Vittorio Pavesi

WinFail2Ban 0.4 Released

An year ago I started working on a new OpenSource project called WinFail2Ban, I just released a new version with important features like WhileList and Reporting.

See more on http://winfail2ban.sourceforge.net/

Windows DEV NULL

In Unix-like operating systems, /dev/null or the null device is a special file that discards all data written to it (but reports that the write operation succeeded), and provides no data to any process that reads from it

I needed to use it on a Windows script but I didn't know how to do it, the solution is really simple, just use NUL (single 'L', not NULL)

Network Sniffer with PowerShell

I just found this incredible script that allow to get network packet like a sniffer using only PowerShell (no PCAP...)

Read more here: http://blog.robbiefoust.com/?p=68

Script Windows Patch Installation

Have you ever wanted to script MS Windows patches installation using scheduled tasks at a specified time or script installation only for some specific patches (e.g. only secyrity patch) ?

This tool is perfect for this task and it's also FREE !

WuInstall uses the windows update API and is written in C++. It searches either on the Microsoft – Update – Server or at the internal WSUS-Sever (depending on system configuration) for currently available updates for the current workstation and can also download and/or installs these updates.

Download it from: http://www.xeox.com/index.php/en/tools/wuinstall

Google Book Downloader

I just found this useful tool !!!!

Google Book Downloader is small utility which allows you to save book as PDF from google to your local filesystem.

This project is purely non-commercial and for educational purpose. It does not promote any illegal conduct of any kind.

You can download it including Source Code on codeplex: http://googlebookdownloader.codeplex.com/

Vista Activation Crack

I'm not here to suggest anybody to use this crack but just to say: "there are too many genius hacker all around".

These hacker found a new way to crack Vista Activation, this crack doesn’t simply get around product activation with beta activation files or timestop cracks - it actually makes use of the activation process.

It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of Vista that doesn’t require product activation. Preinstalled Environment include BIOS ACPI_SLIC (an XML certificate which has been signed by Microsoft)-

Pantheon released a bundle which includes the certificate files from ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo along with OEM product keys for Vista Home Basic, Home Premium and Ultimate, and an emulator which allows the BIOS ACPI_SLIC driver for any manufacturer to be installed without requiring the system to be physically running that hardware

Password Bypass

I use Ophcrack, Austrumi and L0phtCrack (yes, they're back on http://www.l0phtcrack.com/) but I just found an innovative password recovery tools:

KON-BOOT

It's innovative because it doesn't reset your old password or try to recovery from hash, it changes the kernel on the fly while booting to allow you to bypass the login password.

In Windows you can use a blank or garbage password, you will then be logged in as that user and can access all their files.

In Linux you will use the user name kon-usr and no password. This will give you full root access on the machine.

It's a small ISO you can burn into a Floppy or CD-ROM or USB.

DUMPCFG.EXE 0X000003F0 (Win2003 x64)

I need to change disk signature using DUMPCFG but I always get the error:

Error: 0x000003f0 - An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist

It seems that dumpcfg.exe is valid only on 32bit platform.

Workaround: start windows using BartPE, the system recognize it as x32 and you can use dumpcfg.exe you previously saved it on local disk.

VMware Snapshot breaks cluster

After I made a snapshot of Windows clustered servers the service didn't start anymore.

I tried to fix it using /FixQuorum but it didn't work.

The solution is really simple but crazy: DELETE SNAPSHOT