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Adobe Flash Error Fix
If you get the following message in C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\install.log
Errors Installing Adobe Flash
While attempting to install Adobe Flash, if you get the following message: MessageBox: 12582960, ”Failed to install. For troubleshooting tips, please see http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_19166″
Malware Search List
http://www.malwaredomainlist.com is a good site to visit if you want to check if a certain site is known to have malware present.
Php Script to Append String Into Text File
Use a simple PHP script to append string into text file:
Checking NIC Speed in Linux
To check the link speed for Linux, the easiest method is to issue the following command:dmesg | grep 100. This will bring up anything with 100mb or higher, so if you have a 10mb NIC, or think you do, then change it to 10 instead of 100.
PIX Packet Capture
There are times when you need to capture traffic on a PIX firewall. Here is how it can be accomplished:
Query Multiple IPs in DNS
Here is a simple bash script to query multiple IPs and get the DNS names:
Expect Script for Cisco Devices
Expect script for Cisco devices.
Investigating Malicious Files
This site to upload suspicious files. This site will scan your file through multiple anti-virus software. Since most people don’t run multiple AV engines on their machines they can use this site to verify if a file is legitimate.
Windump
Windump is a little different then tcpdump when looking for interfaces. Run windump -D to identify the interfaces on your windows machine. Once the NIC is identified that you want to monitor run the windump -i followed by the full NIC ID.

