File-Sharing

Shocked, similar headings are being used by malware authors to cash-on the upcoming release of much anticipated Harry Potter movie - "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince", cyber-criminals are already started to do mass-level Search-Engine-Optimizations targeting Harry Potter fans hiding their malicious payloads inside fake downloads offering full-length pre-release version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

We have shared many free automated downloaders for various file-hosters like Rapidshare and Megaupload, but today I will be sharing a pretty unknown utility supporting fast and easy automated downloads from many file-hosters, RDesc is a new software supporting automated simultaneous downloads for free users from file-hosting services like Hotfile, 4Shared, Mediafire, Netload, ZShare, DepositFiles, Easy-Share, Gigasize, Rapidshare and Megaupload.

RDesc is very stable and well supported with active development ironing out bugs and adding new features every few days.

The company behind hybrid online file-storage service VIPeers is ready with their brand new all-in-one video downloading and management application PUMP, the free utility allows users to search, download, manage, share and sync videos from various streaming and torrent sites via an easy to use integrated interface.

PUMP can be described as an fusion of BitTorrent client, a browser, an RSS client, a download manager and a meta-search engine providing you an complete solution to search, download and share video content easily, the utility is currently under private beta and requires an invitation code to download, luckily we have been provided 1000 invite-codes for our blog readers to try things out.

Your IP address can reveal a lot about you, and if you are concerned about privacy while downloading torrent files and surfing the web or are getting blocked because of internet censorship, using proxy servers and VPN services is an solution to the problem but both require paid services for fast access and bandwidth intensive usage, but not anymore as all new free internet anonymity service BitBlinder promises to protect your identity by hiding your IP address and allowing private web-browsing and torrent downloading at fast speeds.

The multi-platform, open-source application BitBlinder is currently in Beta and makes use of TOR network for creating encrypted anonymous connections between peers, every user is required to contribute by relaying data for others making the network fast and efficient.

File-sharing service Megaupload imposes a 45 second wait-timer for free users but here is a simple hack to download files from megaupload instantly without waiting, the hack is pretty simple and you just need to install and click the bookmarklet provided at the end of the post to skip the wait-timer and auto-start the download.

After entering the CAPTCHA image-code and clicking the download file button, you can simply navigate to View -> Page Style -> No style in Firefox and the Regular download button will get visible instantly, to automate the whole process and auto-start downloading I have created a handy bookmarklet, simply right-click the bookmarklet provided at the end of the post and bookmark it, now after entering the CAPTCHA code click the bookmarklet and your download will start immediately.

Just few days after official public release of Windows 7 Release Candidate a brand new build of Windows 7 having version-tag 7127.0.090507-1820 is now reported to be leaked and should be available for download on torrent portals soon, this is the second leak in the RTM branch and according to build tag was compiled on May 7, 2009.

It is strongly advised not to download and install any unverified builds as it may be tampered with and can contain malicious content posing a risk to your computer security.

Latest version of the fully automated Rapidshare Auto Downloader for free users is now available, the fresh release adds new features and fixes existing bugs.

This release features new functions to organize downloads in better manner with options to move a group of links up and down, ability to add comments (can be used to save archive password) and new system-tray icon feature.

Much awaited Windows 7 RC 1 is now officially available for download from Microsoft servers, you can find direct ISO download links at end of this post, the first release candidate of the upcoming operating system is set to expire on June 1, 2010 giving users plenty of time to test the platform before purchasing.

Old application compatibility has always been an roadblock preventing users and organizations from upgrading to newer operating-system technologies, to take care of the problem Microsoft has now introduced Virtual XP Mode in its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, a fully functional licensed copy of Windows XP SP3 will be available via Windows Virtual PC Beta to users of Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions enabling users to run applications in virtual Windows XP environment from within Windows 7 offering seamless integration of core functionality.

Microsoft has now announced the public download release date for Windows 7 XP Mode to May 5, once released the virtual XP mode will offer single-click launching of Windows XP Mode applications with USB, printer redirection, clipboard sharing and folder-sharing features with seamless integration.

Although the expected release date for Windows 7 RC1 is set to May 5 for public downloading, the wait seems to be over as Microsoft Windows 7 first Release Candidate having build tag 7100 got leaked from Microsoft partners which have already received the RC1 bits, the leaked DVD image file (.ISO) weighs 2.35 GB having build string 6.1.7100.0.winmain_win7rc .090421-1700.