Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido is the latest threat which is scaring me now, and most of IT Admins all over the world. Lost my sleep because of this.

All security sites, gives us information on how to stop this virus from infecting the computers like applying upto date Microsoft patches, including MS08-067, updating anti virus to the latest version, use latest Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool, Disable Autorun etc. I am completely dedicated myself to find more ways to stop this thing to attack my network. Yes, I am really scared about this one, as nobody knows what impact this can cause. May be its the best April fool prank ever had or may be some thing deadly. I don’t want to take any chance. So during my research, i got an additional info about OpenDNS.

OpenDNS is a free service that works for networks of all sizes, from home networks to K-12 schools, SMBs and large enterprises. The main reason why you should think about switching to Open DNS:

Yes, after a long quest for a perfect IT management software, i finally found the best!

It was on August 2008, i joined Flip Media, as IT Support Specialist. My Team lead Iyad, wanted to me to sort all the local issues, we were facing in the office and streamline and document all IT assets. I wanted a good inventory tool to help me do this. After lot of research and tests, finally

Ever wanted to have a custom Linux of your own? I am not a Linux expert, but always wanted to create a Linux version of my own. This is one of my dreams..

There are plenty of tutorials available, about making your own live cd and Linux distro. But all those needs some time, learn all the basics and then start creating it. I am lazy, and this is not very easy for me. I know there are lot of  people like me.

For people like me, who wanted to make a Linux distro but dont have enough time and knowledge,

You must be using lot of backup tools to take backups from your PC.. Or some people even use their email to backup your files….Today i will show you a new way to backup your files to your email id without wasting much time….There is a free tool available to do this.‘Backup to Email’.

This is incredibly intuitive and has some cool features like,

* Right click files and backup to email.
* Right click folders they are zipped and backuped.
* Allow zip before send.
* Run custom command before send.
* Change subject prefix.
* SSL SMTP connection and non ssl.
* Configurable SMTP server.
* Scheduler in crontab notation so you can schedule backups.
* Ask for target email before every backup (by default not asking).

Bonus tip : Setup email filters to automatically steer all your backups into a folder so it does not clog up your inbox.

So guys….Start taking backups using this cool tool and save your time and DATA….