Autosave passwords in firefox

The login details used to login for websites in firefox could be made to save them automatically by just altering some stuffs in the firefox. Firefox being a opensource product makes one get the source codes of the application easily and just a change in them can create big differences on many aspects.

The login details used on firefox made to be auto saved can be used for phishing purposes easily so beware while logging to sites via firefox when it is done in public computers as one can easily loose their login details be it of online banking, emails or any other stuff which in other words ones loss can be to any extent depending on the sites login details the person lost.

This method can also be used for personal benifits like one getting the login details saved automatically in the browser without getting asked everytime to save it. This can be pretty handy for people who use huge amount of different login details on their secured personal system/laptop.

just follow the below steps for this hack to work so that firefox starts saving login details used through it automatically and in other words which make it password stealer.

• Locate the file named nsLoginManagerPrompter.js in the installed location of the firefox. ex : C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components
• Download this file (mirror1 or mirror2) and extract the rar archive and then replace the extracted file with this file nsLoginManagerPrompter.js which is present in installed firefox location.
• This will start saving the passwords automatically in firefox.

 The saved passwords can be accessed just like the normal way one can see the saved passwords in firefox i.e Tools >>> options >>> security tab >>> saved passwords >>> show saved passwords >>> yes.

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Recover Windows 7 password with Ubuntu Linux

Forgetting of windows 7 password can also become a headache to get back to windows 7 and there are easy methods with windows 7 password to be recovered from a password recovery disk which has been created before or by use of password recovery softwares which will take big amount of time with analyzing all possible options and using the ubuntu linux bootable CD with some tricks the password of windows 7 can be recovered.

This method can be in handy when 1 has failed to create the password recovery disk from windows. The trick works on all Windows Xp and Windows Vista also the same procedure which is explained below needs to be followed.

1) Download Ubuntu Linux : At first, you must download the disk image of Ubuntu Linux. You can then burn to a CD. Download Ubuntu 4.10 LTS "Lucid Lynx (32bits). Click the Save button. Select a folder where to download the Linux disk image, in the Downloads folder for example and click Save. Click Open Folder when the download is complete.

 2) Burn the ISO image to CD: With Windows 7, you can burn CD image directly onto a blank CD in Windows Explorer. If you use Windows XP or Vista, you must turn to a third party burning software like CDBurnerXP, nero burn, power DVD etc...

• Double click the downloaded ISO Ubuntu Linux.
• Insert a blank CD into your drive and click the Burn button.
• Once the burning is complete, click Close.

NOTE: for people already having Ubuntu Bootable CD skip both step 1 and 2.

3) Boot from the CD : Now that your CD is ready, you can start over and start installing Ubuntu Linux. To boot disk, you must change the order of the boot sequence of your computer to place your CD drive first. This manipulation is done in the BIOS. Please refer to the documentation for your computer or your motherboard for more information.

• Insert the Ubuntu CD into your drive.
  
• Restart your computer.
  
• At startup, press the button to access the BIOS, usually Del, F1 or F2 sometimes depending on the brand.
  
• Locate the section on the boot sequence, Hard Disk Boot Priority section in the Advanced BIOS Features or Boot for example.
  
• Using the arrow keys and + and - keys, place the CD / DVD to the top of the list.
  
• Save your changes by pressing the F10 key. Confirm with Y or OK. Finally Press the Enter key.
  
• Your computer will then start on the CD.

4) Install the chntpw program : Ubuntu then boots the CD you inserted, without changing anything on your computer.

• Click on Try Ubuntu 4.10 LTS.
  
• Click the System menu.
  
• Click Administration then Synaptic Package Manager.
  
• Click on the Settings menu and then click Deposit.
  
• Then check the box maintained by the Free Software community (universe) and click the Close button.
  
• Click the Reload button to update the list of available packages.
  
• Then enter the keyword in the Search field chntpw fast (wait a few minutes he called Quick time that the index is rebuilt) and press Enter.
  
• Click the box next to the package chntpw.
  
• In the menu that appears, click the Select option for installation.
  
• Then click the Apply button.
  
• Accept the changes by clicking Apply.
  
• Chntpw be installed. Click the Close button.

5) Locate the hard disk : With chntpw use to reset the password of Windows, you must locate in Ubuntu the hard disk where Windows is installed to unlock.

• Click the Shortcuts menu of Ubuntu and then My Computer.
  
• Your hard drives are referenced. Find one that contains Windows. If it is not clear, double click on each of them will.
  
• The hard disk that interests us is the one with the Windows folder.
  
• Incidentally, note the name of the disk is shown in the File Browser window.

6) Use chntpw to delete a Windows password : With chntpw utility, you can erase the password of any Windows account, freeing access.

• Open a Terminal window by clicking on the Ubuntu menu, click Accessories, then Terminal.
• Enter the command cd / media and confirm with Enter.
• Enter the ls command and confirm with Enter. The list of hard disk drives is displayed. You should see the reference noted above.
• Then enter the command cd followed by the reference hard drive containing Windows. In our case, the command is cd FAC4AC2BC4ABE7D9. Confirm with Enter.
• Then type the command cd WINDOWS/system32/config to access the Windows system folder where are saved passwords. Press Enter.
• Then enter the command sudo-i chntpw Sat and confirm by pressing Enter.
• Press the button 1 and press Enter.
• SAM is the file that contains the Windows registry. The list of users on your system is displayed. Enter the code located in the RID column beside the name of the user you want to reset the password to zero code preceded by 0x and press Enter. For RID 03E8, the command becomes 0x03e8 here.
• Then press the 1 key to erase the password for the selected account and confirm by pressing Enter.
• The password is then deleted as you said the message Password cleared. Press! And press Enter to exit from the menu.
• Then press the q key, validate and confirm the registration of the change by pressing ahead. Confirm with Enter.
• Then close the Terminal window and restart your computer by clicking the Stop button and then click Restart. Confirm the operation and remove the Ubuntu CD in your drive when you are asked. Press Enter.
• On the next start, the password protecting the session you are no longer required. This is normal, you just delete it. Before, a password you requested.
• You can then set a new password and create a recovery disk to recover if lost.

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How to hide files and folders in JPEG image file

A File or Folder of any size can be hidden in an JPEG file by compression techniques and masking it in the image file.

Steps to hide a file in a JPEG images are --
  • Create folder in any of the hard disk drive.(c: \New Folder)
  • Then put some files whichever you want to hide in New Folder, as well as a JPEG image that you would like to hide the files in.
  • Then select all the file which you want to hide and add to ZIP or RAR .
  • Now create zip or rar files which you want to hide,
  • After this go to Windows Start menu, select Run and type cmd.
  • Type “cd \” then type “cd New Folder” press enter
  • Type “copy /b image.JPG + NewFolder.rar image.jpg”, here you have to Replace the name “image” with the name of your image, and replace “New Folder” with the name of your compressed file.)
  • Then you get the system message “1 file(s) copied.”
  • Now you can go ahead and delete the original files, except for the newly formed Image.
  • Then you get the files in your image for that you need to do is right-click on the image then only you will get the option of extracting it. Extract the image to get the hidden files.

NOTE :  This is a old technique which hackers used to do steal the data of the target and it can be done on stuffs easily even now so when u browse the net make sure you won't click these kind of suspicious images hosted in some of the suspicious sites just to steal the data of the victim and viruses also can enter a system when a image of these kind is clicked.

The method to find out either the image is embedded with some file or not is check the extention of the JPEG image file if it is just plain JPEG file then it is just an image if it is something other like jpeg.exe, jpeg.rar and so on then that particular image is an embedded image with some file in it.

The topic here is just for information so that our readers doesn't fall prey for these kind of stuffs.Tipsntweaks is in no way responsible for any use or misuse done based on the trick which is given for educational purpose alone.

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Bigstring: Self-Destructing/Non-Forwardable Email

Every time that you send an email, copies are stored permanently on multiple email servers as well as the recipient's inbox and anyone they decide to send it to. Your emails can be stored and scanned in more places than you can imagine. Do you want people storing your email messages forever? Do you want something that you type today to be used against you tomorrow, next week, next month or even in the next decade?

Until now, everyone else has had control of the email that you have sent. BigString gives you back control of your email, acting like an automatic shredder for your email. You can self-destruct or change an email that's already been sent or read. Don't leave your messages sitting in peoples' inboxes forever. Get a free BigString email account to protect your privacy.  

Bigstring is a email provider like other email providers who provide them for free but it has some good features which r not available in other emails like

• Self-Destructing Email
• Recallable/Erasable Email
• Non-Forwardable Email
• Non-Printable/Savable Email
• Advanced Email Tracking
• Masquerading
• Unlimited storage
• Large Attachment Capacity
• Fun Email Effects

u can register to Bigstring and use its facilities from there 


there r some more providers like bigstring who offer selfdestructable email after some time r after being read once like


1) NMA ZSentry Security Service : is Google service which can be incorporated in gmail, outlook, SMS and otehr services etc...

2) Self-destructingemail.com : Allows you to send email from webmail by adding .self-destructing-email.com to the end of the recipient’ email address.

3) Kicknotes : you can create a email for self-destruct based on how many times the message is read or the age of the message.

4) Stealth Message : It allows encryption of email mesages, stores encrypted messsages anonymously, set self-destructing options, prevent forwarding and copying of messages.

5) Destructing Message : Online service that generated a link which contains your message and can be self destroyed after the timer expires.



 

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