has to do is (Please note that I am using MSN Messenger as an example) : Get the victim to come online. Then use the inbuilt File Transfer Facility to send a file to the victim. When he accepts the file transfer and the transfer starts launch MSDOS and give the netstat �n command. This will reveal his IP because when files are being transferred, a direct connection exists between you and the victim. That is, there is no mediator MSN Server between you and the victim. The same will work if you send a Request for a Call and the victim accepts it. Well the next section contains some real hot hardware topics........Click on the image below to visit it! |
