Send Encrypted Secure Mails to Friends

If you are being spied upon and also if you are working on a shared computer and are unable to send some important private message to a friend then here is a way to send those secure messages to your friends through e-mails online.The following is a way through which you also don’t need to either install software or sign up somewhere. Adding to the advantages is that, this service is free.Lockbin is a great way of sending a private email message in an encrypted way. Lockbin is a free service for sending private email messages. It can be easily used to send confidential information like credit card information.What you have to do is just complete the 5 steps listed below and the information will be sent in a secure manner:1. Agree to usage agreement2. Enter security code3. Type your personal message4. Type in a secret word5. Enter your and friend’s name and email address.The info will not be sent to your friend’s e-mail address rather he will receive a message saying that “you have received a secret message” and he just have to type in the same secret word as entered by you. (So don’t forget to tell him the same secret word)When the encrypted message is received, it is destroyed from Lockbin’s database, and decrypted in the recipient’s browser, provided that they entered the Secret Word correctly.At least one thing is for sure, this service is safer than sending sensitive data directly through email.check: https://lockbin.com/

Copy or Hide a File inside an Image

Have a secret file and want to hide it on your system from other users? Here is a simple but cool trick that will enable you to hide a file in an image. The trick is so cool that you won’t be able to find out if the image is hiding a file behind it or not.The jpeg image will not only look like usual image file but also work like one. The image will not only hide the document but also open in the Picture Viewer as usual. Great isn’t it?Steps to hide files behind an Image:1. Create a new folder (I created in drive C: named “a”).2. Place all the documents/files in it that you want to hide (I stored z.txt in it).3. Copy any image of yours in it (I stored x.jpg in it).4. Make a rar archive of all the files that you need to hide (I created one named z.rar).5. Now open cmd (Start->Run->cmd)6. Go to the folder’s location by typing cd location like for me it was cd C:\a7. Now just type the following command with name that corresponds to your filecopy /b x.jpg + z.rar x.jpg

How to enable Remote Desktop remotely

In a case you want to remote access a Windows XP professional workstation and the computer Remote Desktop is not enabled, or no one over there to help you to enable it, you may have an option to enable Remote Desktop remotely by using regedit.

To enabling Remote Desktop using regedit, follow these steps:

1. Run REGEDIT from Start>Run
2. Click on File, then select Connect Network Registry
3.Type the remote computer IP or host name in the Enter the object name to select and the click OK.

4. If you don't have permission to access the remote computer, the logon screen will show up. Type the username and password for the remote computer. Then click OK.

5. Now, the remote computer is listed in the Registry Editor

6. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server, in the right panel, seelct fDenyTSConnection (REG_DWORD). Change the value data from 1 (Remote Desktop disabled) to 0 (Remote Desktop enabled).

7. Close the regeidt.

Steps to Remove csrcs.exe or csrsc.exe Virus

This was the error message faced by one of our readers that when he boots the PC up, the CSRCS.exe error message comes up on the screen.csrsc.exe is a process which is registered as W32.Spybot.CF Virus. DO NOT confuse it with csrss.exe which is an important file used by Windows. The attackers of this virus can access our computer and gain access to some important data remotely.Steps to remove this virus:1. Scan the system with a good and updated Anti Virus.2. Open Task Manager, locate this exe (csrcs.exe or csrsc.exe but not csrss.exe), and kill the process.3. Now type msconfig in the Run box, and then go to startup tab.4. Locate this exe file, if any, and then remove it from there as well.5. Now search the file in the C: drive.6. Permanently delete the file (csrcs.exe or csrsc.exe only) from the computer.7. Reboot the PC for changes to take place.UPDATEAfter doing the above steps, you need to clean the registry as well.Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\ On the right side, there is a key named “Shell”, it may be having a value “explorer.exe csrcs.exe”. Just modify it to delete the csrcs.exe from it (not explorer.exe). Restart the computer The virus should have gone.

Steps to Remove Win32:Rootkit-gen[Rtk] Virus

Rootkit-gen[Rtk], another Virus, another addition in the list and another solution to remove it. Faced by some of our readers, this was an irritating problem that their PC was infected by this virus.Symptoms of the problem:• Win32:Rootkit-gen[Rtk] virus infection notice.• Resides in ur0.com file which happens to be a virus itself.• Also resides in System Volume Information folder.• May also prevent double click opening of a drive.Solution: Steps to remove ur0.com virus• Run Task Manager, delete the ur0.com process, if any.• Run msconfig in the Run box and remove the virus file from startup list, if any.• Reboot into safe mode, search the ur0.com file, and remember to include hidden files option as well.• Permanently delete the files found.Steps to remove Win32:Rootkit-gen[Rtk] Virus• The only reason why this virus infects the PC again is that, it has been saved in the System Restore files.• So turn off the System Restore now (Right click on My Computer-> Properties-> System Restore tab-> click on Turn off System Restore on all drives).• Reboot the PC to let the restore files to get deleted.• Now just turn on the system restore.The virus has been removed!!

Protect your files and folders

Windows has no functionality to prevent a file from getting renamed or deleted by default, however there are also very less tools that can really do that.If in any case you want to disable file renaming and also disable it from getting deleted accidentally or deliberately, then here is a tool that can allow you to prevent file renaming and can also lock a file so that it can not be deleted.M File Anti-copy ( An application ) does not only disable a file from getting copied or moved but also protect file from getting renamed or deleted.What you need to do is just install this software and click on “Enable or Disable Protection” button and add the files you want to Anti- Rename or Anti- Delete.The software also provides password protection and all this is completely free.Link to Download : http://danlod.ulmb.com/en/m%20file%20anti-copy%204.0.html

Update Windows Defender Definitions Offline Manual

Windows Defender is a really cool Anti-Spyware from Microsoft that can prevent a suspicious file from making any changes in the computer.However for proper safety it needs to be updated regularly but for the people who do not have an internet connection or want to save the limited internet bandwidth, here are the steps to update the definitions manually and offline.Steps:1. Following is the location where Windows Defender Definition updates are stored.C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Defender2. So just enable the Show Hidden option to view the hidden folders and navigate to above location and copy the entire folder named “Definition Updates”.3. You need to replace this folder in another computer to update the definitions but do not forget to kill the Windows Defender process before replacing else you may not be able to replace it.So if you are giving the definition updates to a friend or thinking to format the computer, this will surely save your time and bandwidth