Technocrati is gone!

                 As usual, when I viewed my blogs in this April 2018, I found the gadget of Technocrati, the popular Blog directory, was missing! I had added my blogs in 2008, to this world's largest blog directory. And I was proud to have my blogs rated in this directory. When I tried to visit this directory, I found it listed for sale in Uniregistry Market! Yes, then, in May 2014 itself, Technocrati had gone :(  The owners of the directory had deleted all the listed contents, and had begun to focus on their advertising network. Read about this story here: Business2community.

Pendrive files hide! About seeking and recovering them!

    The other day I wanted to read the files contained in my pendrive. On inserting the pendrive in the computer, two unknown folders and an icon with my pendrive's name were displayed instead of my various folders and files! On clicking those folders, they showed no relevant files. But on clicking the short-cut icon, which showed to contain a total 2GB of its contents, only an announcement was displayed as follows:

                     rundll missing entry vfvbl1hN7nTDtZJX

     Content files were not displayed here also. I copied this announcement and searched with it in the Google search engine. From the results I learnt that the files and folders are hidden and can be recovered back by some simple procedure! I was relieved of my sadness and tension. A website in the search result offered solution for all who find such a problem. You can read about it here.

                                  

                   'Pendrive show empty even when data exists'

That procedure is here in simple terms:

1) Scan pendrive for virus first and remove it if found.

2) Note the pendrive's letter in the My Computer or This PC.

3) Go to Start > Run > type "cmd" in the box (without quotes - cmd)

4) In the Command Prompt type the following line:

               attrib -h -r -s /s /d G:\*.*

     where 'G' can be replaced by your pendrive's letter.

5) Then press Enter.

6) Now check if it works and the files are back in the pendrive.

What did I do then, after recovering the pendrive files?

I scanned the pendrive for virus again; copied all the files of it and saved them in a folder of the computer; next formated the pendrive and made it empty. Now copied the files that I have saved in the computer and pasted them all in the pendrive!

A 'ghost file' seen!

After recovering all the hidden files, I found a "ghost file' among them. You see here about it in these pictures!

Ghost File

Size of the ghost file

Properties of the ghost file

If you have ever found such a file in your experience share it here.

Worm of computer, Win32/Gamarue.gen!A attack!

As I opened my computer, there was an alert message saying that there is a malware in the computer and the Windows Defender is taking action to remove it. When I checked the Windows Defender, it showed in its History tab that there are two malwares and both are quarantined. I hurriedly removed them both under Quarantined items and the All detected items and was happy about my action. But when I started the computer in the next session, the alert message came on again as the computer is affected with malware! I Googled and found the first one, Win32/Gamarue.gen!A to be a worm that replicates itself and infects all computers it gets access to. Yes, I got it through my USB that I used to get a print-out from a computer centre! Microsoft website simply advised me to remove it by its Windows Defender Antivirus software, that hadn't worked in my case. Then, I accessed a blog in Malware Tips.Com that came into rescue of my computer from this nuisance, the worm infection. I clicked the Open menu in the right corner of the Mozilla Firefox and clicked on the Open Help Menu. It led me to a list. In the list clicked on Troubleshooting Information. On a box that displayed, Refresh Firefox, I clicked. That's all. The browser was refreshed. Next time when I started the computer, this worm didn't return to infect my computer! But what about the other malware that was first detected by my Windows Defender? That is to be my next post's content - content of discussion only!

Incorrect information from Wikipedia!

While checking the news on the demise of Mr.Chandrahasan, (the eldest bother of the actor, Mr.Kamalahasan), I found the above noted wrong information on Mr.Charuhasan, the younger brother of him, in Wikipedia website. The information given on 19 March 2017 was that Mr.Charuhasan passed away. On 20 March 2017, the next day (today), I find that mistake corrected as seen below.

So, don't depend on the Internet knowledge. The contents on the source may change at anytime! The persons posting information on the Internet must double check the information carefully before, during and after posting it and correct any mistake, if found, forthwith.

Donation support for Wikipedia!

Now, if  any Wikipedia page is opened, a display also appears along with the web page. It asks its readers donation support for its sustaining through the Internet.

For this non-profit Wikipedia that is on the list of top ten most visited websites, anybody around the world shall render help on reading this!

An email lures you into its trap!

I received an email recently that lured with many benefits of the 'Signature credit card' and also declared that the credit card gets instant approval on applying online for it! I can get those benefits simply clicking on the 'Apply Online' given in that mail! Is it so simple to receive the credit card, or is it a hacking for knowing particulars through such trap, I wonder! 

On browsing with the URL, (www.hoolygoolyapp.com) that the email seemed to originate, it was found leading to a website of an online fashion store only!

All other features of that email resembled to that of the credit card's bank! Moreover, I am getting yet such more emails from that same email id but with different wordings in their title, subject and contents!

Blogging Fusion awards Kindling Thoughts!

Today, my other blog, Kindling Thoughts has been awarded honour by Blogging Fusion Blog Directory by appreciating it as the 'Blog of the day' on its website!

 I thank the Blog directory for honouring my blog!

Rewordify text & improve readability!

If a text contains already known and commonly used simple words, it will convey you all the message that it expects you to understand (.... wait, wait! Am I conveying you my message in simple words? I wonder about it!). Suppose, the text contains new words the meanings of which you don't know; then what will you do? Simply put it aside and refrain from reading it? No, no. You need not do so. Simply place that text in the box of this website and click on Rewordify text button; it analyzes it and replaces the hard words with easier words for you - to improve its readability! After simplifying, it highlights also those simplified words; try this website: Rewordify Text!
Explore also those many other amazing features found in this website that makes your learning English both easy and fun.

Here read again my above blog post content, that has been presented after it is rewordified in this website; inform me how the readability has been now improved :)

Preserving our sparrows by Citizen Sparrow!

In the previous year 2012, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) started a project called Citizen Sparrow to record the presence or absence of sparrows in India. The project allowed anyone of the public to participate in it. Public enter their past and the present observations on sparrows in its website with a questionnaire. The compiled data is studied and the report is also published on a map for anyone  in the world to view.

Though Citizen Sparrow project ended in June 2012, it operates now also, inviting entries in the website. All these are done for finding out places where the sparrow population is declining, and for bringing it back to the normal population as it was before.
Sparrow population has declined worldwide; let us prevent our sparrow disappear as an extinct bird from the world.

Visit Prokerala to read your astrology!

This website, Prokerala, offers you free astrology - even Chinese astrology, Vedic astrology and Western astrology. You can make your own horoscope free; find out your birth star by its Nakshatra Finder; read astrological predictions by Birth Chart or match couple's horoscopes for marriage through Porutham.
Here you can also find out the equivalent of (birth)dates from the year 1874 onwards for an English date in Chinese calendar, Hindu, Malayalam or Tamil calendars! For this enter the date and then click on Generate Calendar. You can click on the date number in the generated monthly calendar and know all the details of the date, like the name of the day, (birth)star (Nakshatra). Tithi, sunrise, sunset times etc! Now find out the birth date details of your grandparents and surprise them!

Create card sent as postcard!

 

Days of drawing pictures on cards and sending them as greeting cards are gone. Now a website offers you tools online for that. In it you can use Clip Art, Text and Pencil tools to create your card on a theme Background; then opt for sending it as a postcard or share it in social websites or save it to your computer!

Or you can also use ready-made cards provided. Don't try later but create a card now itself with this --> Greeting Card Maker by clicking CREATE NOW in it!

MEGA after Megaupload - a news!

I had seen in the past an advertisement about a website constantly appearing in all the web pages I viewed. Suddenly that advertisement disappeared and is not seen for the past one year. It is the Megaupload.com advertisement. Now there is news that the founder of that website, Mr. Kim Dotcom has started a new file-sharing website under the name, MEGA. 

 

The Megaupload.com which was also a file-sharing website, was then closed one year back due to an online piracy case filed on it. MEGA is started after one year correct to the date of Megaupload's closure in the previous year - on 20th January 2013. 

This new website is said to be legal now and for online privacy. And offering cloud storage with encryption, so that its users only can know what they are uploading.

Viewing International Space Station

As you might know that International Space Station is in its orbit 200 miles above the Earth with all its on board staff members; it revolves around the Earth since its inception in the year 2000. It can be viewed worldwide with our bare eyes like we see aeroplanes on the sky. But when does it passes over the sky on your place, so that you can view it? For this NASA offers the web users a website. One can register his location in this website with his e-mail address in five steps. Whenever the International Space Station (ISS) is about to cross over your sky, NASA sends alert mails to your email inbox or text messages to your mobile phone that you registered with it. The space station usually passes over from once or twice a week to once or twice a month. You are enabled thus to see the station fairly for a longer time over the clear sky, with this website's help --> Spot The Station!