Showing posts with label Desktop and Server security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Desktop and Server security. Show all posts

Saturday 10 August 2013

Super Hide your private folders,even after 'Show Hidden items' is set in Folder options

Hi everybody,

Lets hide our private folders in windows without using any tool, such that it is displayed when you asks windows to show hidden items.

To hide:
  1. First collect all your private documents and files in one folder and name it lets say, private_folder.
  2. Now right click on the folder and click Properties.
  3. Now copy the location from Properties window.
  4. Next open command prompt
  5. Type command cd and hit space, then right click and select Paste.
  6. Now type command attrib  +h  +s  /d  /s  private_folder
  7. Now the private_folder is hidden.
 
To unhide:
  1. Open command prompt, go to the location where folder was present using cammand cd
  2. Now type command attrib  -h  -s  /d  /s  private_folder

Friday 2 August 2013

Protect your system from Hackers by closing open ports and remote connections on your computer

Is your system being monitored or controlled by somebody else in your absence?
 Here you can find the answer.

If I want to enter in your house mutely, i need to find out open doors or windows in your house which you left open because you were unaware of the existence of that door or forgot to close that door.
In the same way our computers also has doors called PORT which it uses to connect to other computer to access service like websites, torrents download,software update services, remote connection, etc. If we are accessing any kind of service or application that uses network connection, a PORT is used for every service and application.

Here is the list of common ports and associated services:
  • 20/21: File Transfer Protocol(FTP)
  • 22: Secure Shell(SSH)
  • 23:Telnet
  • 25: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol(SMTP)
  • 53: Domain Name System(DNS)
  • 80: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol(HTTP)
  • 110: Post Office Protocol(POP)
  • 143: Internet Message Access Protocol(IMAP)
  • 169: Simple Network Management Protocol(SNMP)
  • 443: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure(HTTPS)