Blank/Invisible Yahoo Messenger Nickname Trick!

Monday, June 8, 2009

Invisible Yahoo messenger trick will hide your Yahoo user name entirely, does not matter if you are chatting with someone in a private window or in a public Yahoo room. Your name will go invisible and anyone won’t be able to identify you. This trick can be undone to normal again to show your regular nickname, and hence it’s safe. You can play pranks with your Yahoo messenger friends with this Yahoo invisible username trick.
In the above screen shot, you can see that that Yahoo username has gone invisible. In the right hand sidebar, where member list of a room gets displayed, is showing your name as blank. Whatever messages you will send to that room will remain anonymous and no one will be able to track your original name. Since many people are not aware of this fact, doing this will make them surprised, for sure!

How to make your name invisible on Yahoo Messenger :

1. Open Yahoo messenger on your computer and get logged in.
2. Navigate to Messenger >> My Contact Info on your messenger.
3. It will open your Yahoo accounts page to edit. Type your password there to continue.
4. On the right hand sidebar, click on Edit/Create Aliases.
5. Scroll down and click on the link saying "Add an Alias"
6. Copy the code inside the brackets –> [ㅤ] and paste it as the New Alias name. (Note : Copy the code inside the brackets only, Do not copy the brackets)
7. Save the changes and you are done.

(From: Solid Blogger )

5 Tips To Protect Your Gmail Account From Hackers

Gmail is now a buzz. People having e-mail accounts with other email providers are even getting registered with Gmail. And the reason is very clear, it’s fast and advanced. It’s efficiency and advanced gadgets system make it more user friendly. But, recently few incidents took place where people lost their Gmail accounts. Yes, this is easy and possible for the hackers to hack your Gmail account.


Hacking is noting but finding the holes in a thing. Once the hackers find that hole, they will get into that thing and will kick you out forever. So, this is very necessary to take care of your Gmail account by following 5 basic tips. These 5 tips will help you to protect your Gmail account from hackers. Lets discuss them one by one.


Use latest version browsers : Always download and install the latest updated version of your browser. Browsers get updated because their earlier versions are not smart enough. Updated versions patch few holes and security issues constantly. So, it’s better to allow your browser to auto install the latest versions as they improve their phishing filters regularly. Hackers try hard to find out the holes inside a browser and then figure that out. Once they did their try and error method, they will find victims. If you are the unfortunate one with some old browsers, they will attack you remotely using some tools. So, always use the latest versions to keep your Gmail safe.

Delete all suspicious Filters : Go to settings –> Filters. Check if they are having any filters. Double check if those filters are made by you or not. If you are not sure about a filter, delete that right away. These filters can put you in trouble. Never ever compromise with your Gmail account. Treat it seriously and never entertain anything that you are not aware of.


Do not click on any link you get via email : People get emails from different organization and societies asking them to click on a link. When they click on that link, they share their login details with the hackers. So, never ever click on any suspicious links, whatever that might claim! if it’s necessary to click on a link then keep your mouse cursor on that link, look at your browser’s status bar, if you find it all right, then go for that link. Else hit delete button. Remember that you have to be careful enough to get along with Gmail. Hate hackers, but love your Gmail.


Never reply to any unknown emails : Hackers are even more smarter that you think. They apply every alternate method to hack your mail accounts. One of the tricks they apply is sending some mails. After sending emails, they eagerly wait for your reply mail. This is possible to track your IP address from your e-mail. once they get your IP address, they will use their brain to hack your Gmail login details. So, be smart. Never reply to any unknown email from your Gmail account.


Disable mail forwarding or POP/IMAP : Never forward your mails to an another account. These can be traced and read by the hackers. Disable POP or IMAP access to your Gmail account. You can open your browser, login to Gmail and read your mails. then why do you need that POP and IMAP access? Hackers are smarter because they have not faced the smartest people yet. Follow the above mentioned tips to protect your Gmail account from hackers.


(From : Solid Blogger)

Block Stolen Mobile Phones Using IMEI Number

IMEI stands for International Mobile Equipment Identification. All mobile handsets are assigned unique IMEI numbers and no two mobile handsets share the same IMEI number, even by mistake! You can find your mobile handset’s IMEI number by typing *#06# on your mobile. Since this number is unique, it will help us in locating your lost or stolen mobile handset. For now, note down this IMEI number and keep in a safe place. You can also find your mobile IMEI number on your mobile handset packet cover.











Now if you have lost your mobile handset or your phone has been stolen, you can contact your network provider to block your IMEI number. They might ask you to get a Police FIR copy first, do as they say and finally ask them to block your IMEI number. Mobile network providers use a shared hosting service for blocking IMEI numbers, which means if you have asked network ‘Airtel’ to block your mobile handset, it automatically gets blocked by network ‘VodaFone’, ‘Reliance’, ‘Idea Cellular’ and so on.

Now when that thief will switch on your mobile handset, no service providers will allow it to build any connection with them. It does not matter if he changes the mobile SIM card, since SIM card requests for the service with IMEI number and a blocked IMEI number handset will be ignored and the mobile will become an useless toy.If you know someone from any mobile network, you can also ask him to find out the mobile number that’s being used that IMEI number. In that way you will get the mobile number that thief is using on your handset Take help of mobile number tracker to track any mobile number in India.

You can find more information about your mobile handset by entering your mobile IMEI no. Go to IMEI Number Analysis and know more about your handset model, manufacturing date and some internal informations for free.


(From Solid Blogger)