January 2nd, 2009

You are currently browsing the articles from MS Windows Vista Compatible Software written on January 2nd, 2009.

Manual Removal of W32/Nugg.W Worm

Manual Removal of W32/Nugg.W Worm.

W32/Nugg.W is a worm. The worm will infect Windows systems.
This worm first appeared on January 2, 2009.
Other names of W32/Nugg.W Worm:
This worm is also known as PSW.OnlineGames.BIYV, P2P-Worm.Win32.Nugg.w

Damage Level : Medium/High
Distribution Level: Unknown

No Removal Tool for W32/Nugg.W Worm
Trojan 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

%Windows\System\danim32.dll
- 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
- Open it with Regedit.exe [%system32\regedit.exe], then it Confirms Add to registry Yes or No, Confirm Yes, then click Ok.

Unregister DLL Files Using Windows Command Prompt

To open the Windows Command Prompt, go to Start > Run > type cmd and then click the “OK” button.
Type “cd” in order to change the current directory,
Press the “space” button, enter the full path to where you believe the Program DLL file is located press the “Enter” button on your keyboard.
If you don’t know where Program DLL file is located, use the “dir” command to display the directory’s contents.
To unregister a “Program” DLL file,
Type in the exact directory path + “regsvr32 /u” + [ DLL_NAME ]
Example [ C:\Windows\System\ regsvr32 /u name.dll ] and press the “Enter” button.
A message will pop up that says you successfully unregistered the file.

Trojan Entries 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 this UnHookExec.inf, and then continue with the removal.Save it to your Windows desktop. Do not run it at this time, download it only.
After booting into the Safe Mode or VGA Mode
Right-click the UnHookExec.inf file and click Install. [This is a small file. It does not display any notice or boxes when you run it.]

The Trojan modifies registry at the following locations to ensure its automatic execution at every system startup:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\Notify

Search Registry For Virus File Names listed above to remove completely,
Edit Menu - Find, enter Keyword and remove all value that find in search.

Exit the Registry Editor,

Restart your Computer.

Recommended Removal Tools:

Kaspersky Antivirus or Internet Security (Shareware)
Spyware Doctor (Shareware)
AVG Antivirus (Freeware)

Killbox (Freeware)

Written by FireFly on January 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
Read more articles on W32/Nugg.W and worm removal and manual removal and otherSoftware and Windows XP.

How to use your Keyboard as your Mouse in Windows Vista

If you are using Windows Vista and your mouse has stopped working, you can actually configure the keyboard and use the numeric keys to control the cursor’s movement.Of course the effect will not be as smooth as using a mouse.

To configure your keyboard’s numeric keys to move mouse cursor, just follow the following steps:

1. Go to Start->Control Panel->Ease of Access.

2. Click on to Make the mouse easier to use make-mouse-easier-use.

3. Check the “Turn on Mouse Keys” checkbox and click on to the “Set up Mouse Keys”.

4. Users can configure the mouse keys from the subsequent Windows prompted. Users can turn on mouse key, set pointer speed, set whether to use mouse keys when NUM LOCK is on/off.[Via Digital Life]

More Tips : Windows Vista Tips

Written by ShaDow on January 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
Read more articles on otherSoftware and Windows vista tips.

Office Computers Plainly for Business

Most people who go to the office are bound to be equipped with their own PC these days and normally, these are given for work purposes. However, we cannot discount the possibility of perhaps surfing some sites or using our computers for other purposes. However, some companies are not as lenient and if you are not careful, you may just find yourself getting the pink slip and out in the cold looking for a new job.

The employees in question worked in half a dozen departments from Purchasing to Public Works, WPBF News 25 reported.

Human resources managers said the investigation began with a check into one employee’s e-mails and Internet history.

There is no doubt that companies mean business these days. Productivity is their main focus. And finding your employees simply surfing or bumming around doing non-work related things with your computer, the position may as well be open to other people who really want to buckle down and work.

They have ways to check your computer. E-mails, instant messaging history and browsing history. All of these are cached and can be accessed in an instant. So if you want to avoid getting the boot, better avoid these sidelights unless you have a new job in mind. Certainly, this is not the time to lose a job especially that recession issues are increasing in numbers. Use your PC well!

Source

Written by PC Freak on January 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
Read more articles on otherSoftware and spam and office computers and cache and Desktops and News and Business and Windows XP.

Google Android to Invade Laptops

Google Android is a free mobile OS that was originally developed for use on mobile devices. But while this may sound like this OS is mainly for miniature gadgets we are all paying much attention to, it seems that Google Android may soon find its way towards laptops and notebooks soon if Google finds a way to help the accidental OS to function normally under a notebook operating environment.

It does seem to be a good option considering that initial tests were done by two bloggers on how the Google Android can perhaps adhere towards the laptop setup.

Matthäus Krzykowski and Daniel Hartmann, posted the news on Thursday on the blog. They showed that they ported Google Android on a 1000H unit of the EEE PC series and that the operation took about four hours to complete.

The authors reported that Android is stable and has enough capabilities to make it a good operating system option for netbook manufacturers. The fact that the Android is open-source means that it offers virtually endless customizing and developing possibilities, just as Linux does today through its various distributions.

So if this is indeed a possibility, is Microsoft alarmed about it? For now maybe not but once Google finds a way to enhance the development of the Google Android to suit laptops (maybe even PCs), then perhaps a sense of urgency may be called for.

Google is certainly taking note of these developments and given their current manpower capable of getting the job done, it should not be surprising if they do indeed start checking out what they can do to cover these findings.

Source

Written by PC Freak on January 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
Read more articles on Desktops and otherSoftware and android and Mobile and operating system and News and google and Windows XP.

Using the BIOS and Kernel to Tune the Disk Drives

One method of tuning involves adjusting the settings in your BIOS. Because the BIOS is not Linux and every BIOS seems different, always read your motherboard manual for better possible settings and make certain that all the drives are detected correctly by the BIOS. Change only one setting at a time.

Linux does provide a limited means to interact with BIOS settings during the boot process (mostly overriding them). In this section, you will learn about those commands.

Other options are in the following list, and are more fully outlined in the BOOTPROMPT HOWTO and the kernel documentation. These commands can be used to force the IDE controllers and drives to be optimally configured. Of course, YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary) because these do not work for everyone.

idex=dma—This will force DMA support to be turned on for the primary IDE bus, where x=0, or the secondary bus, where x=1.

idex=autotune—This command will attempt to tune the interface for optimal performance.

hdx=ide-scsi—This command will enable SCSI emulation of an IDE drive. This is required for some CD-RW drives to work properly in write mode and it might provide some performance improvements for regular CD-R drives as well.

idebus=xx—This can be any number from 20 to 66; autodetection is attempted, but this can set it manually if dmesg says that it isn’t autodetected correctly or if you have it set in the BIOS to a different value (overclocked). Most PCI controllers will be happy with 33.

pci=biosirq—Some motherboards might cause Linux to generate an error message saying that you should use this. Look in dmesg for it; if you do not see it, you don’t need to use it.

These options can be entered into /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/grub.conf in the same way as other options are appended.

Source of Information : Sams Ubuntu Unleashed 2008 Edition

Written by magakos on January 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
Read more articles on Ubuntu Linux and otherSoftware.

Now, for something computer related…

Since my last two posts have been non-computing, I thought I’d give an update as to what I’ve been doing.

First and foremost, I finally found the problem with my Computer I’ve been dealing with for a few months. Well…let me back up for those who do not know the whole story.

Although I’m a huge Linux fan/advocate a few months back, I decided to upgrade my main desktop here at home to 8GB of RAM, and load up Vista so I could do some gaming, and with 8GB of RAM, it would be easy to handle multiple simultaneous virtual machines when I’m *not* gaming. This is where the problems all started.

I tried for about a week to get Vista stable, and I honestly chalked it up to “Vista sucking” as so many people do and I just went back to Linux. Now, at the same time, I knew Vista did *not* suck since I was running it successfully at work (on lesser hardware), but Linux worked fine – how could that be?

I’m not going to get into all of the details, but I tried different video cards, and I upgraded my PSU (thinking my current one wasn’t supplying enough “juice” to something). Regardless I still had the same effects in Vista each time I would revisit the issue and try to get it going. Again, no matter what, any Linux distro basically worked “fine” with the entire 8GB of RAM installed, and the entire 8GB of RAM would happily pass Memtest.

I had actually resorted to pulling 4GB out, and putting it in the downstairs PC (brining it up to 8GB; also running Vista x64) and went about my business running Vista w/ only 4GB of RAM. I still wasn’t happy though, because that just wasn’t what I wanted. Earlier this week I saw where Newegg had an 8GB Geil kit for $82 and some change so I ordered it on a whim, thinking if it didn’t work I could always send it back – well guess what – it cured my problem. I still don’t know *what* was wrong, but [my board+vista+(all 4 G.Skill 2GB DIMMS)=a huge mess]. The G.Skill I had was actually 2 separate 4GB kits, but were the same model no., and this Geil kit was actually an 8GB kit. I don’t know if that means anything, just throwing it out there

So, now my PC is happily running Vista x64 with 8GB of RAM *AND* the downstairs PC is running Vista with 8GB of RAM *AND* I still have two, 2GB G.Skill kits left over. Since the downstairs PC get’s very light usage, I’ll probably load VMware Server on there and have it running some dedicated “always on” VM’s as well as having multiple VM’s loaded on my PC for an “as needed” basis. Also, I have collected an Extra PSU, and Video card in this process, plus I have an old case in the closet and an optical drive and an extra HDD lying around, so I’ll probably end up ordering a mobo+cpu and build up a dedicated file server using the extra 4GB of RAM – looking at Newegg the AMD (Athlon64 X2) chips have gotten really cheap – this will also serve as a “dedicated Linux” box that I’ll have connected to my monitor via KVM. That will have to wait until I get some extra cash though – but it’ll be a “nice to have” when I can afford to do it.

Now – what do I plan to do w/ all of this?

First I plan to create a “Virtual” Windows 2008/Windows Vista/WindowsXP active directory network for working on my MCSE (which I’ve been wanting to do for a while) – this will probably be running on VMware server on the downstairs PC, along with a VM running Ubuntu Server – I know Linux on the desktop quite well now, and now it’s time to learn more about Linux in a Client/Server environment. I will also have Sun VirtualBox on my main Vista machine upstairs to test out various distro’s as they come out, as well as other assorted virtual machines that don’t need to be running 24/7. This will be further enhanced when I can get the Mobo/CPU to bring the other dedicated Linux server “live”.

Anyway – that’s pretty much it. I’ve *really* enjoyed having Windows back on my machine though (I know it’s hard for some of you to believe), but I really missed gaming a good bit – it’s a great stress reliever, and I missed doing some of my Audio stuff – I want to get back into recording some of my own music again, and I’ll be able to do that with tools I know and love (I never could get the hang of the stuff in Ubuntu Studio).

Well, that’s enough for now – I had to head into the office this evening to troubleshoot a SAN issue, so I sat down to blog a bit to unwind, but I’m gonna turn in now.

Peace!