13 September 2009 ~ 11 Comments

Block Desktop Phishing in your PC !

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In recent times, a new method of phishing has come up.

In Desktop Phishing, Hackers replace your Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts file , this file controls the internet browsing in your PC. You can do some mischief there by  interchanging IPs of Yahoo and Google. Such that when you open Yahoo, Google opens.

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Okay so now the way Hackers are using it is that they change this file and extract it on your PC in some way such that it gets replaced. For e.g they will keep a different ip for paypal.com so even if you type paypal.com in your PC, the Phisher Link will Open. Which is quite dangerous right.

A Nice Solution is given by:

2) A small Macro by Insight Software.

http://www.macros.com/usermacs/umprothosts.htm

http://www.macros.com/download1/usermacs/umprothosts.zip

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11 Responses to “Block Desktop Phishing in your PC !”

  1. Samuel 13 September 2009 at 12:15 pm Permalink

    hey guys nice one thanks for the post……….

  2. Asif h shaikh 13 September 2009 at 4:00 pm Permalink

    Nice tut buddy!!
    but where i can find Macro by Insight Software ???
    Pls provide link to download it :)

  3. Asif h shaikh 13 September 2009 at 4:01 pm Permalink

    Nice tut buddy!!!
    But where i can find that small macro by insight soft???

    Please, provide link to download it :)

  4. Shoaib 13 September 2009 at 6:36 pm Permalink

    Sorry forgot…added ;)

  5. soufian 13 September 2009 at 7:24 pm Permalink

    if i make all that in my PC , how can i run it in my victim PC !!!!

  6. Shoaib 14 September 2009 at 6:06 am Permalink

    why the hell would you want to do that?

  7. Saurooon 16 September 2009 at 3:14 am Permalink

    Hi there,
    Amazing! Not clear for me, how offen you updating your blog.syshacks.com.
    Thanks
    Saurooon

  8. Shoaib 16 September 2009 at 11:46 am Permalink

    Alternate days usually..

  9. Rufor 21 September 2009 at 12:59 pm Permalink

    I have already seen it somethere…

  10. Eremeeff 24 September 2009 at 11:10 pm Permalink

    Hi, Interesting, I`ll quote it on my site later.

  11. L.D. 3 October 2009 at 9:32 pm Permalink

    To install:
    Download the macro file umprothosts.zip and save it to your hard drive. Unzip the files and save them in the folder where you store your macro file(s). Import the macros into your existing macro file by clicking File | Import | Macros.

    This step is nt clear how can i “File | Import | Macros.”


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