MajorAap.com - A personal blog by Aprazeth » hack http://www.majoraap.com The ramblings of Aprazeth, an recent convert to minimalism, enthusiast of computer technology - with an outspoken opinion about everything and everyone. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:21:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Facebook spam-link http://www.majoraap.com/facebook-spam-link-341?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=facebook-spam-link http://www.majoraap.com/facebook-spam-link-341#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:37:22 +0000 Aprazeth http://www.majoraap.com/?p=341 Continue reading →]]> Please be aware of a malicious link making rounds on Facebook. The title is:

“The *SHOCKING* TATTOO That Got This Girls PARENTS ARRESTED”

The link leads to hxxp://thecraziesttattoos.blogspot.com/ which shows an image, purposely mimicking an add. If you click the ‘Skip this add’ or anywhere on the image you are redirected to; hxxp://ly9.net/4/4jsVF3 (which resolves to: hxxp://allhqpics.com/the-craziest-tat-youll-ever-see.html)

On that page you will see yet another image asking you to acknowledge you are, or are over 18. Clicking anywhere on that image will actually instruct Facebook you like that page – and that will post it on your wall. Your friends then click on it – and so on.

More information after the link (geek-alert!)

The code on hxxp://allhqpics.com/the-craziest-tat-youll-ever-see.html is quite cleverly constructed. The actual source of that HTML file is:

Source

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As you can see it refers to hxxp://access.im/7/jcpSt4. That page has the following source:

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<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://b.static.ak.fbcdn.net/rsrc.php/z78UV/hash/abtj54l6.js”></script><title>The *SHOCKING* TATTOO That Got This Girls PARENTS ARRESTED | Facebook</title></head><body><div id=”FB_HiddenContainer” style=”position:absolute; top:-10000px; width:0px; height:0px;” ></div><div id=”connect_widget_4c2f1e4c211ae5e7d0191″><table><tr><td><div><div><a><span>Vind ik leuk</span></a></div></div></td><td><div><div><span style=”"></span><span><span>Jij en 4.494 anderen vinden dit leuk.</span><span>4.494 personen vinden dit leuk.</span><span>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;<a>Beheerderspagina</a></span><span>&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;<a>Fout</a></span><span><a href=”#”>Vind ik niet leuk</a></span></span></div><div><span>Je vindt <b>The *SHOCKING* TATTOO That Got This Girls PARENTS ARRESTED</b> leuk.</span></div></div></td></tr></table><div></div></div><script type=”text/javascript”>Env={module:”like_widget”,impid:”c29bdf52″,user:0,locale:”nl_NL”,method:”GET”,dev:0,start:(new Date()).getTime(),ps_limit:5,ps_ratio:4,svn_rev:262076,vip:”66.220.147.44″,static_base:”http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/”,www_base:”http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/”,tlds:["com"],rep_lag:2,pc:{“m”:”1.0.4″,”l”:”1.0.4″,”axi”:true,”j”:true,”bsz”:16},fb_dtsg:”4hbEx”,lhsh:”7b555S0gTjO7Ys4xJtZKuBAfETw”,silent_oops_errors:”1″};</script>
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Within that code you will see that it tries to load your Facebook profile, and since you clicked on the image, stating you are over 18 – you automatically ‘like’ the link, which will be shown on your feed.

Other friends see the link on your wall, click on it and it continues with them.

Be safe, and don’t click on links that you do not trust, even from friends!

Note;

The link has been reported to the relevant people.

]]> http://www.majoraap.com/facebook-spam-link-341/feed 0 Prolonging battery-life on the HD2 http://www.majoraap.com/prolonging-battery-life-on-the-hd2-311?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prolonging-battery-life-on-the-hd2 http://www.majoraap.com/prolonging-battery-life-on-the-hd2-311#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:00:41 +0000 Aprazeth http://www.majoraap.com/?p=311 Continue reading →]]> For the last couple of days I have been running around with a program called BandSwitch installed, which disconnects idle mobile internet connections (according to your settings) Doing so can seriously prolong the battery-life on your HD2. So far, I havent’ seen or found any negative side-effects and it does seem to prolong to do what it advertises.

The URL to get it is: http://www.commmgrpro.com/jsp/main_frame.jsf

However, the program is not free – it comes with a 14 day trial.

The user-interface may seem chaotic at first, but it’s a mater of starting it (once) and then hitting “Auto” and you are set.

  • Decrease your ActiveSync schedule (how often it checks for new email/calendar items etc.)To do this simply follow these steps:
  1. Click on Start
  2. Scroll until you see “Extra” and touch it ;-)
  3. Click/Touch ActiveSync.
  4. Click on Menu (lower-right corner) and select Schedule.
  5. Change Peak times to the time-frame you wish to use (mine is currently 30 minutes)
  6. Change Outside of Peak times to a time-frame you think is acceptable (mine is set to every 2 hours)
  7. Click/touch on “Adjust Peak-times” (lower left corner)
  8. Click/touch the days you want the “Peak times” to apply to (for example, Monday to Friday)
  9. Set the begin and stop time for the schedule (mine is set to 06.00/6AM to 22.00/10PM)
  10. Click/touch on OK (top right corner)
  11. Click/touch on OK again (top right corner)
  12. Click/touch Synchronize (lower left corner) to synchronize at that time and to make sure ActiveSync uses the new schedule.
  • Decrease the frequency of HTC Sense syncing (weather etc)
    1. Click on Start
    2. Click on Settings
    3. Click on Data-services (4th item)
      To change the schedule for stocks:
    1. Click on Stocks
    2. Change the frequency on which HTC Sense downloads the stocks, or completely turn of synchronization if you do not use it.
    3. Click on Done once finished.To change the schedule for weather-forecasts:
    1. Click on Weather
    2. Change the frequency on which HTC Sense downloads the weather-forecast, or completely turn of synchronization if you do not use it.
    3. Click on Done once finished.
      To turn the Facebook synchronization on or off:
    1. Click on Facebook.
    2. Completely turn of synchronization off if you do not use Facebook.
    3. Click on Done once finished.
      To change the schedule for Twitter synchronization:
    1. Click on Twitter.
    2. Change the frequency on which HTC Sense downloads your Twitter-feeds, or completely turn of synchronization if you do not use it
    3. Click on Done once finished.
    4. Click on OK once finished (top right corner)

These few items should help you throughout to prolong the battery-life on your HD2 a bit more :-)

]]> http://www.majoraap.com/prolonging-battery-life-on-the-hd2-311/feed 0 “Drop Down”, Quake-style command prompt for Windows – Instructables – DIY, How To, tech http://www.majoraap.com/drop-down-quake-style-command-prompt-for-windows-instructables-diy-how-to-tech-159?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=drop-down-quake-style-command-prompt-for-windows-instructables-diy-how-to-tech http://www.majoraap.com/drop-down-quake-style-command-prompt-for-windows-instructables-diy-how-to-tech-159#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:56:56 +0000 Aprazeth http://www.majoraap.com/archives/159 Continue reading →]]> I just had to sharea this one very cool thing:

“Drop Down”, Quake-style command prompt for Windows – Instructables – DIY, How To, tech.

It’s a Quake-style console for use in Windows. Now you might think why would you want that? Well it autohides as soon as you click anywhere or ALT+TAB to another program, but keeps running in the background. It also gives you the console the moment you press WIN+~ (tilde)

I personally grabbed the file from: http://www.mediafire.com/?0e3kxld19qd

Works great, and I highly recommend it to people who, such as myself, frequently use the DOS-prompt… err I mean the Quake-console ;)

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