Oooooh! Now I am getting really "geeky"!
All I wanted to do was to speed up my "torrent box", now with a little more research there are those that have been unlocking the extra 2 cores on the 7750 to make it a Quad Core Phenom.
Not that this is my intention as I only went for a reasonably priced dual core AMD (I have enough Intel product already - and we own AMD stock!). Looks like my Asus m/b (M2A74-AM) doesn't support this in any case(it was an ASRock board that does the trick) - but, heh! this was not why I bought it!
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
VirusTotal
VirusTotal is an on-line service that you can submit suspicious files and it will run it through all the A-V products that it knows.
The link to threatexpert.com was dead
| File TorrentPrivacy.exe received on 05.11.2009 11:23:20 (CET) | |||
| Antivirus | Version | Last Update | Result |
| a-squared | 4.0.0.101 | 2009.05.11 | Downloader.Delphi!IK |
| AhnLab-V3 | 5.0.0.2 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| AntiVir | 7.9.0.166 | 2009.05.11 | DR/Delphi.Gen |
| Antiy-AVL | 2.0.3.1 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Authentium | 5.1.2.4 | 2009.05.10 | - |
| Avast | 4.8.1335.0 | 2009.05.10 | - |
| AVG | 8.5.0.327 | 2009.05.11 | PSW.Banker5.KDS |
| BitDefender | 7.2 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| CAT-QuickHeal | 10.00 | 2009.05.09 | Win32.TrojanSpy.Banker.aww.a |
| ClamAV | 0.94.1 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Comodo | 1157 | 2009.05.08 | Unclassified Malware |
| DrWeb | 5.0.0.12182 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| eSafe | 7.0.17.0 | 2009.05.10 | Win32.DRDelphi |
| eTrust-Vet | 31.6.6497 | 2009.05.08 | - |
| F-Prot | 4.4.4.56 | 2009.05.10 | - |
| F-Secure | 8.0.14470.0 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Fortinet | 3.117.0.0 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| GData | 19 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Ikarus | T3.1.1.49.0 | 2009.05.11 | Downloader.Delphi |
| K7AntiVirus | 7.10.729 | 2009.05.08 | - |
| Kaspersky | 7.0.0.125 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| McAfee | 5611 | 2009.05.10 | - |
| McAfee+Artemis | 5611 | 2009.05.10 | Artemis!2E37E5F89629 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | 6.7.6 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Microsoft | 1.4602 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| NOD32 | 4064 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Norman | 6.01.05 | 2009.05.08 | Banker.EIWW |
| nProtect | 2009.1.8.0 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Panda | 10.0.0.14 | 2009.05.10 | Suspicious file |
| PCTools | 4.4.2.0 | 2009.05.07 | - |
| Prevx | 3.0 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Rising | 21.29.02.00 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| Sophos | 4.41.0 | 2009.05.11 | Mal/Inet-Fam |
| Sunbelt | 3.2.1858.2 | 2009.05.09 | - |
| Symantec | 1.4.4.12 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| TheHacker | 6.3.4.1.324 | 2009.05.09 | - |
| TrendMicro | 8.950.0.1092 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| VBA32 | 3.12.10.4 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| ViRobot | 2009.5.11.1728 | 2009.05.11 | - |
| VirusBuster | 4.6.5.0 | 2009.05.10 | - |
| Additional information | |||
| File size: 601088 bytes | |||
| MD5...: 2e37e5f89629be35a281802e36b967d2 | |||
| SHA1..: 3efdffdf3f43f78931c19085e31fca4423798bb2 | |||
| SHA256: b6a0b92fed40df5f5f80c4c7764603f916426f25d6d325b02c518e1d3eaee045 | |||
| SHA512: 03f3f7bab1d2bd1860ae07493081e4f3994a27bb7645d51f9ec77c2d6d543370 ba97cb27314ff92b35f3d4c5f07f58320fd7b018161d7115337050a4186c223e | |||
| ssdeep: 12288:kAaUK050Gy2HlRscolDlXiefWF6HegnkreyLR3Lg5mZfWKGBj:sUz5U2Hl ucUEeeybIlLR3OAu | |||
| PEiD..: PECompact 2.xx --> BitSum Technologies | |||
| TrID..: File type identification Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (v2.x) (48.0%) Win32 EXE PECompact compressed (generic) (33.8%) Win32 Executable Generic (6.9%) Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (6.1%) Win16/32 Executable Delphi generic (1.6%) | |||
| PEInfo: PE Structure information ( base data ) entrypointaddress.: 0x1000 timedatestamp.....: 0x2a425e19 (Fri Jun 19 22:22:17 1992) machinetype.......: 0x14c (I386) ( 2 sections ) name viradd virsiz rawdsiz ntrpy md5 CODE 0x1000 0x3b0000 0x8f800 8.00 2d4a01639e877b41eed63ccc36e38a1e .rsrc 0x3b1000 0x3000 0x3000 5.61 a4ef8e9b27138077875000f8f4c6e8ad ( 1 imports ) > kernel32.dll: LoadLibraryA, GetProcAddress, VirtualAlloc, VirtualFree ( 0 exports ) | |||
| PDFiD.: - | |||
| RDS...: NSRL Reference Data Set - | |||
| ThreatExpert info: www.threatexpert.com/report.aspx?md5= 2e37e5f89629be35a281802e36b967d2 | |||
| packers (Kaspersky): PE_Patch.PECompact, PecBundle, PECompact | |||
| packers (F-Prot): PecBundle, PECompact | |||
The link to threatexpert.com was dead
BootPRO - Win7BootPro
The boot loader for Win7 seems to be the same as Vista and VistaBootPro can be used in the same way and entries in the BCD Registry can be manipulated so that you can get a Win7, Vista and XP treble boot or just a dual boot.
Alternatively why not try Virtualization?
BootPro license for private use is $9.95 (the old VistaBootPro was free) - no doubt there will be torrent download s - see the Tempusfugit website for details.
I have configured many dual boots and Virtual Machines
Other pages on this blog (alternates to Dual Booting):
Alternatively why not try Virtualization?
BootPro license for private use is $9.95 (the old VistaBootPro was free) - no doubt there will be torrent download s - see the Tempusfugit website for details.
I have configured many dual boots and Virtual Machines
Other pages on this blog (alternates to Dual Booting):
- Virtualization - techniques and tricks
- The difference between vt-x and vt-d
- Sun Virtualbox and MS Virtual PC compared
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Rogers Throttling breaks VPN connection
I was experiencing that my connection to a UK VPN was disconnecting when I was running BitTorrent at the same time (on another computer to the VPN'd machine)
A VPN should not be used for torrrenting unless agreed to by the VPN provider
When I perform a SpeedTest (using DSLReports) the upload speed is often flagged with a message that there was upload compression detected from my ISP and that the upload figures may be inaccurate.
The theory about the VPN dropping is that the "handshake" between my computer and the VPN server cannot be maintained due to the upload compression. The download speed is still adequate for streaming of BBC iPlayer.
Plese note that this post was made May 2009 - now in April 2012 Rogers do not seem to have any of the problems I was seeing then.
Some search strings finding this page:
rogers "upload compression" vpn
Links related to file sharing:
A VPN should not be used for torrrenting unless agreed to by the VPN provider
When I perform a SpeedTest (using DSLReports) the upload speed is often flagged with a message that there was upload compression detected from my ISP and that the upload figures may be inaccurate.
The theory about the VPN dropping is that the "handshake" between my computer and the VPN server cannot be maintained due to the upload compression. The download speed is still adequate for streaming of BBC iPlayer.
Plese note that this post was made May 2009 - now in April 2012 Rogers do not seem to have any of the problems I was seeing then.
Some search strings finding this page:
| "vpn connection" rogers dropping |
Links related to file sharing:
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Privately Configured
I have just noticed that uTorrent 1.8.2 had the (Privately Configured) missing from its Windows title bar.
I have not subscribed or selected upgrades to uTorrent (which would indeed give me a new version of the client - one that is not set to use SSHTunel.exe to access a secured host).
As SSHTunel.exe was still running I am presuming that the connections are still secure. However, when I restart TorrentPrivacy from scratch I regain the (Privately Configured) banner at the top of the window.
Also to note, SSHTunel was running all night (it normally crashes and I have to re-start it when I get up) - the only difference is that I started up the BitTorrent client (connecting in the clear). Maybe there is an interaction between the two clients running at the same time, competing for connections and CPU time?
I realise that running 2 torrent clients at the same time is not an option for some, as their ISP will throttle them back if they see a torrent client connecting through your connection with them, but it works just fine for me. I do all my music and movies through a secure connection and TV and public domain stuff straight through BitTorrent.
I am also way over my allowance of bandwidth for the month and have been at the $25 extra useage charge for a couple of days - so my bandwidth is effectively free until the 24th! I wonder if I will break the 340G this month?
I have not subscribed or selected upgrades to uTorrent (which would indeed give me a new version of the client - one that is not set to use SSHTunel.exe to access a secured host).
As SSHTunel.exe was still running I am presuming that the connections are still secure. However, when I restart TorrentPrivacy from scratch I regain the (Privately Configured) banner at the top of the window.
Also to note, SSHTunel was running all night (it normally crashes and I have to re-start it when I get up) - the only difference is that I started up the BitTorrent client (connecting in the clear). Maybe there is an interaction between the two clients running at the same time, competing for connections and CPU time?
I realise that running 2 torrent clients at the same time is not an option for some, as their ISP will throttle them back if they see a torrent client connecting through your connection with them, but it works just fine for me. I do all my music and movies through a secure connection and TV and public domain stuff straight through BitTorrent.
I am also way over my allowance of bandwidth for the month and have been at the $25 extra useage charge for a couple of days - so my bandwidth is effectively free until the 24th! I wonder if I will break the 340G this month?
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