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Public wifi – hackers zone

March 2nd, 2011 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Browsing, hack, VPN service

Recent surveys have shown that Wifi public hotspots are all vulnerable to attack by hackers.

There are two kinds of risks involved in using an unsecured hotspot. The first is that instead of connecting to the legitimate hotspot, you accidentally connect to the hacker’s hotspot which is setup to use a similar name as the one you wanted to use.  This way they may even steal your credit card info if you planned to pay for the hotspot. So be careful who you connect to and double check the Network name.

The second type of risk is called ‘man in the middle attack’ and is the most common form of traffic interception. The Guardian
once stated :  “the Watchdog team was able to access the email accounts of two members of the Watchdog audience, viewing everything the users were doing online, including their email and social networking activities.” This is done by capturing data packets sent over the air in unsecured hotspots. Using a VPN to create a secure tunnel between your PC and a VPN provider will prevent packet sniffing and data theft.

 

So be aware of the risks you’re exposing yourself to when using Wifi public hotspots !

 

Change your IP using SwitchProxy Tool FF add-on

August 5th, 2009 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Browsing, IP Address Lookup, Proxy server

SwitchProxy lets you manage and switch between multiple proxy configurations quickly and easily. You can also use it as an anonymizer to protect your computer from prying eyes.

NOTE: In Firefox you can use the toolbar element to save space

SwitchProxy is a Mozilla add-on which we use to systematize and organize all proxies which we want to work with.

How to use this FF add-on.

Step 1. Download and install SwitchProxy

Step 2. Press “Manage Proxies” then “Add” button

Step 3. Choose “Standard” from proxy configuration type dialog and press “Next”

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Step 4. In the next window you can add one proxy manually. Also choose a label for your proxy configuration, for example EliteProxy.

Step 5. Go to myiptest  Free proxy list and get a proxy to use with this add-on (better to choose Elite proxy type ).

Step 6. Copy and paste proxy IP address to “HTTP Proxy” and proxy port to “Port” and press OK button

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Step 7. Select added  proxy to use

Step 8. Go to www.myiptest.com and check your IP address.

Step 9. To restore your original proxy configuration select None from the Proxy drop down and press Apply.


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Best Firefox Add-on- Part I

May 30th, 2009 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Browsing

Firefox is the best browser out there right now, one of the great bonus of Firefox is that there are lots of extensions that enhance the functionality of the browser. With over thousands of extensions in existence there are many add-on that can be used to improve your efficiency and productivity. The following is my take on some of the extensions that will keep you focused, reduce interruption, and streamline your daily work flow;

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IP Address GeoLocation Lookup -Great add-on which auto-detect your current IP address, you can get lot of information regarding target IP and location of a website. Since all communication on the Internet (or any TCP/IP based network) is from an IP address to an IP address, every website that you visit knows the public IP address of your router. This plugin will allow you to show your Browsing IP address, Proxy IP address and proxy IP location and will greatly help you in geo-location.

DownThemAll 1.1.3 manages your downloads and lets you download without the Firefox Download Manager popping up and disrupting you all the way. DownThemAll! 1.1.3 Features an advanced accelerator that boost up the speed up to 400% and allowing you to pause and resume downloads at any time.

Gspace is a content management extension that lets you twirl your Gmail account into an online mass storage device. Gspace incorporate smoothly into your browser and lets you drag and drop files into Gmail for backup or storage purposes without interrupting your continuous work flow.

The del.icio.us extension for Firefox allows you to easily bookmark pages in delicious, from within the Firefox browser. It integrates with the Firefox toolbar easily and provides extra features such as right-click menu and highlight text to add notes

TwitterFox is a Firefox extension that notify you about the status of your friends in Twitter. This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar which alerts you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a mini text input field to update your tweets whenever you wish to connect with your friends through the text message.

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Firefox- Location Based Browsing Feature

May 26th, 2009 by admin | No Comments | Filed in Browsing, IP Address Lookup

This Firefox 3.5 version now enables the users to keep track on the geographical location such as city, region, country, latitude, longitude, ZIP code, time zone, connection speed, ISP and domain name through the IP Address. MYIPTest add-on estimate the user’s position using a number of sources, in addition it will allow you to show your Proxy IP address, proxy IP location, Reverse DNS check and blacklisted ip check. This extended feature in Firefox Add-ons can enable you to personalize your browsing experience.

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Firefox 3.5 now can tell the websites where you’re located and it will let you find the information which are more relevant and more valuable to you. It’s the way about making the Web smarter – and is done in a way that it completely respects your privacy. When you visit a location-aware website, Firefox will ask you if you want to share your location and with your consent, Firefox will accumulate information about nearby wireless access points and your computer’s IP address. Then Firefox sends this information to the default geolocation service provider- Google Location Services, to get an estimate of your location. That location estimate is then shared with the requested website. If you show no permission, Firefox will not do anything.

I hope it will benefit from a far greater accuracy and thus it will provide a better service to the users and will let the Location-Aware Browsing to become Mainstream.

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