xxx.exe (W32.Bropia)
xxx.exe is registered as a downloader. This process usually comes bundled with a virus or spyware and its main role is to do nothing other than download other viruses/spyware to your computer. This process is a security risk and should be removed from your system.
Damage Level : Highly Dangerous
Distribution Level: Medium
Download Auto Removal Tool for xxx.exe (W32 Bropia)
Manual Removal Instructions
Recommend Removal from Safe Mode:
How to Start in Safe mode:
Restart your Computer, Press F8 Repeatedly, when your Screen turns on, Select Safe mode, press enter.
The Infected Files Can be Seen in these folders and names also Running in Tasks
End the Following Active Process Before Removal

• %System%\msnadp32.exe
• %System%\adaware.exe
• %System%\VB6.EXE
• %System%\lexplore.exe
• %System%\Win32.exe
• %System%\xxx.exe

The worm also uses P2P networks to spread. It copies itself to the shared directory of numerous P2P applications using the following file names:
Adult ID Check.exe, Aim Flooder.exe, Aim Hacker.exe, AIMHacks.exe, Anarchist CookBook.exe, AVPDVDRip.mpg.exe, BF1942FULL.exe, BFVietnam.exe, BigBoobs.exe, BigBoobsXXX.exe, Britney XXX.exe, broadband wizard.exe, cable accelerator.exe, cable uncapper.exe, CallofDutyFULL.exe, CoolGames.exe, Cool_Games.exe, CounterStrike.exe, CounterStrikeSOURCE.exe, CounterStrikeSourceFULL.exe, Cracker Game.exe, Cracks Collections.Exe, Credit Card.exe, Delphi6 Keygen.exe, DOOM3_FULL.exe, DownLoad Accelerator Plus.exe, Dreamcast BootDisc.exe, Dropitlikeitzhot.exe, DVDRipper.exe, Easy CD Creator 5.exe, email hacker.exe, exeeenSaver.exe, F-ProtAV-Full.exe, FBISecretDocuments.exe, FTP Commander.exe, Ftp Cracker.exe, Ftp Hacker.exe, FuckedHARDXXX.exe, Gladiator (Movie) - Full Downloader.exe, GTAViceCity.exe, Hacker Kit.exe, Hacker.exe, HackingWebpage.exe, HackingWindowsXP.exe, HackingXP.exe, HalfLife2FULL+Crack.exe, HalfLife2FULL.exe, Halflife2KeyGen.exe, HalfLife2_FULL.exe, Hotmail Account Hacker.exe, Hotmail Hack.exe, Hotmail Hacker.exe, Hotmail Password Cracker.exe, HotmailHackerKit.exe, How-to-Hack.exe, HowtoHack.exe, Icq Ad Remover.exe, Icq Banner Remover.exe, ICQ Hack.exe, icq hacker.exe, icq ip patch.exe, Ident Faker.exe, Ident Spoofer.exe, IE6 Final.exe, InDaClub.exe, irc flooder.exe, IRobotDVDRip.mpg.exe, Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7 (Full).exe, JeniferLopezNUDE.exe, Johnny English (Movie) - Full Downloader.exe, Kazaa ad remover.exe, LanGuard NetScan.exe, Linux RootKit.exe, Matrix Reloaded.exe, McafeeAntiVirus.exe, MedalofHonorPacificAssultFULL.exe, Microsoft Office Full.exe, MiddleSchoolPornXXX.exe, Mirc6 Full.exe, mirc6 keygen.exe, Mp3 Maker Pro.exe, mp3 to wav full.exe, Msn Hacker.exe, MSN Messenger Password Stealer.exe, MS_Frontpage.exe, NeroBurningRom 6.exe, Norton AntiVirus Full.exe, Norton Keygen-All Vers.exe, NortonAntirVirus2005FULL.exe, NortonAntiVirus2005FULL.exe, NortonPersonalFirewallFULL.exe, NudeCheerleaders.exe, OfficeXP sp2 express.exe, PasswordCrackers.exe, PCChillen.exe, pE packer.exe, Peck.exe, PhotoShopCS8.0_Crack.exe, PipeBombTutorial.exe, PreTeenBlowJob.exe, PreTeenSEX.exe, PreTeenXXX.exe, PS1 BootDisc.exe, PS2 BootDisc.exe, PSXCopy Full.exe, Salford.exe, Serials 2k.exe, Serials Collections.exe, SexyChickXXXHarcore.exe, SexyTeen.exe, Simpsons.exe, SluttyCheerleaders.exe, SohposAntiVirusFULL.exe, Sopohs_Anti_Virus.exe, SpywareKiller.exe, SteelCap.exe, StylesXP.exe, Sub7 Master Password.exe, Sub7 Remover.exe, SwordFish (Movie) - Full Downloader.exe, SxyTeenagePorn.exe, SxyTeenageSEX.exe, SxyTeenFuckedHARD.exe, SxyTeenGetsItuptheASS.exe, TeenSexHardcore.exe, Trillian Patcher.exe, Trillian Pro Full.exe, Trojan Remover.exe, uin2ip.exe, VS.Net Patcher.exe, Wadle.exe, WallPapersXXX.exe, webpage hacker.exe, WebpageHackingTools.exe, WebRootSpySweeper.exe, Westdene.exe, Win Proxy.exe, Win Shares Cracker.exe, Win-RAR-FULL+CRACK.exe, Win-RAR-FULL.exe, Win98 Hacker.exe, WinXP Keygen.exe, WinXPHacking.exe, www hacker kit.exe, XPHackes.exe, xxx exeeensaver.exe, XXX Virtual Sex.exe, XXXCollection.exe, XXXHighSchoolSluts.exe, XXXMagaPack.exe, XXXTeenSexXXX.exe, XXXWallpaperCollection.exe, Yahoo Hacker.exe, Zip_RAR_PWCracker.exe, ZoneAlarm Pro Full.exe, ZoneAlarm.exe

If you have any of these files in running process from task manger, end the process before removal.
Note: if task manager is disabled, Download the following file, Click to Download - Enable Registry.reg


Manual Removal From Registry
Click Start, Run,Type regedit,Click OK.
Note: If the registry editor fails to open the threat may have modified the registry to prevent access to the registry editor. Download and run this UnHookExec.inf, and then continue with the removal.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunServices
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OLE
In the right pane, delete the value:
“win32″ = “winhost.exe”

Exit the Registry Editor,
Restart your Computer.

Recommended Removal Tools:
Kaspersky Antivirus or Internet Security (Shareware)
Spyware Doctor (Shareware)
AVG Antivirus (Freeware)
Killbox (Freeware)

I’ve been a Windows Live FolderShare user for a while now. And I’ve blogged about FolderShare before too. I rely heavily on its PC-to-PC sync over the internet for important files I need access to. No matter where I am (as long as I’m connected to the web) – my PCs are syncing together. In a post on their blog today, the FolderShare Team is announcing some pretty big and exciting changes to Windows Live FolderShare with some important notes for existing users. Windows Live FolderShare is essentially being “retired”. Replacing it will be Windows Live Sync. As the FolderShare Team explains on their blog – you can think of Windows Live Sync as FolderShare 2.0.

Windows Live Sync will offer many of the same great features seen in Windows Live FolderShare today, but offer several improvements over Windows Live FolderShare I think folks will enjoy:

• More folders and files: Sync up to 20 folders with 20,000 files each
• Integration with Windows Live ID
• Integration with the Recycle Bin - no more separate Trash folder to fiddle with
• New client versions for both Windows and Mac
• Unicode support (sync files in other languages)

Windows Live Sync is scheduled to go live in December at sync.live.com and will also be part of Windows Live Photo Gallery for photo album sync between PCs.

Once Windows Live Sync goes live, FolderShare will be retired. Existing FolderShare users will be required to upgrade to the new Sync client for their PCs which will automatically rebuild their Personal Libraries.

IMPORTANT: Windows Live Sync will be unable to rebuild your Shared Libraries. Before FolderShare is retired, you should take note of your currently Shared Folders so you can re-create them in Sync.

I look forward to the Windows Live Sync release!

When Windows 7 is released, having it will be one thing, getting to use all its features ‘seamlessly’ will be another. Hewlett Packard the number one PC manufacturer has been innovating aggressively for the past few years and stepping out of their comfort zone being one of the first Company’s to support Tablet PC computing back in 2002. HP has remained committed to the form factor and have managed to introduce concepts and products to market even before it reaches a mass scale through products like Microsoft Windows. The Company recently introduced their TouchSmart All-In-One Desktop which supports of course Touch which is a big feature being touted by Microsoft in its next release of Windows, 7. HP has gone further by introducing their first ‘multi-touch’ notebooks, here are some of the features:

The HP TouchSmart tx2 Notebook PC

• 12.1 inch screen - swivels 180 degrees
• Advanced Micro Devices Home Turion Platform
• 4.5 Pounts
• Media Center Remote
• Built in Webcam (of course)
• Fingerprint reader
• Multi-Touch capability
• Supports multiple roles as a PC, Display or Tablet
• Built-in wireless connectivity
• Rechargeable Digital ink pen
• Imprint Finish - looks like clouds to me or soap suds

Standard: Windows Vista Home Premium – not sure if its 32 or 64 bit.

Optional features:

• Optional Stand which can used as power source and Internet connection

Starting price 1,149

Learn more HERE

Quite an impressive set of features and probably the best way to get a smooth upgrade path to some of the new features coming in Windows 7. Microsoft used HP’s Touchsmart displays during demos at the PDC 2008. Its one of the draw backs of Vista when it was released, there wasn’t a lot of form factors out there taking advantage of lot of its unique features like Tablet PC and Sideshow (which the TouchSmart lacks but could easily be supplemented by a Windows Mobile device). With HP pioneering and Microsoft software exploiting this form factor and creating synergies it looks like a lot of users will have systems in 2010 that are more than ready to use all of the OS’s features.

More about Multi-Touch in Windows 7:

Microsoft is always looking to new ways to advance and make the PC experience more natural through new input methods. Windows XP Tablet PC edition was a good example of this by allowing us to use inking capabilities with new form factor devices called Tablet PC’s. Microsoft tirelessly works to promote the platform and has gone beyond that in recent years, the latest endeavor being the Microsoft Surface Table. Although the Surface remains an expensive proposition (think US $13,000), the Windows Team realizes that to make the experience more ubiquitous, Windows would be a best place for this feature to gain wider availability not only just for persons in offices, but also the consumer. In Windows 7 controlling the computer by touching the screen is a core user experience, with visual feedback provided for tap and double-tap gestures.

The Start menu, Windows Taskbar and Windows Explorer are touch friendly, with larger icons that are easier to select with your finger, Browsing the web with Internet Explorer 8 is easier too – just use your finger to scroll down a web page or browse your favorite links. You can even use your finger to arrange the pictures in a photo album. Windows 7 also includes multi-touch technology, which lets you control what happens on the screen with more than one finger. You can zoom in on an image by moving two fingers close together, like you’re pinching something, or zoom out by moving two fingers apart. You can rotate n image on the screen by rotating one finger around another and can right click by holding one finger on your target and tapping the screen with a second finger. Touch Gestures provide direct visual feedback and interact with underlying content in a natural and intuitive way.

Learn more about Windows 7 in ActiveWin’s review here

Back in 2007 I wrote an article on how to backup your auto-complete data in Outlook. This tip is for Outlook 2003 - even though I don’t mention it - it works for Outlook 2007 too.

What is Auto-Complete? When you start typing out an email address, outlook will automatically start filling it out for you.

I showed you how to delete these items, but what if you wanted to add items to the auto complete list? Well…I have found just the tool to do that. It is called NK2View from NirSoft.

If you download a copy of it, and run it will automatically find the N2K file for the current profile. See my old article on how to find this file yourself - you might want to do this before using this tool so you can back it up. After running the program, you will see items in the auto-complete database (N2K file).

You can delete items, edit them, export to HTML, and the best part…you can import contacts from your Outlook contact list:

This can be a life saver. If a machine blows up, and you want to restore a decent auto-complete list for the user, you can use it to import their contact list from Exchange.

All in all it is a great tool. Best of all it is free. Make sure you backup your N2K file before saving, since you never know what crazy things Microsoft will do with future patches to break a great tool like this.

• Create a document using Notepad or WordPad.
• Go to File > Print option.
• Now, select “Microsoft XPS Document Writer” as your printer.
• Click “Print” button and save the document.
• So you have just created a XPS document without using third-party software.

When it comes to fixing a certain part such as perhaps a PC video card, there is no doubt that they are getting cheaper as video card vendors are slowly coming out with new ones today. While many would consider buying a new video card, trying to make do with old ones (assuming they are still functioning properly), would be best done until the time you consider buying at least a brand new CPU with parts that are advanced than your new one.

There was a previous post before about changing the auxiliary fan of video cards for the time being while saving the cost of buying a new video card. The price disparity is glaring considering that a well-fitted auxiliary fan would cost about 10% of a brand new video card. With some changes to the fans, you may be surprised at how much you can save for now rather than buying a new one which may have cases as not being compatible with new motherboards once you finally decide to upgrade.

There is no doubt that some video cards and peripherals are flexible. In fact, you can go as far as using them again in the future. There are usual AGP or PCI slots common in most motherboards and before you buy a new one, you know the slots of the motherboard needed to entertain your old specs.

But ask yourself first if you would make use of old video cards when you get a new one. For sure you will be getting a new since a new CPU would tempt you to get it as a whole anyway. So with that in mind, what would you do with the old video card? Sell it perhaps? Maybe but then again, consider the cost analysis. You may have been better off fabricating your old one instead.