How To Steal Your Friend's Account's Password

 I have been using the internet for many years already and have online accounts to countless programs, but I really haven't paid much attention to passwords / account protection. I have heard about phishing and keyloggers as methods of stealing passwords and hacking into someone's account / computer, but I really did not find out more about it. In my thinking...those information are just beyond what I'm willing to learn. Haha!

 But out of curiosity, I made some research yesterday, and found out some shocking truths. How easy it is for someone to get hold of your password these days!!!

In this post, I would only want to point out a very basic thing though...do you know that your friend could easily steal your accounts' passwords simply by looking for that information in your web browser? You probably know about this already but I just found out about it and tried it yesterday. So for those of you who still don't know about it, here's the information...

HOW TO STEAL / HACK YOUR FRIEND'S ACCOUNTS' (EMAIL, ETC.) PASSWORD/S

This trick will only work if:

1. Your friend is using Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome web browser.

2. When logging in to his/her accounts, your friend has chosen to save and remember his/her passwords when he/she was given an option by the computer to do so.

It will let you look at all the web address with their corresponding usernames and passwords that your friend allows to be remembered by his/her computer. It will only take less than a minute.

FOR MOZILLA FIREFOX USERS:
1. Open Mozilla Firefox
2. Go to Tools >> Options
3. Then go to "Security" tab.
4. In there, you will see "Saved Passwords". Click on that.
5. It will show you the list of URL address with its associated usernames.
6. Click on the one that you want to see the password. And then click on "Show Passwords" at the bottom. There it goes, you've got the password you want!

FOR GOOGLE CHROME USERS:
1. Open Google Chrome
2. Go to Settings >> Options
3. Then go to "Personal Stuff" tab
4. In there, you will see "Show saved passwords". Click on that.
5. It will show you the list of URL address with its associated usernames.
6. Click on the one that you want to see the password. And then click on "Show Password" at the right side. That's it!

 So I guess allowing your computer to remember passwords is not such a good idea after all.  But if you are someone like me who struggles to remember numerous passwords, that book from Amazon, "Perfect Passwords" (featured above), might help give you some tips to create perfect passwords that's easy to remember.

Or this mobile mobile password key might be of some help. Just don't forget the pin and of course, don't lose it!

Chasing, Losing Love

All her life, she pretended to be something she's not. She's the "life of the party". Always laughing, seems very confident with herself, even boastful at times. She is a happy person. At least, she appears that way. She hides it so well. She smiles when she's nervous. She laughs, even though she was crying inside. There's just no trace of the sadness and the insecurities she has within.

She's a strong woman, they say. Fearless in love. Stands up to what she believes. How could they know that she was faking it..that she was motivated by fear and need to belong...that she displays what people would like her to be in order to be accepted because she is so afraid of rejection? Who knows what she really feels when she's all alone? Nobody bothers. Nobody cares.

She longs for love...Gives up everything for love. And then she gets lost in the another person. And when her love is not reciprocated the way she needed it, she breaks down and fall...And nobody's there to catch her.  Nobody. She's left alone and wanting. And she's empty, as she gave it all. And nothing left for herself. Where would she find the hope? What should she cling to in order to survive?

They say, you can never truly love someone if you don't love and respect yourself first. That is true. Easier said than done...At least for her, that's the way it feels. She's been chasing love all her life, trying to find it in another person, because she cannot find it in herself. She doesn't know how to find it. She's hoping that someone could give it and show it to her, in exchange for everything she have. But what she have is never enough. Unwanted.

Someone needs help for sure. But who cares...

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I-TotalFind Malware Now Gone!

For about 2 years, I let this I-TotalFind Malware dominate my computer and decrease the quality of my internet experience. I got this malware because I downloaded a software / toolbar from Zangdo.com. My AVG Anti-Virus warned me about it when I started the download, but I was stubborn and I went ahead and continued with it. I know, that's stupid thinking. I have no excuse.

Anyway, what this malware does is that all websites with Adsense and Yahoo ads are converted into I-TotalFind adverts. But  the most irritating thing that happened is that it also redirects me to a different page / website of their own advertisements, probably loaded with malicious programs as well. I searched the internet for a way to fix this, and I found some. But it told me that I have to disable my SpyBot S&D Tea Timer and run an online scanner. But my husband is skeptical about that. So I waited...

Oh well, I guess I waited too long. 2 years have passed. I have abandoned my yahoo email address because of my "resident" malware, as I could not even view my emails without getting redirected to another site. I opened and operated with a Gmail account instead.

Today, I just went ahead and took the plunge. I'm getting fed up with this malware and it only got worse over time. I tried to switch web browsers to evade it. At first it works, but the next day, it catches up, and it infects whatever browser I use. It slows down everything for me and makes my browser unresponsive.

So how did I remove the malware? Well, I already have an AVG Internet Security system running in my computer and regularly scanning my computer so I did not run it anymore. What I did was that, first, I restarted my computer. Then, I made sure that I am not connected to the internet. I went ahead and disabled my Spybot S&D teatimer. I went to "My Computer" and changed the settings to show all hidden files and extensions. I ran the CCleaner program to remove my cache and all history and temporary files. Next, I ran the Hi-Jack This program. I checked all the entries listed there which says "01: Hosts...". They all display an IP address and a URL address, and I thought they're all related to my internet browsing and I didn't think it would do any harm to my computer if I removed them. So I let Hi-Jack This to fix and remove them.

I was thinking those should be enough to remove the malware. And I was hoping no harm was done to my computer with me experimenting on the Hi-Jack This. Haha!

So I re-enabled my SpyBot teatimer and changed my computer's settings to hide hidden files and extensions again. Then, I reconnected to the internet, opened FireFox, visited and logged in to my Yahoo email account and my Photobucket account (both websites I was having problems using before because of the Malware). And I was happy to find out that the websites' advertisements are now showing normally and it doesn't try to redirect me to another website anymore. So I guess my 2-year problem is now solved. 

Now, I feel even more stupid for waiting too long...Oh well...

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How To Peel Hard-Boiled Eggs Without Peeling

I haven't really tried it yet. But if it is true, it would be cool, don't you think? Maybe, I should boil an egg today and see. I wonder if it works with soft-boiled eggs too. Haha!

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Another Day

Today is another day. She wakes up and asks herself if she could get through the next 24 hours, something that she asks herself every single morning. Why does she have to wake up, she doesn't understand. Every hour drags...it only gets a bit easier to endure when she sleeps.

She feels nothing. The heavy feeling in her chest lingers. But her mind is not working. Lying deep is an extreme pain, threatening to surface any moment now. She's got to escape before it catches her...she's got to...

"Wanna watch movies...anyone???"

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I have watched this movie, "Avatar", many times already. It is enchanting, never fails to amaze me everytime...takes me to a different world, and makes me want to stay there...if only I could.

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Always Afraid

She's always afraid, always running. She feels so empty. She succumbs to sleep to escape the numbness. But even in her dreams, something is always haunting her. Again, she is running away...away from something that she doesn't really completely understand.

And she has nowhere to go. She has no strength to fight. Feeling hopeless, she sits in the corner, then there comes the pain...overwhelming her.

Oh, how hard she wished it would just stop...

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Little By Little

“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.”
~Mother Teresa

Have you ever been so overwhelmed with the enormity of a situation or challenge that you just gave up before you even got started?

I know I have.

That’s why I like this quote. It reminds us that we should do what we can and let the rest take care of itself.

Sure there are a ton of challenges we each will face. My advice is:

Get started.
Take care of those things that you can.
As you become more adept at things you will grow and be better equipped to handle and take care of more and more.

Good luck and get started!

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