Sweet, little App. tells all about your computer...and its free !!!

[IG-88]

I thought you all might like this little program called System Info for Windows. I found it last night when trying to figure out what was installed on another computer of mine. It pulls up all kinds of hardware & software info, including passwords, and it's tiny so it will fit on a floppy even. Pretty cool. Check it out and tell me what you think.

http://www.gtopala.com/

[Green Giant]

and it's tiny so it will fit on a floppy even.

What is this floppy you speak of? 

- edit - Also a sweet little app, almost too powerful.  License keys, passwords, is there anything it doesn't know...

[spacies]

IG-88

Thanks for posting that, that is a great little App.

Saved it onto my Pen Drive as well.

 

[BobA]

Thanks for pointing it out.   Scary what shows up when you click on secrets.

[spacies]

Oh, didnt try that. Must have a look now.

[IG-88]

Thanks for pointing it out.   Scary what shows up when you click on secrets.

I Know!! I couldn't believe what it showed! There are ID's and passwords that I forgot all about.

[vorghagen]

  WOW 
I'm impressed with the info you can grab on other computers in your network neighbourhood.
This is now a permanent part of my troubleshooting kit, along with hijackthis and co.

[Santoro]

Wow, that's pretty dangerous in the wrong hands.  It almost seems to good to be true.  Are we sure it hasn't just sent all our website login information back to some evil master server somewhere?

My windows firewall or NAV didn't say anything, but.... I am worried about this tool.

[IG-88]

Wow, that's pretty dangerous in the wrong hands.  It almost seems to good to be true.  Are we sure it hasn't just sent all our website login information back to some evil master server somewhere?

My windows firewall or NAV didn't say anything, but.... I am worried about this tool.

I'm not too worried about it. The links to the reviews look legit. I'm running a non-windows firewall and Firefox and I've not been alerted about anything yet.

I just discovered this... on the top toolbar hit the "Tools" button for a shocker. This thing is quite surprising. And you are right, it could be quite dangerous...   

[spacies]

 
Eureka! 

Imagine this.

Walk into a PC store, friends house, Workplace etc.

Insert Pen Drive and run. Save all the Passwords or a log file.

Then run mad with your new info! 

[Flip_Willie]

Wow, this is an awesome program.

The programmers had a sense of humor, too.  Check under the tab Network > Remote computer.

Just as it is,
Flip Willie

[DaOld Man]

How do you know for sure this thing aint phoning home with your secret info?

[ahofle]

Because good firewall programs alert you with a popup whenever a new program tries to access the network. 

[RecklessAbandon]

when i clicked on "Liciences" norton poped up saying it was trying to connect to a DNS server.

that seems bad to me

[Level42]

This utility shows (once more) how week Windows security is.

Glad I switched.

[shardian]

Damn! I thought firefox was secure? this software grabbed my username AND passwords for my regular sites that require login - INCLUDING my banking website.

[missioncontrol]

Damn! I thought firefox was secure? this software grabbed my username AND passwords for my regular sites that require login - INCLUDING my banking website.

you have to setup a master password to hide your passwords in Firefox under tools-->options-->security tab


try this. go to tools --> options --> security then click the show passwords button, in the next pop up click that Show Passwords button. All passwords are shown in plain text.

A master password will require a password once per FF session, but then it will be able to access your other passwords.

If you use Portable FF and not setting up a master password, you are just asking for trouble if your flash drive is lost or stolen.

[XyloSesame]

<<< SNIP >>>
try this. go to tools --> options --> security then click the show passwords button, in the next pop up click that Show Passwords button. All passwords are shown in plain text.
<<< SNIP >>>

Or go to a machine and copy key3.db and signons.txt to the same loc on another machine install of FF. You now have all of their FF pwds.

Always set a master password, or, better yet, use passphrases and never save them or write them down.

[shardian]

Okay, I set a master password. Glad I saw this.

You know what sucks about this kind of software? I want to warn my coworkers and friends about how to protect themselves, but if I show them this they will freak out and think I am stealing their info. Its the same reason I don't tell anyone that I know how to lock pick either.

[XyloSesame]

Okay, I set a master password. Glad I saw this.

You know what sucks about this kind of software? I want to warn my coworkers and friends about how to protect themselves, but if I show them this they will freak out and think I am stealing their info. Its the same reason I don't tell anyone that I know how to lock pick either.

I'm always afraid of my coworkers stealing my crap if I tell them about these things...

[eccs19]

Damn! I thought firefox was secure? this software grabbed my username AND passwords for my regular sites that require login - INCLUDING my banking website.

Strange.  I checked, and the only thing that it told me was my MSN password.  Nothing for Windows, nothing for Lotus Notes, nothing for any of the websites / forums I go to.

[RecklessAbandon]

you probably havent told firefox to save them.

personally i never save any passwords. especially for banking

[Level42]

Damn! I thought firefox was secure? this software grabbed my username AND passwords for my regular sites that require login - INCLUDING my banking website.

Or switch to a really safe webbrowser:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

YES for Windows too. Free.

[ahofle]

Or switch to a really safe webbrowser:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

YES for Windows too. Free.

Interesting.  Does it force you to install iTunes and quicktime too? 

[IG-88]

Well jeeze  I hope that I haven't hurt anyone. I really thought this was a useful app and NOT something malicious. I still don't think it is, but after reading these posts I am starting to get a little paranoid. I haven't had any alerts that it's trying to access anything from my software yet and I will certainly let you all know if it does. I sure hope nobody gets burned as that definitely wasn't my intention.

[Glaine]

Its the same reason I don't tell anyone that I know how to lock pick either.

Same here. I'm even taking a correspondence Locksmithing course now for kicks just cuz I dig that stuff.

Or switch to a really safe webbrowser:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
YES for Windows too. Free.

Interesting.  Does it force you to install iTunes and quicktime too? 

Oh! You must have touched the grill, cuz you just got burned!

[mccoy178]

Or switch to a really safe webbrowser:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/
YES for Windows too. Free.

Interesting.  Does it force you to install iTunes and quicktime too? 

Oh! You must have touched the grill, cuz you just got burned!

The only ones I see getting burned are the pc users with this program.

[quarterback]

Or switch to a really safe webbrowser:
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

YES for Windows too. Free.

Interesting.  Does it force you to install iTunes and quicktime too? 

 

Thanks for this app IG-88.  I've had IE password 'recovery' tools before, but this one takes the gold.  Cool program and just a little scary.

[IG-88]

Thanks.

By the way I contacted the guy responsible for this little app with my concerns and he got back to me right away saying that it does not send any personal info out, for what thats worth. I've also had no security issues on any of my accounts either. With that said tho, I'm still a little leary of this thing.....

[-ief-]

or use opera instead of ie, it can't find any of my paswords stored in there either.

and it's a very complete and intuitive browser as well, using it for about 8 years now, love it

(dunno about safari tho)

[ChadTower]

...and people snort at me when I talk about how insecure most home wireless setups are... all you have to do is detect a network (turning off broadcast SSID only stops well behaved devices from seeing it)... check to see if it is "secured"... check the router model, see if the default admin password has changed... check for any known exploits or holes in that router's firmware... check for a client side firewall on each wireless client (which is by far where most setups fail to be secure)...

...then you're in.  Run an app like this, grab everything you can, and bolt on down the street.  A good hacker can do this in minutes, a whole suburban sidestreet in an hour.

...and the scary part is that there are automated tools for running through this process so even a bare amateur can have reasonable success if he checks enough houses.