The Tech Diary of an IT support geek

In this post, I will show how to create a simple program that disables the USB ports on the computer (PC). As usual, I am using my favorite C programming language to create this program . Anyone with a basic knowledge of C language should be able to understand the working of this program.Once this program is executed it will immediately disable all the USB ports on the computer. As a result you’ll … [Read more...]

The hosts file is one of the interesting and useful feature of both Windows and Linux operating systems that provides many handy options in addressing network nodes. For instance, you can use the hosts file to block annoying ads, pop-ups, banners, porn sites, or even redirect one website to another.In this post I will show you how to play around with the hosts file to accomplish some of the above … [Read more...]

Most of us are familiar with the virus that used to block Orkut and Youtube websites. If you are curious about creating such a virus on your own, here is how it can be done.As usual I am using my favorite programming language ‘C’ to create this website blocking virus. I will give a brief introduction about this virus before I jump into the technical jargon.This virus has been exclusively created … [Read more...]

Some times it becomes necessary to change the icon of an executable file so that the file gets a new appearance. Many of the tools such as TuneUP Winstyler does this job by adjusting the Windows to display a custom icon to the user. But, in reality if the file is carried to a different computer, then it shows its original icon itself.This means that in order to permanently change the icon, it is … [Read more...]

In this post, I will show you how to create a virus to restart the computer at every startup. That is, upon infection, the computer will get restarted every time the system is booted. As a result, the computer will become inoperable as it reboots again as soon as the desktop is loaded.For this, the virus needs to be executed only once and from then on, it will carry out rest of the operation on … [Read more...]

Caller ID spoofing is the act of making the telephone network to display any desired (fake) incoming number on the recipient’s Caller ID display unit instead of the original one. With this, it is possible to make a call appear to have come from any phone number that the caller wishes.Have you ever wondered to know how to perform this? Well, read on to discover more information on how to spoof … [Read more...]

Just when we thought that BlackBerry was dead and gone, or perhaps on its last breath, the BlackBerry Corporation (formerly known as Research In Motion) released a new series of handsets at the beginning of the year with the latest version of their OS the BlackBerry 10 OS. As soon as the set was released the initial worldwide reception was enough to get just about any BlackBerry critic to admit … [Read more...]