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Tinyurl.com is a cool service and there are many such URL shortening services such as BudURL. These services come handy especially when you have a limited space to use and when you’ve got to send a long URL, such as in services like Twitter.

However, how about such URL shortening service with which you can not only track the stats like number of clicks it got, etc. but also click details like from where the clicks came, country/region of the clicks, etc., all updated in real time! Wouldn’t that be cool!

Bit.ly is this new free URL shortening service which not only shortens the URL but also traces the clicks and provides the user with detailed information on the number of clicks, country/region from where the clicks came, etc.

If you are one of those who use Twitter extensively, you might be interested in knowing at what day people click on your links or where are those people located, etc.

You can access the complete history of your bit.ly links at any time and store your twitter and other preferences. So what are you waiting for? Get your free account!

Conficker, also known as Downup or Downadup, is a new, incredibly sophisticated worm that came into existence on around October 2008, which has already infected millions of PCs around the world till this date.

Trust me, W32/Conficker is something you must be very alarmed about because this worm is a resilient virus with built-in p2p and digital code-signing technology capable of completely killing your Windows Security System, and guess what – this virus is due to be activated on April 1!

The programmer of this virus has repeatedly been updating its software and computer experts don’t have a single clue what the creator is going to execute with this virus on April 1; the virus is scheduled to contact a server for instructions exactly on April 1. Is Conficker an April Fool’s joke or an unthikable cyberworld disaster, no one knows for certain as of yet. Even computer experts around the world are finding it completely impossible to destroy it.

With an innovative built-in p2p capabilities, this worm can force its way to shared folders, printers, office network, USB flash, and hard drives pretty quickly, and can completely destroy your security software, disable windows update, Windows Defender, Windows Error Reporting tool, etc., leaving your computer open to any attacks. Plus this worm uses a sophesticated RPC request and can execute codes on the targeted computer. Spooky, isn’t it?

Speculation about Conficker’s purpose ranges from the benign — an April Fool’s Day prank — to far darker notions. One likely possibility is that the program will be used in the “rent-a-computer-crook” business.

- New York Times

If you feel your computer is infected with this deadly virus, here’s what you can do to (hopefully) remove W32/Conflicker worm from your PC.

Steps of Removing W32/Conficker using Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool:

• Download Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

• Disconnect from the Internet

• Run the program to try and remove the Conficker worm

Steps of Removing W32/Conficker using Symantec Virus Removal Tool:

• Download Symantec W32.Downadup Removal Tool 1.1

• Disable System Restore and disconnect from the internet

• Run the tool to scan for Conficker worm

• Restart your computer and re-scan again to confirm there is no worm

I am not sure that these security tools can completely remove W32.Conficker from an infected system, but it surely is worth a try, so go for it.

UPDATE: March 28, 2009

Here is another W32.Conficker removal tool released just recently by McAfee, named as Stinger, which can remove 11 trojans including Conficker safely. Download McAfee’s Conficker Removal Tool.

I’m always up searching for cool software, and last night I came across this browser called Wyzo, a browser that gives you all-in-one media experience. Wyzo focuses on optimizing your online media experience by giving you very easy access to your favorite media sites with this innovative native torrent support.

Previously, if you ever needed to download a torrent file, you needed to have a BitTorrent client, right? But not anymore as this awesome new browser will get you any torrent files with just a single click! Pretty cool, isn’t it?

With Wyzo, downloading your favorite media contents from your favorite media sites is more easy and cool! You can always customize your start page with Wyzo, where you just need to select your category (such as web, torrents, images, video, news, blogs, etc.) and it brings to you the most popular searches of all.

You can expect this brower to be just as reilable as Firefox as this browser is built on top of it. However, only Windows and Mac versions are available, though the Wyzo team will release a Linux version sooner.

So if you are one of those who likes to try new things, give Wyzo browser a shot for an all-in-one media experience: you won’t be disappointed!

Download Wyzo Now!

Here is a quick but a very useful post on a small Firefox extension which I just used and loved instantly. As we all know, Photobucket is one of the most popular free image hosting service that we have today with them hosting billions of images. Photobucket has recently released a Firefox extension with which you can easily capture images from the internet and upload to your Photobucket account!

This is similar to how ScreenDash works, but most importantly, with this Firefox extension, you can just click on any images that you find on Internet to upload in your Photobucket account.

Install the Firefox Photobucket Extension and simply right click on any pictures that you like while surfing through Internet and click “Upload to Photobucket” and there the image will be in your Photobucket account!

This process is simple yet effective. Users however need to be logged on to their Photobucket account during the first upload and after the first upload users are automatically logged into the site per session. So if you are one of those always searching for interesting photos and storing those interesting photos, this extension will really help you to store your favorite images online with just a simple click!

Download Firefox Photobucket Extension