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Set up Caching Nameserver on Windows using BIND

Reaper-X — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:21:52 +0000

I think most of you who are running Linux as the operating system already know that you can set up a caching nameserver on your home computer in order to speed up dns queries. But what if you’re on Windows and want to achieve the same thing (cache dns request)? Well thanks to BIND port for Windows, now you can also set up your own DNS Server on Windows easily (although in my case because my ISP DNS Server often down and running CentOS inside Virtual Machine just for this purpose isn’t all that useful considering there’s already a port of BIND / Named for Windows).

And to make things short, let’s get straight to the point ;)

1. First you’ll need to grab Bind from the ISC homepage (grab the Windows version of course), and at the time i wrote this, the latest Bind / Named version is 9.5.0–P1

2. When you’ve finished downloading BIND, now just you need to extract it somewhere on your harddrive and then followed by running BINDInstall.exe to install BIND. But first as a note, in this example i choose to Install BIND into C:\BIND

3. After the installation process finished, you’ll need to set up an environment variable path first to make it easier for you to call various BIND tools from any directory inside the command prompt. To do this you just need to go into Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variable. And then add / edit PATH to your BIND\bin directory … and based from this example the BIND\bin directory would be C:\BIND\bin

4. Now you need to create two folders / directories inside your BIND directory, let’s called it log (the end result would be C:\BIND\log) and zone (C:\BIND\zone)

5. Now to set up caching nameserver on windows using bind (so you can start the BIND service), you need to create a filename inside the etc directory under BIND directory called named.conf and then write these lines into the named.conf

options { directory "c:\bind\zone"; allow-query { localhost; }; forwarders { XXXXXX; XXXXXX; }; forward only; query-source address * port 53; }; logging { channel queries_log { file "c:\bind\log\queries.log"; print-severity yes; print-time yes; }; category queries { queries_log ; }; }; zone "localhost." IN { type master; file "localhost.zone"; allow-update { none; }; }; zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa." IN { type master; file "localhost.rev"; allow-update { none; }; }; include "c:\bind\etc\rndc.key";

Note: Change XXXX into your ISP DNS Server, and also i put a logging for every request made but you can always turned off the logging feature if you want

6. Now you need to create two files inside the zone directory (C:\Bind\Zone) called localhost.zone, and localhost.rev and then write these lines:

localhost.zone

$TTL 86400 @ IN SOA @ root ( 42 ; serial 3H ; refresh 15M ; retry 1W ; expiry 1D ) ; minimum IN NS @ IN A 127.0.0.1 IN AAAA ::1

localhost.rev

$TTL 86400 @ IN SOA localhost. root.localhost. ( 1997022700 ; Serial 28800 ; Refresh 14400 ; Retry 3600000 ; Expire 86400 ) ; Minimum IN NS localhost. 1 IN PTR localhost.

7. Now you need to open the command prompt and type:

cd C:\BIND\bin rndc-confgen -a

8. Now go into windows directory -> system32 -> drivers -> etc … and create a filename called resolv.conf and write this line into resolv.conf

nameserver 127.0.0.1

9. Now we need to start the BIND service first. To do this you just need to type services.msc from the RUN Command or you can also get into Windows services from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services … and then start the ISC BIND service

10. Since everything has been configured, the last step would be testing it of course, to do this you just need to go into the command prompt and type:

dig reaper-x.com

At the first time you’ll see something like this (note: result may vary)

Query time: 453 msec

Now type (again)

dig reaper-x.com

and if you get (or at least the query time gets reduced)

Query time: 0 msec

11. Finally you just need to change the preferred DNS Server in your connection into 127.0.0.1 and you’re done

That means you’ve configured your caching nameserver using BIND on windows to cache dns request, congrats :)

But wait, what if you want to flush your dns cache? .. in order to flush your dns cache, all you have to do is just execute this command in the command prompt

rndc flush

Well basically that’s all about it :)

0x87485B96 | Tags : DNS Server, How To, Tutorials, Windows

FeedDemon goes Free …

Reaper-X — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:40:39 +0000

Call me freebies or anything you like (in this case of course), but i just noticed today (finally i can use rss reader again) that one of the most popular rss feed reader for Windows based machine named FeedDemon now available for free of charge … as written on the Newsgator website

NewsGator also announced that all of its client RSS reader products are now available free of charge and include free synchronization along with other services. Users can now enjoy the great features and performance of all of NewsGator’s Web, desktop and mobile readers for iPhone, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry (powered by FreeRange), all synchronized to provide the same view of their RSS content no matter when or where they read it. Enterprise customers will continue to enjoy the extended value of having all these clients synchronize with NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES). The combination of innovative client reader features and the ability to leverage core platform data and capabilities have made NewsGator products dominant in the enterprise.

I’ve to admit that unlike many other people that loves to use online web based apps to read their favorite feeds such as Google Reader or Bloglines, i prefer to use desktop based programs mainly because i’m not using a reliable internet connection (although it’s a dsl connection) that is practically unusable during the day … and so i can read it anytime i want without too much hassle (if you lived in Indonesia, i’m sure you already know the name of the Internet Provider i’m using now) :P

Anyway to those who are interested on seeing how FeedDemon look like, here’s a screenshot

Looks great isn’t it ?

0x87485B96 | Tags : Freeware, Software, Windows

Winamp 5.5 just got better

Reaper-X — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:51:51 +0000

So today i just upgrade my previously installed Winamp 5.35 into Winamp 5.5 and guess what ? i think the Winamp team has improved the Winamp skins considerably. Back then when Winamp 3 was launched it introduces us to their new skinning engine which was more powerful than the previous 2.x series, but the problem is … it take too many of your system resources which is not that great considering most people only use Winamp to listen to their favorite songs (even lots of my friends doesn’t really use Winamp 3 skins type anyway)

And actually because of that reason, i choose to use the previous Winamp 2 skin until today (before upgraded into 5.5). To be honest i was quite suprised when installing this over the previous Winamp installation, because right after i installed the Winamp 5.5, instead of launching the winamp directly it’ll ask you first whether you want to use the new skins or not … and since the new skin looks nice, i think i should give it a try then … and all i can say is … amazingly done, and here’s a screenshot just in case you want to see the new Winamp 5.5 skin :

Dang … i just love their new layout, because their new skin layout match perfectly with my old winamp setup (I put the playlist on the right side of the main window, and put the media player directly below those two), other than that you can also see directly what decoder you’re using on your currently played media file just to the left side of the Playlist window

But just in case you want to know why i choose Winamp as my music player (not media player simply because i use another player to play video / movie file), that’s because i can use FFDshow with Winamp, in order to improve it’s output quality (or you can also says a free DSP effect but in this case FFDshow offers more features) ;)

0x87485B96 | Tags : Freeware, Software, Windows

Internet Explorer 7 now comes without Windows Genuine Validation

Reaper-X — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:14:54 +0000

Just in case you didn’t know and / or hasn’t updated your old Internet Explorer 6.0 into the latest Internet Explorer 7 because of various reasons like avoiding the Windows Genuine Advantage validation because you couldn’t find any good WGA Remover from around the web or you’re using a pirated copy of Windows XP. Because …

Just as the title says, recently Microsoft has announced that they’ve removed the WGA Validation from their popular Internet Explorer browser … here’s what Steve Reynolds said about this on IEBlog

Because Microsoft takes its commitment to help protect the entire Windows ecosystem seriously, we’re updating the IE7 installation experience to make it available as broadly as possible to all Windows users. With today’s “Installation and Availability Update,” Internet Explorer 7 installation will no longer require Windows Genuine Advantage validation and will be available to all Windows XP users. If you are not already running IE7, you can get it now from the Internet Explorer home page on Microsoft.com, get a customized version from a third-party site, or, if you haven’t already received it via Automatic Updates, this version will be delivered to you as we described previously. If you are already running IE7, you will not be offered IE7 again by Automatic Updates.

So what are you waiting for ? grab it before Microsoft change their mind :P … or at least to those who has moved into Firefox completely, i guess it’s still better to grab the IE7 also … (nothing beats a combination of Firefox 2.x series with IE7 and Opera 9, instead of Firefox 2.x, Opera 9 with IE6 combination only) :P

0x87485B96 | Tags : Browsers, Freeware, Software, Windows

WoW Mangos 4505, ScriptDev2 136 with Project Silvermoon Rev18

Reaper-X — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:13:12 +0000

I just uploaded another update to WoW Mangos Emulator, this time i’m using Mangos Revision 4505 plus ScriptDev2 Rev136 and with Project Silvermoon Mangos Database Revision 18. Other than that i also create a small batch script to help you simplify the upgrade process if you’re using my previous Mangos 4488 files, thought i’m quite sure that you can also use it even if you are not using my Mangos 4488 :)

UPDATE : I just uploaded a new Modified version of WoW Mangos 4524 for WoW 2.2 client and WoW 2.1.3 Client … and also i’ve changed the batch script to make things even easier especially to those who’s still having problem with Mangos 4505 and 4488 ;)

UPDATE : Many thanks to Caldaga for telling me that i forgot to include the VMaps Extractor and Assembler into this 4505 Release (although it’s included in my previous 4488 release). So if you’re using this 4505 release (small version or full version) … make sure to download the VMaps Extractor and Assembler too (no wonder there’re some people who’s experiencing VMaps related error message)

~~# VMaps Extractor and Assembler (143 KB)~~

As a side note, VMaps is different than Maps. Maps are required for WoW Mangos to work, while VMaps not required except that you want support for line of sight and height calculation (but i’d suggest you to use it too)

And just like before, i uploaded two version of my mangos release. The first version is to those who’s already have Mangos installed and configured, and / or already using another database (SDB for an example). Already familiar with importing each mangos core update manually, and so on … Or it might also be useful to those who’s using slow connection like me and prefer a smaller file size to download

Mirror:

~~#1. Mangos Revision 4505 with ScriptDev2 Revision 136 | Mediafire~~

~~#1. Mangos Revision 4505 with ScriptDev2 Revision 136 | Megaupload~~

Inside the small version you can find DBC, Maps and VMaps extractor, and also a batch file inside the Backup Directory just in case you want to Backup your important Mangos Character Data or the Realmd table and data

As for the second version, basically is just the same like the above version with the exception this one also included the Project Silvermoon Rev18 database, and also contain a batch script to import the database

Mirror:

~~#2. Mangos Revision 4505 with ScriptDev2 Revision 136 plus Project Silvermoon DB Rev18 | MediaFire~~

~~#2. Mangos Revision 4505 with ScriptDev2 Revision 136 plus Project Silvermoon DB Rev18 | Megaupload~~

If you’re using my previous Mangos 4488 release, and are not familiar with importing the core update manually, i’d suggest you to get the second version instead :)

As a note, i created the batch script inside to help simplify the upgrade process from Mangos 4488 to Mangos 4505 to those who download my previous full database / without db which mean that it has been tested only with Mangos 4488 only (if you’re using lower version it might or might not work for you) … and i only tested it on Windows XP SP2

And here are the instruction to those who’s going to use the Full Database version :

If you’re upgrading from my previous Mangos 4488 :

1. Extract the archive somewhere in your harddisk, for example C:\reaper-mangos-R4505-full

2. Go to C:\reaper-mangos-R4505-full\Backup and then execute / run backup.bat

3. When prompted if you’re using my previous Mangos release, answer yes .. and then when asked for your mysql bin path, write your Mysql bin path there for example C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin if you follow my previous mysql guide and is using the default path

4. Go to C:\reaper-mangos-R4505-full\reaper-eazy-mangos and then run import.bat. When prompted for your MySQL root password, just write your mysql root password there and then continue the rest and wait until it finished

5. Now go back C:\reaper-mangos-R4505-full\Backup and this time you need to run the backup-importer.bat file, and continue the process like before until it finished

6. Now for the last step, you just need to open mangosd.conf and edit the datadir path into the correct datadir path … that’s it … you’re done :)

If you’re installing for the first time (some part copied from my previous wow mangos 4488 guide) :P

1. Copy the ad.exe from MapExtractor Directory into C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft

2. Create new folder called maps, and then run the ad.exe … and wait until this process finished (don’t interrupt it)

3. Copy all files inside VmapExtractAssembler into C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft and run the makevmaps_SIMPLE.bat … and wait again until it finished

4. Copy all files inside DBC Extractor into C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Data\enUS … and run the extract.bat … and wait until it finished

5. Move vmaps, maps, and dbc folder from your World of Warcraft installation path into C:\reaper-mangos-R4505-full\data (create folder named data first)

6. Open Mangosd.conf using Wordpad … and then find this line :

DataDir = “I:/WoW/Data”

Change it to :

“C:/reaper-mangos-R4505-full/data” (include the quotes)

7. Go to C:\reaper-mangos-R4505-full\reaper-eazy-mangos and then run the import.bat

8. Open realmlist.wtf file from C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft using Notepad and change the :

set realmlist us.logon.worldofwarcraft.com

into

set realmlist 127.0.0.1

11. Run Mangosd.exe and Realmd.exe (and keep it running)

12. At the Mangosd window type these :

create MyUsername MyPassword

setgm MyUsername 3

to create a test user with MyUsername as username and MyPassword as password, see below image for an example :

13. Now run the WoW.exe from your World of Warcraft Game Directory, for example C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe (not the launcher)

and you’re done :)

And now here’s the link for the Mangos Commands

Okay that’s it … if i’m missing something just let me know :)

Note to those who’s changing the database name : If you changed the database name from the default name, you’ll also need to change the db name manually in the backup-importer.bat, and import.bat … i’ll add it for the next release as for now … you need to do it manually (i’m sorry, i completely forgot about it … perhaps that’s because i haven’t sleep since yesterday and too tired to think … beside it’s already morning here lol)

0x87485B96 | Tags : Emulators, Freeware, MMORPG, Quick Fix, Software, Windows

Installing and Setting up Apache 2.2 series with PHP 5 on Windows

Reaper-X — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:57:07 +0000

Previously i wrote a how to guide on installing Apache HTTPD 1.3 on Windows machine. But it seems that some people prefer to use the new Apache 2.2 series instead of the old httpd 1.3 series which is not good when used on production system (read: if you allow anyone to access your webserver), beside the apache website itself tell you this :

the older 1.3 series was never designed to run on Windows, but that support was ‘hacked in’, introducing a large number of potential thread saftey issues and other confirmed problems.

And that’s why i choose to create the apache guide again but this time it is using the 2.2 series, and of course this guide tell you on how to setup your apache server with php 5 manually not using an all in one package. And here’s the guide :

Requirements :

1. Apache 2.2.x : At the time i wrote this guide, the latest stable version is 2.2.26 (btw get the non-ssl version unless you plan on using ssl)

2. PHP 5.2.x : 5.2.4 is the latest stable version when i wrote this (get the zip version, not the installer)

And here are the steps :

Note : in this example i’m using the default installation path for Apache 2.2

1. Install Apache 2.2 until below screen appears and use this information (or adjust it to your liking) and then continue the process until finished :)

2. To make sure Apache is working now you need to open your browser window and type http://localhost as the address, and if you get the same message like below image that mean apache is working

3. Thanks God the Apache seems to work … but now you’ll need to configure apache so it’ll recognize the php files and can parse the php files correctly. And the first thing you should do is extracting the PHP zip archive somewhere, and in this example i extracted the php 5.2.4 files into C:\PHP-5

4. After finished with the extraction process, now you just need to go to your Apache installation path, and then open httpd.conf which is located under the conf directory using your favorite text editor. Btw if you installed apache using the default path, here’s what the apache directory structure looks like

5. In order for apache to parse the php files correctly, first you need to Load the PHP5 module into the Apache, and to do this you just need to add below line to your Apache httpd.conf (after the last line of the loadmodule section) :

LoadModule php5_module “c:/php-5/php5apache2_2.dll”

Note : Adjust the php path accordingly if you extracted it into other directory

And here’s the image :

5.1 Now you need to search for (use your text editor built-in search function) :

and then add these lines inside that directive (before the closing for mime_module )

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

6. After finished with the above process, now you’ll need to configure apache so it’ll check the existence of index.php by default too instead of just checking the index.html only for the default index filename, and here’s how to do it

The default configuration from Apache 2.2 :

DirectoryIndex index.html

The modified version :

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php

Notice the difference ? i’m pretty sure you’ll notice it right away … but like everyone knew that a picture worth a thousand words (read: because my English language is bad), so here goes the picture

7. Now we are done with the httpd section, now we need to configure php. Here are how to do that :

7.1 Copy php.ini-recommended from your php5 directory into C:\Windows (or your windows path) and then rename it into php.ini

7.2 Open the php.ini file using notepad and change the extension_dir as shown on below image :

7.3 Now you need to copy some dlls from your php 5 directory into C:\Windows\System32 :

Im pretty sure that you can’t read the filename from the above image, but don’t worry because all you have to do is just :

Right click and choose Arrange Icons by name, and then copy each file shown on the above image into your windows system32 directory, and you’re done (hint: hold CTRL key to select multiple files)

Or … copy all dll files at the root of your php directory into your system32 directory except those that is using php5*.dll

8. Now we’ve configured php, apache … but what else do we need ? of course we need to make sure that php really working and apache can parse it without problem, so we need to create a php test page first, here’s how to do it :

8.1 Create a file named test.php inside C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs (because that’s where the default document root path of your apache)

8.2 Add below line to the test.php file like shown on below image, then save and close the notepad

9. Okay … finally we’ve reached the final stage !!! now you just need to open command prompt and type like below image :

If you can’t read what you should type from the above image, actually you just need to type :

net stop apache2.2 && net start apache2.2

to restart your apache 2.2 process

10. Now after finished restarting the apache process, we need to open the browser window and point to http://localhost/test.php

If you see something shown like on the above image, that means Apache and PHP is working on your system

Congrats … now you’ve got apache and php 5 working on your system the only thing left is … adding mysql support (if you plan on using a registration page for your Mangos Server or other private server), and to do this you just need to remove the ; from the extensions, for more information, you can download the sample php.ini and httpd.conf as a supplement for this short how to guide

Hint : Compare the sample php.ini file you’ve downloaded with the default php.ini file from the php.ini files included in PHP archive (in this case you can find it on your windows directory)

Hopefully i didn’t miss anything, but if you do notice that i miss something, please let me know so i can fix it or add it :)

Thanks to Al for the suggestion :)

0x87485B96 | Tags : How To, PHP, Tutorials, Windows

Pidgin 2.2 has been released

Reaper-X — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:41:36 +0000

Pidgin, one of the most popular multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows and Linux (and my favorite instant messaging client) that has built-in support for 16 instant messaging protocols so far (AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, XMPP, Yahoo!, Zephyr) now has reached version 2.2

And just like it’s previous release, this new version fixed several issue to some of the supported protocols in pidgin, while also adding a new protocol plugin for MySpaceIM (which is still unknown to me, simply because i don’t use MySpace)

Some changelogs from this version are :

New protocol plugin: MySpaceIM
Some adjustments to fix sending messages when using the MSN HTTP method
Yahoo! Chat is fixed
AIM file transfer issues between Pidgin and other clients have been fixed
Properly restore idle status and time for AIM and ICQ accounts when they reconnect after being disconnected
Remember the ‘Enable Sounds’ setting for a conversation

To be honest, actually i’m only using the MSN and YM protocol simply because most of my friends here use YM as their IM client while the MSN account is mostly used to chat with other people from outside of my country

But, just in case you’re looking for a replacement for your YM or MSN program, i’d definitely recommend this program especially to those who’s running more than 2 IM program at the same time

0x87485B96 | Tags : Open Source, Software, Windows

Using WGet on Windows

Reaper-X — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:19:56 +0000

Just in case you’re like me that can’t trust free download manager anymore or just want a little program that can resume your download at later time and doesn’t use many resources .. i’d suggest you to use WGet for Windows (if you’re a Linux user i believe WGet already installed on your machine)

To start off there are few links to where you can grab WGet for Windows (feel free to choose)

Although if it’s for me, i just grab the Christopher’s Visual Studio Project file combined with Wget from it’s SVN repository because i prefer to compile it by myself (to make few adjustment to the user agent so it’ll use Mozilla Firefox User agent by default and also other Mozilla Firefox Header), but let’s keep this aside shall we ? :P

Okay now, i assume you’ve downloaded your WGet files, and already extracted it somewhere in your harddrive. The next step would be, adding your WGet path into Windows Environment Variables Path, so you can access it easily from anywhere

Step to do it :

Open Windows System Properties page (Press Windows Key + Pause / Break) or Right click on my computer and choose properties
Choose the Advanced Tab and then click on Environment Variables
Add new Path Variable to your username or edit the Path variable for your system
Add this line like below image (adjust your wget path accordingly)

And you’re done … now you can type Wget anywhere from the command prompt :)

But wait … if you’re using Mozilla Firefox, you can also use Wget to download something from the web, and in order to do this you just need to install FlashGot Extension for Firefox, and then add this line to the Flashgot command line arguments :

Quoted from Flashgot page :

-c [--directory-prefix=FOLDER] [--referer=REFERER] [--post-data=POST] [--load-cookies=CFILE] [--header=Cookie:COOKIE] [--input-file=UFILE]

And you’re finished :)

Well basically the above should be working fine with Firefox 2, but because Firefox 3 recently released to the public, i’m having problem with the Command Prompt window not showing although the wget process is running in the background (it’s listed on the task manager but the window can’t be seen)

And so if you’re running Firefox 3, you can try using these configurations instead of the above:

Executable Path: C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

Command Line arguments template: /C start wget -c [--directory-prefix=FOLDER] [--referer=REFERER] [--post-data=POST] [--load-cookies=CFILE] [--header=Cookie:COOKIE] [--input-file=UFILE]

And voila … you can see the downloading process again just like on Firefox 2 ;)

0x87485B96 | Tags : Guide, How To, Internet Tools, Open Source, Software, Tutorials, Windows

Microsoft silently update Windows without notice

Reaper-X — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:55:53 +0000

According to this article by Windowssecrets.com, it seems that Microsoft updating several files inside the System32 directory without notice, even if the auto updates itself have been disabled on the user machine

The Automatic Updates dialog box in the Control Panel can be set to prevent updates from being installed automatically. However, with Microsoft’s latest stealth move, updates to the WU executables seem to be installed regardless of the settings without notifying users.

I’ve tried checking several files listed from their website (wuauclt.exe, wuapi.dll, etc) and i didn’t see anything changed on my Windows XP box, but i’m pretty sure that’s because i haven’t updated my Windows XP SP2 Machine in the last few months

If a system has been patched in the past few months, the nine executables in Windows\System32 will either show an earlier version number, 7.0.6000.374, or the stealth patch: 7.0.6000.381

I guess it’s better for me to stick with Slipstreamed XP CD after all even though my slipstreamed xp cd is still using the old version of RyanVM XP-SP2 Update Pack

0x87485B96 | Tags : Tech News, Windows

Flashget 1.92 constantly sending unknown packet to various servers

Reaper-X — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:26:48 +0000

So recently i just upgraded the old Flashget 1.80 which is installed on my computer since few months ago (if i remembered it correctly) to the new Flashget 1.92. While i must agree the new Flashget 1.92 is giving a cleaner user interface compared to it’s previous version. But yesterday when i just finished downloading several files from various website using Flashget, i found out that the PPP Led Indicator on my adsl router keep blinking (which indicates there’s internet activity done from my computer) even though i’m not using my internet connection

Because i find it’s strange for me to see the PPP Indicator on the adsl router keep blinking, i tried to lookup by running netstat from the command prompt and found these address:port which is obviously not there previously …

59.151.31.139:53 (China)
219.239.90.172:28221 (China)
72.51.37.237:8899 (United States)
66.199.250.170:8911 (United States)

Note : I’ve disabled automatic update, Emule, and shareurl service, and also not downloading / seeding torrent

So … i tried searching around the web for more information to the above address and found some useful information from Softpedia and Wikipedia

Quoted from Wikipedia :

Although Softpedia had marked Flashget as having a “5-star Editor Review” award (for version 1.8), since 1.9 Softpedia has revoked their “100% Clean Award”, because as soon as it is started, the program tries to call various servers around the world every 3 seconds. This is also why they no longer host the latest version.

Quoted from Softpedia :

Softpedia no longer hosts the latest version of Flashget, because FlashGet 1.9.0, as soon as it is started, tries to call various servers around the world every 3 seconds. This is also the reason why FlashGet no longer has the Softpedia “100% Clean” award.

in the end … because i no longer trust Flashget (and not planning on reverting to the old flashget version), i’ve decided to go back to one of my favorite downloader (W32 Built)

0x87485B96 | Tags : Journal, Privacy, Software, Windows