Description of FileFix Professional and consequences of its residing on your PC

FileFix Professional is another malware of quite unusual behavior. The program may be manually installed as a trial version or installed as a full version through the online purchase form. However, there are not so many users that would install this unknown application by their own, so the main method of malware of FileFix Professional invasion is through the trojan assistance. That trojan applies simple but obviously working way to make users download trial version of FileFix Professional. It requires them to fix the files of Word or pdf and of other test editors formats as it encrypts those which have ever been opened ever since the moment of its invasion.
As a result of this trojan and FileFix Professional malware activities, any text file opened with popular text editor becomes unreadable. Unfortunately, their restoration is problematic, because the malicious encoding is performed in a random and rude way that makes it hard for specialized tools to restore the readable code. Click here  to start free scan in order to detect and remove FileFix Professional, as well as relevant trojan and any other threats. The FileFix Professional removal tool will also attempt to repair damaged files, but the only thing it can guarantee is that it will remove FileFix Professional and other infections, for repairing files may be problematic. However, FileFix Professional removal will avoid further malicious inscription of text files.

FileFix Professional Technical Details

• Full name: FileFix Professional, FileFixProfessional, File Fix Professional
  
• Version: 2009
• Type: Rogue anti-spyware
• Origin: Russian Federation

FileFix Professional screenshots:

Signs of being infected with FileFix Professional:

FileFix Professional removal may be done in advance, i.e. you may get rid of FileFix Professional trojan as it requires you with the alert of following or similar to it address:

“Windows File Protection
Windows detected that some of your MS Office and media files are corrupted. Click here to download and install recommended file repair application”

Clicking the link above automatically initiates the downloading and installation process of FileFix Professional malware. C:\Windows\system32\fpfstb.dll is a path where the trojan-installer producing this alert and damaging files is stored. You may remove FileFix Professional subservient trojan automatically clicking here  or manually deleting the relevant file.
Once the malware of FileFix Professional has been downloaded with trojan or where you have installed it by your own, it behaves according to the quite standard design for malware trial version. Once installed, it displays nag screen with scan where the encrypted files listed. The results are true as the malware knows which files its trojan infects - however, exceptions are very often so that something goes wrong in the interaction between the malware and trojan as malware does not always know all the names of damaged files. In order to decrypt the files, user of infected computer is prompted to pay for registration and install FileFix Professional full version. However, that does not help the problem and the encrypted files remain encrypted, except those few encrypted with the possibility for FileFix Professional to decrypt them.

Automatic Removal of FileFix Professional from your PC:

Removing FileFix Professional automatically you scan computer for free so that any related trojans, viruses and malware applications are detected and eliminated at once. FileFix Professional removal tool will also try to decrypt the encrypted by trojan files. Follow the link below to start free scan in order to detect infections and get rid of FileFix Professional.

Download FileFix Professional Removal Tool

Manual Removal of FileFix Professional:

The way you remove FileFix Professional is solely your decision, and if you do everything with due diligence, you will manage to remove FileFix Professional manually, as well as its relevant trojan. It is still reasonable to follow the link above and start free scan in order to make sure there are no more infections to remove at your computer once you have completed removal of FileFix Professional.
It is strongly recommended that there are no active programs while you are performing the removal of FileFix Professional. Hence, you need to print FilFix Profesional removal guide out prior to the beginning of the malware removal process.

Remove FileFix Professional files and dll’s

unins000.dat
unins000.exe
wizard.exe
wizard.url
FileFix Professional 2009.lnk
FileFix Professional 2009 on the Web.lnk
FileFix Professional 2009.lnk
Uninstall FileFix Professional 2009.lnk

Unregister FileFix Professional registry values:

%UserProfile%HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\FileFix Professional 2009_is1

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Nvidia has announced their latest graphic card solution, obviously aimed at the high influx of 3D. They are quite expensive and are sure to be aiming the businesses like Dreamworks and Pixar as far as better solutions for 3D graphics rendering. Let it be known though that this new Nvidia Quadro graphics card is not really meant for gaming. It is purely for business!

Whether designing the next aircraft or delivering seven-day weather forecasts, today’s professionals seek a reliable, robust visualization platform designed to address their unique challenges and needs. Highlighting a decade of innovation that match the exact needs of professionals, NVIDIA today introduced its most powerful and advanced top-to-bottom line of Quadro professional GPU solutions available to date.

Based on the company’s revolutionary CUDA parallel computing architecture, this new series provides high-performance visualization and new capabilities to solve highly complex challenges such as: real-time ray tracing, video encoding and interactive volume rendering. These new solutions also contain added graphics memory, double precision support and advanced display capabilities, giving professionals the right features to move beyond visualization barriers, reducing time-to-insight.

NVIDIA Quadro solutions are widely available through leading system manufacturers such as Dell, Fujistu-Siemens, HP and Lenovo; leading workstation system integrators; and NVIDIA channel partners PNY Technologies (US and EMEA), Leadtek (APAC) and Elsa (Japan).

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The Windows Home Server Team announced today Power Pack 2. The English version of Power Pack 2 will be made available via Windows Update starting March 24th to Windows Home Servers with Power Pack 1 installed. You must have Power Pack 1 installed in order to install Power Pack 2. Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish versions of Power Pack 2 will be made toward the end of April.

Power Pack 2 offers Windows Home Server users the following awesomeness:

• Improvements to Remote Access
• Enhanced Functionality for PCs running Windows Media Center (via Windows Media Center Connector)
• Content Streaming Support for Windows Media Center Extenders

For me, I am particularly interested in the Windows Media Center Connector. With the Windows Media Center Connector installed, Windows Media Center will have access to content stored in shared folders on a Windows Home Server. Just this last weekend, I went through about 1,500 CDs and DVDs I’ve accumulated over the years of sporadic backups of photos and documents. I had CDs going back to 2000. I went through each CD and DVD and pulled off all the important data (mostly photos) and transferred the data onto my Windows Home Server. I now have no data remaining on any physical media anywhere. Everything is now on my Windows Home Server (which I affectionately call JARVIS). And now with Power Pack 2, I’ll be able to browse through those old photos I rediscovered from years ago directly within Windows Media Center downstairs in my living room.

For more information on Power Pack 2, read this post from the Windows Home Server Team.

Psst, here is a little tip for Windows 7 Beta users who have Windows Home Servers. You can add Windows Home Server shared folders to Windows 7 Libraries. Just right-click on a Library and choose “Properties”. There you can pick which folders you want in that Library. Choose “Include a folder…” and type \\ServerName\ShareName\FolderName etc. See below screenshot for a example:

You can see that in my Documents Library, I was able to add my “Brandon LeBlanc” user folder (located at \\JARVIS\Users\Brandon LeBlanc). I have actually created a standalone Library on my Windows 7 Beta PCs called JARVIS consisting of all the important shared folders on my Windows Home Server.

Description of Total Security and consequences of its residing on your PC

Likewise most malware programs, Total Security (TotalSecurity) is mainly advertised with its trial (promo) version. However, you are very likely to have experience with absolutely legitimate programs that also provide users with the free trial version to the purpose of advertisement, so the fact of promotion of Total Security with the trialware is not a proof of its malignant nature. The true reasons to remove Total Security that usually means to get rid of Total Security trial version are related to its way of downloading / installation and behavior. Total Security is deemed to be rather a SmitFraud, i.e a program installed by trojan specialized on the shadowed installation of commercial programs trial version. Normally, such programs operate and are advertised in a way that irritates users and harms computer, Total Security is no exception. This program warns users of nonexistent infection and possibility of computer disordering and slowing down if the infections are not removed. The removal is possible, of course, with the registered version of Total Security that users is required to buy. Ignoring these alerts leads to computer disordering. The symptoms vary but normally include Internet browser errors when it either fails to run or open legitimate websites, failure of Windows Downloader and sudden reboots. In addition, Total Security is annoying adware and it is not easy to concentrate on your business when Total Security generates alerts and scans on the permanent basis. Click here  to start free scan in order to detect and get rid of Total Security.

Total Security Technical Details

• Full name: Total Security, Total Security, Total Security
• Version: 2009
• Type: Rogue anti-spyware
• Origin: Russian Federation

Total Security screenshots:

Signs of being infected with Total Security:

Total Security creates the illusion of security applying typical for fake security tools tactic, which is to create scaring alerts and to display window that hackers want user to consider as a scan window. Total Security does not scan computer actually, so that scan window is just window with primitive movie and some links to the purchase page of the malware. Interrupting the scan may lead to system sudden shut-down. Once the scan is over, browser may automatically download webpage of Total Security that explains why it is so important to buy the program’s registered copy.
Total Security may be installed manually or in the tricky fashion, with trojan or through the websites containing malicious scripts. In case of installation with trojan, it is understandable that the trojan had to be installed in advance. The trojan could be detected before it would manage to install the malware as it hijacks the browser and makes it download websites related to the Total Security. If you are observing frequent redirections to websites advertising Total Security, you may have the trojan infection. Hence, you may remove Total Security trojan that would be a prevention of malware invasion.
In order to detect and remove Total Security malware or related trojan, click here to start free scan.

Automatic Removal of Total Security from your PC:

Total Security removal shall never be perfumed through the Add/Remove Programs menu, for that will not remove Total Security basic files, but will launch the destructive part of the program so that may lead to essential malfunctions of legitimate programs and Windows. Remove Total Security automatically to get rid of related threats and any other threats at once, and get the program that will alert you of new infections and remove them timely. Follow the link below to start the process of Total Security removal.

Download Total Security Removal Tool

Manual Removal of Total Security:

In order to make sure the removal of Total Security has been completed and the infection has been removed in full, it is still recommended to follow the link above in order to launch free scan. If any other infections are detected, you may find the relevant removal manuals googling the names of these infections and searching this website.
Please, do not run other applications while removing Total Security, including any test editors and browsers. That requires you to print out this instruction out prior to the beginning of  Total Security removal process.

Remove Total Security files and dll’s

Totalsecurity.exe
TotalSecurity.lnk
tsc.exe
Sc2C21UvvM.exe
TotalSecurity on the Web.lnk
Uninstall TotalSecurity.lnk
%desktopdirectory%\Total security.lnk
%desktopdirectory%\ws\config.udb
%desktopdirectory%\ws\init.udb
%desktopdirectory%\ws\languages\english.lng
%desktopdirectory%\ws\languages\german.lng
%desktopdirectory%\ws\languages\spanish.lng
%desktopdirectory%\ws\Totalsecurity.exe
%programs%\Total security\Total security.lnk
%desktopdirectory%\ws\Totalsecurity.exe

Unregister Total Security registry values:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\run Totalsecurity

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I’m beginning to question if Microsoft’s motivation to open a centralized app store for Windows Mobile is more so for profit rather than the growth of its application platform. What I expected was a distribution platform that welcomes developers with open doors, warm cookies and fresh milk, not an exclusive downtown club with former boxers for bouncers and overcharges for food and beverages.

Following the confirmation that developers submitting free applications are not given exceptions to the cost of submission, I’ve also received word from Microsoft “application updates will count as new application submissions, and therefore will count towards the first 5 free submissions, or will cost $99 each after the that”. That is, every new binary is treated as a new application.

I understand that in the perspective of a reviewer who has to qualify these applications, every new binary could be an entire rewrite of the application, but then on the other hand it could just be a simple typo correction. An expensive typo at that.

What this means to developers is that if they submit one application to the marketplace, they have only 4 opportunities to update that application a year. Whilst most commercial applications do not update as frequently as 4 times per year, much of the gem that’s in the iPhone App Store and on hobbyist WM development sites like XDA-developers are casual projects and receive a flood of updates during its early days as bugs are squashed and polish added.

What both of these requirements (charging for free applications and application updates) on the Windows Marketplace for Mobile imply to me is that Microsoft is more concerned about recouping (and/or profiting from) the cost of its submission approval process rather than supporting free applications and regularly updated applications on its mobile platform.

On a lighter note, imagine if the tables were flipped, instead, Microsoft paid developers to improve their applications. Wouldn’t that be nice.

Update: I’ve also learnt that Microsoft will charge developers for resubmitting applications if their prior submissions were rejected.