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Manual Removal of W32/OnLineGames.TYXX Trojan

Manual Removal of W32/OnLineGames.TYXX Trojan
W32/OnLineGames.TYXX is a trojan. The trojan will infect Windows systems.
This Trojan Copies its files to Windows\System32 and Root of windows drive folder as hidden files or active non-hidden files.
This trojan information updated on July 11, 2009.
Other names of W32/OnLineGames.TYXX Trojan:
This trojan is also known as Trojan-GameThief.Win32.OnLineGames.tyxx, WORM_NSANTI.AF, Troj/PWS-AXK.

Damage Level : Medium/High
Distribution Level:
Medium
Download Registry, Taskmanager and Folder Options Repair Tool
W32/OnLineGames.TYXX 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
  • [ Kill the Process, Use Killbox if your Access Denied ]
Download W32/OnLineGames.TYXX Trojan Known File Removal Tool

[In Windows Vista Run As Administrator, After Execution System Will Restart]

  • %Windows\system32\amvo.exe
  • %Windows\system32\kav320.dll
  • %Root of Windows installed drive\2w.cmd
    [ No Exact Information about Files, search above related files in Program files Folder ]
    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 [ Right Click - Save Target As/Linked Content As ]
    Open it with Regedit.exe [%system32\regedit.exe], then it Confirms Add to registry Yes or No, Confirm Yes, then click Ok.
W32/OnLineGames.TYXX 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, [ Right Click - Save Target As/Linked Content As ]
    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.]
  • Or Download Regfile to enable Registry editor
  • Download Registry Enabler [ Right click - Save Target As ]
  • Open it with Registry editor
W32/OnLineGames.TYXX Trojan modifies registry at the following locations to ensure its automatic execution at every system startup:
Delete The Entries

HKEY_USER\S-1-5-21-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXX-XXXXXXXXX-XXXX\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Delete file entries from right side
Search Registry For W32/OnLineGames.TYXX Trojan 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)
Ultimate Links PC Tips

Written by FireFly on August 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
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Quick Look: Working with Fonts in Windows 7

Typography has a long history on the Windows platform, from the early days of OpenType to improvements in legibility and richness introduced with Windows XP's ClearType Technology. Windows Vista focused deeply on the aesthetics involved when it comes to textual presentation in the Windows user interface. Windows 7 will introduce DirectWrite, a hardware accelerated native DirectX API (application programming interface) for text rendering with support for multi-format text, resolution-independent outline fonts, ClearType, advanced OpenType typography features, full Unicode text, layout and language support and low-level glyph rendering APIs.

One of the major improvements in Windows 7 is how you manage fonts in the system. With Windows 7 an old relic has also been removed:

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Install Font Dialog in Windows 3.1, circa 1992

Add font Vista 

Install Font Dialog in Windows Vista, year 2006

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Fonts can be installed multiple ways in Windows 7, using the simple drag and drop into the Fonts directory, or double clicking on the Font wherever it is located and clicking 'Install' in the 'Preview' window. Apart from these simple improvements, some which already exist in Windows Vista, the Font Control Panel item offers some lovely aesthetic improvements, such as real time previews of your fonts with the ability to quickly delete, show or even hide fonts installed on your computer.

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Going back to installing fonts, a Font Settings window features a new way to conserve space on your computer. If you often work with typography, you might end up installing numerous fonts that rarely ever get used. You can now choose to install a shortcut to a font file instead of the file itself. So you can have a collection of your favorite fonts stored on a thumb-drive or external hard disk and use them when you need to without having to install it to your local disk. Having a lot of fonts can sometimes affect the performance of your PC, this is a great improvement.

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Font Control Panel displaying previews of active and hidden fonts

For added convenience, you can hide fonts that are not designed for your input language settings, so if you don't use or need Chinese characters in Microsoft Word you can do so and its very easy to re-enable when you want to.

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The Fonts window Details Pane provides quick information about your fonts such as status, style, use, category, designer and edibility.

The Windows Team also added 50 new fonts:

...many of the new fonts are for non-Latin scripts. In fact, Windows 7 will be the first version of Windows to ship with more fonts for non-Latin scripts than for Latin-based scripts. One major area of improvement is for the languages of India. To the nine (9) fonts for Indian languages that shipped in Vista, Windows 7 adds forty (40) more. Windows 7 will now include multiple fonts (often in multiple weights) for each of the official languages of India.

Besides new fonts, we have also improved many of the existing fonts. For example, we have added over two thousand (2,000) glyphs to Consolas, Calibri, Cambria Bold, and Cambria Math. But the most dramatic improvements have been to some of the non-Latin scripts. For example, Windows 7 does a much better job rendering the common Lam-Alef ligature in Arabic (see the illustration below) and in the placement of vowel marks.

Learn more here

Although you might not work with Fonts a lot, when you need to or you are involved with graphic design and typography, Windows 7 adds more convenience to your work flow. Its some of the small improvements like this that make Windows 7 a joy to use.

Resources

Engineering Windows 7 for a Global Market

Engineering Changes to ClearType in Windows 7

 

Windows Live Tags: Clubhouse, story, Windows 7, Fonts, Segoe, Localization, ClearType, Ligatures, Glyps, Kerning, Typography, Languages, Characters, Control Panel, Unicode, OpenType, TrueType

Written by Teching It Easy: Windows Vista, Live & 7 on August 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
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Remove Smart Protector - Smart Protector Removal Information

Smart Protector is new rogue antispyware application which is promoted via Trojan horses and fake online antimalware scanners. Important thing that you must know about Smart Protector from the beginning is that its database is absolutely empty even after purchasing full version for about 50$. What does it mean? Smart Protector is absolutely useless piece of software developed with one purpose – to steal money from simple-hearted computer users who care about computer security. Once inside and active, Smart Protector will be configured to start automatically every boot up. While running Smart Protector will constantly perform full system scans and list you variety of infections that cannot be removed until you first purchase licensed version. Moreover, Smart Protector will flood your system with fake security alerts and pop-ups. In that way Smart Protector can dramatically slow your computer performance by using too much system recourses. We recommend you to remove Smart Protector manually or using automatic removal tool.

Type: Rogue Anti-Spyware
Malware Author: Unknown
Threat Level: Critical
Screenshot:

Smart Protector Automatical Removal Tool

How to remove Smart Protector manually:
It's possible to remove Smart Protector manually, but you have to be very experienced in dealing with registry entries, program files and .dll files.

The files to be deleted:

c:\Program Files\Smart Protector
c:\Program Files\Smart Protector\config.cnf
c:\Program Files\Smart Protector\mainbase.adb
c:\Program Files\Smart Protector\q.adb
c:\Program Files\Smart Protector\queue.vdb
c:\Program Files\Smart Protector\smartprotector.exe
c:\Program Files\Smart Protector\uninstall.exe
c:\Program Files\Smart Protector\virusbase.adb
c:\Program Files\Smart Protector\quarantine
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\Drivers
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Index\internet.dll
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Smart Protector.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Protector
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Protector\Smart Protector.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Smart Protector\Uninstall.lnk


Remove registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Smart Protector
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Smart Protector
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Class\{4D36E96E-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\S
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "smartprotector"


Please be careful because manual removal of Smart Protector may seriously damage operational system and sensitive data. Also there is a big possibility of incomplete removal, because some files could be hidden and program could re-install itself after you delete files and registry entries. So we strongly recommend you to use automatical removal tool.

Written by admin on August 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
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blank vista power options

My computer runs vista ultimate 32 bit. But when i go to 'power options' in the start menu, i have attached a screenie with a blank window. Can anyone help me to fix it?
I had runned 'sfc /scan now' command,but it does not.

I think that it's necessary to have a reinstall vista.

Written by admin on August 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
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FEATURE Readers’ Choice Awards 2009

Management Tool

Picasa (34%)
Honorable Mention
F-Spot (17%)
digiKam (13%)
gThumb (11%)

Although much has changed in the crowded category of Favorite Digital Photo Management Tool, one broad trend appears to hold. If a Google application is around, it is likely to be slicing and dicing its rivals. In the photo management category, the slicer dicer is Picasa, and the sliced and diced is digiKam. In the 2008 awards, Picasa and digiKam were neck and neck with 25% of the votes. This year, Picasa wins the category, leaving everyone else in the dust with its 34% of the vote. F-Spot (at 17%), digiKam (at 13%) and gThumb (at 11%) are still all popular enough to deserve Honorable Mention. However, Picasa may continue to surge as unique features, such as the ability to sync photos between one’s PC and Web-based albums seamlessly, make it a tough act to follow.



Favorite Text Editor

vi (36%)
Honorable Mention
gedit (19%)
Kate (11%)

The more things change, the more they stay the same in the Favorite Text Editor category. Vi wins again with a solid 36%, with gedit and Kate taking Honorable Mention honors. Emacs and nano also are popular but just missed the cut.



Favorite Version Control System

Subversion (47%)
Honorable Mention
CVS (16%)
git (15%)

You left little doubt about who deserves to win Favorite Version Control System, a new category in the 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards. Subversion is the favorite of 47% of you; CVS and git win Honorable Mention at 16% and 15%, respectively.



Favorite Database

MySQL (61%)
Honorable Mention
PostgreSQL (18%)

MySQL’s move over to Sun Microsystems doesn’t appear to have dampened your admiration for the legendary open-source database. Both this year and last year, you deemed MySQL your Favorite Database, with 61% of your votes this year. PostgreSQL also shared a similar fate as last year, registering 18%, enough for Honorable Mention. SQLite, Oracle and Firebird all polled in the single digits.



Favorite Linux Monitoring Application

Nagios (51%)
Honorable Mention
Hyperic HQ (15%)
up.time (11%)

Nagios was not only recently dubbed one of the most important open-source apps of all time, but it also is the winner of the new Readers’ Choice category, Favorite Linux Monitoring Application. A slim majority 51% of you use Nagios to keep close tabs on your networks of all shapes, sizes and levels of complexity. Most of you not using Nagios opt for the Honorable Mention candidates, Hyperic HQ (with 15%) and up.time (11%). Ganglia and GroundWork also garnered respectable votes in the single digits.



Favorite Programming Language

Python (20%)
Honorable Mention
C++ (19%)
Java (17%)
C (13%)
Perl (12%)

Last year, we created discord when we split programming languages into two categories: Favorite Programming Language and Favorite Scripting Language. Then, we limited your choices according to our own definition of each. In order to shield ourselves from the avalanche of “WTFs” (whew, we succeeded!), we gave you more latitude to decide which is which. Therefore, the results look a bit different from last year. In an interesting twist, Guido van Rossum’s venerable Python, which tookFirst Place in last year’s Favorite Scripting Language category, wins this year’s Favorite Programming Language award with a hefty 20% of your votes. Close behind in the Honorable Mention group are your other favorites, with few surprises: C++ with 19%, Java with 17%, C with 13% and Perl with 12%.

Source of Information : Linux Journal Issue 182 June.2009

Written by magakos on August 2nd, 2009 with no comments.
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