Ive updated the FreeDown script , mainly added exception handling when something went wrong while fetching download Link.
Download New version here –
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Site has been restored back to original owners
I had built VideoSwiper long time back for Jason . You can read about it here http://www.ngcoders.com/php/videoswiper-mass-video-embedding-application, you can also check it out in my portfolio site.
But i have to come to learn that the hackers taking advantage of the holidays hacked the main server and have stolen the domain also. So basically now they are running a site which is a less featured clone on videoswiper.com . They reset all the accounts by redirecting the email which was admin[AT]videoswiper.com. Also they have the balls to say that the original owner is doing phishing 
. They also have stolen downloadMod.php code from my site Videoswiperplus and saying that they have written it.
I hope jason gets his sites back soon.
You can read more about it here – http://www.jasontaylor.me.uk/2010/01/04/videoswiper-hacked-dont-be-fooled/
Hackers should be dealt swiftly , i did have a soft side for these guys when i was a kid. But now i think they should be treated like common criminals , and maybe some should be made an example out of to stop the damage they cause.
Lesson learned – Avoid having emails for hosting and other important accounts like email@yoursite.com , if yoursite.com DNS record gets hacked all emails are redirected by hackers to reset everything and you will never come to know what happened. I believe sites like gmail , yahoo are much safer in this case. Also keep diffrent password for every single account , atleast the important ones.
My old paypal script which is being used a quite a lot will be getting an upgrade soon. It will now be a full fledged digital store yet simple to use. For not i can say it will be somewhat like Shopify and Bigcartel mixed up and digital file handling added and some other cool neat features. Will also be capable of handling normal goods.
It will be called BaseApp Digisell and will be dual licensed ( Like MySql ).
If you guys have any ideas which you wuold like to see in a simple flexible shopping cart please let me know.
I had been thinking of updating my site theme for a long time to support new features provided by Wordpress. But since i could not get much time i asked one of my friend to do it. Here are some of the new features , according to him -
- Ajax Comments
- Threaded Comments
- Gravatar
- Comment Paging
- Comment Cookies
It is bascically the k2 modified to look this way.There might be more features , but the above one would i think allow me to get back to people better.
I have a XBOX 360 for some time now, last week after a month out of 1 yr warranty it showed the feared Red Ring of Death (RROD). I had heard many horror stories about it . As I had never had actually dealt with Microsoft India before I was pretty pessimistic as my experience with after sales services with companies in India is pathetic ( actually its really bad ).
So I called up Microsoft and after a few verifications i was assigned a replacement. The replacement arrived within 3 days and to my surprise it supported 1080p unlike my old one which just did 720p. So am pretty happy about my free upgrade and great after sales service provided my Microsoft.
So if you are planning to buy a XBOX 360 in India do go ahead and do get yourself a XBOX live connection , thats what makes 360 shine above the other consoles which collect dust in my house.
Recently one of my sites was hacked , It was a closed source web application. I came to know next day when i saw changes made to some settings for my web – application. Anyhow here is how i tracked down what was wrong , might help some one in the same mess i was in.
The first thing i noticed was that Administrator account passwords were changed, So i instantly knew something was wrong.
Since i usually store main settings in a file for faster access , i just opened FTP to look at the time stamp associated with the file. This showed me the last modifed date of the file and an approximate idea when the hacker changed the details.
Next step was to dig up the raw access logs from CPanel , After downloading the access logs for that specific file i opened them in PSPad ( My fav editor ) . Logs are not small of busy sites so you will be looking at a very large amount of data.
But i knew specific url which can be used to change the settings so i just did a Ctrl-F and put in the url with a POST prefix , as a form has to be submitted to change settings . This gave me a few instances of that URL with POST request.
Now looking at the time stamp i was able to find out when the hacker did the settings change. Means I had the IP.Doing another another CTRL-F on the IP and pressing list put all the hacker logs in another window , which makes its easy for us to go step by step at his efforts to crack the system.
After going from the start i noticed after certain URL he suddenly had got access to the admin section , And once i put in the url myself, i knew what the problem was.
And so it was fixed.
Back after a long time , have been quite busy the last few months. Also due to a screwup my old database got deleted.
But i have copies of most of my stuff and will be posting it back slowly and steadily.
If you missed anything while this blog was down , please let know ill put it back online.