Malicious Programs

Virus - Attaches itself to a program and propagates copies of itself to other programs.

Worm - Program that propagates copies of itself to other computers.

Trojan Horse - Program that contains unexpected additional functionality.

Backdoor (trapdoor) - Program modification that allows unauthorized access to functionality.

Exploits - Code specific to a single vulnerability or set of vulnerabilities.

Down loaders - Program that installs other items on a machine that is under attack. Usually, a downloader is sent in an e-mail.

Auto-rooter -Malicious hacker tools used to break into new machines remotely.

Kit (virus generator) - Set of tools for generating new viruses automatically.

Spammer programs - Used to send large volumes of unwanted e-mail.

Flooders - Used to attack networked computer systems with a large volume of traffic to carry out a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Keyloggers - Captures keystrokes on a compromised system.

Rootkit - Set of hacker tools used after attacker has broken into a computer system and gained root-level access.

Zombie - Program activated on an infected machine that is activated to launch attacks on other machines.

Computer Acronyms

---A---
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
ALI - Acer Labs, Incorporated
ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
APC - American Power Conversion
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
AT - Advanced Technology
ATI - ATI Technologies Inc.
ATX - Advanced Technology Extended

--- B ---
BFG - BFG Technologies
BIOS - Basic Input Output System
BNC - Barrel Nut Connector

--- C ---
CAS - Column Address Signal
CD - Compact Disk
CDR - Compact Disk Recorder
CDRW - Compact Disk Re-Writer
CD-ROM - Compact Disk - Read Only Memory
CFM - Cubic Feet per Minute (ft�/min)
CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CTX - CTX Technology Corporation (Commited to Excellence)

--- D ---
DDR - Double Data Rate
DDR-SDRAM - Double Data Rate - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
DFI - DFI Inc. (Design for Innovation)
DIMM - Dual Inline Memory Module
DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
DPI - Dots Per Inch
DSL - See ASDL
DVD - Digital Versatile Disc
DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile Disk - Random Access Memory

--- E ---
ECC - Error Correction Code
ECS - Elitegroup Computer Systems
EDO - Extended Data Out
EEPROM - Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPROM - Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EVGA - EVGA Corporation

--- F ---
FC-PGA - Flip Chip Pin Grid Array
FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
FPS - Frame Per Second
FPU - Floating Point Unit
FSAA - Full Screen Anti-Aliasing
FS - For Sale
FSB - Front Side Bus

--- G ---
GB - Gigabytes
GBps - Gigabytes per second or Gigabits per second
GDI - Graphical Device Interface
GHz - GigaHertz

--- H ---
HDD - Hard Disk Drive
HIS - Hightech Information System Limited
HP - Hewlett-Packard Development Company
HSF - Heatsink-Fan

--- I ---
IBM - International Business Machines Corporation
IC - Integrated Circuit
IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics
IFS- Item for Sale
IRQ - Interrupt Request
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture
ISO - International Standards Organization

--- J ---
JBL - JBL (Jame B. Lansing) Speakers
JVC - JVC Company of America

- K ---
Kbps - Kilobits Per Second
KBps - KiloBytes per second

--- L ---
LG - LG Electronics
LAN - Local Are Network
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LDT - Lightning Data Transport
LED - Light Emitting Diode

--- M ---
MAC - Media Access Control
MB � MotherBoard or Megabyte
MBps - Megabytes Per Second
Mbps - Megabits Per Second or Megabits Per Second
MHz - MegaHertz
MIPS - Million Instructions Per Second
MMX - Multi-Media Extensions
MSI - Micro Star International

--- N ---
NAS - Network Attached Storage
NAT - Network Address Translation
NEC - NEC Corporation
NIC - Network Interface Card

--- O ---
OC - Overclock (Over Clock)
OCZ - OCZ Technology
OEM - Original Equipment Manufacturer

--- P ---
PC - Personal Computer
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PCMCIA - Peripheral Component Microchannel Interconnect Architecture
PGA - Professional Graphics Array
PLD - Programmable Logic Device
PM - Private Message / Private Messaging
PnP - Plug 'n Play
PNY - PNY Technology
POST - Power On Self Test
PPPoA - Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM
PPPoE - Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet
PQI - PQI Corporation
PSU - Power Supply Unit

--- R ---
RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
RAM - Random Access Memory
RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital Analog Convertor
RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory
ROM - Read Only Memory
RPM - Revolutions Per Minute

--- S ---
SASID - Self-scanned Amorphous Silicon Integrated Display
SCA - SCSI Configured Automatically
SCSI - Small Computer System Interface
SDRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
SECC - Single Edge Contact Connector
SODIMM - Small Outline Dual Inline Memory Module
SPARC - Scalable Processor ArChitecture
SOHO - Small Office Home Office
SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
SSE - Streaming SIMD Extensions
SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array
S/PDIF - Sony/Philips Digital Interface

--- T ---
TB - Terabytes
TBps - Terabytes per second
Tbps - Terabits per second
TDK - TDK Electronics
TEC - Thermoelectric Cooler
TPC - TipidPC
TWAIN - Technology Without An Important Name

--- U ---
UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
USB - Universal Serial Bus
UTP - Unshieled Twisted Pair

--- V ---
VCD - Video CD
VPN - Virtual Private Network

--- W ---
WAN - Wide Area Network
WTB - Want to Buy
WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get

--- X ---
XGA - Extended Graphics Array
XFX - XFX Graphics, a Division of Pine
XMS - Extended Memory Specification
XT - Extended Technology

Amazon Softwares

Yahoo's new Ymail and Rocketmail Domains

After a successful pact with Google over ads, Yahoo! is keen to stop users moving to other email providers. With about 260 million users, the yahoo.com email system didn't have many easy names left for people to choose from.

To improve, Yahoo! set up new domains, Ymail and Rocketmail domains.Yahoo plans to auction off a number of desirable email addresses related to charitable groups.

Currently both the domains are pointing to yahoomail and users can create mail accounts with the new domains.So get ur desired email username soon on ymail and rocketmail domains.

Firefox 3 Dowload Count hits 8Million Plus

The Download day set by Mozilla worked well with download count hitting more than 8million users worldwide.The exact number is being scrutinized and to be believed would be more than 10Million.

The nation with the most downloads was the United States, with 3,288,217 downloads, UK came in second at 393,211 downloads, followed by China with 228,370 downloads.While India alone had 139,097 downloads(I'm being a part of it).

At their busiest the servers were handling more than 9,000 downloads per minute. Within five hours the number of downloads for Version 3.0 exceeded the 1.6 million set by Firefox 2.0 in October 2006.

However DV Labs/Tipping Point reported a flaw that potentially lets an attacker take over a PC if a user clicks on a booby-trapped link.

Download Firefox3: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?p=downloadday

Description of New Features: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/

Be a part in setting a Guinness World Record

Join in mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours.Take a pledge to download Firefox 3 on Download day and be a part in World record.

Firefox 3 , the new improved browser with many new features is slated for release in late June.
Download Firefox 3 on the release day which will be informed later by Firefox team.

Take pledge here: http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/pledge

ChaCha Search Engine

ChaCha...though sounds weird, is a website which offers a free 24x7 mobile answer services for people on the go.(i don't think this works in INDIA)

ChaCha launched its beta version on April 1 2008 and works with virtually every provider and allows people with any mobile phone device with normal SMS and voice capability to ask any question in conversational English and receive an accurate answer as a text message in just a few minutes.
Users can call 1-800-2-CHACHA and ask a question after the prompt. The question will then be transcribed into an SMS query. The answer then will be received by the caller in a text message.

Have a look at www.chacha.com

Microsoft demos Windows 7

The world's largest software giant Microsoft is coming with new OS Windows 7 the successor of Windows Vista that doesn't impress many. It includes multi-touch features as an alternative to mouse and enhancing the user interaction.

The new OS is slated for release in 2010 and comes in both 32bit and 64bit versions.

A server variant, codenamed Windows Server 7, is also under development.

A touch-screen interface will allow users to enlarge and shrink photos, trace routes on maps, paint pictures or even play the piano.



"The way you interact with the system will change dramatically" said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Well that looks like Microsoft is confident of Windows 7 after a debacle of Windows Vista.