HOSTS FILE - Directing The Redirection !!!

Have anyone ever redirected to any other website each time when he enters the address of a regular website? Surprized....!!!
Yes, this can be possiable by using HOSTS File.
Every Computer has the HOSTS file. Hosts File basically maps domain names of the hostnames to the IP addresses. The location of Hosts File in the Computer varies from Operating System to Operating System.

• In Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2003/2000/NT, location of the Hosts File is - \windows\system32\drives\etc


• In Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME, location of the Hosts File is - \windows


• In Unix, location of Hosts File is - /etc

Redirecting to other website each time when one enters the address of the regular website is just the 3-step task. Just follow the following steps:

• Open the Hosts File in the Notepad.


• Make a new entry in the HOSTS File by entering the IP address of the website you want to redirect followed by the space and then entering the name of the regular website.


• Save the HOSTS file by File --> Save.

That's It....!!!! Now try opening both the websites....!!!!

Following video shows demo of Redirecting to www.facebook.com when one enters www.google.com:

Now, Try It Yourself....!!!

Hosts File is used not only for redirecting from one website to other, but it can also be tweaked to carry out the number of different interesting hacks:

• Blocking Certain Websites.


• Creating Smart Virus.


• Blocking Annoying Advertisements.

Thus, HOSTS File is Really Amazying.....!!!!

Happy Hacking....!!!

By Simar Preet Singh

er.simarpreetsingh@gmail.com

F1 Key – HELP OR HACKING key?

Nowdays, computers are on great demand which has the keyboards attached with them as the input terminal. Every keyboard has combination of various keys like alphanumeric keys, all English charaters, numeric keys, punctuation keys, arrow keys etc. These all are used as input from the user and hence called the ‘Input Keys’. When any user presses such a key, the character corresponding to individual key gets displayed on the monitor. But have you ever thought there are other keys on the same keyboard, which perform some function attached with them. Such types of special keys are called ‘Function Keys’. There are various Functional Keys labeled as F1 – F12 etc.
F1 key gradually became universally associated with Help in most early Windows programs. To this day, Microsoft Office programs and many other applications on internet running in Windows list F1 as the key for Help in the Help menu.
Do you know that F1 key is also used for hacking? when we press F1 key on any of the running application for the instant help, it automatically executes the inbuilt function Winhelp of Windows, which will help you throughout that program. But, if you open this Winhelp file of Windows in simple text editor like notepad, then using this, we can view its code that runs on execution of F1 key. This opened code now can easily be copied, changed and edited using simple operations of cut, copy and paste.
Now, if anyone has a hackable code in any language say java, then one can copy or change that code into this notepad file, and can save that code. Now when any new user uses the computer and for any help in any application, presses the F1 key, the code behind the key will be executed. Thus, this new code will work like hacking function and can hack any computer.