Disable, Block Social media Widgets on Websites with Widget Block

Blog widgets such as Facebook fan page widget, digg widget, twitter widget and other widgets for commenting system such as disqus, gravatar and Google friend connect, analytics, social sharing widgets from addthis, sharethis will add some power to the blogs and makes user interaction more powerful, but if you’re a hater of all these, then you can simply block all these kind of social media widgets with one simple extension.

Widget Block for Google chrome allows you to block all the social media, web 2.0 widgets in one click. Third party widgets from sites like Facebook, twitter, Google Buzz, Disqus, etc. can slow down page load times when browsing on other sites that include them. WidgetBlock disables a number of widely installed 3rd party widgets so that your pages load faster. It includes options to choose the Widgets you’d like to disable.

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Hide, block libraries in Windows 7

If you’ve used Windows 7 then you might have noticed a separate column named Libraries where you can find 4 folders such as documents, pictures, videos and music which I personally find it very useless and it actually irritates you when you’re browsing through folder structure. You apparently can’t remove the standard defaults from Microsoft, so askvg has got a registry hack utility that does the job.

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Free Download of Block Breaker Deluxe 2 For Ultimate Thrill

Users have their own preference in gaming. Some like complicated mind strategy games whereas some are addicted to simple games such as Tetris, block games, poker, etc. One of the most popular is perhaps the block breaking game. Deflecting the ball so that it hits and removes all the blocks on the screen is basically what gamers need to do. If you are also one of the block breaker addicts, the free Block Breaker Deluxe 2 is something you should have in your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

The free download of Block Breaker Deluxe 2 offers more surprises and challenges for gamers. The game is designed with full 3D effects while the dynamic shapes, settings, challenges, and controls will thrill gamers no end. The enhanced levels, modes, rewards, and obstacles prepare to entice gamers with hours of sheer challenge and fun. The game is intuitively controlled via the phone’s touch screen. An accelerator enables gamers to rearrange brick formations by tilting the iPhone. This free download also makes it possible for two gamers to pitch their skills against one another. Like all good things, the free offer is only available for a limited period of time.

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Microsoft releases Update to block DLL load hijacking attacks

August 24th, 2010. Filed under:Security. Tags: Vulnerability
Some time back there were reports about a security issue that affected  about 40 different Windows apps. Microsoft has quickly responded to such reports of potential zero-day attacks against such Windows programs by publishing an update or  tool to block such exploits. However Microsoft also clarified that the flaw isn’t in Windows.

Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory (2269637) titled, Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution.

“Microsoft is aware that research has been published detailing a remote attack vector for a class of vulnerabilities that affects how applications load external libraries. This issue is caused by specific insecure programming practices that allow so-called “binary planting” or “DLL preloading attacks”. These practices could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the vulnerable application when the user opens a file from an untrusted location.”

Microsoft has also released an Update that will block the loading of DLL’s from remote directories.

This update introduces a new registry key CWDIllegalInDllSearch that allows users to control the DLL search path algorithm. The DLL search path algorithm is used by the LoadLibrary API and the LoadLibraryEx API when DLLs are loaded without specifying a fully qualified path.

When an application dynamically loads a DLL without specifying a fully qualified path, Windows tries to locate this DLL by searching through a well-defined set of directories. These sets of directories are known as DLL search path. As soon as Windows locates the DLL in a directory, Windows loads that DLL. If Windows does not find the DLL in any of the directories in the DLL search order, Windows will return a failure to the DLL load operation.

More details & download links at KB2264107.

Anand aka HappyAndyK is an end-user Windows enthusiast, a Microsoft MVP in Windows Desktop Experience since 2007, and the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com & WinVistaClub.com.

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