Internet Cafés

We all know what an Internet Café is. Still a lot of people using internet Cafés for browsing, Taking print outs, Chatting, Gaming etc etc. Generally the networking method used in the cafes are “Windows Work Groups”. They don’t have the budget for implementing a Server edition OS. We can use a internet Café for collecting many valuable information such as Personal details, Usernames, Resumes etc. Let’s jump to the fishing.

Packing the Backpack:

Remember in these days many Internet Cafes are using soft wares like “Deep Freeze” to erase previous changes that have been made to the computer. After the reboot all new files will be deleted and the system restored to its pre-stored state.
If there is Deep Freeze installed, then there is no way to recover previous login details. Just trust on your faith.
But there is an advantage for hackers, many Café owners does not Turn off their systems until
The shop closes.
Beware of anti-virus softwares. First of all disable the Anti-virus softwares.

Recovering Passwords:

From a computer of an Internet Café we can collect passwords of the previous users of that computer. Some users clicks Remember Me checkbox in the login page. If someone does the password and username will be stored in the system.
There are many tools to recover stored passwords (Gmail, Yahoo, MSN etc passwords) from a system.

Tool : Messen Pass

MessenPass can reveal passwords stored by messengers like Gtalk, yahoo messenger, MSN messenger etc

Tool : Mail Passview

By using the tool Mail Pass View we can recover the passwords stored by Email services like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Msn mail, Reddiff etc

Security Instructions to block Recovering Passwords:

1. Never ever select the checkbox “Remember Me” in any Café computers or other systems.
2. Always Logout your Email or Messengers or other online accounts
3. After you done your internet activity Clear history, cache, and clear private data from your browser. Browsers like Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox etc have the option to delete personal information, But in different menu’s.
4. Always use newer versions of Browser softwares
5. Make sure that the Anti-virus software of the Café is working and up to dated. Anti-Virus softwares protects you from attacks of Spy softwares or from other Trojans.
6. If you have any doubt that the Café management software itself a spyware do not use the Café.
7. Change your Passwords regurarly
8. If you used your valuable passwords to use your accounts in any Internet Café or other computers, change your passwords from a secure system.

To be continued...