How to checksum or verify File Integrity of downloaded Kali Linux using Windows without any software [ Beginners' Guide]

How to check and verify the Kali Linux you downloaded was original or not, this is the
question that may arise in mind for most of the beginners who wish to learn Kali Linux.
This could be because, the official documentation states, always download Kali Linux from Official sources. But, the link that they provide also contains the Torrent link, which most of them use for faster download.

So, what is checksum ?

I dont want to confuse you by explaining such a concept, but let me tell you in a simple words.

Checksum is a kind of digital signature which is used to check whether the file is altered or not. When you download files from Torrents, there are possibilities for the files could be altered. But, when even a single bit was altered in a file, then it would produce different checksum value.


So, its safe to assume that, the file you downloaded was 99.9% unaltered when the checksum value that was generated in your PC matches the value given in the official website.

OK, but how can i check that ?

Checking the file integrity of Kali Linux using Windows was pretty much easy.

Though there are many tools available to check the file integrity, you can check file integrity using the inbuilt tools that are available in Windows 10 or Windows.

Just follow the below steps.

1) Open powershell

2) Navigate to the folder where you downloaded Kali linux.

For example if your Kali is in g drive, then you can navigate to that directory as follows.

For example : cd\

cd g:

cd kali-linux-2017.2-amd64

7) Type certutil -hashfile followed by the ISO name and -sha256 at the end.

For example :

certutil.exe  -hashfile kali-linux-2017.2-amd64.iso -sha256

8) Hit Enter and Wait for sometime,

It will display the checksum value, for example :

4556775bfb981ae64a3cb19aa0b73e8dcac6e4ba524f31c4bc14c9137b99725d

check whether its the one as mentioned on the official

website.

You can also check that using the file provided/downloaded in the same folder.

You will see an file kali-linux-2017.2-amd64.txt.sha256 or something, just right click and open with notepad, you will see the Checksum value.

If it matches with value generated on step 8 or website, then use it, or else kindly delete the file.

That's it.

Enjoy.

Note : The checksum value used in this post was retrieved from kali-linux-2017.2-amd64

So you can verify checksum of kali-linux-2017.2-amd64 using the above steps.

OnePlus found to be collecting your Personal data without your (user) permission - Here is how to turn stop that!

OnePlus, the popular smartphone manufacturer is again back in the news, this time its for
collecting the user information without user's permission.

The smartphone manufacturer was under attack last time, when a group of people from xda found, oneplus manipulating the ROM of Oneplus 5 for higher scores in benchmarks. That issue happened almost three months ago, when the team decided
to check the rom with a new benchmark tool. They tested the OS with the regular benchmark kit and after that they decided to test it with another new benchmark tool, but what they found of kind of Surprising as Oneplus ROM was designed in a way to give high scores for benchmark when we test with the standard popular benchmark tools.

And now again, it was under attack because of this issue.

It was one of the user Christopher Moore, who unearthed this much serious issue while checking the incoming and outgoing data requests made by his phone. He found Oneplus transmitting a quite sensitive information that includes

IMEI number,

Mac Address,

User's behaviors like when an application is opened,

When your phone is unlocked, and lot more.

to open.oneplus.net

As soon as the netizens took this issue to Oneplus via twitter, Oneplus tried to escape
from this remark by saying, they are collecting this only for after sale Support and to tune the software for user behavior.

Here is the response from Oneplus, when Android Authority reached them ,

"We securely transmit analytics in two different streams over HTTPS to an Amazon server. The first stream is usage analytics, which we collect in order for us to more precisely fine tune our software according to user behavior. This transmission of usage activity can be turned off by navigating to ‘Settings’ -> ‘Advanced’ -> ‘Join user experience program’. The second stream is device information, which we collect to provide better after-sales support."

I don't know whether the new mobiles will also feature such kind of things, as there is no official confirmation from Oneplus regarding this, as of writing this post. But if you are a OnePlus user, and want all your information not to be sent to Oneplus, then you can turn off this Kind of keylogger by visiting Settings -> Advanced ->" Join user experience Program", without rooting your phone.

You can read the complete post of Christopher Moore using this link[link]

This post was last published and updated on October 11,2017.

India vs Australia Live, 2nd T20 October 10 2017 Cricket - Live Streaming & Live Score [Where to watch] Online free

India vs Australia, 2nd Twenty 20 is going to start today, October 10 2017  in two hours, so

here is how you can watch live cricket score and live streaming of India vs Australia second

T20 online today for free.

With India already won the first match, and Australia in the mood to win the remaining

matches, this series would be great to watch.!

Expected playing ..

From INDIA :

• Rohit Sharma, 

• Shikhar Dhawan, 

• Virat Kohli(captain) 

• Manish Pandey, 

• MS Dhoni(w), 

• Kedar Jadhav, 


• Hardik Pandya, 

• Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 

• Kuldeep Yadav, 

• Yuzvendra Chahal, 

• Jasprit Bumrah, 

• Dinesh Karthik,

•  Axar Patel,

•  Ashish Nehra, 

• Lokesh Rahul

From Australia :

• David Warner(c),

• Aaron Finch,

• Glenn Maxwell, 

• Travis Head, 

• Moises Henriques, 

• Daniel Christian, 


• Tim Paine(w), 

• Nathan Coulter-Nile, 

• Andrew Tye,

•  Adam Zampa, 

• Jason Behrendorff,

•  Kane Richardson,

•  Marcus Stoinis

The match was scheduled to start at 7PM [IST]

Ok, how to watch this India vs Australia 2nd T20 Online [Oct 10,2017] ?

Since, Star sports has took the rights for this match, you can live stream India vs Australia 

2nd Twenty twenty,2017 free of cost on hotstar.

India vs Australia 2nd t20, live stream. :

1) To watch, simply click this [link], which it will take you to hotstar.

2) If it asked you to sign in, then you can sign in using any social media accounts,

3) After signing in, it will give you two options,

Getting hotstar premium or continue free watching.

If you select free watching, there will be some delay in live stream, however you can watch the full match in high quality for free.

On the other case, you can also go for paid membership of hotstar, to get instant video.

But, if you have only limited bandwidth, then you can live cricket score for this match on google, cricbuzz,cricinfo,etc sites.

Enjoy.!

 Updated and Published on 10/10/2017.

Groove music to Spotify - How to move from Groove music pass to Spotify in Windows 10

How to move my Groove music pass to spotify ? this is the question probably, that may rise

in mind of most of the people  as Microsoft had announced that, its migrating to better

music service "spotify" by ending Groove music.

I have a groove music pass account, so what will happen to my account and my Music?

All your stuffs that you had in groove music can be still used after migrating to spotify.

You can move from Groove music to spotify by following the below steps:



1) Open groove music app, you can open it by, pressing windows (logo) key -> Type groove

-> select the top most result

2) Once, groove music app opens, sign in using your credentials.

3) After signing in, you will see popup notification from Microsoft,

Stating that,

Important News..

Groove music has partnered with Spotify to bring you the World's largest music streaming

service. Spotify is the World's leading free and premium music streaming service, with

millions of songs, expertly curated playlists, podcasts, and more.

As part of this Partnership, the Groove music pass service will be discontinued on

December 31, 2017. After  that date, Groove music Pass Content won't stream or play.

Select the "Move my music" Button below and sign in to spotify to get started moving your

music.

So, Click on "Move my music to Spotify" button.

4) After selecting the option, you can see " Connecting to a Service, Spotify" popup.

You will see two options on the popup, Login to Spotify or Sign up for spotify

If you are an existing spotify user, simply enter your spotify username and password after

selecting Login  to Spotify option.

but, on the other case, if you dont have spotify account, simply tap Sign up for spotify 

account.

(It will ask you some questions for signing up, simply follow the onscreen instructions.)

5) You will see next window, "Move My music", with some text like "We are ready to move

your playlists, songs,etc...", Click/tap on Move Music button.



6) All other things will be taken care by the system, you will receive another popup stating

that "All done" and you will see "Launch Spotify" option.

Simply, click on the Launch Spotify option.

That's it, you had successfully switched from groove music to spotify.


So, when will you receive the update to move from groove to spotify and whats the last deadline to move from groove to Spotify?

As per the statement released by Microsoft,

The Groove Music app update for Windows 10 and Xbox One devices will roll out broadly the week of October 9, 2017 and will enable Groove Music Pass customers to move existing music collections and playlists to Spotify. Groove Music Pass content will be available to move to Spotify until at least January 31, 2018

So, you can migrate till January 31, 2018 and hope Microsoft will extend the deadline after that...

This post was last published and Updated on October 3, 2017.

Get ready to get Spammed on WhatsApp ! - WhatsApp Business is Coming very fast than expected

WhatsApp, the popular messaging app which claims to have over 1 Billion Users all over the world, is going to take its business to next level by launching WhatsApp for Business. 

Though, the company has not officially released the news about it, I found this news On 
WhatsApp Official Website FAQ.

The page titled Verified Business Accounts, Confirms the news that WhatsApp is going to allow business persons to Contact you, directly through Ads or in the form of Images, or stickers (Which WhatsApp is going to release so soon)


That Page states, that users can identify the contact as Business account by a greentick Mark near to the Contact name. 


Here is the Copy of the FAQ, you can also visit the Offiical Link to view on Official Site.

WhatsApp is exploring ways for you to communicate with the businesses that matter to you. 

Some business accounts have been verified by WhatsApp. If you see a green badge  next to a contact's name, it means that WhatsApp has confirmed that the phone number of this contact belongs to a business account.

WhatsApp will also let you know when you start talking to a business via yellow messages inside a chat. There is no way to delete these messages from the chat.

If you already have a business's phone number saved in your address book, the name you will see is the name you have saved in your address book.

If you don't have a business's phone number saved in your address book, the name you will see is the name the business has chosen for themselves.

If you'd like to stop a business from contacting you, you can block them.

Note: WhatsApp business verification is currently limited to a small number of businesses participating in a pilot program.

Credits : WhatsApp

Insiders says, that you can also confirm the account as verified Business account on the chat screen, as well as contact screen.

So, On the chat screen you can see text like "This Chat is with a Verified Business Account. Tap for More info",  and also in the contact screen you can see. " To help you connect with Businesses, we have verified that the Business account you're Chatting with Belongs to WhatsApp "


using that you can confirm that account is actually one of the Verified Business account.


Eventhough, WhatsApp is rolling out this kind of features only to attract more users, but how WhatsApp if going to tackle the problem of its existing WhatsApp users  (who use 
WhatsApp Only because its clean, and neat ad free environment )from leaving WhatsApp 
remains a question😇😇 

Relax ! Microsoft Paint is not going anywhere even after Fall Creators Update, Confirms Microsoft

Microsoft Paint has a separate fan base all around the world. Recently, While Building the 
next major build version of Windows 10, "Windows 10 Fall Creators update", Microsoft 
released a statement that the upcoming fall creators update and other builds that they are 
going to build will not feature the most famous app "MS Paint".

Microsoft said, the reason behind the removal of the app is they are presenting the all new 
Paint 3D app ,that would unleash the power of creators (atleast Microsoft might had 
hoped!) and users can use this app to use editing things, as they have options that are 
similar to Microsoft Paint. 

This news went viral on social media, Making the tech giant to rethink and modify its 
decision. 

In a blog post published by Microsoft, the Redmond giant confirmed that,

Although the Microsoft Paint or MS paint will not be come as pre-installed or inbuilt in the upcoming versions of Windows 10, Users can still Install this most famous application via Windows Store, and that too free of cost.

So, if you are a great fan of MS paint, and thought you would miss the Microsoft paint in the 

upcoming versions of Windows 10, dont worry just install the ms paint from Windows Store.

And enjoy!

Kaspersky launches its free antivirus "Kaspersky free Antivirus" Worldwide, here is When you can actually get it..!

Kaspersky is one of the top antivirus companies involved in developing the stronger mechanism to tackle future cyber attacks. This company's products are always rated to be best by most of the people all around the world. Finally, the company has launched their Free Antivirus, in the name of "Kaspersky Free", which of course can be used free of cost.

So, what are the features that will be missed in this 
kaspersky free antivirus edition ?

This Antivirus will also work like a regular normal antivirus, but features like "Parental 
control",  Online Payment Protection, VPN will be missed, because they are available 
especially for Premium users. 

So, when you can actually get it ?

Kaspersky, has planned to launch the antivirus on four phases, on different areas. 

Here is the complete list..

Was, already launched on ..
Russia, Ukraine, China ,Finland, Sweden, Normay and denmark

JULY- AUGUST..

US/Canada, Carribean, Kazhakistan, Belarus.

Launching on Early september on following countries.

Middle East,  Africa and Turkey.

In the late september, 

Brazil, Latam, INDIA, Hong Kong, 

In October,

UK, Dutch, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal,  Israel, Maghreb, Benelux,  Easter europe, 

Japan, South Korea.

And finally for Vietnam and Thailand this antivirus will be launched only on November.

So, what are the features of Kaspersky free antivirus ?

As of now, the Kaspersky free antivirus features all the essential items like 

• File antivirus (scans system), 

• Web Antivirus ( Scanning incoming Web traffic), 

• IM Antivirus (Scans IM messages)

• Mail Antivirus ((scanning mails)

• with additional options to boost Performance  and auto updates for best defense.

Overall, With the above features the company had tried to build their best free antivirus.

So, what the company actually needs in return ?, Nothing!, Only your data 

That too for  Machine learning,  the company said in a post.

Hope it is helpful.

HP PC's found to have inbuilt Keylogger that stores all your Keystrokes! Here is how to delete the file...

Today, nearly ten thousands of people and counting are keep talking about this news. HP,
the PC manufacturing Company received serious of attack from those guys. This is because, HP was found to have included an inbuilt keylogger that will automatically collect all your key pressings and is storing on a plain text. The Process that helped to make that job done is none other than the Audio driver (Conexant HD Audio Driver Package with a version 1.0.0.46 or more).

This collects all your keypress and they are stored in  C:\users\public\MicTray.log .

Though HP now, Officially says, that it had released an patch for this, its safe to delete
before the entire patch reaches your PC. This is because when i inspected, those files are stored on plain text, which means, it can accessed by anyone who knows this location  C:\users\public\MicTray.log to breach your Privacy.

What are the affected Models ...?

The following models are found to be affected by this keylogger, but there are more number of models that are infected apart from the following models..

HP EliteBook 820 G3 Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 828 G3 Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 840 G3 Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 848 G3 Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 850 G3 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 640 G2 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 650 G2 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 645 G2 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 655 G2 Notebook PC


HP ProBook 450 G3 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 430 G3 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 440 G3 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 446 G3 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 470 G3 Notebook PC
HP ProBook 455 G3 Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 725 G3 Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 745 G3 Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 755 G3 Notebook PC
HP EliteBook 1030 G1 Notebook PC
HP ZBook 15u G3 Mobile Workstation
HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Tablet
HP Elite x2 1012 G1 with Travel Keyboard
HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Advanced Keyboard
HP EliteBook Folio 1040 G3 Notebook PC
HP ZBook 17 G3 Mobile Workstation
HP ZBook 15 G3 Mobile Workstation
HP ZBook Studio G3 Mobile Workstation
HP EliteBook Folio G1 Notebook PC

My PC was not on this list, but it contained those files, so it is worth checking your PC to prevent

damages.

How to check for HP inbuilt keylogger on Windows PC.

1) Open file explorer and simply Copy paste  C:\users\public\MicTray.log on the address bar and

2) Hit enter.

If any file, gets opened in Notepad or your default text editor, then it means, your system too have

that inbuilt keylogger that recordes all your key pressings time after time.

How to delete the  C:\users\public\MicTray.log File..

1) Press Ctrl and Shift and Esc Keys all together

2) You will get taskmanager, on that scroll down and right click on Mic tray icon

3) Select End Task

Now, visit  C:\users\public, Click on the MicTray file and Press Shift + Del Keys together

That's it..

This will completely delete all your keystrokes stored there..

How to disable HP's inbuilt MicTray keylogger

Deleting that file, will delete all your recorded Keystorkes, But a user asked how to prevent it from recording again, i searched Online for help, and a solution, A friend from reddit named

My_Angry_Account_  had shared the steps for these.., Special thanks to him..

The steps we use since long ago, to disable the task manager, registry,etc are altered to be used in this process.

Warning : The following involves registry editing, try at your own risk.
Press Windows (logo) and R Keys of your keyboard

Type regedit and hit enter key.

Navigate to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options

Right click on the Image File Execution Options and select New -> Key

Give the name for this key as MicTray.exe

Now, your right click on the newly created key and select new-> String Value

Name the value as debugger

Now, double click or single click on that, it will open a pop up on the value data field

Simply, type devenv /debugexe

Hit enter to save it..

That's it..

Now, your PC have that keylogger disabled.

Enjoy.

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