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Follow below steps to create a bootable pendrive using command prompt to install Windows Vista/ Windows 7/  Windows 8.

When you open Facebook, the first thing that you notice is the blue color it uses. Ever wondered why is Facebook so blue in color and not changing its color scheme?

Ever since they started as 'thefacebook', Facebook has stayed with the blue color. Although major changes have been made in the Facebook theme since then, the major unchanged thing has been the blue color.
               


Everywhere from its login page to Facebook groups, you find only blue.




The reason for this is that  Mark Zuckerberg, The founder of Facebook is red-green color-blind and blue is the richest color for him which he confirmed in an online interview.

Another important factor for using blue color is the fact that most colors tend to distract the viewers. Blue on the other hand acts as a transparent background to the main content as visible to the human brain due to which most popular websites tend to use the blue color. It can easily be called a webmaster's favorite color.

All these factors make Facebook to have blue as its prominent color.

 Fact:  In its earlier days, thefacebook.com required you to have an  .edu email id to join.

Source: Google, Tweaks&Tricks.

2. Now Press Enter.

3. Now you can type anything as would do on any other text editor like Notepad.

4. To save your text file Press Ctrl + S and save it as anything.txt (.txt Is Must)

Using this trick you can make your computer to welcome you in its computerized voice
          speaks="Hey buddy"
          Set speech=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
          speech.Speak speaks

Dropbox: Offers 2GB free storage
www.dropbox.com

Google Drive: Offers 5GB free storage, needs Google account
www.googledrive.com

Box: Offers 5GB free storage
www.box.com

Ubuntu One: Offers 5Gb free storage
https://one.ubuntu.com/services/free/

Amazon Cloud Drive:Offers 5GB free storage
http://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/ref=cd_mnav_lm_ycdr?sf=1

Sky Drive: Offers 7GB of storage(Long time Sky Drive users may be eligible for 25GB free)
needs Microsoft account (msn, hotmail, outlook, live)
www.skydrive.com

Mediafire: Offers 10GB free storage
www.mediafire.com

Bitcasa: Offers 10GB free storage
https://www.bitcasa.com

4Shared: Offers 15 GB free storage
http://www.4shared.com

Mega:Offers 50GB free storage
https://mega.co.nz


Source: Google 

Malware can be subdivided in the following types:

1. Trojan.  Trojan is one of the most complicated threats among all. Most of the popular banking threats come from the Trojan family such as Zeus and SpyEye. It has the ability to hide itself from antivirus detection and steal important banking data to compromise your bank account. If the Trojan is really powerful, it can take over your entire security system as well. As a result, a Trojan can cause many types of damage starting from your own computer to your online account.

2. Virus (Vital information under siege). Looking at the technology 10 years back, Virus is something really popular. It is a malicious program where it replicates itself and aim to only destroy a computer. The ultimate goal of a virus is to ensure that the victim’s computer will never be able to operate properly or even at all. It is not so popular today because Malware today is designed to earn money over destruction. As a result, Virus is only available for people who want to use it for some sort of revenge purpose.

3. Worms (Write once read many).  One of the most harmless threats where it is program designed only to spread. It does not alter your system to cause you to have a nightmare with your computer, but it can spread from one computer to another computer within a network or even the internet. The computer security risk here is, it will use up your computer hard disk space due to the replication and took up most of your bandwidth due to the spread.

4. Spyware. Is a Malware which is designed to spy on the victim’s computer. If you are infected with it, probably your daily activity or certain activity will be spied by the spyware and it will find itself a way to contact the host of this malware. Mostly, the use of this spyware is to know what your daily activity is so that the attacker can make use of your information. Such as if you browse on sex toys for a week every day, the attacker will try to come out with a sex toy scam to cheat on your money.

5. Scareware. Scareware is something that plant into your system and immediately inform you that you have hundreds of infections which you don’t have. The idea here is to trick you into purchasing a bogus anti-malware where it claims to remove those threats. It is all about cheating your money but the approach is a little different here because it scares you so that you will buy.

6. Keylogger. Something that keeps a record of every keystroke you made on your keyboard. Keylogger is a very powerful threat to steal people’s login credential such as username and password. It is also usually a sub-function of a powerful Trojan.

7. Adware. Is a form of threat where your computer will start popping out a lot of advertisement. It can be from non-adult materials to adult materials because any ads will make the host some money. It is not really harmful threat but can be pretty annoying

8. Backdoor. Backdoor is not really a Malware, but it is a form of method where once a system is vulnerable to this method, attacker will be able to bypass all the regular authentication service. It is usually installed before any virus or Trojan infection because having a backdoor installed will ease the transfer effort of those threats.

9. Dialer. This threat is no longer popular today but looking at the technology 10 years back or more where we still access the internet using a dial-up modem, it is quite a popular threat. What it does is it will make use of your internet modem to dial international numbers which are pretty costly. Today, this type of threat is more popular on Android because it can make use of the phone call to send SMS to premium numbers.

10. Dropper. Looking at the name, a Dropper is designed to drop into a computer and install something useful to the attacker such as Malware or Backdoor. There are two types of Dropper where one is to immediately drop and install to avoid Antivirus detection. Another type of Dropper is it will only drop a small file where this small file will auto trigger a download process to download the Malware.

11. Fake AV. Fake Antivirus threat is a very popular threat among Mac user about 10 months ago. Due to the reason that Mac user seldom faces a virus infection, scaring them with message which tells them that their computer is infected with virus is pretty useful where it results them into purchasing a bogus antivirus which does nothing.

12. Phishing. A fake website which is designed to look almost like the actual website is a form of phishing attack. The idea of this attack is to trick the user into entering their username and password into the fake login form which serves the purpose of stealing the identity of the victim. Every form sent out from the phishing site will not go to the actual server, but the attacker controlled server.

13. Bluesnarfing & Bluejacking. Bluesnarfing is all about having an unauthorized access to a specific mobile phones, laptop, or PDA via Bluetooth connection. By having such unauthorized access, personal stuff such as photos, calender, contacts and SMS will all be revealed and probably even stolen. Bluejacking is also uses the Bluetooth technology but it is not as serious as Bluesnarfing. What it does is it will connect to your Bluetooth device and send some message to another Bluetooth device. It is not something damaging to your privacy or device system compared to the Bluesnarfing threat.

14. SQL Injection. SQL injection does not infect the end users directly. It is more towards infecting a website which is vulnerable to this attack. What it does is it will gain unauthorized access to the database and the attacker can retrieve all the valuable information stored in the database.

15. Pharming. Pharming works more or less like phishing but it is a little tricky here. There are two types of pharming where one of it is DNS poisoning where your DNS is being compromised and all your traffic will be redirected to the attacker’s DNS. The other type of pharming is to edit your HOST file where even if you typed www.google.com on your web browser, it will still redirect you to another site. One thing similar is that both are equally dangerous.

16. Virus Document. Virus today can be spread through document file as well especially PDF documents. Last time, people will only advice you not to simply execute an EXE file but in today’s world with today’s technology, document file should also be avoided. It is best if you use an online virus scanner to scan first before opening any single file which you feel it is suspicious.

17. Browser Hijackers. A browser hijacker uses the Trojan Malware to take control of the victim’s web browsing session. It is extremely dangerous especially when the victim is trying to send some money via online banking because that is the best time for the hijacker to alter the destination of the bank account and even amount.

18.Rootkit. Rootkit is a malicious software that is activated each time your systemboots up. Rootkits are difficult to detect because they are activated before your system's Operating System has completely booted up. A rootkit often allows the installation of hidden files, processes, hidden user accounts, and more in the systems OS. Sometimes Rootkit may also be the cause for Blue screen error

19. Jokes: software that does not harm your computer but displays messages that this harm has already been caused, or is going to be caused on some conditions. This software often warns user about not existing danger, e.g. display messages about hard disc formatting (though no formatting is really happening), detect viruses in not infected files and etc.

20. Mousetrapping. I am not too sure whether you had encountered a Mousetrapping Malware before where what it does is it will trap your web browser to a particular website only. If you try to type another website, it will automatically redirect you back. If you try clicking forward/backward of the navigation button, it will also redirect you back. If you try to close your browser and re-open it, it will set the homepage to that website and you can never get out of this threat unless you remove it.

21. PUP (potentially unwanted program). Program that is installed without express permission from the user and carries out actions or has characteristics that can reduce user control of privacy, confidentiality, use of computer resources, Eg :Webcake, Yontoo

Source: Wiki, Google

A-Z Listing of Threats & Risks:  http://www.symantec.com/security_response/landing/azlisting.jsp

Command	Short description
%allusersprofile%	c:\documents and settings\all users
%appdata%	c:\documents and settings\%username%\application data
%comspec%	command line
%homedrive%	installation disk
%homepath%	user profile directory (documents and settings\%username%)
%path%	system default directories
%programfiles%	program files directory
%systemdrive%	drive containing the windows root directory
%systemroot%	windows directory
%temp% or %tmp%	temporary directory, usually c:\documents and settings\%username%\local settings\temp
%userprofile%	user profile directory
%windir%	windows folder
\	system drive
ac3filter.cpl	ac3filter
access.cpl	accessibility option control
accwiz	accessibility wizard
acrobat	adobe acrobat
acrodist	adobe distiller
adaptertroubleshooter	display adapter troubleshooter
appwiz.cpl	add/remove programs control
azman.msc	authorization manager
bitlockerwizard	bitlocker wizard
calc	calculator
certmgr.msc	certificate manager
charmap	character map
chkdsk	check disk utility
ciadv.msc	indexing service
cleanmgr	disk cleanup utility
cliconfg	sql client configaration
clipbrd	clipboard viewer
cmd	command prompt
colorcpl	color management
compmgmt.msc	computer management
compmgmtlauncher	computer management launcher
conf	netmeeting
control access.cpl	accessibility options
control admintools	administrative tools
control appwiz.cpl,,1	add/remove programs w/add new programs preselected
control appwiz.cpl,,2	add/remove programs w/add remove windows components preselected
control appwiz.cpl,,3	add/remove programs w/set program access & defaults preselected
control color	display properties (w/appearance tab preselected)
control	control panel
control desktop	desktop properties
control folders	folder properties
control fonts	fonts
control keyboard	keyboard properties
control mouse	mouse properties
control netconnections	network connections
control printers	printer and fax options
control schedtasks	scheduled tasks
control userpassword2	user accounts
credwiz	credential backup and restore wizard
dcomcnfg	component services
ddeshare	dde share
desk.cpl	display properties
devmgmt.msc	device manager
dfrg.msc	disk defragment
dfrgui	defragment user interface
dialer	phone dialer
directx.cpl	directx control panel
diskmgmt.msc	disk management
diskpart	disk partition manager
dpinst	driver package installer
dpiscaling	dpi scaling
drwtsn32	dr. watson system troubleshooting utility
dvdplay	dvd player
dxdiag	direct x troubleshooter
eudcedit	private character editor
eventvwr	event viewer
excel	microsoft excel
explorer	windows explorer
findfast.cpl	findfast
firefox	firefox browser
firewall.cpl	windows firewall
firewallcontrolpanel	firewall control panel
firewallsettings	firewall settings
fonts	fonts folder
freecell	free cell card game
frontpg	microsoft frontpage
fsmgmt.msc	shared folders
fsquirt	bluetooth transfer wizard
fvenotify	bitlocker notifier
fxscover	fax cover sheet editor
gpedit.msc	group policy editor
hdwwiz.cpl	add new hardware wizard
helpctr	help and support center
helppane	help pane
hypertrm	hyperterminal
icwconn1	internet connection wizard
iexplore	internet explorer
iexpress	iexpress wizard (self extracting package creator)
imageready	adobe imageready
inetcpl.cpl	internet properties
inetwiz	internet setup wizard
intl.cpl	regional and language options
ipconfig /all	ip configuration (display connection configuration)
ipconfig /displaydns	ip configuration (display dns cache contents)
ipconfig /flushdns	ip configuration (delete dns cache contents)
ipconfig /registerdns	ip configuration (refreshes dhcp & re-registers dns)
ipconfig /release	ip configuration (release all connections)
ipconfig /renew	ip configuration (renew all connections)
ipconfig /setclassid	ip configuration (modifies dhcp class id)
ipconfig /showclassid	ip configuration (display dhcp class id)
iscsicpl	iscsi initiator
javaws	java control panel
joy.cpl	game controllers
jpicpl32.cpl	java control panel
logoff	logoff from windows
lpksetup	language pack installer
lusrmgr.msc	local users and groups
magnify	windows magnifier
mailto	opens default email client
main.cpl	mouse properties
mblctr	windows mobility center
migwiz	files and settings transfer tool
mmsys.cpl	multimedia properties control
mobsync	microsoft synchronization center
moviemk	microsoft movie maker
mrt	malicious software removal tool
msaccess	microsoft access
msconfig	system configuration utility
msdt	microsoft support diagnostic tool
mshearts	hearts card game
msimn	outlook express
msinfo32	system information
msmsgs	windows messenger
mspaint	microsoft paint
msra	remote assistance
mstsc	remote desktop
ncpa.cpl	network connections
nero	nero
netplwiz	user accounts
netsetup.cpl	network setup wizard
notepad	notepad
ntbackup	windows backup utility
ntmsmgr.msc	removable storage
ntmsoprq.msc	removable storage operator requests
nusrmgr.cpl	user account management
nvtuicpl.cpl	nview desktop manager
odbccp32.cpl	odbc data source administrator
optionalfeatures	optional features manager
osk	on screen keyboard
p2phost	people near me
packager	object packager
password.cpl	password properties
pbrush	paint
perfmon	performance monitor
photoshop	adobe photoshop
pinball	pinball game
powercfg.cpl	power configuration
powerpnt	microsoft powerpoint
prefetch	windows prefetcher
presentationsettings	presentation settings
printbrmui	printer migration
printers	printers folder
quicktime.cpl	quicktime
quicktimeplayer	quicktime player
rasphone	remote access phonebook
realplay	real player
regedit	registry editor
regedit32	registry editor (Windows 2000)
rekeywiz	encryption file system
rsop.msc	resultant set of policies
sdclt	windows backup utility
secpol.msc	local security settings
services.msc	list of services
sethc	accessibility settings
sfc /cachesize=x	system file checker utility (set cache size to size x)
sfc /purgecache	system file checker utility (purge file cache)
sfc /revert	system file checker utility (return scan setting to default)
sfc /scanboot	system file checker utility (scan on every boot)
sfc /scannow	system file checker utility (scan immediately)
sfc /scanonce	system file checker utility (scan once at next boot)
shrpubw	windows share creation wizard
shutdown	shuts down windows
sigverif	file signature verification tool
slui	software licensing/windows activation
sndvol	sound volume
snippingtool	snipping tool (an advanced print screen function)
soundrecorder	sound recorder
spider	spider solitaire card game
sticpl.cpl	scanner and camera control
stikynot	sticky notes
sysdm.cpl	system properties
sysedit	system configuration editor
syskey	windows system security tool
system.ini	windows loading information
systempropertiesadvanced	system properties (advanced preselected)
systempropertiescomputername	system properties (computer name preselected)
systempropertiesdataexecutionprevention	system properties (data execution prevention preselected)
systempropertieshardware	system properties (hardware preselected)
systempropertiesperformance	system properties (performance preselected)
systempropertiesprotection	system properties (protection preselected)
systempropertiesremote	system properties (remote preselected)
tabcal	digitizer calibration tool
taskmgr	task manager
tcptest	tcp tester
telephon.cpl	phone and modem options
telnet	telnet client
timedate.cpl	date and time properties
tourstart	windows xp tour wizard
tpminit	trusted platform module
tweakui	tweak ui
utilman	utility manager
verifier	driver verifier utility
waaucpl.cpl	automatic updates
wab	windows address book
wabmig	windows address book import utility
wercon	problem reports and solutions
wf.msc	windows firewall with advanced security
wfs	windows fax and scan
wiaacmgr	windows picture import wizard
win.ini	windows loading information
winchat	microsoft chat
winmine	minesweeper game
winver	windows version
winword	microsoft word
wmimgmt.msc	windows management infrastructure
wmplayer	windows media player
write	wordpad
wscui.cpl	security center
wuapp	windows update app manager
wupdmgr	windows update launches
wusa	windows standalone update manager