Do you know what Registry Doctor 2008 is?

DESCRIPTION

Registry Doctor 2008 is a fake registry cleaning program that makes a false claim of being able to fix or clean your system’s registry. Once Registry Doctor 2008 is installed, either through a Trojan infection or the www.registrydoctor2008.com website, it starts to display popups and perform fake system scans. Do not trust these messages or scan results because they are all bogus.

In non-techie terms: In the end Registry Doctor 2008 ultimately tries to get you to purchase the full version of Registry Doctor 2008 at a premium price. The amount that you spend on Registry Doctor 2008 might as well have been thrown in the garbage because that’s exactly what you are buying, garbage. Registry Doctor 2008 does nothing good for you. You should never download or purchase Registry Doctor 2008 under any circumstances.

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Aliases: Registry Doctor 2008, RegistryDoctor2008, www.RegistryDoctor2008.com.

Registry Doctor 2008 Automatic Removal Instructions

This automatic removal method is for non-techie computer users. If you’re too lazy to learn about spyware removal or how

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• A Real-world Windows Vista BitLocker Tip
• BitLocker Drive Encryption
• BitLocker Drive Encryption Frequently Asked Questions (Microsoft TechNet)
  
• BitLocker Drive Preparation Tool
• Keys to Protecting Data with BitLocker Drive Encryption (TechNet Article)
  
• Why won't Bitlocker read my USB token on boot? How to use Bitlocker without a Trusted Platform Module(TPM)

• How DEP Can Protect Your PC (Scott Dunn, Windows Secrets)
  

• Encrypting File Systems

• Internet Explorer Protected Mode

• Family Safe Computing & Microsoft (MSDN Blog)
• How to configure Parental Controls in Windows Vista (3.5MB) (Vista4Beginners Video)
• How to view the Activity Reports (1.5MB) (Vista4Beginners Video)
  
• Internet Explorer Parental controls
• Parental Controls for Windows Vista (MSDN)
• Parent's Guide to Microsoft's Windows Vista (The Road to Know Where)
• Setting up Windows Vista Parental Controls (Bleeping Computer Tutorial)
• Use Windows Vista to help enforce limits on your children's computer use (Microsoft "Security Tips & Talk")
  

In case you have been living under a rock for the past month you have most likely heard about the DNS cache exploit recently discovered by Dan Kaminsky.  This might be one of the most severe flaws discovered as it was cross platform affecting everything from Windows to Linux, UNIX, Cisco IOS etc....  It was so big in fact that all the major vendors worked together to get the patch issued on the same day.  The flaw would allow an attacker to insert a malicious DNS record into the cache.  As an end user you type in www.technet.com and rather than get the proper IP address the cache delivers the malicious IP address sending you to ????  You can find out more on the details of the flaw at Dan's blog.

You should also make sure that you are patched.  Make sure that your upstream ISP DNS servers are patched by calling them or using Dan's DNS Checker at the top of his website.

So why all of a sudden a rush to ensure you are patched?  Well the patches issued by the vendors have been reverse engineered and exploit code has been published!  Dan has

Here at the LazyAdmin we have talked quite a bit about using BitLocker with Windows Vista. With the introduction of Server 2008 you can now also leverage Bitlocker with your 2008 servers. This is particularly attractive when deploying Read Only Domain Controllers (RODC) to remote locations where physical security is questionable.

One BitLocker features is the ability to backup your Bitlocker encryption key to the Active Directory. In previous articles we have talked about enabling GPOs that can automatically backup BitLocker to AD. However how do you see the BitLocker keys in the event that you need to access them?

The answer is the BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2786FDE9-5986-4ED6-8FE4-F88E2492A5BD&displaylang=en

The Password Viewer will work on any computer that is runs the Active Directory users and Computers console (ADUC). In fact the viewer integrates into the ADUC console. In order to integrate the add on the you must register the viewer component. In order to properly register the component you must run the installation as an Enterprise Administrator. After the component has been registered a standard domain account will suffice to view BitLocker keys.

After downloading the MSU package and running it, open a command prompt and change

We have talked about enabling BitLocker Active Directory integration in a previous post now we will take a look at prepping your domain to implement this integration.  To take advantage of the several of the more compelling feature such as RODCs and Windows 2008 domain controllers we first need to extend the AD schema in our current environment. These additions also allow you to add take advantage of feature in Windows Vista such as group policy client side extensions, and storing BitLocker keys in Active Directory.

WARNING: Extending the Active Directory Schema makes permanent irreversible changes to Active Directory. Make sure that you have made proper backups, and tested the update steps in a test environment before proceeding to apply these changes in a live environment.

The schema updates are located on the Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 DVDs. They are located in the:

[DVD-DRIVE]\sources\adprep folder.

The first schema updates need to be applied to the Active Directory Forest. In order to apply them you need to run the adprep application from the domain controller that holds the schema role master. To run the forest schema updates use the following command:

adprep /forestprep

You will

One of the nice things with RODCs is the ability to control cached credentials.  You can also pre-populate passwords for specific users, like a branch office user, in case the branch office connection goes down but this can be a security concern if that server gets stolen.  Server 2008 has a nice way of handling this so you can sleep easier.  This last video will cover what to do when the RODC is stolen.

Note: Double-click on the video to go full screen.

If you want to give these demos a try yourself be sure to grab the lab build guide and demo scripts here!