ME vs. APURV, DIL DOSTI ETC.

hi! ppl
Happy Diwali to evryone.
i hv just(3 days bk) finished with my vivas n i finally i hv got
time to blog.when our vivas wr going on some of us decided to met
up at sandy's house to study DSP as there was 4 days gap.we all
raeched sandy house at 11:30 am n after some chit chat got to
serious business ie DSP which i hv not studied during the entire sem.
After three hours of hectic study which also had some gurri jokes we
decided to call it a day n freshn our selves by watching some movie.
Sandy had DIL DOSTI ETC in his machine n we all were in.
The starting scene of the movie itself says that this movie is
for sum hedonist college guysl ike us who r always ready to pull
each others taang(leg).as the movie proceeded sum serious
comparisions wr drawn between the lead character APURV n me.the
base for the comparisions is as follows:
1. the plot has been set up in delhi n i m an ex-delhite.
2. Apurv is staying in the hostel n m also staying in the hostel.
3. sometimes i also keep on flirting with the girls like him.

these reasons gave those demons sitting nxt to me in sandy's house
enough oil n masala to fry me in the pan.then onwards every dialouge
that APurv uttered was remoulded to suit me n all of laughed our hearts
out. we could nt complete the movie that day because of time
constraints.(actually we had to study. HASSO MAT M SERIOUS). i wnt back
to hostel n the very first thing that i did was swith on my mean machine
to complete what we started as a group.the movie's a nice watch as it
tries to show what is going on intodays society.
Though some of my friends from the fairer sex who watched the movie
later did not like it because of all that stuff( u knw yaar. i don't
need to describe it now).

the movie was over but i hv been made APURV's namesake in my friend circle.
Some ppl say i might be doing the same stuff in the hostel as Apurv.
though idon't need to clarifybut apart from above mentioned things there
is nothing similar in the two characters.
LOVE for me is not just a four letter word it means more than that which
is unlike APURV.
also i dont indulge in Fride-Uncle-Charlie-Kattie.(hope u got it. nahin
samjha to jst watch tht movie. the first alphabets say it all).

SO that was all. let my frnds enjoy the image they hav created of me
n hav fun cause college life is all about fun n masti. u all also njoy
good bye

WAYS TO SAVE/IMPROVE OUR PLANET/ENVIRONMENT

Hi friends...
yesterday it was diwali n i hope u ppl enjoyed urself more than i did
sitting in my hostel room in front of my PC doing some stupid stuff.
( ganda mat socho )inians every where wait eagerly for this
day so that they can burn their hard earned money in the form of crackers
jst to hear few loud sounds n some eye blinding light.
U ppl must hav enjoyed some gr8 sounds n lights.

Diwali the festival of lights n happiness has been misinterpreted the
wrong way.where is it mentioned that we should light up a whole lot of
crackers jst to see a smoke covered sky the next morning. Jst wait for
a day or two after diwali n we will hav the environmentlist reports on
pollution levels who shoot up like the rockets on the diwali night.

It is up to us the younger generation GENX to save our
mother EARTH so that we can gift something clean to the
coming generations.
I knw many of u would think wat am i sounding tyalking about environment
n stuff but let me tell u friends this is wat we all should be thinkin at
this moment or otherwise it will be too late.

Ways you can protect our air

1. Ask your employer to consider flexible work schedules or telecommuting.
2. Recycle printer cartridges.
3. Shut off electrical equipment in the evening when you leave work.
4. Report smoking vehicles to your local air agency.
5. Don’t use your wood stove or fireplace when air quality is poor.
6. Avoid slow-burning, smoldering fires.They produce the largest amount
of pollution.
7. Burn seasoned wood - it burns cleaner than green wood.
8. Use solar power for home and water heating.
9. Use low-VOC or water-based paints,stains, finishes and paint strippers.
10.Purchase radial tires and keep them properly inflated for your vehicle.
11.Paint with brushes or rollers instead of using spray paints to minimize
harmful emissions.
12.Ignite charcoal barbecues with an electric probe or other alternative
to lighter fluid.
13.If you use a wood stove, use one sold after 1990. They are required
to meet federal emissio standards and are more efficient and cleaner
burning.
14.Walk or ride your bike instead of driving, whenever possible.
15.Join a carpool or vanpool to get to work.

following blogs contain some more infomation on saving our environmebt..

SAVE THY NATURE
SAVE THY PLANET

njoy!!

WAYS TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT

In your home—reduce toxicity

1. Eliminate mercury from your home by purchasing items without mercury,
and dispose of items containing mercury at an appropriate drop-off
facility when necessary (e.g., old thermometers).
2. Learn about alternatives to household cleaning items that do not use
hazardous chemicals.
3. Buy the right amount of paint for the job.
4. Review labels of household cleaners you use. Consider alternatives
like baking soda, scouring pads, water or a little more elbow grease.
5. When no good alternatives exist to a toxic item, find the least amount
required for an effective, sanitary result.
6. If you have an older home, have paint in your home tested for lead.
If you have lead-based paint, cover it with wall paper or other material
instead of sanding
it or burning it off.
7. Use traps instead of rat and mouse poisons and insect killers.
8. Have your home tested for radon.
9. Use cedar chips or aromatic herbs instead of mothballs.

In your yard

1. Avoid using leaf blow and other dust-producing equipment.
2. Use an electric lawnmower instead of a gas-powered one.
3. Leave grass clippings on the yard—they decompose and return
nutrients to the soil.
4. Use recycled wood chips as mulch to keep weeds down,retain moisture
and prevent erosion.
5. Use only the required amount of fertilizer.
6. Minimize pesticide use.
7. Create a wildlife habitat in your yard.
8. Water grass early in the morning.
9. Rent or borrow items like ladders, chain saws, party decorations
and others that are seldom used.
10. Take actions that use non hazardous components (e.g., to ward off
pests, plant marigolds in a garden instead of using pesticide).
11. Put leaves in a compost heap instead of burning them or throwing
them away.Yard debris too large for your compost bin should be
taken to a yard-debris recycler.

In your office

1. Copy and print on both sides of paper.
2. Reuse items like envelopes, folders and paper clips.
3. Use mailer sheets for interoffice mail instead of an envelope.
4. Set up a bulletin board for memos instead of sending a copy to each
employee.
5. Use e-mail instead of paper correspondence.
6. Use recycled paper.
7. Use discarded paper for scrap paper.
8. Encourage your school and/or company to print documents with soy-based
inks,which are less toxic.
9. Use a ceramic coffee mug instead of a disposable cup.

COMMON PPL
SAVE THY EARTH

njoy!!!

WAYS TO SAVE ENVIRONMENT

Here i list down few ways to save our ENVIRONMENT.
In your home—conserve energy
1. Clean or replace air filters on your air conditioning unit at least once a
month.
2. If you have central air conditioning, do not close vents in unused rooms.
3. Lower the thermostat on your water heater to 120°.
4. Wrap your water heater in an insulated blanket.
5. Turn down or shut off your water heater when you will be away for extended
periods.
6. Turn off unneeded lights even when leaving a room for a short time.
7. Set your refrigerator temperature at 36° to 38° and your freezer at 0° to 5°.
8. When using an oven, minimize dooropening while it is in use; it reduces oven
temperature by 25° to 30° every time you open the door.
9. Clean the lint filter in your dryer after every load so that it uses less
energy.
10. Unplug seldom used appliances.
11. Use a microwave whenever you can instead of a conventional oven or stove.
12. Wash clothes with warm or cold water instead of hot.
13. Reverse your indoor ceiling fans for summer and winter operations as
recommended.
14. Turn off lights, computers and other appliances when not in use.
15. Purchase appliances and office equipment with the Energy Star label; old
refrigerators, for example, use up to 50% more electricity than newer
models.
16. Only use electric appliances when you need them.
17. Use compact fluorescent light bulbs to save money and energy.
18. Keep your thermostat at 68° in winter and 78° in summer.
19. Keep your thermostat higher in summer and lower in winter when you are away from
home.
20. Insulate your home as best as you can.
21. Install weather stripping around all doors and windows.
22. Shut off electrical equipment in the evening when you leave work.
23. Plant trees to shade your home.
24. Shade outside air conditioning units by trees or other means.
25. Replace old windows with energy efficient ones.
26. Use cold water instead of warm or hot water when possible.
27. Connect your outdoor lights to a timer.
28. Buy green electricity - electricity pro- duced by low - or even zero-pollution
facilities (NC Greenpower for North Carolina - www.greenpower.com).

FEW MORE WAYS IN THE UPCOMING BLOGS..

SAVE THY EARTH
njoy!!!

HOW TO REMOVE STORM????

How can I verify my computer is infected?

UCSD's Network Security team compiles and monitors a list of IP addresses of computers on the Internet known to be infected with Storm Worm. This list is being compared with the logs of computers that have been visiting one of several UCSD sites, such as Tritonlink. If you get redirected to a "Storm Worm Alert" page when you try to visit Tritonlink (or any other UCSD sites using Single Sign On authentication), the IP that your computer is associated with is on our list of Storm Worm infected machines.

However, if you get redirected to a "Storm Worm Alert" page and you are at home with multiple computers connected oline, the computer you use may not actually be infected. Home computers are typically behind a router. When you connect from a shared network connection such as this, all computers behind the router will appear to have the same public IP address. If you have been redirected here when you try to access Tritonlink, there is at least one infected computer on your shared network. The only way to find out which computers are infected is to run an antivirus program on all of your home computers.

Antivirus programs are currently unable to completely identify the Storm Worm virus/bot, but will identify parts of it. If your antivirus program finds anything from this following list on your computer, you have been infected by Storm Worm and you must address the problem immediately:

Agent
Crypt.XPACK
Dorf
Downloader-BAI
Dropper.gen6
Fathom
Fuclip
Groan
Killer.Ecard
Nuwar
Packed.13
Packed.142
Packed.145
Peacoan
Peacomm
Peed
Rootkit.47744
Rootkit.dam
Sintun
Small
Sploder
Stormworm
Tibs
Trojan.Spambot
TR/Patched
Win32.Spamtool
Zhelatin

What do I do if my computer has Storm Worm?

There are two options for securing your computer if it is infected with Storm Worm:

-Remove the virus. There are three ways to do this:

1.Some variations will be detected and removed by the latest Microsoft
Windows Update. Run Windows Update and install the latest patches, or
specifically, download and install the September Microsoft Windows Software
Removal Tool at the
Microsoft
Download Center.More information can be found on Microsoft's Knowledgebase Article 890830.

2. Some antivirus software with updated virus definition files may be able to
detect and remove parts of the Storm Worm viruses.

3. If the first two methods fail to remove the virus, you can contact ResNet
to have a technician help you remove it. Whether you bring in your machine
to our Helpdesk or you schedule an appointment to have a technician come to
your location, Storm Worm removal typically takes up to 30 minutes. Newer
variations will require someone trained in removing the Storm Worm virus.

-Reformat your computer. This involves wiping all your data off of the hard
drive and reinstalling your operating system. We strongly recommended you
enlist the help of a computer specialist if you feel you will not be
comfortable following step-by-step instructions. Some large computer chain
stores provide this kind of service (CompUSA's "Techknowledgists" and Best
Buy's "Geek Squad").

KICK OUT THE STORM

STORM : THE SUPER VIRUS- The story of a virus

October 24, 2007: The most powerful Internet weapon on the planet is apparently dying the death of a thousand cuts. The weapon in question is the Storm botnet. This was the largest botnet ever seen, and it appeared to be acting like something out of a science fiction story. Last Summer, the Storm network was believed capable to shutting down any military or commercial site on the planet. Or, Storm could cripple hundreds of related sites temporarily. Worse, Storm could have done some major damage in ways that have not yet been experienced.

There's never been anything quite like Storm, but the counterattacks against the network proved to be very effective. The Storm Network is now believed to contain a few hundred thousand PCs at most, and is shrinking daily because of security software being updated to do just that.

The Storm computer virus had been spreading since early in the year, grabbing control of PCs around the world. In that time Storm apparently infected over ten million computers with a secret program that turned those PCs into unwilling slaves (or "zombies") of those controlling this network (or botnet) of computers. Many of you may have noticed a lot of spam this year directing you to look at an online greeting card, or accompanied by pdf or image files. That was Storm, the largest single spam campaign ever. When you try to look at the file, Storm secretly takes over your computer. But Storm tries very hard to hide itself. All it wants to do is use your Internet connection to send spam, or other types of malicious data.

What makes Storm the perfect Internet weapon is how it has been designed to survive. The Storm zombie does no damage to the PCs it infects, and simply sits there, waiting for an order. Those orders come via a peer-to-peer system (similar to things like Kazaa or Bittorrent). A small percent age of the zombies spend short periods of time trying to spread themselves, then turn off. This makes it more difficult to locate infected PCs. Commands from the Storm operators are sent through several layers of zombie PCs, again making it very difficult to identify where those commands come from. Moreover, Storm operates as a horde of clusters, each of two or three dozen zombie PCs. It was believed that Storm would be very resistant to being shut down. Some police agencies have concentrated on finding the people running it, arresting them, and seizing their access data. The programmers who put Storm together know their stuff, and police in dozens of country would like to get their hands on them.

To avoid the police (especially the U.S. FBI), many botherders (those who operate botnets) are usually in countries without an extradition treaty with the United States (where nearly half the zombie PCs are). Criminal gangs are increasingly active in producing things like Storm, and, in the case of China, so are government Cyber War operations. It's unclear who is controlling the Storm botnet, but it's becoming clear what Storm is up to. It has been launching attacks at web sites involved in stopping or investigating Storm. This involves transmitting huge quantities of bogus messages ,that shut down targeted web sites (this is a DDOS, or distributed denial or service attack). The Storm botherders are also advertising their botnet as available for the usual illegal activities (various types of spam). It's believed that Storm is owned by a Russian criminal syndicate, but that's only a guess based on what is known about Storm so far.

What brought down Storm were antivirus software publishers, who updated their software to detect and remove the Storm software that secretly turned a PC into a zombie. Even though the Storm creators made their zombie software hard to detect, it was not impossible to detect. The final blow in this campaign came in September, when Microsoft updated its "Malicious Software Removal tool" (which is a component of the Windows operating system) to detect and remove Storm. As Storm has been modified to avoid removal, Microsoft and other security software manufacturers have been adjusting their software. It's a race that Storm has apparently been losing.

What Storm demonstrated, however, was how a Cyber War operation could quickly build a large botnet. Such a network could be used as a military weapon, for at least a few weeks, until security software removed most of the zombie software. Storm, however, was used mainly for the usual Internet criminal scams. But it could have been used as a weapon, and future networks like Storm might be put to more sinister uses.

HIDDEN FILES NOT SHOWN

Now a days virus programmers are becoming smart. A worm w32.USBWorm which attacked and banned Orkut, has left one more problem. to remove above mentioned virus check
ORKUT IS BANNED . You will not be able to see the hidden files. Even if you change the setting in the folder options, it will not show the hidden files. So here are the steps to remove that problem and make the hidden files appear as before.
follow these steps:-

1. Go to Start --> Run, then type Regedit

2. Navigate to the registry folder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL

3. Find a key called CheckedValue.

4. Double Click CheckedValue key and modify it to 1. This is to show all the hidden files.

that is all.
now u should be able to view ur files.
n joy!