Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category

How To Download Avira Antivirus Offline Update

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

For Avira Antivirus lover, I will give you some tips. How to updates your Avira Antivirus with easy way. All need to do just download latest updates virus definitions on this places or you can selet which files the best for you on this address then go to your Avira Antivirus control panel. Select Update > Manual Update and choose your latest download file and the updates progress will be started.

After that, You PC will have latest virus definitions. Keep secure keep updates.

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How To Disable and Remove Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications

Friday, April 4th, 2008

This is some tips how to remove this notifications, I was found two method and I hope you enjoy this tips

First Method

Using System Restore to restore the PC to a previous restore point that WGA Notifications hasn’t kicked in, and then carefully stop KB905474 from been applied to the system. To use System Restore, go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore.

Note: Again, you may be prompted again to install WGA Notification, so it must be bypassed.

Second Method

This is another method how to do it.
1. Launch Windows Task Manager.
2. End wgatray.exe process in Task Manager.
3. Restart Windows XP in Safe Mode.
4. Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32.
5. Delete WgaTray.exe from c:\Windows\System32\dllcache.
6. Lauch RegEdit.
7. Browse to the following location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify
8. Delete the folder ‘WgaLogon’ and all its contents
9. Reboot Windows XP.

Note: With this method, you may be prompted to install WGA Notifications again which can still be unselected.

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How to Clean the SIRCAM/Recycled Virus?

Monday, November 26th, 2007

This is bad, when I check my PC in this morning, my Windows XP invected by SIRCAM/Recycled Virurs, I try to find how clean this dam problem. After I googling, I found some tutorial. And this is the results.

First Tutorial

1. Go to command prompt.
2. Type CD\ in drive C to go the root directory
3. Type DIR /AH and press ENTER key. This will display all hidden files in your drive C
4. If you see a file AUTORUN.INF and a folder Recycled, then your system is infected.
5. Try doing this to your USB drive and check if your USB stick contains the same folder and AUTORUN.INF, if it does then your system is really infected.

To remove it download and install a trial version of Trendmicro and scan your system.

To manually remove it follow the following steps (This is the step I take when i repair my computer without an internet connection. Note you should understand what you’re about to do, you try it at your own risk!)

1. Boot your system in Safemode
2. Go to command prompt, in Drive C do the following commands.
3. Type -> ATTRIB -H -R -S AUTORUN.INF then press enter
4. Type -> DEL AUTORUN.INF then press enter
5. Type -> ATTRIB -H -R -S Recycled then press enter
6. In Windows Explorer in Safemode, remove the folder Recycled in drive C use Shift-Delete to delete the folder.
7. Repeat Step 3 to 6 for all drives of your system including the USB drive.
8. Search for CTFMON.EXE in your system using the Search of Windows found in Start Menu. If you find a file that is not located in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32, delete it immediately. Dont forget to empty the recycle bin afterwards (Usually the virus will copy itself in the Startup folder of the Startmenu. Check if the file is present there and delete it then.)

To disable autorun of drives (i.e. everytime you double-click a drive or cd or usb, it is auto open) follow the following step:

1. Click Start->Run->type REGEDIT.EXE
2. Go to this key from the register HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Look for the entry NoDriveTypeAutoRun, double click the entry
4. Type a new value : 03ffffff for the NoDriveTypeAutoRun and press ENTER
5. Reboot the system.

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Locking Down Your Windows XP

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

We all have elders who recall the days when one could leave one’s front door unlocked and the keys in the car. Back then a movie cost a nickel and…well, that was a long time ago. It’s a rough world out there now, and thanks to the Internet, there’s a direct pathway for thieves, hoodlums, and miscreants of all stripes to reach right up to or into your computer. And if that’s not bad enough, in a business setting you have to be further concerned that visitors, intruders, or even your own employees might get hold of information they’re not entitled to.

There’s nothing you can do that will absolutely, positively guarantee that your data will be safe and secure in all possible circumstances; people make mistakes, accidents happen, and besides, there are still plenty of security bugs still hiding in Windows, and way too much enthusiasm and energy on the part of hackers to find them. But, there are some steps you can take to help minimize the risks, the three most important of which are listed here:

  • Use all of the security features provided by Windows to their best advantage. Your front door has a lock—use it. Keeping Windows locked down not only helps thwart attacks by intruders, it also helps minimize damage from “friendly fire”; that is, from well-intentioned but incorrect system management actions by authorized users.
  • Keep your software and security measures up-to-date, to shorten the duration of your exposure to newly discovered security flaws and system bugs.
  • Back up your data frequently. If you don’t have a backup system in place (using tape, writeable CD or DVD media, or a removable hard disk), get one now!

These topics are discussed all throughout this book. In this chapter, we’ll pay special attention to several aspects of the first: keeping Windows locked down.

So, Preparing for the Worst is more better then accident happen, in the next post I will give you some tips how to optimize you Windows XP security

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