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Monday, October 4, 2010

Hack Software and Run the Trial Program Forever


In this post I’ll show you how to hack a Software and run the trial program forever. Most of us are familiar with many softwares that run only for a specified period of time in the trial mode. Once the trial period is expired these softwares stop functioning and demand for a purchase. But there is a way to run the softwares and make them function beyond the trial period. Isn’t this interesting?
Before I tell you how to hack the software and make it run in the trial mode forever, we have to understand the functioning of these softwares. I’ll try to explain this in brief.
When these softwares are installed for the first time, they make an entry into the Windows Registry with the details such as Installed Date and Time, installed path etc. After installation every time you run the software, it compares the current system date and time with the installed date and time. So, with this it can make out whether the trial period is expired or not.
So with this being the case, just manually changing the system date to an earlier date will not solve the problem. For this purpose there is a small Tool known as RunAsDate.
RunAsDate is a small utility that allows you to run a program in the date and time that you specify. This utility doesn’t change the current system date, but it only injects the date/time that you specify into the desired application.
(Click here to Download). RunAsDate
RunAsDate intercepts the kernel API calls that returns the current date and time (GetSystemTime, GetLocalTime, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime), and replaces the current date/time with the date/time that you specify. It works with Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista.

NOTE: FOLLOW THESE TIPS CAREFULLY
 You have to follow these tips carefully to successfully hack a software and make it run in it’s trial mode forever.
1. Note down the date and time, when you install the software for the first time.
2. Once the trial period expires, you must always run the software using RunAsDate.
3. After the trial period is expired, do not run the software(program) directly. If you run the software directly even once, this hack may no longer work.
4. It is better and safe to inject the date of the last day in the trial period.
For example, if the trial period expires on sep 30 2010, always inject the date as sep 29 2010 in the RunAsDate. I hope this helps! Please express your experience and opinions through comments.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Change the Title of Yahoo Messenger



Here’s how you change the title text that appears at the top of the Messenger window. By default, this is “Yahoo! Messenger”, followed by your status. Simply edit the ymsgr.ini file, which you will find in the same folder as the Messenger program, in your Program Files folder. Locate the file and open it in Notepad. Then, at the end, add the following:


[APP TITLE]
caption=YOUR TEXT


Here, “YOUR TEXT” is whatever you want in the title bar. Save the file and close Messenger. When you restart it you will see your text in the title bar.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

How to Use Windows 7 Without Activation

Most of you might be aware of the fact that it is possible to use Windows 7 and Vista for 120 days without activation. This is actually possible using the slmgr -rearm command which will extend the grace period from 30 days to 120 days. However in this post I will show you a small trick using which it is possible to use Windows 7 without activation for approximately an year! Here is a way to do that.



1. Goto “Start Menu -> All Programs -> Accessories” . Right click on “Command Prompt” and select “Run as Administrator“. If you are not the administrator then you are prompted to enter the password, or else you can proceed to step-2.

2. Now type the following command and hit enter

slmgr -rearm
3. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Once restarted the trial period will be once again reset to 30 days. You can use the above command for up to 3 times by which you can extend the trial period to 120 days without activation.

4. Now comes the actual trick by which you can extend the trial period for another 240 days. Open Registry Editor (type regedit in “Run” and hit Enter) and navigate to the following location
H_L_M\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform

5. In right-side pane, change value of SkipRearm to 1.
6. Now you will be able to use the slmgr -rearm command for another 8 times so that you can skip activation process for another 240 days. So you will get 120 + 240 = 360 days of free Windows 7 usage.

120 days using “slmgr -rearm” command before registry edit
+


240 days using “slmgr -rearm” command after registry edit


= 360 Days

Saturday, September 4, 2010

How to Remove Newfolder.EXE/Sohanad Virus

You can remove this worm by manual method, or using a removal tool.

Manual Method

Here are simple steps following which you can get the worm removed from your system:


1. Download this file:Registry_Repair.

2. Double click on that downloaded registry file, you will be asked weather you’re sure to add this to registry, click yes.

3. Restart your system.

4. Search for the file svhost32.exe and delete it if its found.

5. Search for the file svhost.exe and delete it if its found.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

How to Test the Working of your Antivirus – EICAR Test

Have you ever wondered how to test your Antivirus software to ensure it’s proper working? Well here is a quick and easy way to test your antivirus. The process is called EICAR test which will work on any antivirus and was developed by European Institute of Computer Antivirus Research. This process can be used by people, companies and antivirus programmers to test the proper functioning of the antivirus/antimalware software without having to deal with the real computer virus which can cause damage to the computer. Here is a step-by-step procedure to test your antivirus.

1. Open a notepad (New Text Document.TXT) and copy the following code exactly onto it, and save the notepad.

EICAR Test code
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*

2. Rename the file from New Text Document.TXT to myfile.com

3. Now run the antivirus scan on this myfile.com file.

If the antivirus is functioning properly on your computer, then it should generate a warning and immediately delete the file upon scanning. Otherwise you may have to re-install your antivirus.

NOTE: Most antivirus will pop-out a warning message in the Step-1 itself

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Notepad Tricks

#1 Bush Hid the Facts – Most Popular Notepad Tricks

This is one of the mysterious notepad tricks we know. According to the trick it really seems Microsoft had put some hack into the coding of notepad making the text hidden after saving it.

Open notepad.
Type BUSH HID THE FACTS
Save that file.
Close it
Open It Again See…
Why This Happens ? : It was later known 4335 Rule. It means that if we enter four words separated by spaces, wherein the first word has 4 letters, the next two have three letters each, and the last word has five letters. Then Notepad Automatically hides the text into unknown code. Similar are with "this app can break".

#2 World Trade Centre Attack Trick – Shocking Notepad Tricks

Did you know that the flight number of the plane that had hit WTC on 9/11 was Q33NY …

Open your Notepad
Type the flight number i.e Q33N in Capital Letters.
Increase the Font Size to 72
Change the Font to Wingdings
You will be amazed by the findings. Its a Plane going for 2 building shaped structures & then death.(see below) WTF ?



Shocking … Ya …But this is a complete hoax… because I researched myself on Wikipedia and found that None of the planes involved in the 9/11 attacks had the flight number "Q33 NY". The flight numbers of the planes that crashed into the Twin Towers were in fact "11" and "175". Clearly, someone has simply made up this supposed flight number in an attempt to make the spurious claim seem valid.

#3 Famous Matrix Falling Code Effect – Cmd Notepad Tricks



#4 Make a Personal Log-Book / Diary with a Notepad Trick

Here are the simple steps to use the Windows Notepad as a simple digital diary or a personal Log-Book.

Open Notepad and type .LOG and press enter.
Now Save it with any name.
After saving, Close it and Open it again.
Surprisingly you can see the current date and time being inserted automatically after the .LOG line. This will happen automatically every time you reopen the the notepad file.

#5 Lock a Folder Using Notepad

Consider you want to lock a folder named PICS in your D:\ , whose path is D:\PICS
Now open the Notepad and type the following
ren pics pics.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

Where pics is your folder name. Save the text file as lock.bat in the same drive.
Open another new notepad text file and type the following
ren pics.{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D} pics

Save the text file as key.bat in the same drive.
Usage :

To lock the pics folder, simply click the loc.bat and it will transform into control panel icon which is inaccessible.
To unlock the folder click the key.bat file. Thus the folder will be unlocked and the contents are accessible.

#6 Format HDD with Notepad

Step 1.
Write The Following In Notepad Exactly as it says

Code : 01001011000111110010010101010101010000011111100000

Step 2.
Save As it as .EXE and any Name would Do.


Step 3.
Make an Ethical use of it. This .exe file can be really dangerous.



#7 : Use Notepad as a Log Book
Open notepad >> Write .LOG in the first line >> Save the File and close it.
When you open this file again, you will see the current date and time and you can enter your activities there to keep a Log of what you have done at what time. You can save this file as a Diary! You can press F5 to refresh and get the current time.



#8 : 4335 Trick
Open notepad >> Write this app can break in the first line >> Save the File and close it.
After opening the file again, you will see that it contains all encoded characters. It happens if we enter four words separated by spaces, wherein the first word has 4 letters, the next two have three letters each, and the last word has five letters. Then Notepad Automatically hides the text into unknown code.
It also works if you type AAAA BBB CCC DDDDD or any other 4-3-3-5 letter combination.

#9 : Shut Down the Computer
Open notepad >> Write
@echo off
msg * I am tired.
shutdown -c “So, Bye Bye” -s
>> Save the File as AnyName.bat
When you will open this file, your Computer will Shut down on its own after showing the message in it.

#10 : Open Notepad Continuously
Open notepad >> Write
@ECHO off
:top
START %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe
GOTO top
>> Save the File as AnyName.bat
When you try to open this file, Multiple Notepad Windows will keep opening up.

Do let me know if you had fun with these tricks! I had written some more tricks some time back, you can check then out too..