Techno Babble

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1. 

   Is this statement true, gurus?

   January 7, 2009 by Guest ~BD~

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   "HijackThis just does not show enough information to allow swift and focused removal of modern malware." That statement was found languishing here:- http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&...b3c0db7a323dd9b I've kept a copy in case that post disappears! Thanks for any comment. Dave

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 13, 2009
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   Spyware Guard 2008

   December 27, 2008 by Guest Bear

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   Does anyone know how to get rid of this. I now can't turn on my Automatic Update. Any help would be appreciated. Bear

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 13, 2009
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   UAC causes Access Errors

   January 13, 2009 by Guest Bob

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   As I was working on my laptop, Suddenly I was unable to save Office files. I closed Word and when I tried to open OneNote I got errors. When I rebooted I got an error stating that the sidebar settings.ini was being used by another process. When I turned UAC off everything works OK. Turn UAC back on and I can not access anything.

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 13, 2009
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   Spyware are possible?

   January 9, 2009 by Guest Hajnin

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   Anyone had experience about writing spy ware for Vista Os? If anyone had found some clue on this and willing to share his own experience.... let us know! Thanks! Hajnin K. h k o u v i e v at g m a i l d o t c o m

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 12, 2009
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   Virus / Spyware?? HELP!!

   January 12, 2009 by Guest akita

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   Okay, I'm a real novice when it comes to computers so bare with me. I just had a problem with some pop ups and something trying to automatically install on my computer. I have a red shield with a white X in the middle of it appear on the lower right side of my screen. It tells me I have a security problem and wants to make some installations. I click no and it still tires to do it. I've run my McAfee deep scan and my Ad-Ware deep scan and it didn't help. I also just in Windows Defender and it did remove two trojans but it is still doing it. It tells me it wants to install "powerful virus remover free.com". It will also make my keyboard work for only severa…

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 12, 2009
6. 

   Win 7 beta anti-virus?

   January 11, 2009 by Guest paula

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   Which free anti-virus can we use on the Windows 7 public beta?

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 11, 2009
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   Firewall Driver (mdsdrv.sys)

   January 10, 2009 by Guest Jepoi

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   I have problem in my Windows firewall Home Premium and it seems my Windows Firewall Authorization Driver (mdsdrv.sys) is missing under Device Manager (View>Show hidden devices>Devices by connection), I think this is the one causing the WF in not being started under services. Where and how to reinstall this driver? Already did the sfc /scannow and no error reported. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 11, 2009
8. 

   Simple explanation pls

   December 17, 2008 by Guest Yitzak

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   Hi I can understand how a virus can be spread/caught by the user invoking/ running the code. Cannot understand how your PC can be infected just by visiting a website. I know web pages can contain client-side scripts (e.g. javascript) that run on your machine. But I thought the browser was a secure environment e.g. in that these scripts cannot access files locally - unless through user interaction (browse button). I'm sure they showed some code on BBC "on-click" program - that showed the malware being loaded on the page_load event of the web page - i.e. before user even sees page.

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 11, 2009
9. 

   Change password complexity

   July 14, 2008 by Guest Javier

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   Hi... I need to disable the password complexity in a Windows 2008. The problem is that the password complexity in my server is enable and not give me the posibility to change. Thanks a lot. Javier Valverde

   

   Last reply by Guest, January 11, 2009
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    Trouble with User account control in 2008 server

    January 7, 2009 by Guest w2ks

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    I know that UAC is supposed to make things more secure in windows server 2008. the thing is, it's causing me many problem i can't resolve. Here is one. after i add my domain account to the administrators group in windows 2008, and log in using the domain account. i barely have access to anything. i can't even open a folder. it's saying access-denied. a simple program like BGINFO that display system information as desktop wallpaper won't even run because i don't have access to the program files folder. Yes, I double check that my domain user account is in the Administrators group. When i turn UAC off, everything works just fine, and it frees up may…

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 11, 2009
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    A: Finlux Safety+ 32" putkitv

    January 11, 2009 by Guest Petri Repo

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    Kirjoittelin taannoin, että Newtoniikan mukaan alkuräjäys on fraktaali supernovaräjähdyksestä. Täytyy sanoa, etten edes itse tiedostanut kuinka oikeassa olin. BANG! Sivu 65 kertoo supernovista ja hypernovista näin: "Gammasäteiden tarina. Romahtavien tähtien räjähdysten purkausten kesto oli mikä tahansa muutamista sekunneista muutamaan minuuttiin. Gammasädepurkaukset näyttivät jakautuneen tasaisesti taivaalle. Nykyään uskotaan että purkaukset kulkeutuvat kohteista, jotka ovat noin miljardin valovuoden päässä meistä. Täten niiden täytyy olla uskomattoman voimakkaita- ehkä voimakkaampia RÄJÄHDYKSIÄ sitten itse alkuräjähdyksen. S.76. …

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 11, 2009
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    Re: list of 'safe' programs for Protected mode

    January 10, 2009 by Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]

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    [Forwarded to Vista Security newsgroup via crosspost] Raymond Dunton wrote:<span style="color:blue"> > When I get a protected mode dialog box and click the box to allow this > program, does this put the program on a 'safe' list. If later I decide > I don't want the program on that 'safe' list, how do I delete it? I > have been getting protected mode warnings recently for programs that > have never had warnings before and I was wondering if a program > (malware) could have deleted this list.</span>

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 10, 2009
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    S7jfwb07.exe

    December 8, 2008 by Guest Sammy Castagna

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    I have goggled this and can find nothing. It just popped up yesterday asking for access to an http address. Anyone know anything or recognize it?

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 10, 2009
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    Fatal Error TNT.11020

    January 10, 2009 by Guest David

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    This error is being generated when attempting to do a Partition by Partition Copy using WD Lifeguard tools 11.2. Also see post titled "NTFS Partition Corrupts During BackUp. All virus scans including Malwarebytes shows no viruses. Anyone have any ideas what this is causing this problem (Hardware/Software/OS) and how to correct?

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 10, 2009
15. 

    Internet sites

    January 9, 2009 by Guest Richard Tracy

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    Good afternoon, I am looking to find a way to check sites that are being allowed through our Proxy server to ensure that they are sites that should not be accessed. For the actual sites I can go to the site and look around, eventhough I would like the ability to ensure that the site is not known for malware, but I am also interested in the links that appear that are not websites but links off of websites like users.storage.msn.com. Is there anywhere I can go to see what the purpose of those sites is Thank you for your help Richard Tracy

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 10, 2009
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    Access permissions on network files

    January 9, 2009 by Guest Russ Green

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    I'm having a strange issue a vista machine with files that reside on my windows 2003 server. Up untill a few hours ago everything was OK but I started having trouble with some software. The software vendor told be to delete my ser profile data and see if that fixed it. I logged out and logged in a admin...deleted my local profile folder and the server copy and also deleted the key in ProfileList that refered to my profile..... I then logged back in as me and my new profile was generated. All my network drives mapped etc with the logon script and I can open and save some files (txt, rtf, etc) in all locations. Some files though I just can't ope…

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 9, 2009
17. 

    special virus in my flash disk (hitman and film)

    January 9, 2009 by Guest Ahmed Abdelmoumen

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    hi, every time i plug my USB flash disk, the system genere a hitman.ece and film.exe file in my USB disk and in each folder, i found an exe file file named like the directory. if i delete these files, they will be generate again. if i kill cftmon process this fact will stop, and i can delete these files, but in the next time they will be again. if i delete the cftmon.exe under windows\system32 it will be recreated again. can any one help me. best regards. Ahmed.

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 9, 2009
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    Process with all chinese letters?

    January 9, 2009 by Guest flatscam

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    I was doing some basic cleaning on my GF's computer and found a process in msconfig that I have no idea what it is.. She is Basically computer illiterate, and has no interest in modifying her computer, so it is almost factory status, but is paranoid about security, so has been running spysweeper for the last year (recently Updated to norton Internet security 2009) Included a picture of the MSconfig window with the process, I have it disabled now.. but any hints to what is would be nice +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: msconfig.jpg | |Download: http://forums.techarena.…

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 9, 2009
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    Installation Error

    August 16, 2008 by Guest leadframe

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    Tried Window Update for: Security Update for Windows Vista (KB953733). Installation status: Failed.Error details: Code 80071A91 Update for Windows Vista (KB951072). Installation status: Failed. Code 80071A91 Similar for Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista (KB953838). What could be the problem ?

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 9, 2009
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    Windows XP Services - User Rights

    January 9, 2009 by Guest Correy

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    Hello, I have a service set to run automatically at startup, but occasionally during updates we send out to our users it needs to be stopped. Normally only regular users login that are part of the Users group, not the Administrators group. It seems like the service(s) can only be stopped if a user is part of the administrators group. So I'm wondering if I can set that particular service to allow the built-in Users group to stop/start it without being an administrator? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Correy

    

    Last reply by Guest, January 9, 2009