tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47302899324225956122024-03-13T13:49:22.082+05:30KNOW IT THEN SHARE ITAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.comBlogger733125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-8129404423889871072015-05-20T12:19:00.000+05:302015-05-20T12:19:14.636+05:30Windows 10 Includes a Linux-Style Package Manager Named “OneGet”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Forget the Windows Store. Microsoft is working on a Linux-style package management framework for Windows, and it’s included with Windows 10. It’s being tested with Chocolatey’s existing packages, and allows you to easily install desktop applications and other software.</div>
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This is huge news. If you’ve ever used Linux, you’ve probably wanted a package management system for the Windows desktop ever since. Now it’s finally arriving!</div>
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OneGet, a Package Management Framework for Windows</h3>
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This package manager is called OneGet, and is shipping as part of PowerShell. In a blog post titled “<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/garretts/archive/2014/04/01/my-little-secret-windows-powershell-oneget.aspx" style="color: #114491;">My little secret : Windows PowerShell OneGet</a>” over at Technet, Microsoft’s Garret Serack explains:</div>
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“OneGet is a unified interface to package management systems and aims to make Software Discovery, Installation and Inventory (SDII) work via a common set of cmdlets (and eventually a set of APIs). Regardless of the installation technology underneath, users can use these common cmdlets to install/uninstall packages, add/remove/query package repositories, and query a system for the software installed. Included in this CTP <span style="font-weight: 600;"><em style="font-weight: normal;">is a prototype implementation of a Chocolatey-compatible package manager</em></span> that can <em>install existing Chocolatey packages</em>.”</div>
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As OneGet is part of the latest version of PowerShell, it’s included by default in the Windwos 10 Technical Preview. It’s also available as part of the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44070" style="color: #114491;">Windows Management Framework 5.0 Preview</a> for Windows 8.1.</div>
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Just look at the image at the top of this article to see how it will all work. Yes, you can install VLC or another piece of Windows software that easily! After you run the command, OneGet will locate the package in your configured package sources, download it to your computer, and install it — all automatically. And there should be graphical user interfaces for this, too, so it’ll just take a few clicks.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.8199996948242px; line-height: 21px;">(Currently, OneGet is in flux. The initial version of OneGet shipped with Chocolatey as its sole default repository, but Chocolatey has now been removed from the default configuration. A Chocolatey package source will soon be available for easy installation via OneGet. You can currently install the Chocolatey package source with a command, but Chocolatey’s packages wouldn’t actually install on our system after doing so. This is a minor </span>roadbump<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.8199996948242px; line-height: 21px;"> in development.)</span></blockquote>
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How OneGet Works</h3>
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Let’s dig in a bit deeper. Here’s how Microsoft <a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2014/04/03/windows-management-framework-v5-preview.aspx" style="color: #114491;">describes OneGet</a>:</div>
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“OneGet is a new way to discover and install software packages from around the web. With OneGet, you can:</div>
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The Get-PackageSource cmdlet lets you view a list of installed package sources, or repositories. OneGet now includes two Microsoft-provided sources. Chocolatey was previously the default package source during development and can easily be added.</div>
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Anyone can create and operate a repository of packages. Microsoft could potentially create their own one-stop-shop for Windows desktop programs. A company could manage its own repository with the programs they use so they can be easily installed and managed. A software developer could set up a repository containing only the software they create so their users can easily install and update it. You can add more repositories with the Add-PackageSource cmdlet or remove them with Remove-PackageSource.</div>
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The Find-Package cmdlet lets you search the package sources you’ve configured for available packages. Find software to install without searching the web!</div>
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The Install-Package cmdlet then lets you install a package of your choice, just by specifying its name. The package is automatically downloaded and installed from the software repository of your choice without any searching for .exe files, downloading them, and clicking through wizards that try to install junk on your computer. Better yet, you can specify multiple package names here — imagine installing the fifty Windows programs you use with a single command and leaving your computer to get a coffee while doing so.</div>
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The Get-Package cmdlet then lets you see what packages you have installed. Packages can later be uninstalled with Uninstall-Package. There’s currently no Update-Package command that will automatically install the latest versions of these software package from the available repositories, something that will be sorely needed — hopefully it’s on its way.</div>
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What’s a Package Manager? And What’s Chocolatey?</h3>
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If you’ve gotten this far, you should understand the basics of <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/117579/htg-explains-how-software-installation-package-managers-work-on-linux/" style="color: #114491;">what a package manager is</a>. Basically, it’s a software tool that makes installation, updating, and locating of software to install much easier. Package managers are used on Linux, and they let you install packages from trusted software repositories in just a few clicks or keystrokes. The package manager can automatically update your packages whenever updated versions are added to the repositories, so every program doesn’t need its own built-in updater. It’s easy to use, and also very easy to automate.</div>
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<a href="https://chocolatey.org/" style="color: #114491;">Chocolatey</a> is a package manager that brings this style of easy software installation to Windows. Currently, it primarily uses text commands so it hasn’t found much of a home beyond geeks — but geeks love it! Chocolatey allows you to install Windows software like Firefox, VLC, and 7-Zip with just a few keystrokes instead of the usual downloading and clicking process, just like you’d install software on Linux. <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ferventcoder/chocolatey-the-alternative-windows-store-like-yum" style="color: #114491;">Chocolatey is currently running a Kickstarter</a>, seeking money to “take Chocolatey to the next level.” They’re also working on a graphical user interface for their package manager so average Windows users can more easily use it. With the package manager framework in Windows 10, Chocolatey can easily piggy-back off whatever work Microsoft is doing — work that seems originally inspired by Chocolatey. Rather than being a bolted-on package management system, Chocolatey will work hand-in-hand with the package management framework included with Windows.</div>
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It’s impossible to say exactly how far Microsoft will go here. One thing’s for sure: For Windows system administrators and geeks, installing software and automating software deployments is about to get a lot easier. This is currently a geek tool, as it’s only available via PowerShell commands. But, as Microsoft says, this will eventually be exposed as a set of APIs.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-47282210150675811952015-02-03T00:06:00.002+05:302015-02-03T00:06:50.965+05:30How to Check Your Motherboard Model Number on Your Windows PC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Whether you need to update drivers, want to check hardware compatibility, or you’re just curious, it’s way easier to check your motherboard model number with these simple tricks than it is to crack open your computer case to check the board itself. Read on as we show you how to check your motherboard model number from the comfort of your keyboard.</div>
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There are a variety of situations where knowing your motherboard’s model number is important: upgrading your drivers, buying new hardware (you’ll need the proper expansion slots for card-based upgrades and the right memory DIMMS for memory upgrades, etc.), and checking the capabilities of your board if you’re considering upgrading the entire thing.</div>
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If you kept the paperwork that came with your computer (or the individual components if you built it yourself) you can often times reference that. Even then, it’s best to check to make sure the documentation is correct. Rather than open the case and search for the model number, it’s easy to use tools within Windows to check things out.</div>
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Checking Your Model Number via CMD.exe</h3>
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If you’re comfortable using the command line, you can easily check a variety of motherboard and hardware stats using the handy Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) a command-line interface for Microsoft’s powerful WMI tool.</div>
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With the WMIC we can entry the query <code style="line-height: 14.671799659729px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">baseboard</code> to check motherboard stats and then additional specific query modifiers like <code style="line-height: 14.671799659729px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">get Manufacturer, Model, Name, PartNumber, slotlayout, serialnumber, poweredon</code> to get more detailed information about the motherboard. Let’s check our motherboard’s manufacturer, model number, and serial number using WMIC.</div>
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Open up the command prompt in Windows via either the run dialog (WIN+R) or via the search in the start menu; enter cmd.exe into either, no need to run it as an administrator. Enter the following text at the command line.</div>
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This will return the following data.</div>
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The above information checks out for our system: the manufacturer is MSI, the board is the Z87-G45 (MS-7821), and while the WMIC tool attempted to check the serial number apparently, alas, MSI left that particular bit unfilled for whatever reason. None the less, the WMIC tool functioned just as it should, and without opening the case or using any third party tools we have the basic information we’re looking for.</div>
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Checking Your Model Number via Speccy</h3>
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If you’d prefer a GUI-based way to check your motherboard’s model number (as well as a method that yields more information at a glance than the WMIC tool), the free tool Speccy by Piriform (the folks that brought us CCleaner) is a handy app to have around.</div>
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Grab <a class="external" href="https://www.piriform.com/speccy/download/standard" rel="nofollow" style="color: #114491;">a free download here</a> and then fire it up.</div>
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Not only will it tell your model number, as seen above, but if you click on the Motherboard entry in the left hand navigation column, you can check even more information about the motherboard like the chipset and voltage settings.</div>
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Have a pressing tech question, hardware releated or otherwise? Shoot us an email at ask@howtogeek.com and we’ll do our best to answer it.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-82267766466389633132014-11-29T23:22:00.001+05:302014-11-29T23:22:01.260+05:30How to Create Encrypted Zip or 7z Archives on Any Operating System<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Zip files can be password-protected, but the standard Zip encryption scheme is extremely weak. If your operating system has a built-in way to encrypt zip files, you probably shouldn’t use it.</div>
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To gain the actual benefits of <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/195124/how-to-easily-encrypt-files-on-windows-linux-and-mac-os-x/" style="color: #114491;">encryption</a>, you should use <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/193649/how-to-make-bitlocker-use-256-bit-aes-encryption-instead-of-128-bit-aes/" style="color: #114491;">AES-256 encryption</a>. 7z archives support this natively, but you can also encrypt Zip files with AES-256 encryption.</div>
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There are actually two types of Zip file encryption. The older Zip 2.0 encryption is extremely insecure, while the newer AES encryption is fairly secure.</div>
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Unfortunately, many pieces of software — particularly operating systems with built-in support for Zip files — don’t support the newer AES encryption standard. This means that using the Zip password-protection features found in Windows XP, current versions of Mac OS X, and even typical Linux desktops won’t give you securely encrypted Zip files. Even some third-party utilities are reluctant to switch to AES for their Zip encryption as it means those AES-encrypted zip files will then be incompatible with the built-in Zip features in Windows, Mac OS X, and other software.</div>
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It’s still possible to get AES encryption with Zip files — but such files will require third-party software to view, anyway. You may just want to use a different archive format, such as 7z. The 7z archive format requires strong AES-256 encryption. Whenever you create a password-protected 7z file, you know that it’s securely encrypted. Really, <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/200698/benchmarked-whats-the-best-file-compression-format/" style="color: #114491;">7z is great — it came out on top in our file-compression benchmarks</a>. It’s generally on the top of other file compression benchmarks we’ve seen, too.</div>
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Windows – <a href="http://www.7-zip.org/" style="color: #114491;">7-Zip</a></h3>
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Windows offers a built-in way to create Zip files. Windows XP even offered a way to password-protect and encrypt these Zip files. However, Windows XP used the extremely insecure “standard” zip file encryption algorithm. Even if you’re <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/186591/windows-xp-support-ends-today-heres-how-to-switch-to-linux/" style="color: #114491;">still using Windows XP</a>, you shouldn’t use this feature. Later versions of Windows dropped the password-protection option entirely.</div>
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Nearly every popular encryption utility offers this features. We like 7-Zip, which is completely free and open-source, so it won’t try to nag you for any money.</div>
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With 7-Zip installed, you can select some files in a File Explorer or Windows Explorer window, right-click them, and select 7-Zip > Add to archive. Be sure to select the “Add to archive” option, as it gives you the ability to set a password. If you don’t see the menu option here, you can also open the 7-Zip application directly and use it to create an archive.</div>
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7-Zip will create a 7z archive by default, but you can also choose Zip. If you do opt to go with Zip, be sure to select the AES-256 encryption method instead of the weaker ZipCrypto method. Enter your password into the provided boxes and click OK to create your encrypted archive file.</div>
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Mac – <a href="http://www.kekaosx.com/" style="color: #114491;">Keka</a></h3>
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Mac OS X also provides an easy way to create Zip files from a Finder window, but there’s no way to encrypt a zip file with the graphical user interface. The zip command included with Mac OS X does offer a way to encrypt zip files without using any third-party software. However, like the password-protection feature built into Windows XP, it uses the old and insecure standard zip encryption scheme. If you really wanted, you could use the “zip -e” command in a Terminal on a Mac. However, we strongly recommend against this.</div>
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As on Windows, you’ll once again need a third-party file compression app for secure compression. <a href="http://www.kekaosx.com/en/" style="color: #114491;">Keka</a> seems to be one of the most well-loved file compression and decompression apps for Mac, and we can recommend it. However, even Keka doesn’t use AES for encrypting Zip files by default. You can get the currently-in-beta version of Keka and <a href="http://trac.kekaosx.com/wiki/AES256" style="color: #114491;">enable a hidden option</a> to do this, or just use the standard version of Keka and create encrypted 7z files instead.</div>
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Launch Keka, select 7z, and enter a password for your archive. (If you select Zip, be sure you have the correct version of Keka and that you’ve enabled the hidden option above to get the secure encryption.)</div>
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Drag and drop one or more files you want to compress onto the Keka window and they’ll be compressed into a 7z file encrypted with the password you provided. You’ll need the password to access the file’s contents in the future.</div>
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Linux – File Roller with p7zip-full</h3>
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The standard Archive Manager (File Roller) application included with Ubuntu and other GNOME-based desktop environments does have an option to create password-protected zip files. However, the underlying zip command used still uses the old, weak encryption instead of strong AES encryption. Thankfully, File Roller can be used to create encrypted 7z archives.</div>
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To enable this option, you’ll first need to install the p7zip-full package. (On some Linux distributions, it may just be called p7zip instead.) For example, on Ubuntu, you can either open the <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/197919/how-to-easily-add-and-remove-programs-in-ubuntu-14.04/" style="color: #114491;">Ubuntu Software Center</a>, search for p7zip-full and install it, or open a Terminal window and run the <span style="font-weight: 600;">sudo apt-get install p7zip-full</span> command.</div>
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Once you have, you can create encrypted 7z files directly from the File Roller window. Select some files in a file manager window, right-click them, and select Compress — or open the Archive Manager application directly and use it to create a new archive.</div>
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In the Compress window, be sure to select the 7z archive format. Click the Other Options header and provide a password. The password will be used to unlock your archive later.</div>
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There are many different software programs for creating password-protected archives, but — whatever you use — be sure it’s using secure encryption. The problem with Zip encryption isn’t purely theoretical. The web is full of tools that can “recover” a password-protected zip file that was created using the old encryption scheme. “Recover” is a less-scary word for breaking and removing the encryption.</div>
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<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/136881/htg-explains-do-you-need-to-update-your-computers-bios/" style="color: #114491;">You probably shouldn’t update your BIOS</a>, but sometimes you need to. Here’s how to check what BIOS version your computer is using and flash that new BIOS version onto your motherboard as quickly and safely as possible.</div>
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Be very careful when updating your BIOS! If your computer freezes, crashes, or loses power during the process, the BIOS or UEFI firmware may be corrupted. This will render your computer unbootable — it’ll be “<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/126665/htg-explains-what-does-bricking-a-device-mean/" style="color: #114491;">bricked</a>.”</div>
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How to Check Your BIOS Version in Windows</h3>
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Your computer’s BIOS version is displayed in the BIOS setup menu itself, but you don’t have to reboot to check this version number. There are several ways to see your BIOS version from within Windows, and they work the same on PCs with a traditional BIOS or a newer UEFI firmware.</div>
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To use a command, open a Command Prompt window — press Windows Key + R, type <span style="font-weight: 600;">cmd into the Run dialog</span>, and press Enter. Run the following command:</div>
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You’ll see the version number of the BIOS or UEFI firmware in your current PC.</div>
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You can also find your BIOS’s version number in the System Information window. On Windows 7, you can search the Start menu for System Information to find it. On Windows 8, it’s more hidden — but you can still <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/196893/how-to-open-the-system-information-panel-on-windows-8/" style="color: #114491;">launch the System Information panel on Windows 8</a>.</div>
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The BIOS version number is displayed on the System Summary pane. Look at the BIOS Version/Date field.</div>
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How to Update Your BIOS</h3>
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Different motherboards use different utilities and procedures, so there’s no one-size-fits-all set of instructions here. However, you’ll perform the same basic process on all motherboards.</div>
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First, head to the motherboard manufacturer’s website and find the Downloads or Support page for your specific model of motherboard. You should see a list of available BIOS versions, along with any changes/bug fixes in each and the dates they were released. Download the one you want to update to. You’ll probably want the newest BIOS version unless you want an older one for a specific reason.</div>
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If you purchased a pre-built computer, head to the computer manufacturer’s website, look up the computer model, and look at its downloads page. You’ll find any available BIOS updates there.</div>
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Your BIOS download probably came in an archive — usually a .zip file. Extract the contents of that file. You’ll find some sort of BIOS file — in the screenshot below, it’s the E7887IMS.140 file.</div>
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The archive should also contain a README file that will walk you through updating to the new BIOS. You should check out this file for instructions that apply specifically to your hardware, but we’ll try to cover the basics that work across all hardware here.</div>
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You’ll need to choose one of several different types of BIOS-flashing tools depending on your motherboard and what it supports. The BIOS update’s included README file should recommend the ideal option for your hardware.</div>
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Some manufacturers offer a BIOS-flashing option in their BIOS, or as a special key-press option when you boot the computer. You copy the BIOS file to a USB drive, reboot your computer, and enter the BIOS or UEFI screen. From there, you choose the BIOS-updating option, select the BIOS file you placed on the USB drive, and the BIOS updates to the new version.</div>
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You generally access the BIOS screen by pressing the appropriate key while your computer boots — it’s often displayed on the screen during the boot process and will be noted in your motherboard or PC’s manual. Common BIOS keys include Delete and F2. The process for<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/175649/what-you-need-to-know-about-using-uefi-instead-of-the-bios/" style="color: #114491;">entering a UEFI setup screen on a Windows 8 PC</a> is a bit different.</div>
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There are also more traditional DOS-based BIOS-flashing tools. You’d <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/136987/how-to-create-a-bootable-dos-usb-drive/" style="color: #114491;">create a DOS live USB drive</a> and copy the BIOS-flashing utility and BIOS file to that USB drive. You’d then reboot your computer and <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/129815/beginner-geek-how-to-change-the-boot-order-in-your-computers-bios/" style="color: #114491;">boot from the USB drive</a>. In the minimal DOS environment, you’d run the appropriate command — often something like <span style="font-weight: 600;">flash.bat BIOS3245.bin</span> — and the tool would flash the new version of the BIOS.</div>
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The DOS-based flashing tool is often provided in the BIOS archive you download from the manufacturer’s website, although you may have to download it separately. Look for a file with the .bat or .exe file extension.</div>
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In the past, this process was performed with bootable <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/122891/what-are-the-windows-a-and-b-drives-used-for/" style="color: #114491;">floppy disks</a> and CDs. We recommend a USB drive because it would probably be the easiest method on modern hardware.</div>
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Some manufacturers provide Windows-based flashing tools, which you run on the Windows desktop to flash your BIOS and then reboot. We don’t recommend using these, and even many manufacturers who provide these tools usually caution against using them. For example, MSI “strongly recommends” using their BIOS-based menu option instead of their Windows-based utility in the README file of the sample BIOS update we downloaded.</div>
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Flashing your BIOS from within Windows can result in more problems. All that software running in the background — including security programs that may interfere with writing to the computer’s BIOS — could cause the process to fail and corrupt your BIOS. Any system crashes or freezes could also result in a corrupted BIOS. It’s better to be safe than sorry, so you should use a BIOS-based flashing tool or boot to a minimal DOS environment to flash your BIOS.</div>
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That’s it — after you run the BIOS-flashing utility, you’ll reboot your computer and immediately begin using the new BIOS or UEFI firmware version. If there’s a problem with the new BIOS version, you may be able to downgrade it by downloading an older version from the manufacturer’s website and repeating the flashing process.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-56511208974896935082014-09-11T16:50:00.000+05:302014-09-11T16:50:12.659+05:30How to Create and Run Virtual Machines With Hyper-V<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hyper-V is a virtual machine feature built into Windows. It was originally <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/103884/install-hyper-v-on-windows-server-2008-r2/" style="color: #114491;">part of Windows Server 2008</a>, but made the leap the to desktop with Windows 8. Hyper-V allows you to create virtual machines without any additional software.</div>
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This feature isn’t available on Windows 7, and it requires the <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/195540/7-features-youll-get-if-you-upgrade-to-the-professional-edition-of-windows-8/" style="color: #114491;">Professional</a> or <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/195447/you-cant-use-them-8-features-only-available-in-windows-8-enterprise/" style="color: #114491;">Enterprise editions</a> of Windows 8 or 8.1. It also requires a CPU with hardware virtualization support like Intel VT or AMD-V, features found in most modern CPUs.</div>
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Install Hyper-V</h3>
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Hyper-V isn’t installed by default on Windows 8 Professional and Enterprise systems, so you’ll have to install it before you can use it. Thankfully, you don’t need a Windows disc to install it — you just need to click a few checkboxes.</div>
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Tap the Windows key, type “Windows features” to perform a search, and then click the “Turn Windows features on or off” shortcut. Check the Hyper-V checkbox in the list and click OK to install it. Restart your computer when prompted.</div>
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Open Hyper-V Manager</h3>
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To actually use Hyper-V, you’ll need to launch the Hyper-V Manager application. You’ll find it in your list of installed programs, and you can also launch it by searching for Hyper-V.</div>
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The Hyper-V Manager application refers to a “virtualization server,” which gives away its heritage as a tool for servers. It can be used to run virtual machines on your own computer — in that case, your local computer functions as a local virtualization server.</div>
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Set Up Networking</h3>
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Click the name of your local computer in Hyper-V Manager to find the options for your current computer.</div>
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You’ll probably want to give the virtual machine access to the Internet and local network, so you’ll need to create a virtual switch. Click the Virtual Switch Manager link first.</div>
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Select External in the list to give virtual machines access to the external network, and click Create Virtual Switch.</div>
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Give the virtual switch a name afterward and click OK. The default options should be fine here, although you should ensure the External network connection is correct. Be sure to select the network adapter that’s actually connected to the Internet, whether it’s Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet.</div>
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Create a Virtual Machine</h3>
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Click New > Virtual Machine in the Actions pane to create a new virtual machine.</div>
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The New Virtual Machine Wizard window will appear. Use the options to name your virtual machine and configure its basic hardware. This should all be fairly self-explanatory if you’ve ever used another <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/196060/beginner-geek-how-to-create-and-use-virtual-machines/" style="color: #114491;">virtual machine program</a> before. When you reach the Configure Networking pane, you’ll need to select the virtual switch you configured earlier — if you didn’t configure one, the only option you’ll see here is “Not Connected,” which means your virtual machine won’t be connected to the network unless you add a network adapter to its virtual hardware later.</div>
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If you have an ISO file containing your guest operating system’s installation files, you can select it at the end of the process. Hyper-V will insert the ISO file into the virtual machine’s virtual disc drive so you can boot it afterwards and immediately start installing your guest operating system of choice.</div>
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Boot the Virtual Machine</h3>
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Your new virtual machine will appear in the Hyper-V Manager list. Select it and “Start” it — click Start in the sidebar, click Action > Start, or right-click it and select Start. The virtual machine will boot up.</div>
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Next, right-click the virtual machine and click Connect to connect to it. Your virtual machine will then open in a window on your desktop — if you don’t connect to it, it just runs in the background with no visible interface. Again, it’s easy to see how this management interface was designed for servers.</div>
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After you connect, you’ll see a standard virtual machine window with options you can use to control the virtual machine. It should look familiar if you’ve ever used VirtualBox or VMware Player. Go through the normal installation process to install the guest operating system in the virtual machine.</div>
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When you’re done installing the operating system, click Action > Insert Integration Services Setup Disk. Open the Windows file manager and install the integration services from the virtual disc. This is Hyper-V’s counterpart to <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/124796/the-htg-guide-to-speeding-up-your-virtual-machines/" style="color: #114491;">VirtualBox Guest Additions and VMware Tools</a></div>
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Using Hyper-V</h3>
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When you’re done with the virtual machine, make sure you’ve shut it down or turned it off in the Hyper-V Manager window — just closing the window won’t actually close the virtual machine, so it will stay running in the background. The virtual machine’s state should be “Off” if you don’t want it running.</div>
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Each virtual machine has a settings window you can use to configure its virtual hardware and other settings. Right-click a virtual machine and select Settings to adjust these options. Many of these settings can only be modified while the virtual machine is turned off.</div>
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This tool was created by Microsoft, but that doesn’t mean it only works with Windows. Hyper-V can also be used to run Linux-based virtual machines. We were able to run Ubuntu 14.04 with Hyper-V on Windows 8.1 — no special configuration required.</div>
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Hyper-V has other useful features, too. For example, checkpoints work like <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/150258/how-to-save-time-by-using-snapshots-in-virtualbox/" style="color: #114491;">snapshots in VirtualBox</a>or VMware. You can create a checkpoint and then revert your guest operating system’s state to that state later. It’s a useful feature for experimenting with software or tweaks that may cause problems in your guest operating system</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-53474928977414858352014-07-13T22:02:00.002+05:302014-07-13T22:03:22.923+05:30How to Set Up BitLocker Encryption on Windows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Windows can encrypt entire operating system drives and removable devices with its built-in BitLocker encryption. When <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/108501/the-how-to-geek-guide-to-getting-started-with-truecrypt/" style="color: #114491;">TrueCrypt</a> controversially closed up shop, they recommended their users transition away from TrueCrypt to BitLocker.</div>
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BitLocker Drive Encryption and BitLocker To Go require a <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/131975/htg-explains-do-you-need-the-professional-edition-of-windows-8/" style="color: #114491;">Professional or Enterprise edition</a> of Windows 7, 8, or 8.1. However, the “core” version of <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/173592/windows-8.1-will-start-encrypting-hard-drives-by-default-everything-you-need-to-know/" style="color: #114491;">Windows 8.1 includes a “Device Encryption” feature</a> that works similarly.</div>
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Enable BitLocker For a Drive</h3>
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To enable BitLocker, open the Control Panel and navigate to System and Security > BitLocker Drive Encryption. You can also open Windows Explorer or File Explorer, right-click a drive, and select Turn On BitLocker. If you don’t see this option, you don’t have the right edition of Windows.</div>
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Click the Turn on BitLocker option next to an operating system drive, internal drive (“fixed data drive”), or removable drive to enable BitLocker for the drive.</div>
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There are two types of BitLocker encryption you can enable here:</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">BitLocker Drive Encryption</span>: Sometimes referred to just as BitLocker, this is a “full-disk encryption” feature that will encrypt an entire drive. When the computer boots, the Windows boot loader loads from <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/192772/what-is-the-system-reserved-partition-and-can-you-delete-it/" style="color: #114491;">the System Reserved partition</a>, and the boot loader will prompt you for your unlock method — for example, a password. BitLocker will then decrypt the drive and load Windows. The <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33949/htg-explains-what-is-encryption-and-how-does-it-work/" style="color: #114491;">encryption</a> is otherwise transparent — your files will appear like they normally would on an unencrypted system, but they’re stored on the disk in an encrypted form. You can also encrypt other drives in a computer, not just the operating system drive.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">BitLocker To Go</span>: External drives, such as USB flash drives and external hard drives, can be encrypted with BitLocker To Go. You’ll be prompted for your unlock method — for example, a password — when you connect the drive to your computer. If someone doesn’t have the unlock method, they can’t access the files on the drive.</li>
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BitLocker Drive Encryption normally requires requires a computer with a TPM to secure an operating system drive. This is a microchip built into the computer, installed on the motherboard. BitLocker can store the encryption keys here, which is more secure than simply storing them on the computer’s data drive. The TPM will only provide the encryption keys after verifying the state of the computer. An attacker can’t just rip out your computer’s hard disk or create an image of an encrypted disk and decrypt it on another computer.If the PC you’re enabling BitLocker on doesn’t have a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), you’ll see a message saying your administrator must set the “Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM” option.</div>
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If you’re doing this on your own computer, you’re the computer’s administrator. You’ll just need to open the <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/125171/htg-explains-what-group-policy-is-and-how-you-can-use-it/" style="color: #114491;">Local Group Policy Editor application</a> and change this setting.</div>
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Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog, type <span style="font-weight: 600;">gpedit.msc</span> into it, and press Enter. Navigate to Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ BitLocker Drive Encryption \ Operating System Drives. Double-click the “Require additional authentication at startup” setting, select Enabled, and check the “Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM” option. Click OK to save the new setting.</div>
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Next, you’ll see the “Choose how to unlock your drive at startup” screen. You can select several different ways of unlocking the drive. If your computer doesn’t have a TPM, you can unlock the drive with a password or by inserting a special USB flash drive that functions as a key.</div>
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If your computer does have a TPM, you’ll have additional options. For example, you can configure automatic unlocking at startup — your computer will grab the encryption keys from the TPM and automatically decrypt the drive. You could also secure it in other ways — for example, you could provide a PIN at startup. That PIN would unlock the strong decryption key stored in the TPM and unlock the drive.</div>
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Choose your preferred unlock option and follow the instructions in the next screen to set it up.</div>
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Back Up Your Recovery Key</h3>
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BitLocker will provide you with a recovery key. This key can be used to access your encrypted files if you ever lose your main key — for example, if you forget your password or if the computer with the TPM dies and you have to remove the drive.</div>
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You can save the key to a file, print it, store it on a USB flash drive, or save it to your Microsoft account on Windows 8 and 8.1. If you back up the recovery key to your Microsoft account, you can access the key later at <a href="https://onedrive.live.com/recoverykey" style="color: #114491;" title="https://onedrive.live.com/recoverykey">https://onedrive.live.com/recoverykey</a> . Be sure to keep this key safe — if someone gains access to your key, they could decrypt your drive and bypass the encryption. You may want to back it up in multiple locations — if you lose this recovery key and your main unlock method, your encrypted files will be lost forever.</div>
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Encrypt and Unlock the Drive</h3>
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BitLocker will automatically encrypt new files as you add them, but you’ll need to choose what happens with the files currently on your drive. You can encrypt the entire drive — including the free space — or just encrypt the used disk files to speed up the process.</div>
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If you’re setting up BitLocker on a new PC, encrypt the used disk space only — it’s faster. If you’re setting BitLocker up on a PC you’ve been using for a while, you should encrypt the entire drive to ensure no one can recover deleted files. Encrypting only the used disk space is faster, while encrypting the entire drive takes longer.</div>
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You’ll be prompted to run a BitLocker system check and reboot your computer. After the computer boots back up for the first time, the drive will be encrypted. Check the BitLocker Drive Encryption icon in the system tray to see its progress. You can continue using your computer while it’s being encrypted, but it perform more slowly.</div>
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When your computer boots, you’ll see a BitLocker prompt if you need to enter a password, PIN, or plug in a USB flash drive.</div>
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Press Escape here if you lose your unlock method. You’ll be able to enter your recovery key.</div>
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If you choose to encrypt a removable drive with BitLocker To Go, you’ll see a similar wizard but your drive will be encrypted without any rebooting required. Don’t remove the drive while it’s being encrypted.</div>
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When you connect the drive to a computer, you’ll be prompted to provide the password or smart card you chose to unlock the removable device. Drives protected with BitLocker are identified with a lock icon in Windows Explorer or File Explorer.</div>
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You can manage a locked drive — change the password, turn off BitLocker, back up your recovery key, or perform other actions — from the BitLocker control panel window. Right-click an encrypted drive and select Manage BitLocker to go directly to it.</div>
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Like all encryption, BitLocker does add some overhead. <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831507.aspx#BKMK_Performance" style="color: #114491;">Microsoft’s official BitLocker FAQ</a> says that “Generally it imposes a single-digit percentage performance overhead.” If encryption is important to you because you have sensitive data — for example, a laptop full of business documents — it’s worth the performance trade-off.</div>
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Passwords can be reset or bypassed on every operating system. On Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, you can gain access to a computer’s unencrypted files after resetting the password — <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/161444/htg-explains-why-a-windows-password-doesnt-protect-your-data/" style="color: #114491;">the password doesn’t actually prevent access to your files</a>.</div>
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On other devices where you can’t gain access to the files, you can still reset the device and gain access to it without knowing a password. These tricks all require physical access to the device.</div>
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Windows</h3>
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<br />Resetting a password without an official tool is fairly simple. For example, <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/96805/how-to-reset-your-windows-password-without-an-install-cd/" style="color: #114491;">the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor</a> works well for this. First, you’ll need to boot from a special disc or USB drive — either a <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/31804/the-10-cleverest-ways-to-use-linux-to-fix-your-windows-pc/" style="color: #114491;">live Linux system</a> or a specialized Offline NT Password & Registry Editor boot disc. The tool can edit the Windows registry, allowing you to clear the password associated with the user account. You can then boot into Windows and log into the account without a password.There are many ways to reset a Windows password. Windows allows you to create a <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/107461/how-to-create-and-use-a-password-reset-disk-or-usb-in-windows-8/" style="color: #114491;">password reset disk</a> that can reset your password in an approved way — create a disk first and you can use it if you ever need it.</div>
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Even if you’re using Windows 8 with a <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/121975/htg-explains-microsoft-accounts-vs.-local-accounts-in-windows-8/" style="color: #114491;">Microsoft account</a>, you can always reset the password of the built-in Administrator account to gain access.</div>
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To protect against this, you could <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/186235/how-to-secure-your-computer-with-a-bios-or-uefi-password/" style="color: #114491;">password-protect your BIOS</a> and restrict booting from external devices. Someone with physical access to the PC could <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/131623/how-to-clear-your-computers-cmos-to-reset-bios-settings/" style="color: #114491;">reset the BIOS password</a> to bypass this.<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33949/htg-explains-what-is-encryption-and-how-does-it-work/" style="color: #114491;">Encrypting</a> your Windows system drive with something like <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/6229/how-to-use-bitlocker-on-drives-without-tpm/" style="color: #114491;">BitLocker</a> would prevent the registry from being accessed and modified with this tool — encryption is the only good protection.</div>
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We’ll use Ubuntu as a concrete example here. Ubuntu offers a recovery mode in its default Grub boot menu — select Advanced options for Ubuntu and select Recovery mode. You’ll see the boot menu while booting your computer — if you don’t, you can hold the Shift key as you boot and the menu will appear. You can easily boot directly to a root shell prompt from here.</div>
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This option isn’t necessary, as you can just press the <span style="font-weight: 600;">e</span> button to edit Ubuntu’s boot options and boot directly to a root shell prompt from within the main Grub menu. You’ll then be able to <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/linux/reset-your-forgotten-ubuntu-password-in-2-minutes-or-less/" style="color: #114491;">use the root shell to reset and change passwords on the system</a>. If the Grub boot menu is locked and password-protected, you can still boot to Linux live media and change your password from there.</div>
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Once again, encryption would prevent your system from being accessed and modified without your encryption passphrase. We used Ubuntu as an example, but almost every Linux distribution uses Grub and few people set a Grub password.</div>
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Macs have a built-in password reset tool, and it’s very easy to access. This option is available in recovery mode. You’ll need to restart your Mac by clicking the Apple menu and selecting Restart. Press and hold the Command + R keys as the computer boots and it will <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/189575/8-mac-system-features-you-can-access-in-recovery-mode/" style="color: #114491;">boot into recovery mode</a>.</div>
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Click the Utilities menu in recovery mode, select Terminal, type <span style="font-weight: 600;">resetpassword</span> into the terminal, and press Enter. You’ll see the Reset Password utility, which allows you to reset the password of a any user account on the Mac. You can also <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30983/how-to-reset-your-forgotten-mac-os-x-password/" style="color: #114491;">access this tool from a Mac OS X installation disc</a>.</div>
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To prevent your Mac’s password from being reset, you could <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/184675/how-to-encrypt-your-macs-system-drive-removable-devices-and-individual-files/" style="color: #114491;">enable FileVault disk encryption on your Mac</a>, set a firmware password inside recovery mode, or both.</div>
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Your Chromebook’s user account password is your Google account password. You could reset your Google account password on the web to regain access.</div>
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Let’s say you have a Chromebook you want to use, but you can’t sign in. Perhaps you’ve forgotten the Google password associated with the device. Perhaps an old Google account is considered the device’s <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/164970/8-chromebook-tricks-you-need-to-know/" style="color: #114491;">owner account</a>. In this scenario, you can boot the Chromebook to the sign-in screen and press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + R at the same time. You’ll be prompted to <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/190645/how-to-factory-reset-a-chromebook-even-if-it-wont-boot/" style="color: #114491;">factory reset your Chromebook with Powerwash</a>. After you reset it, you can log in with another Google account and that Google account will be considered the owner account. This will erase all data on the device, but most Chromebook data is synced online.</div>
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There’s no way to gain access to a user’s files without their password on a Chromebook — those files are <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/164788/how-a-chromebook-is-locked-down-to-protect-you/" style="color: #114491;">encrypted by default</a>.</div>
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<br />If you don’t have this information either, you may be able to bypass the lock screen in other ways. This should be easy on a device with USB debugging enabled, as you can connect it to a computer and <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/125769/how-to-install-and-use-abd-the-android-debug-bridge-utility/" style="color: #114491;">manipulate it over USB with adb</a> — that’s why <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/129728/how-to-access-the-developer-options-menu-and-enable-usb-debugging-on-android-4.2/" style="color: #114491;">USB debugging is disabled by default</a>.If you forget your Android’s lock screen code, you can reset it. Try an incorrect password, PIN, or pattern a few times and you’ll eventually see a “Forgot password,” “Forgot PIN,” or “Forgot pattern” option. You can then regain access to your device by entering the username and password of the Google account associated with your device.</div>
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You can’t bypass the lock screen without your Google account password unless there’s a hole open in the device — for example, USB debugging. If you want to use the device, you can still<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/130611/how-to-factory-reset-your-android-phone-or-tablet-when-it-wont-boot/" style="color: #114491;">perform a factory reset from recovery mode</a> — this will set the device back to its factory state, wiping the data on it . You can then log in and set up the device with another Google account.</div>
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iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches are also built without a way to reset the password. Unlike on Android, you can’t just reset the device’s password with your Apple ID information. If you forget your iOS device’s password, you’ll have to perform a factory reset. However, if you’re syncing the device to an Apple ID and you still remember your Apple ID password, all your device’s data can be restored afterward thanks to<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/183509/what-you-need-to-know-about-iphone-and-ipad-backups/" style="color: #114491;">iCloud backups</a>.</div>
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You can do this in several ways. If you’ve set up Find My iPhone, you can <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/175712/what-icloud-does-and-how-to-access-it-from-windows/" style="color: #114491;">visit the iCloud website</a>and erase your device from there. If you’ve backed up your device to <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/175045/how-to-never-use-itunes-with-your-iphone-ipad-or-ipod-touch/" style="color: #114491;">iTunes on a computer</a>, you can connect the device to your computer and restore your device from an iTunes backup.</div>
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If you don’t have access to Find My iPhone and you’ve never backed up the device to iTunes, you can still <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/183243/how-to-reset-your-iphone-or-ipad-even-if-it-wont-boot/" style="color: #114491;">reset the device using recovery mode</a>. Turn off the device, press and hold the Home button, and then connect the device’s USB cable to your computer. If it doesn’t turn on automatically, turn it on. iTunes will tell you it’s detected a device in recovery mode and allow you to restore it to factory default settings.</div>
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Passwords keep honest people honest, and they ensure people can’t gain access to your device without knowing the tricks or looking them up. But, if someone has physical access to your device and wants to bypass the password, there’s nothing you can do to stop them. Even encrypting your files will only protect your personal data — they can always wipe the encrypted data and start over fresh.</div>
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Installing software works differently on Linux. Instead of visiting a website, you’ll usually need to grab the software from your Linux distribution’s software repositories with its package manager. This sounds complicated, but is actually simpler than installing software on Windows.</div>
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A typical Linux distribution’s software installation system has a lot in common with an app store. There’s one place you go to to install most of your software and software updates arrive in one consistent way.</div>
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Most of the software you’ll want to install on your Linux distribution is available in its software repositories. Your Linux distribution likely provides a nice graphical frontend for this system. Select your desired package and your package manager will automatically download the package, grab any other software packages it requires, and install them all.</div>
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On Ubuntu, the included package manager is the Ubuntu Software Center — look for the orange shopping bag icon on your dock. Use this interface to search for packages and install them. You can search for a type of application like “video player” or a specific application name like “VLC.” Click the download button, enter your password, and the package manager will do the rest.</div>
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Each Linux distribution has its own software repositories and package manager, but practically all Linux distributions use a software repository system that works this way. For example, on<a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/115041/htg-explains-whats-the-difference-between-ubuntu-linux-mint/" style="color: #114491;">Linux Mint</a>, you’d use the Software Manager application instead.</div>
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The pretty graphical interface is just a front-end to the real package manager, which you can access in other ways. For example, you can <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/63997/how-to-install-programs-in-ubuntu-in-the-command-line/" style="color: #114491;">install packages from the terminal with the apt-get command</a> on Ubuntu. The graphical interface and terminal command accomplish the same thing.</div>
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Some programs <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/142414/how-to-install-software-from-outside-ubuntus-software-repositories/" style="color: #114491;">aren’t located in your Linux distribution’s software repositories</a>. This includes popular proprietary programs like Google Chrome, Skype, Steam, and Opera. Your Linux distribution generally doesn’t have the license to redistribute this software, so you have to get it from the source.</div>
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To download software like this ,visit the project’s official website and click the Download button. You’ll generally see a page pointing you to various Linux download links. For example, here’s the<a href="http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-computer/" style="color: #114491;">Skype for Linux download page</a>.</div>
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You’ll be prompted to choose the appropriate package for your Linux distribution. You should choose the package that matches your Linux distribution as closely as possible. For example, Skype offers an “Ubuntu 12.04 (multiarch)” package. It’s the most recent version number in the list, so it’s the ideal package to use on Ubuntu 14.04.</div>
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Different distributions use different types of packages with different file extensions. Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, and similar distributions use Deb packages with the .deb file extension. Fedora, Red Hat, openSUSE, and some other distributions use .rpm packages.</div>
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Just double-click the downloaded package and it should open in a package installer that will handle all the dirty work for you. For example, you’d double-click a downloaded .deb file, click Install, and enter your password to install a downloaded package on Ubuntu.</div>
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Downloaded packages can also be installed in other ways. For example, you could use the dpkg -I command to install packages from the terminal in Ubuntu. The graphical tool is the easiest.</div>
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More Ways to Install Software</h3>
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The two methods above are the basics every Linux user needs to know. With these tips, you can install most — if not all — the software you’ll need. But here are some other ways to install software on Linux:</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600;">Use Third-Party Repositories</span>: Anyone can create their own software repositories, package software, and distribute it from there. You may sometimes want to use a third-party repository to install software you just can’t get in your Linux distribution’s repositories. For example, Ubuntu makes it fairly easy to set up “personal package archives” (PPAs). You can add these PPAs to your package manager and the packages in the PPA will appear in the Ubuntu Software Center and other package management interfaces. It’s a common way to get packages that aren’t yet in your Linux distribution’s official repositories.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600;">Unpack a Binary Archive</span>: Some Linux software is distributed in precompiled form designed to run on any Linux distribution without installation. For example, the “Dynamic” download Skype offers is a .tar.bz2 file. This is just an archive, like a ZIP file — you’d extract it to a folder on your computer and double-click the executable inside it to run it. Mozilla also offers <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/" style="color: #114491;">downloads of the latest version of Firefox</a> in .tar.bz2 form, so you can download and run it without any installation — just unpack the archive to a folder anywhere you like and double-click the firefox file inside it. You should prefer software in packaged form for better compatibility with your system and easier updating.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 600;">Compile From Source</span>: Typical Linux users shouldn’t need to <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/105413/how-to-compile-and-install-from-source-on-ubuntu/" style="color: #114491;">compile and install software from source</a> anymore. All the software you want should be available in packaged form. That said, most Linux software projects distribute their software in source-code form and leave Linux distributions in charge of packaging and distributing it to you. If your Linux distribution doesn’t have a package you want or doesn’t have the latest version of a package you need, you can compile it from source. Compiling from source isn’t something average Linux desktop users should do, but it’s also not as hard as it may sound.</div>
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In today’s edition of Geek School we’re going to teach you how to use Process Monitor to actually accomplish troubleshooting and figuring out registry hacks that you would not know about otherwise.</div>
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Process Monitor is one of the most impressive tools that you can have in your toolkit, as there is almost no other way to see what an application is actually doing under the hood. It is the only way to know what files are being written to by which process, and where things are stored in the registry, and which files are accessing them.</div>
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We’ll start off with today’s lesson by looking at how to find registry keys using Windows setting dialogs and Process Monitor, and then we’ll go through an actual troubleshooting scenario that we encountered on one of our computers in the lab, and easily solved using Process Monitor.</div>
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Using Process Explorer to Find Registry Keys for Common Settings</h3>
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Everybody has clicked a checkbox or changed the value of a drop-down box at some point, but have you ever wondered where those values are actually stored? Many applications, and virtually everything in Windows, is stored in the Registry… somewhere.</div>
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For today’s example we’re going to use the first option on the first pane of Taskbar and Navigation Properties, which is a dialog that should exist in all versions of Windows. So now our mission is to figure out where that setting is actually stored in the registry. You can follow along with this particular setting, or you can try one of the other settings on the same dialog — or anywhere else you’d like to find the hidden setting location for.</div>
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The first thing you’ll want to do whenever trying to capture a set of data is to launch Process Monitor, and then change the setting. At that point you can stop Process Monitor from continuing to capture events, so the list doesn’t get out of control. (Hint: the File menu has the option, or it’s the third icon from the left).</div>
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Now that we’ve got a ton of data in the list, it’s time to filter the list to reduce the number of rows that we’re going to have to look through. Since we’re looking at a registry value that is being changed, we’ll need to filter by “RegSetValue”, which is what Windows uses to actually set a registry key to a new setting. Use the “Include” option to show <em>only</em> those events.</div>
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Your list should now be limited to just registry keys that were changed, so it’s time to take a look at the events and try to figure out which registry key it might be. Since we’re checking the “Lock the Taskbar” setting, and one of the registry keys being set includes the word “Taskbar” in the name, that’s a good place to start. Right-click on the path and choose to Jump To the location.</div>
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Process Monitor will open up the Registry Editor and highlight the key in the list. Now we need to make sure that this is actually the right key, which is pretty easy to figure out. Take a look at the setting, and then take a look at the key. Right now the setting is on, and the key is set to 0.</div>
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So change the setting, hit Apply on the dialog, and then use the F5 key to refresh the Registry Editor window. In our case we definitely picked the right setting, so now you can see that the TaskbarSizeMove value is set to 1.</div>
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If you didn’t pick the right value, you won’t see a change when you do the setting test again. So go and find the next logical one, and start over.</div>
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Troubleshooting Problems with Process Monitor</h3>
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It’s not really possible to illustrate in a single article how to troubleshoot any problem with Process Monitor, or any other tool for that matter. There are just way too many combinations of issues that could possibly go wrong.</div>
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What we can do, however, is show how we actually used Process Monitor to troubleshoot a real problem that actually happened to one of our test computers. We had been installing some crapware, and then decided to try and clean the computer up. The problem was an entry in the Uninstall Programs panel that just wouldn’t go away.<br />
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Every time you would click to Change so you could remove it, you’d get an error that said “An error occurred while trying to uninstall AwfulApp. It may have already been uninstalled. Would you like to remove AwfulApp from the Programs and Features list?”.</div>
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That would have been great, except we then got an error that said “You do not have sufficient access to remove OutfoxTV from the Programs and Features list. Please contact your system administrator.”</div>
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The first thing to do was try the uninstall process again with Process Monitor running, which captured an enormous amount of data. This time we decided to use the Find feature (CTRL + F) to quickly find what we were looking for in the list. You could also use a Filter if you wanted, but this seemed simple, and luckily it worked the first time.</div>
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After taking a look at the first item in the list, we noticed an error: Windows was attempting to access the registry keys related to the uninstaller, but they weren’t actually in the registry in the first spot that Windows was looking. If you look a couple of keys down though, you’ll see a RegOpenKey event with a SUCCESS result for something under HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node.</div>
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Doing a search by that registry key very quickly landed us at the source of the problem: an ACCESS DENIED message when Windows tried to do the cleanup for the list using the RegDeleteKey operation. Interesting!</div>
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The first thing to do was use the Jump To feature to find the key in the registry and take a look.</div>
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Sure enough, look at all those registry keys over there! No wonder it is still appearing in the list.</div>
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Just to be sure, we opened up the C:\Program Files\ directory to see if any of the files were still around, but clearly the app had been wiped off the PC already.</div>
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The solution was very simple: we just manually deleted the registry key that Windows had problems deleting. If we had received an access denied message, we could have used the Permissions setting to make sure that we have access and tried again.</div>
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Luckily the delete worked immediately, and our Uninstall Programs list was now clear.</div>
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These are just a few of the many ways that you can use Process Monitor – it is an extremely important and useful utility that will take some time to master, but once you do, it can really help you solve many problems.</div>
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This lesson in our Geek School series covers Process Explorer, perhaps the most used and useful application in the SysInternals toolkit. But how well do you really know this utility?</div>
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Process Explorer, a task manager and system monitor application, has been around since 2001, and while it used to even work on Windows 9x, the modern versions only support XP and above, and they’ve been continually updated with features for modern versions of Windows. It’s the defacto standard for dealing with troubleshooting processes.</div>
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So What Can Process Explorer Do?</h3>
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Some of the better features include the following, although this is by no means an exhaustive list. This application has many features, and many of those are buried deep within the interface. Amazingly it’s also a very small file.</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">The default tree view shows the hierarchical parent relationship between processes, and displays using colors to easily understand processes at a glance.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Very accurate CPU usage tracking for processes.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Can be used to replace Task Manager, which is especially useful on XP, Vista, and Windows 7.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Can add multiple tray icons to monitor CPU, Disk, GPU, Network, and more.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Figure out which process has loaded a DLL file.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Figure out which process is running an open window.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Figure out which process has a file or folder open and locked.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">View complete data about any process, including threads, memory usage, handles, objects, and pretty much anything else there is to know.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Can Kill an entire process tree, including any processes started by the one you choose to kill.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Can Suspend a process, freezing all its threads so they do nothing.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Can see which thread in a process is actually maxing out the CPU.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">The latest version (v16) integrates VirusTotal into the interface so you can check a process for viruses without leaving Process Explorer.</li>
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Any time you have a problem with an application, or something keeps freezing on your computer, or maybe you are trying to figure out what a particular DLL file is used for, Process Explorer is the tool for the job.</div>
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When you first launch Process Explorer, you are presented with a lot of visual data right away – there is a hierarchical tree view of the processes running on your computer, including CPU and RAM usage using numerical values for each process. There are some little mini activity graphs running at the top in the toolbar, showing you the CPU usage, which can be clicked on to display in a separate window.</div>
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There’s definitely a lot going on, and it would be easy to be overwhelmed by everything on the screen.</div>
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The initial display gives you a set of columns that include:</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Process</b> – the file name of the executable along with the icon if one exists.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>CPU</b> – the percentage of CPU time in the last second (or whatever the update speed is set to)</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Private Bytes</b> – the amount of memory allocated to this program alone.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Working Set</b> – the amount of actual RAM allocated to this program by Windows.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>PID </b> - the process identifier.<b></b></li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Description</b> – the description, if the application has one.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Company Name</b> – this one is more useful than you think. If something isn’t quite right, start by looking for processes that aren’t by Microsoft.</li>
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You can customize these columns and add many other options, or you can just click on any of the columns to sort by that field. If you’ve ever used Task Manager before, you’ve probably sorted by Memory or CPU, and you can do that here as well.</div>
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Clicking on Process will flip between sorting by the process name, or going back to the default tree view, which is very useful once you get used to it.</div>
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The view is updated once per second, but you can go to View -> Update Speed and customize how often it updates, the lowest being 0.5 seconds and the top level being 10 seconds. If you are using it for troubleshooting the default value is probably fine, but if you want to use it as a CPU monitor sitting in the system tray, 5 or 10 seconds might use less CPU while it runs in the background.</div>
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You can also pause the view under the same sub-menu, or by simply hitting the Space bar. This will freeze the view as a snapshot in time, which can be useful if you are trying to identify a process that starts and quickly dies, or if you have decided to sort by CPU usage and all the rows keep jumping around.</div>
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In the case of a quickly closing process, however, you would want to add extra columns to the default view for anything you might need to know, because clicking on a defunct process in the list won’t show much in the details view if the process isn’t running, even if you paused everything.</div>
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Understanding All Those Colors</h3>
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There are definitely a lot of colors in a typical Process Explorer list, which can be a little confusing for the beginner geek. It’s really important to learn what all these colors mean, because they aren’t there just for show — they each mean something important.</div>
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Whenever you can’t remember what one of the colors means, you can go to Options -> Configure Colors on the menu to pull up the Color Selection dialog. This is basically a quick cheat sheet to what everything means. Keep reading, since we’re going to explain it here as well.</div>
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Based on the colors in the picture above, here is what each of the selected items mean (the others aren’t really important).</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>New Objects (Bright Green)</b> – When a new process shows up in Process Explorer, it starts out as bright green.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Deleted Objects (Red) </b>– When a process is killed or closes it will usually flash red right before deleting.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Own Processes (Light Blueish)</b> – Processes running as the same user account as Process Explorer.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Services (Light Pink)</b> – Windows Service processes, although it’s worth noting that they might have child processes that are launched as a different user, and those might be a different color.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Suspended Processes (Dark Gray) </b>– When a process is suspended it can’t do anything. You can easily use Process Explorer to suspend an application. Sometimes crashed apps will briefly show up in gray while Windows is handling the crash.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Immersive Process (Bright Blue) – </b>This is just a fancy way of saying that the process is a Windows 8 application using the new APIs. In the screenshot earlier you might have noticed WSHost.exe, which is a “Windows Store Host” process that runs Metro apps. For some reason Explorer.exe and Task Manager will also show up as immersive.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Packed Images (Purple) </b>– these processes might contain compressed code hidden inside of them, or at least Process Explorer thinks that they do by using heuristics. If you see a purple process, make sure to scan for malware!</li>
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Since there is obviously some overlap between these different scenarios, the colors will be applied in an order of precedence. If a process is a service and is suspended, it will display in dark gray because that color is more important.</div>
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From what we’ve learned while researching, the order is Suspended > Packed > Immersive > Services -> Own Processes.</div>
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Verifying Application Identity</h3>
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One really useful option that we’re surprised isn’t enabled by default is found at Options -> Verify Image Signatures.</div>
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This option will check the digital signature for each executable file in the list, which is an invaluable troubleshooting tool when you are looking at some suspicious application that is running in the list.</div>
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The vast majority of reputable software should be digitally signed at this point. If something isn’t, you should look very carefully at whether you should be using it.</div>
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Taking Action on a Process</h3>
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You can quickly take action on any process by right-clicking on it and choosing from one of the options, or by using the shortcut keys if you prefer. Those options include:</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Window</b> – has options including Bring to Front, which can be useful to help identify the window associated with a process. If there are no windows for that process, it will be grayed out.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Set Priority </b>– you can use this to configure the priority of a process. This is mostly useful for taming a runaway process that you don’t want to kill.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Kill Process </b>– just like you’d imagine, this quickly kills that process.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Kill Process Tree </b>– This kills not just the item in the list, but also the children of that parent process.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Restart </b>– spectacularly useful while testing, this just kills the process and then restarts it. It’s worth noting that killing processes might result in lost data.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Suspend </b>– this handy option is great for troubleshooting when a process is out of control. You can simply suspend the process rather than kill it, and check to see if anything is out of whack.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Check VirusTotal </b>– this is a new option that we’ll explain further along. It’s quite handy really, as it checks the process for viruses.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><b>Search Online </b>– this will just search the web for the name of the process.</li>
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And obviously if you open up Properties that will take you to even more useful information about the process, much of which we’ll get into in the next lesson.<i> </i></div>
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<i>Note: </i>we tested out the Temp option but did not have any idea what it does.</div>
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Running as Administrator</h3>
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While you don’t absolutely have to run Process Explorer as Administrator, without doing so many of the useful features won’t work, and you won’t be able to see as much information about each process.</div>
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If you are running on Windows XP or 2003, you will need to be running as an account that has full Administrator rights to use most of the features. This is probably not a problem for most people, because XP gave the default account full privileges anyway, but if you are trying to use this at work without administrator access, it won’t work quite as well.</div>
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Since most of our readers are using Windows 7, 8.x, or even Vista, you’ll probably be familiar with running an application as Administrator. It’s really easy… just right-click and choose the option from the menu.</div>
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<i>Fun fact:</i> Process Explorer actually uses the Debug Programs privilege, which goes a long way to explain why it is so powerful.</div>
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Forcing Process Explorer to Always Open as Administrator</h3>
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If you want to make sure that Process Explorer always opens as Administrator without having to remember to right-click on it, you can force it by either making a special shortcut that requires Administrator mode, or by opening up the Properties for procexp.exe, going to Compatibility, and then choosing the option for “Run this program as an administrator”.</div>
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Either way will work just fine, or you could also just disable UAC if you prefer, which makes everything run as administrator all the time. We’re not recommending that, but you can do it.</div>
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Using Process Explorer to Replace Task Manager</h3>
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Process Explorer has long been used as a powerful replacement for the previously anemic Task Manager application in every version of Windows prior to Windows 8, and assuming you want some real power in your hands, it works really well as a replacement in that version too.</div>
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<i>Note: </i>Windows 8’s Task Manager is greatly improved from previous versions. It’s still not as powerful as Process Explorer, but it’s probably easier for regular people to use. So don’t change mom’s computer to default to Process Explorer.</div>
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To make Process Explorer replace Task Manager, all you have to do is choose the Options -> Replace Task Manager option from the menu. That’s it.</div>
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Once you’ve done that, using CTRL + SHIFT + ESC or right-clicking on the Taskbar will both launch Process Explorer rather than Task Manager. Easy, right?</div>
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<i>Warning</i>: if you do replace Task Manager, make absolutely certain that you’ve put Process Explorer in a place that you won’t be accidentally moving or deleting the file. Otherwise you’ll be stuck with a system that can’t launch any Task Manager.</div>
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Using Process Explorer as an Awesome Tray Icon Monitor</h3>
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One of the best features of Process Explorer is the ability to minimize it into the system tray, but instead of just a single icon, it can minimize into a full set of icons that can monitor CPU, I/O, Disk, Network, GPU, and RAM, or any combination of them. You can configure them to display separately, or not at all, if you prefer.</div>
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To set this up, open up the Options menu, go to the Tray Icons section, and then click to enable each of the tray icons that you would like to see.</div>
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You could just run Process Explorer every time you start running your computer, and then minimize it to the system tray so it will always be there for you. And, of course, if you used the option to replace Task Manager, you can quickly access it any time with a shortcut key – though you might want to use the “Allow Only One Instance” option to make sure you don’t open a bunch of separate windows.</div>
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Using Process Explorer to Quickly Search VirusTotal</h3>
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If you are working on a problem PC and want to figure out if a process is a virus, you can save yourself some time by using Process Explorer version 16 or above, because they’ve added VirusTotal integration directly into the application. Just right-click on anything in the list to see the option.</div>
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The first time you run it, you’ll be asked to accept the VirusTotal terms of use, but after you do so, you will see the VirusTotal results show up right there in the list.</div>
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You can click on the result to go to VirusTotal and see the details. It’s a great new addition to one of the best utilities ever.</div>
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This How-To Geek School series will teach you how to use SysInternals tools like a pro, so your geek cred will never be in question. Not that we are questioning your geek skills. You do use SysInternals tools, right?</div>
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<li style="font-size: 12px; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson1/" style="color: #114491;">What Are the SysInternals Tools and How Do You Use Them?</a></li>
<li style="font-size: 12px; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Understanding Process Explorer</li>
<li style="font-size: 12px; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Using Process Explorer to Troubleshoot and Diagnose</li>
<li style="font-size: 12px; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Understanding Process Monitor</li>
<li style="font-size: 12px; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Using Process Monitor in the Real World</li>
<li style="font-size: 12px; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Using Autoruns to Deal with Startup Processes</li>
<li style="font-size: 12px; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Using BgInfo to Display System Information</li>
<li style="font-size: 12px; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Using the Command Line Tools</li>
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There are many other admin tools built into Windows, available for free on the web, or even through commercial sources, but none of them are quite as indispensible as the SysInternals suite of tools. That’s right, there’s a full set of free tools to do almost any administrator task, from monitoring or starting processes to peeking under the hood to see what files and registry keys your applications are really accessing.</div>
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These tools are used by every single reputable computer guy — if you want to separate the wheat from the chaff, just ask your local PC repair guy what Process Explorer is used for. If he doesn’t have a clue, he’s probably not quite as good as he says. (Don’t worry, if you don’t have a clue about procexp.exe either, we’ll cover that in-depth starting in lesson 2 of this series tomorrow).</div>
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Remember that time Sony tried to embed rootkits into their music CDs? Yeah, it was a SysInternals utility that first detected the problem, and it was the SysInternals guys that made the announcement. In 2006, Microsoft finally bought the company behind SysInternals, and they continue to provide the utilities for free on their web site.</div>
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This series will walk you through each of the important tools in the kit, get you familiar with them and their many features, and then help you understand how to use them in a real-world scenario. It’s a lot of very geeky material, but it’ll be a fun ride, so be sure to stay tuned.</div>
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What Are the SysInternals Tools Exactly?</h3>
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The SysInternals suite of tools is simply a set of Windows applications that can be downloaded for free <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default" style="color: #114491;">from their section of the Microsoft Technet web site</a>. They are all portable, which means that not only do you not have to install them, you can stick them on a flash drive and use them from any PC. In fact, you can actually run them without installing through SysInternals Live (which we’ll illustrate in a bit).</div>
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The tools include utilities such as Process Explorer, which is a lot like Task Manager with a plethora of extra features, or Process Monitor, which monitors your PC for filesystem, registry, or even network activity from almost any process on your system.</div>
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Autoruns helps you deal with startup processes, TCPView shows you what is connecting to resources on the internet, and there is an entire set of tools that run from the command line to help you deal with processes, services, and more.</div>
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Process Explorer is probably the most useful tool in the kit.</div>
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Most of these tools are going to require administrator access on your computer, so you’d be wise to test them out in a virtual machine or a test computer if you aren’t sure what you are doing — these are some heavy duty tools.</div>
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For example, say you have a really slow PC to troubleshoot, and you want to inspect all of the threads for a particular application, and then you want to see the entire stack for one of those threads to see exactly what DLLs and functions are being called. Process Explorer makes this trivial — you can simply double-click on the process, flip over to the Threads tab, and then click the Stack button.</div>
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What does all this mean? Wait until lessons 2 and 3, where we will do our best to explain the concepts to you, and more importantly, explain why you’d want to bother digging this deep.</div>
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How Do You Get the Tools?</h3>
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Getting your hands on any of the SysInternals tools is as easy as <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062" style="color: #114491;">heading to the web site</a>, downloading the zip file with all of the utilities, or just grabbing the zip file for the individual application that you want to use.</div>
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Either way, unzip, and double-click on the particular utility you’d like to open. That’s it. There’s no installer.</div>
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Running the Tools from SysInternals Live</h3>
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If you don’t want to be troubled to download and unzip and then run the application, and you don’t want to keep a USB drive updated with the latest versions, or you just don’t have access to your drive while working on somebody else’s computer, you can always resort to SysInternals Live.</div>
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Basically what happened is that a number of years ago, the SysInternals guys were curious whether they could find a new way to distribute their software… so they created a Windows file share off their server and gave everybody on the internet access to it.</div>
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So you can simply type <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/school/sysinternals-pro/lesson1/%5C%5Clive.sysinternals.com%5C" style="color: #114491;">\\live.sysinternals.com\</a> into the Windows Run box after pulling that up with the WIN + R shortcut key, and you’ll be able to browse their file share and look around.</div>
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<em>Note: </em>the \\server\share format is called a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path, and it works just about anywhere in Windows. You can utilize it in the explorer address bar, file open and save dialog boxes, or anywhere that you’d normally use a file path.</div>
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The useful folder is probably the Tools one, that has all of the different utilities listed, and easily accessible with nothing more than a mouse click.</div>
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Browsing for the utilities on a remotely accessible file share really isn’t the fastest way to do things, though, so thankfully there is a much quicker way to launch any SysInternals utility from any internet-connected Windows PC.</div>
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For instance, to launch Process Explorer, the executable name is procexp.exe, so you can use \\live.sysinternals.com\tools\procexp.exe to launch Process Explorer, or change procexp.exe to procmon.exe to launch Process Monitor instead.</div>
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When you do launch one of the utilities, you’ll be prompted with a security warning dialog before you actually run any of them. This is a good thing, of course, because you wouldn’t want Windows to let anybody run anything from a file share. That would be a disaster!</div>
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We’d highly recommend just downloading and putting a copy of the tools on every PC that you touch, rather than running from the Live site every time. But in a pinch, it’s great to know that you can do it.</div>
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Next Lesson: Understanding Process Explorer</h3>
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Tomorrow’s lesson will familiarize you with the Process Explorer application, a task manager replacement with many more features. The interface is packed full of data and options, so we’ll go through and explain everything that you need to know — like what all those colors in the process list actually mean.</div>
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After that, we’ll cover how to use it in the real world to deal with problem processes, malware, and more. Then we’ll head into Process Monitor territory, and explain how to use one of the most powerful troubleshooting applications to figure out what is really going on under the hood of your PC.</div>
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And next week we’ll take a trip through some of the other utilities, like Autoruns, Bginfo, and many of the command line utilities included in the toolkit.</div>
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There’s a lot of material to cover, so go grab yourself a copy of the utilities so you can follow along starting tomorrow.</div>
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<br /><b>WHAT IS </b><b>RESOURCE HACKER?</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Resource Hacker is a light software for editing 32 bit applications, OCX, DLL and SCR files. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can modify applications by editing dialogs, editing or removing graphics and even removing some application functionality. I was so amazed of the things it can do. There are many tutorials online about how to use this tool so I won't go into too much detail describing how it works. Instead I would like to emphasize what it can do.</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>By using Reshacker you can:</b></u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;">
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">String table: a bunch of crap, useful sometimes, basic programming knowladge needed.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Icon: You can wiew and change the icon(s) of the program by double-clicking the icon section,chossing the icon, right-clicking on it an pressing "replace resource". After that you can choose the icon you want to replace the original with.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dialog:Here you can modify the messages or dialogs that appear in a program. Don't forget to press "Compile" when you're done!</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RCData: Here the real hacking begins. Modify window titles, buttons, text, and lots more!</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cursor group: Change the mouse cursors used in the program just like you would change the icon.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WAV:Change the sounds in the program. with your own.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bitmap: View or change images in the programs easy!</span></li>
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<a href="http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/reshack_setup.exe" style="color: orange; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Resource Hacker</a> <br /><br /><b>STEPS</b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Don't try to edit a program by changing his source code in a dissasembler.Why?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cause that's only for assemply and programmers experts only. try to open it in hex you'll only get tons of crap you don't understand.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Now download the resource hacker and install it. Run the program.</span><br /><br /><img height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircNpaKUQtS1p6_1v6lK6IOqkk0QSeiWsUscNnleVhR1_44ABlzHy49szhVS0pD843nwc10knzMA0SNPz94erq_nlDcNrOUA6GXwPqn8x6pInePPdsvL_U5aqcE2T9etbJwwu4KxH3qc-g/s400/resource-hacker.JPG" width="400" /><br /><div style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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3. Go to <b>File>Open</b>. Find the exe you want to modify with resource hacker. In my case i open the file <b>JipVPN.exe</b>.</div>
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5. Find the icon you want to replace with the original icon of the exe and after picking an icon you want, then you can click on <b>Replace.</b></div>
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Siri is a big part of iOS 7, but many iPhone and iPad owners don’t know everything that the personal assistant is capable of. After using Siri for a few year’s we discovered a collection of hidden Siri features that only come to light when you get past the basics of setting an alarm and making a phone call.</div>
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It’s true that Siri is not always reliable thanks to connectivity issues, but when it comes down to it there is a lot that Siri can do on the iPhone and iPad even with the occasional miss.</div>
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These hidden Siri features are not locked behind a special code and there is no need to use the iOS 7 jailbreak to unlock them. No, these Siri features are available to everyone on iOS 7, but most users have no clue that these features exist, or how to use them.</div>
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Here is a look at 41 hidden Siri features to help you do more.</div>
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In this look at 40+ hidden Siri features we’ll dive deep into the personal assistant to show users the lesser known tasks Siri is capable of. While Siri users will surely know a few things on this list already, we expect everyone will learn a few tricks.</div>
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We’ll start with a few Siri tricks that users are more likely to know and move into the lesser known.</div>
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The eight minute video below walks through these Siri features that users will find on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch 5th generation. These features can help you do more with Siri and avoid typing and even unlocking your iPhone in some cases.</div>
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1. Turn Bluetooth Off</h3>
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Use Siri to turn Bluetooth and other settings like WiFi on and off simply by saying, “Turn Bluetooth Off.” You can reverse this by saying “Turn Bluetooth On.” Simple, but very handy.</div>
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2. Get Voice Feedback All the Time</h3>
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If you want Siri to read back your messages before sending them and talk back to you when you ask the service to do something go to Settings -?General -> Siri -> Voice Feedback -> On. Now Siri will talk whenever you ask for something. You can also choose to only hear this when using a handsfree device.</div>
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3. Pick a New Siri Voice</h3>
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This is one that many users know, but for iPhone and iPad users that gave up on finding a new Siri voice long ago, it is now an easy to change option. Just go into the same settings as above and instead of choosing a new language like you may have on iOS 6, change the gender to get a new voice.</div>
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4. Check Sports Scores</h3>
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Whenever you need to know who is winning a major league or college game for popular sports just ask Siri what the score is for the team name, or ask when the team plays next to get ready to watch.</div>
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5. Book a Date or Table</h3>
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Siri connects to Open Table and Yelp to find good restaurants and when possible can help find open tables for a reservation by asking, ” Find a table for two at an Italian Restaurant Friday at 7PM in Toledo, OH. You can skip the city name if you are in the city you want to go to dinner in.</div>
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6. Open Favorite Apps</h3>
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For now you cannot control other apps like Spotify with Siri, but you can open the app which makes using it that much easier. This is handy to use while at a stoplight or when walking to your car. Use Siri to open the app and get it ready so you can tap on a playlist and get going.</div>
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7. Post to Facebook and Twitter</h3>
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The Notification Center no longer includes Tweet and Post actions, but users can still open Siri and say, “Post to Facebook” or “Post to Twitter” and tell Siri what you would like posted to the social networks.</div>
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8. Say Change It</h3>
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If Siri does not understand the time, dat or message you tell it for a reminder, text, email or other action simply say, “Change it” to change the main part of the action or “change the date” or “change the time” to alter those aspects. Much easier than starting from scratch.</div>
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9. Set Reminders for Locations</h3>
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Once Siri knows where you live and work you can tell the assistant to remind you to do something when you get to a location. Just say, “Remind me to grab the eggs when I get home.” Or, if you need to make sure you take something when you leave a location say, “Remind me to take the report when I leave.” This is handy for locations like hotels or meetings. If you say a location and Siri doesn’t know it, like Work, you can fill n the details.</div>
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10. Send a Message to a Nickname</h3>
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Say, “Send a Message to my wife” to send a message to the contact in as a relationship of wife. You can make any contact a relationship from wife or girlfriend to accountant, mechanic or Mom. Just say, “Contact name is my relationship” and it is saved.</div>
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11. Convert Measurements</h3>
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Need to convert gallons to cups or cups to ounces? How about miles to kilometers or inches to centimeters? Say, “How many x are in y?” and Siri can convert the measurements for you.</div>
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12. Find Out How Long Until Your Arrive</h3>
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If you are using the iPhone for navigation and you need to know how long you have left to get to a location simply ask Siri, “What’s my ETA” and she will provide an estimate. This is handy while driving especially if the route changes or traffic is worse than anticipated.</div>
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13. Search for Recent Tweets</h3>
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If you want to know what someone is tweeting about without opening up Twitter, just say, ” What is person’s name saying?” You can also ask what a brand or website is saying and it will show you their recent tweets.</div>
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14. Teach Siri How to Pronounce Names</h3>
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If Siri constantly butchers names of your contacts simply say “Learn how to pronounce contact name.” When prompted pronounce the first name and then pick an option and then the last name and pick an option.</div>
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15. Search Your Notes</h3>
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Say, “Find my note about keyword” and Siri will show any notes in the Notes app with that topic in the title or in the text of the note. Perfect for finding a note you need fast.</div>
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16. Check Your Flight Status</h3>
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If you need to know if your flight is on time you can say, “Check the Status of Flight Delta 3290″ and Siri will let you know if it is on time or delayed.</div>
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17. Schedule a Meeting with a Contact</h3>
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If you tell Siri to “Schedule a meeting with my accountant.” The app can schedule the meeting and send and invite to the contact of that relationship. This works with other relationships and with names as well.</div>
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18. Control Music and iTunes Radio</h3>
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Tell Siri you want to listen to music and the app can start playing your iTunes library or tell Siri you want to hear a specific artist and the iPhone will start playing the Beatles for example. Users can also tell iTunes Radio to play a specific station by saying, “Play Kaskade radio.”</div>
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19. Find Out When Holidays Are</h3>
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Keeping track of holidays that aren’t always on the same day every year is tough, but you can ask Siri, “When is Easter?” or any othe rholiday to hear the date and day of the week for the holiday.</div>
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20. Check the Amount of Calories in Food</h3>
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If you need a rough estimate of the calories in food you can ask Siri, “How many calories are in a fish sandwich?” or any other food item. Siri can also check how many calories are in a specific food item like a Big Mac.</div>
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Instead of launching the calculator, just ask Siri” How much is a 20% tip on a $35.76 bill?” The service calculates the amount and shows you the amount to tip, and the total amount so you don’t have to do any addition.</div>
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22. Delete All Alarms</h3>
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Say, “Delete All Alarms” to clear out the mess of alarms you’ve accumulated since owning the iPhone. If you just want to turn them all off, say, “Turn off all alarms.”</div>
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23. Find Airplanes Flying Above</h3>
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Ask Siri “What airplanes are above me?” and you’ll see a list of planes flying overhead and a map to help identify them.</div>
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24. Solve Math Problems</h3>
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If you need to perform more complicated math calculations like adding fractions and decimals or finding square roots and more just ask Siri and you’ll likely get an answer faster than grabbing your calculator.</div>
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25. Get Specific Sports Player Info</h3>
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Ask Siri when two professional sports players play next or who is taller to settle a bet, or make plans to watch a major rivalry. Just use the player names when asking your questions.</div>
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You can add milk to the grocery list in Reminders or add a to do item to your work list by naming the list when you tell Siri. So say, “Add Milk to my Grocery List.”</div>
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27. Set Reminders for a Date</h3>
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If you need to remember to do something on a holiday or other known date like Easter. You can also set reminders on a regular schedule by saying, “Remind me to call grandma on the first Thursday of every month.” or “Remind me to take the trash out every other Wednesday.”</div>
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28. Check the Number of Days Between Dates</h3>
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Ask Siri “How many days until March 28th?” or “How many days between January 6th and June 15th? and you can learn exactly how many days are between these dates.</div>
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29. Find Your Friends</h3>
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If you use Find My Friends you can say, “Where is Chad?” or “Find my wife.” to locate friends that agree to share information with you. You’ll need the Find My Friends app and to set up sharing before this will work.</div>
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30. Flip a Coin or Roll Dice</h3>
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If you need to make a choice or just need a random number, you can say, “Flip a coin” or “Roll the dice” and Siri will give you heads or tails or with dice a set of numbers.</div>
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31. Open Specific Settings</h3>
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Instead of tapping through multiple settings screens say, “Open Siri Settings.” or similar to quickly jump to a specific settings page to make changes.</div>
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32. Find the Best and Worst Sports Teams</h3>
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If you want to know the worst team in the NFL or the best NBA team, simply ask “who is the worst NFL team?” and you’ll hear the answer and see a list of the full ranking.</div>
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33. Find the Time in Another City</h3>
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If you need to check the time in another city before calling a friend or coworker, ask Siri “What time is it in LA?” and you’ll see and hear the time as well as how many hours ahead or behind they are.</div>
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34. Convert Currency</h3>
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If you are traveling or just need to convert the price of something you see online, you can ask Siri “How much is 45 Dollars in Pounds?” and you’ll see and hear an answer.</div>
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35. Move a Meeting in a Snap</h3>
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If you need to change a meeting you don’t need to open your calendar. Instead just say, “Move my 10:30 to 1.” and Siri will handle the rest. You can also ask, “What’s my day look like?” to hear your schedule.</div>
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36. Find Movies Playing at Your Favorite Theater</h3>
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If you want to know what movies are playing at a specific theater, perhaps the cheap one or the really fancy one, use the name in your search. “What’s playing at the Shannon? shows the movies playing at a local first run theater with $3 tickets! And doesn’t include the super expensive Cinemark that is closer.</div>
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37. Ask for Walking Directions</h3>
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You can set your iPhone to always give walking directions, but if just need them for one trip you can ask Siri to, “Get walking directions to Paul’s Ice Cream Shop.” This is handy when traveling in a bigger city where you plan to walk form place to place.</div>
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38. Find the Best Restaurant Nearby</h3>
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Sometimes you want the best food available, and with Siri it’s easy. Say, “Find the best asian food around.” or ask for the best burger and Siri will search Yelp to help find the best place to get lunch or dinner.</div>
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39. Never Forget with Siri and Evernote</h3>
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If you use Evernote you can send an email using Siri to make sure you never forget. Set up a contact for Evernote and enter your unique Evernote email address. When you have something you need to remember and iOS notes won’t cut it say, Send an email to Evernote and speak the details you need to remember.</div>
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40. Activate Siri with Headphones or Bluetooth</h3>
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This is something many users pick up on early, but not everyone knows that you can use Siri by pressing a button on some Bluetooth headsets and by holding the middle button on iPhone ready headphones. This makes handsfree use much easier and is also handy while working out.</div>
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41. Say, Take a Picture</h3>
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If you don’t want to say, “Open the camera.” and wait to choose the app you want, just say, “Take a Picture.” and Siri will open the stock iPhone camera so you can take a picture with no waiting.</div>
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Having reviewed basic functions, cell references, and date and time functions, we now dive into some of the more advanced features of Microsoft Excel. We present methods to solve classic problems in finance, sales reports, shipping costs, and statistics.</div>
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These functions are important to business, students, and those who are just want to learn more.</div>
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VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP</h3>
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Here is an example to illustrate vertical lookup (VLOOKUP) and horizontal lookup (HLOOKUP) functions. These functions are used to translate a number or other value into something which is understandable. For example, you can use VLOOKUP to take a part number and return the item description.</div>
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To investigate this, let’s go back to our “Decision Maker” spreadsheet in Part 4, where Jane is trying to decide what to wear to school. She is no longer interested in what she wears, since she has landed a new boyfriend, so she will now wear random outfits and shoes.</div>
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In Jane’s spreadsheet, she lists outfits in vertical columns and shoes, horizontal columns.</div>
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She opens the spreadsheet and the function RANDBETWEEN(1,3) generates a number between or equal to 1 and 3 corresponding to the 3 types of outfits she can wear.</div>
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She uses the function RANDBETWEEN(1,5) to pick among five types of shoes.</div>
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Since Jane cannot wear a number we needs to convert this to a name, so we use lookup functions.</div>
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We use the VLOOKUP function to translate the outfit number to outfit name. HLOOKUP translates from shoe number to the various types of shoes in the row.</div>
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The spreadsheet works like this for outfits:</div>
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Excel picks a random number from 1 to 3, since she has three outfit options.</div>
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Next the formula translates the number to text using =VLOOKUP(B11,A2:B4,2) which uses random number the value from B11 to look in the range A2:B4. It then gives the result (C11) from the data listed in the second column.</div>
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We use the same technique to pick shoes, except this time we use VOOKUP instead of HLOOKUP.</div>
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Example: Basic Statistics</h4>
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Almost everyone knows one formula from statistics – average – but there is another statistic that is important for business: standard deviation.</div>
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For example, many a person who has gone to college has agonized over their SAT score. They might want to know how they rank compared to other students. Universities want to know this too because many universities, especially prestigious ones, turn down students with low SAT scores.</div>
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So how would we, or a university measure and interpret SAT scores? Below are SAT scores for 5 students ranging from 1,870 to 2,230.</div>
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The important numbers to understand are:</div>
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<strong>Average</strong> – Average is also referred to as the “mean”.</div>
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<strong>Standard Deviation (STD or σ)</strong> – This number shows how widely dispersed a set of numbers are. If the standard deviation is large, then the numbers are far apart and if it is zero, all the numbers are the same. You could say that the standard deviation is the average difference between the average value and the observed value, i.e. 1,998 and each SAT score. Please note, it is common to abbreviate standard deviation using the Greek symbol sigma “σ”.</div>
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<strong>Percentile Rank</strong> – When a student receives a high score, they can brag that they are in the top 99% percentile or something like that. “Percentile rank” means the percentage of scores are lower than one particular score.</div>
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Standard deviation and probability are closely-linked. You can say that for each standard deviation, the probability or likelihood that that number is inside that number of standard deviations is:</div>
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<tr><td style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" valign="top" width="96"><strong>STD</strong></td><td style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" valign="top" width="162"><strong>Percentage of scores</strong></td><td style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" valign="top" width="186"><strong>Range of SAT scores</strong></td></tr>
<tr><td style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" valign="top" width="96">1</td><td style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" valign="top" width="162">68%</td><td style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 5px;" valign="top" width="186">1,854-2,142</td></tr>
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As you can see, the chance that any SAT score is outside 3 STDs is practically zero, because 99.73% of the scores are within 3 STDs.</div>
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Now let’s look at the spreadsheet again and explain how it works.</div>
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Now we explain the formulas:</div>
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=AVERAGE(B2:B6)</div>
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The average of all the scores over the range B2:B6. Specifically, the sum of all the scores divided by the number of people who took the test.</div>
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=STDEV.P(B2:B6)</div>
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The standard deviation over the range B2:B6. The “.P” means STDEV.P is used over all the scores, i.e., the entire population and not just a subset.</div>
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=PERCENTRANK.EXC($B$2:$B$6,B2)</div>
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This calculates the cumulative percentage over the range B2:B6 based upon the SAT score, in this case B2. For example, 83% of the scores are below Walker’s score.</div>
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Graphing the Results</h3>
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Putting the results in a graph makes it easier to understand the results, plus you can show it in a presentation to make your point more clearly.</div>
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Students are on the horizontal axis and their SAT scores are shown as a blue bar graph on a scale (vertical axis) from 1,600 to 2,300.</div>
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The percentile ranking is the right-hand vertical axis from 0% to 90%, and is represented by the grey line.</div>
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How to Create a Chart</h4>
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Creating a chart is a topic unto itself, however we will explain briefly how the above chart was created.</div>
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First, select the range of cells to be in the chart. In this case A2 to C6 because we want the numbers as well as the student’s names.</div>
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From the “Insert” menu select “Charts” -> “Recommended Charts”:</div>
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The computer recommends a “Clustered-Column, Secondary Axis” chart. The “Secondary Axis” part means it draws two vertical axes. In this case, this chart is the one we want. We don’t have to do anything else.</div>
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You can use move the chart around and resize it until you have it as the size and in the position you want. Once you’re satisfied you can save the chart in the spreadsheet.</div>
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If you right-click the chart, then “Select Data”, it shows you what data is selected for the range.</div>
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The “Recommended Charts” feature usually bails you out from having to deal with such complicated details as determining what data to include, how to assign labels, and how to assign the left and right vertical axes.</div>
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In the “Select Data Source” dialog, click “score” under “Legend Entries (Series)” and press “Edit”, and change it to say “Score”.</div>
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Then change series 2 (“percentile”) to “Percentile”.</div>
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Return to your chart and click on the “Chart Title” and change it to “SAT Scores”. Now we have a complete chart. It has two horizontal axes: one for SAT score (blue) and one for cumulative percentage (orange).</div>
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Example: The Transportation Problem</h4>
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The transportation problem is a classic example of a type of mathematics called “linear programming”. This lets you maximize or minimize a value subject to certain constraints. It has many applications to wide array of business problems, so it is useful to learn how it works.</div>
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Before we get started with this example we have to enable the “Excel Solver”.</div>
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Enable Solver Add-In</h4>
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Select “File” -> “Options” -> “Add-ins”. At the bottom of the add-ins options, click the “Go” button next to “Manage: Excel Add-ins”.</div>
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On the resulting menu, click the check box to enable “Solver Add-in” and click “OK”.</div>
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Example: Calculate the Lowest iPad Shipping Costs</h4>
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Suppose we are shipping iPads and we are trying to fill our distribution centers using the lowest transportation costs possible. We have an agreement with a trucking and airline company to ship iPads from Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong to the distributions centers shown below.</div>
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The price to ship each iPad is the distance from the factory to the distribution center to the plant divided by 20,000 kilometers. For example, it is 8,024 km from Shanghai to Melbourne which is 8,024/20,000 or $.40 per iPad.</div>
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The question is how do we ship all these iPads from these three plants to these four destinations at the lowest possible cost?</div>
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As you can imagine, figuring out this could be very difficult without some formula and tool. In this case we have to ship 462,000 (F12) total iPads. The plants have a limited capacity of 500,250 (G12) units.</div>
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In the spreadsheet, so that you can see how it works, we have typed 1 into cell B10 meaning we want to ship 1 iPad from Shanghai to Melbourne. Since transportation costs along that route are $0.40 per iPad the total cost (B17) is $0.40.</div>
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The number was calculated using the function =SUMPRODUCT(costs,shipped) “costs” are the ranges B3:E5.</div>
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And “shipped” are the range B9:E11:</div>
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SUMPRODUCT multiplies “costs” times the range “shipped” (B14). That is called “matrix multiplication”.</div>
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In order for SUMPRODUCT to work properly, the two matrices – costs and shipped – have to be the same size. You can get around this limitation by making extra costs and shipping columns and rows with zero value so that the arrays are the same size and there is no impact on the total costs.</div>
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Using the Solver</h3>
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If all we had to do was multiply the matrices “costs” times “shipped” that would not be too complicated, but we have to deal with constraints there as well.</div>
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We have to ship what each distribution center requires. We put that constant into the solver like this: $B$12:$E$12 >= $B$13:$E$13. This mean the sum of what is shipped, i.e., the totals in cells $B$12:$E$12, must be greater than or equal to what each distribution center requires ($B$13:$E$13).</div>
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We cannot ship more than we produce. We write that constraints like this: $F$9:$F$11 <= $G$9:$G$11. Put another way, what we ship from each plant $F$9:$F$11 cannot exceed (must be less than or equal to) the capacity of each plant: $G$9:$G$11.</div>
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Now go to the “Data” menu and press the “Solver” button. If the “Solver” button is not there, you need to enable the Solver add-in.</div>
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Type in the two constraints detailed earlier and select the “Shipments” range, which is the range of numbers that we want Excel to calculate. Also pick the default algorithm “Simplex LP” and indicate that we want to “minimize” the cell B15 (“total shipping costs”), where it says “Set Objective”.</div>
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Press “Solve” and Excel saves the results into the spreadsheet, which is what we want. You can also save this so you can play around with other scenarios.</div>
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If the computer says it cannot find a solution, then you have done something that is not logical, for example, you may have requested more iPads than the plants can produce.</div>
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Here Excel is saying that it found a solution. Press “OK” to keep the solution and return to the spreadsheet.</div>
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Example: Net Present Value</h4>
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How does a company decide whether to invest in a new project? If the “net present value” (NPV) is positive, they will invest in it. This is a standard approach taken by most financial analysts.</div>
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For example, suppose the Codelco mining company wants to expand the Andinas copper mine. The standard approach to determine whether to move ahead with a project is to calculate the net present value. If the NPV is bigger than zero, then the project will be profitable given two inputs (1) time and (2) cost of capital.</div>
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In plain English, cost of capital means how much would that money would earn if they just left it in the bank. You use the cost of capital to discount cash values to present value, in other words $100 in 5 years might be $80 today.</div>
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In the first year, $45 million is set aside as capital to finance the project. The accountants have determine that their cost of capital is 6%.</div>
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As they start mining, the cash starts coming in as the company finds and sells the copper they produce. Obviously, the more they mine, the more money they make and their forecast shows their cash flow increasing until it reaches $9 million per year.</div>
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After 13 years, the NPV is $3,945,074 USD, so the project will be profitable. According to Financial analysts the “pay-back period” is 13 years.</div>
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Creating a Pivot Table</h3>
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A “pivot table” is basically a report. We call them pivot tables because you can easily switch them one type of report to another without having to make an entire new report. So they<i>pivot</i> in place. Let’s show a basic example that teaches the basic concepts.</div>
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Example: Sales Reports</h4>
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Sales people are very competitive (that’s part of being a salesman) so they naturally want to know how they fare against one another at the end of the quarter and end of the year, plus how much their commissions will be.</div>
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Suppose we have three sales people – Carlos, Fred, and Julie – all selling petroleum. Their sales in dollars per fiscal quarter for the year 2014 is shown in the spreadsheet below.</div>
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To generate these reports, we create a pivot table:</div>
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Select “Insert ->Pivot Table, it is on the left-hand side of the toolbar:</div>
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Select the all the rows and columns (including the salesman name) as shown below:</div>
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The pivot table dialog box appears to the right-hand side of the spreadsheet.</div>
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If we click all four fields in the pivot table dialog box (Quarter, Year, Sales, and Salesperson) Excel adds a report to the spreadsheet that makes no sense, but why?</div>
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As you can see, we have selected all four fields to add to the report. Excel’s default behavior is to group rows by text fields and then sum all the rest of the rows.</div>
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Here it gives us the sum of the year 2014 + 2014 + 2014 + 2014 = 24,168, which is nonsense. Also it gave is the sum of the quarters 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 * 3 =3 0. We don’t need this information so we deselect these fields to remove them from our pivot table.</div>
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“Sum of Sales” (total sales) is pertinent however, so we’ll fix that.</div>
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Example: Sales by Salesman</h4>
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You can edit “Sum of Sales” that to say “Total Sales”, which is clearer. Also, you can format the cells as currency just like you would format any other cells. First click on “Sum of Sales” and select “Value Field Settings”.</div>
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On the resulting dialog, we change the name to “Total Sales” then click “Number Format” and change it to “Currency”.</div>
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You can then see your handiwork in the pivot table:</div>
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Example: Sales by Salesman and Quarter</h4>
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Now let’s add subtotals for each quarter. To add subtotals just left-click on the “Quarter” field and hold and drag it to the “rows” section. You can see the result on the screenshot below:</div>
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While we’re at it, let’s remove the “Sum of Quarter” values. Simply click on the arrow and click “Remove Field”. In the screenshot, you can now see we’ve added the “Quarter” rows, which breaks down each salesperson’s sales by quarter.</div>
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With these skills fresh in mind, you can now create pivot tables from your own data!</div>
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Conclusion</h3>
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Wrapping up, we have shown you some of the features of Microsoft Excel’s formulas and functions that you can apply Microsoft Excel to your business, academic, or other needs.</div>
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As you have seen, Microsoft Excel is an enormous product with so many features that most people, even advanced users, do not know all of them. Some people might say that makes it complicated; we feel it’s more comprehensive.</div>
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Hopefully, by presenting you lots of real-life examples, we have demonstrated not only the functions available in Microsoft Excel but have taught you something about statistics, linear programming, creating charts, using random numbers, and other ideas that you can now adopt and use in your school or where you work.</div>
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Remember, if you want to go back and take the class again, you can start fresh with Lesson 1!</div>
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This How-To Geek School class is intended for people who use Excel, or try to use Excel but are intimidated by the concept of formulas and functions. Its objective is to make you an Excel pro or at least, a competent amateur, in just a few lessons.</div>
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<em>Note: </em>for the uninitiated, this is the very first lesson in the first series for How-To Geek School. We will be running a new lesson every single weekday, Monday through Friday, from now until we’ve covered every subject. So stay tuned for more, and we’ll be making a formal announcement about how it works next week.</div>
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What is Excel and Why Do We Need It?</h3>
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If you are an office administrator, you probably use Excel. Ditto, if you are a salesman. If you are a financial analyst, of course, you <i>need</i> Excel. For these and many other professions, working with spreadsheets is an essential tool in the daily routine.</div>
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People who are math wizards will probably immediately take to Excel and use it like a natural extension of their computational processes. Most of the rest of us … probably need some help in that department.</div>
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If you did not pay attention in high school algebra class, don’t fret! All you need to do is learn some basic knowledge of formulas and functions from this How-To Geek School series and apply them to your work.</div>
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If you don’t know whether or not you need Microsoft Excel, then you probably have not been shown what it can do. Once you do know, then you can find ways to use it in your work to make complicated and tedious tasks easier.</div>
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Microsoft Excel is more than just a program to enter names and numbers. For example, if you simply want to list the names of students in your class then you can just make a Word document. Word is fine for writing essays and making lists but to do calculations, you need Excel’s formulas and functions.</div>
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A Brief Tour of the Excel Interface</h3>
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Before we dive in, let’s just briefly review the Excel interface. You may already know all this stuff, but it never hurts to review.</div>
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When you open a blank Excel spreadsheet, it is known as a “workbook” or “book” and each spreadsheet in a book is a known as a “worksheet” or “sheet”.</div>
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The top of the app is dominated by the “ribbon” (grey), which sub-divided into “tabs” (red), which are then further sub-divided into “sections” (blue).</div>
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Below the ribbon is the “name box”, which lets you rename “cells” and then to the right of that is an area that allows you to create your all-important “formulas”. If you hover over each icon, you can see the purpose of each button, but what we’re most concerned with is the wide area where our formulas and functions will be displayed.</div>
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Finally, the worksheet is arranged in “columns” (denoted by letters) and “rows” (indicated by numbers). Each location is a “cell” and a group of cells is known as a “range”. If you have multiple sheets in a book, you can quickly flip through them using the tabs seen below the sheet. Below that, in the grey status bar, you can adjust your page views and zoom level.</div>
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That’s it, pretty simple, and just a short overview of some of the terminology you’ll encounter in this HTG School series.</div>
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What is a Function?</h3>
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A function is a calculation or operation that returns a result. The inputs in a function are called “arguments”.</div>
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All functions begin with an equals sign [=]. That way Excel knows not to treat the arguments as text. For example, =AVERAGE(2,4) is a function but AVERAGE(2,4) is just a string of text. Without an equals sign, Excel will not calculate a result. The arguments in this function are 2 and 4.</div>
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Note, Excel uses upper-case letters to list functions, but you can use lower or upper-case letters when you write them.</div>
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In Excel, the “Function Library” can be found on the “Formulas” tab.</div>
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There are 13 categories of functions, some of which are:</div>
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<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Mathematical: AVERAGE() – calculates the average of a series of numbers.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Date and time: DATEVALUE() – converts a string of text like “30 November 2013” to a number so that you can use this number in other date and time functions. You cannot do math with dates unless you convert them to numbers first. We explain this in detail in Lesson 4.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Text: LEN() – returns the length of a string. For example =LEN(“Excel”) is 5.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Logical: IF() – the IF() function is written like =IF(<test>, then A, else B). So, if “test” is true, then the result is A; if “test” is not true, then B.</li>
<li style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px 0px 10px 15px; padding: 0px;">Lookup and Reference: These are needed to lookup values elsewhere in the spreadsheet. For example, VLOOKUP looks in a table of values to find one cell.</li>
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How could you use this last one? Well, to get the day of the week in text from a date function. You can use VLOOKUP to scan a table to turn this number into something easier to understand, like “Wednesday”.</div>
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There are also special functions for financial, engineering, and statistics which are listed separately on the “More Functions” menu.</div>
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What is a Formula?</h3>
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A formula is combination of “operators”, “operands”, and “functions”.</div>
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For example, the function =SUM adds a list of numbers (it is so commonly used, that is listed on the first menu in Excel, abbreviated by the Greek letter Sigma (Σ), which is the notation that mathematicians use to sum a series).</div>
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You use a formula like doing a calculation by hand. For example, you could put your family budget into a formula like this:</div>
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Remaining cash = (4 * weekly salary) – mortgage – food – utilities</div>
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The operators are multiply [*] and subtract [-]. The operands are the values “weekly salary”, “mortgage”, “food”, and “utilities”. The result is “remaining cash”.</div>
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Names and Addresses</h4>
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The values for “food” and the other operands are names that you define in Excel. Without a “name”, you would have to use the “address”.</div>
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The address of a cell is written using row-column notation. The rows are given numbers and the columns, letters. The first cell in the spreadsheet is A1. When you have reached the end of the alphabet, the rows are numbered AA, AB, BA, BB, and so forth.</div>
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Formulas can be more complicated than the family-budget example. In high school you learned that that the area of a circle is the radius times pi squared or πr<span style="vertical-align: text-top;">2</span>.</div>
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In Excel, you can write this using the formula =PI() * radius ^ 2.</div>
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Here, PI() is the <i>function</i> that returns the number 3.14 and “radius” is a “name” we have given to a cell that contains the radius; the “operators” are the exponent (^) and multiplier (*).</div>
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Order and Precedence</h4>
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Parentheses are used to indicate the order and precedence in calculations.</div>
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The area of a circle can also we written πrr but not (πr)<span style="vertical-align: text-top;">2</span>, so you need to understand order and precedence to get right answer. Exponents are evaluated before multiplication, so parentheses are not needed in this case. The function squares the radius first then multiplies that by Pi.</div>
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If you wanted to eliminate any possible doubt you could be explicit and write =Pi * (radius ^2).</div>
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We will explore order and precedence further in Lesson 2.</div>
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Coming up Next …</h3>
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For the remainder of this series, we will concentrate on a four key areas:</div>
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Lesson 2: Defining and Creating Formulas</h4>
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To get started, the first item to explore is how to create formulas and understand the basic rules:</div>
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Lesson 3: Cell Reference and Formatting</h4>
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In this lesson we discuss the three types of cell reference (relative, absolute, and mixed), formatting, how to move or copy and formula, and circular references.</div>
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Suppose you have a formula in cell B1 that says =A1*2. If you copy that formula to cell B2 (one cell to the right), then the cell reference changes too.</div>
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The new formula says B1*2. You can use the dollar sign ($) to anchor the cell reference so that copying it does not change where it points (don’t worry, we cover this in a bit).</div>
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Lesson 4: Useful Functions You Should Get to Know</h4>
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This lesson explains some of most commonly-used functions and how we can apply them in useful calculations and how to “nest” functions.</div>
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To nest a function means put one function inside another. For example, if you want to know what day today is, write =WEEKDAY(NOW()).</div>
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NOW() gives today’s date and WEEKDAY() turns it into a number from 1 to 7. NOW() is “nested” inside WEEKDAY().</div>
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Lesson 5: Advanced Functions: If, Nested-If, and Lookups</h4>
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If you want to create complex models or algorithms, you will need to know how to combine logic and lookup functions including IF and nested IF statements and lookups including VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP.</div>
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An example of lookup function would be =COLUMN(). This gives the column number of a cell reference, e.g., A=COLUMN(A1).</div>
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We’ll also briefly cover pivot tables. A pivot table is used to extract meaning from data. For example you could take a list of sales and group them by region or sales person to give you the totals for each.</div>
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Steganography refers to hiding encrypted data or information inside of a common or completely innocent looking file such as an image, audio, or video file.</div>
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For all intents and purposes, most people will never be aware that the file is more than it appears to be, thus providing a nice hiding place in plain sight.</div>
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If someone does become aware of the ‘extra data’ in a file, it can be identified as encrypted data or information, but will be undecipherable without the decryption key.</div>
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An Arachniography is the web-based equivalent of a bibliography. Taking things one step further, an annotated Arachniography is the web-based version of an annotated bibliography.</div>
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Andrew J. Butrica of NASA was the person responsible for coining the term during his work on the history of NASA’s X-33 project.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-83474171289826878882014-02-05T22:01:00.002+05:302014-02-05T22:01:36.298+05:304 Hidden Window Management Tricks on the Windows Desktop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Windows has quite a few features for autoamtically arranging windows, placing them side by side or tiling them on your screen. These features are a bit hidden, so you may not have noticed them.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">We used Windows 7 here, but all of these tricks also work on Windows 8 except the ones that require the Task Manager. Many of the tricks also work with </span>earlier<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> versions of Windows.</span></div>
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Aero Snap for Side-by-Side Windows</h3>
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Aero Snap is extremely useful. It was introduced with Windows 7, but it’s also available on Windows 8. Microsoft says they got rid of Aero in Windows 8, but <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/128819/aero-isnt-gone-in-windows-8-6-aero-features-you-can-still-use/" style="color: #114491;">Snap is one of the Aero features still available on Windows 8</a>.</div>
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The Snap feature makes a window take up half of your screen, making it easy to arrange two windows side by side without manually resizing and moving them around. To use Aero Snap, hold the Windows key and press the left or right arrow keys. The current window will be resized and placed at the left or right side of the screen.</div>
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You can also click a window title bar, hold down the mouse button, and drag the window’s title bar to the left or right edge of the screen. You’ll see a preview of the shape the window will become. Drop the window on the edge of the screen and it will be automatically resized to take up the appropriate side of the screen.</div>
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Maximizing, Restoring, and Minimizing Windows</h3>
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You can maximize a window by dragging and dropping its title bar, too. Just drag and drop it to the top edge of the screen. . You’ll see a preview of the shape the window will become. Release your mouse button and the window will take up the entire screen. When you grab the title bar with your mouse and drag it away from the top of the screen, the window will be restored to its previous size.</div>
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With keyboard shortcuts, you can press Windows Key + Up arrow to maximize a window or press Windows Key + down arrow to restore a maximized window. Press Windows Key + down arrow again to minimize a window.</div>
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Cascade, Stack, or Tile Windows From the Taskbar</h3>
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<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Right-click the taskbar and you’ll see three window management options — </span><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/11073/stupid-geek-tricks-tile-or-cascade-multiple-windows-in-windows-7/" style="color: #114491; line-height: 1.5em;">Cascade windows, Show windows stacked, and Show windows side by side</a><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">. You’ll also see an “Undo” option if you right-click the taskbar after clicking one of these options.</span></div>
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The Cascade windows option will arrange your open windows in a “cascade,” allowing you to see all their title bars at once. This option isn’t the most practical.</div>
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The Show windows stacked option is a bit more interesting, as it allows you to arrange your windows stacked vertically on top of each other. This probably isn’t ideal for typical wide-screen displays, but it could be useful in some situations.</div>
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The Show windows side by side option is even more interesting, as it allows you to have Windows automatically arrange your open windows side-by-side with each other. It’s like Aero Snap, but it allows you to have three or more windows automatically arranged so they’re side by side — useful for multitasking on large, wide screen monitors.</div>
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Arrange Windows From the Task Manager</h3>
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You can also open the Task Manager from the taskbar’s right-click menu or press Ctrl+Shift+Escape to open it with a keyboard shortcut. The Task Manager has some integrated window management options, among <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/124187/8-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-in-windows-7s-task-manager/" style="color: #114491;">its many other hidden features</a>.</div>
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<strong>Note</strong>: Microsoft introduced <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/108742/how-to-use-the-new-task-manager-in-windows-8/" style="color: #114491;">a new Task Manager in Windows 8</a>, and it doesn’t appear to have the window list pane or any window management features anymore. You can’t use the below tricks on Windows 8 — Microsoft probably removed them because they were used so rarely.</div>
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Click the Windows menu in the Task Manager and you can select Tile Horizontally or Tile Vertically. Interestingly, these options seem to arrange windows in a different way than the task bar options do, tiling them both horizontally and vertically in a way that allows as many windows as possible to appear on your screen at a time.</div>
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The Applications tab displays a list of all your open application windows, and it allows you to perform some more advanced tricks. Selecting multiple windows here allows you to arrange only specific windows automatically.</div>
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For example, let’s say we wanted to make three specific windows appear side-by-side. First, we’d select three windows by holding the Ctrl key and clicking each window’s name. Next, we’d right-click a selected window and select the Tile Vertically option. Windows will automatically arrange the three windows side-by-side.</div>
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Some of these features are more useful than others. The Snap feature is crucial for multitasking with multiple desktop application at a time. The Tile features aren’t used as frequently, but they could be very useful if you have a large monitor and need to arrange many windows on the screen so that they’re all visible at the same time.</div>
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While doing some cleaning up on a test computer around the office, we realized that we’ve never written about how to block an application from running using a registry hack. It’s easy, so here you go.</div>
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It’s worth noting that this doesn’t work for blocking things that will be running as services, and a lot of spyware and malware abuses the built-in Windows rundll32 utility to run their stuff without actually using an executable. This technique won’t work for that.</div>
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If you’re running the Professional version of Windows, you can <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8739/restrict-users-to-run-only-specified-programs-in-windows-7/" style="color: #114491;">use the Group Policy editor to make a list of allowed applications</a> rather than a registry hack, or you can use this same technique to block applications.</div>
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Blocking Applications from Running with a Registry Hack</h3>
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To make this work, you’ll need to browse through the registry and create a key or two. Open up regedit.exe through the WIN + R menu, and then head down to the following key:</div>
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Once you get to that key, create a new 32-bit DWORD called DisallowRun in the right-hand pane with the value set to 1. Then create a key under the Explorer key on the left-hand pane, and call it DisallowRun as well. If some of those keys don’t exist, you’ll want to right-click and create the keys like you can see in the next screenshot.</div>
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On the right-hand side underneath the DisallowRun key, you’ll want to create a bunch of String values with names starting with “1″ and going in numerical order (so the second one would be “2″ and the third “3″, etc). Set the value of each one to the name of the executable that you want to block. For instance, if you wanted to block Calculator and Notepad from running, you’d add two keys like this:</div>
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This will end up looking something like the following screenshot:</div>
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Once you set this restriction and restart your computer, you can immediately see the change by just trying to run the application — you’ll get a popup that looks like the first screenshot in this article.</div>
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Alternative: Use this Pre-Made Registry Hack</h3>
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So you don’t want to do all of that. Open up Notepad, paste in this text, adjust the name of the applications listed in the file, and save it out as SomeFileName.reg, making sure to end the filename in .reg so it’ll be usable. Then double-click on the file.</div>
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PUP (short for <strong>P</strong>otentially <strong>U</strong>nwanted <strong>P</strong>rogram) refers to an unwanted program or piece of software that may be installed along with the program or software that a user actually wants on their system.</div>
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A PUP is not classified as malware, but rather as adware, spyware, crapware, etc. What marks the distinction in classification is that users are ‘informed’ about the PUP via the EULA (end user license agreement). But since most people rush past the EULA, it makes it easier for those who push PUPs to have a ‘legal out’; after all, the information was literally spelled out in the EULA.</div>
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A rather ‘visible’ form of PUPs are the software installers that come with offers of extra ‘goodies’ such as toolbars, ‘search’ apps, etc., making it a good idea not to rush through any installation process!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-39807154006080758572014-01-21T23:15:00.001+05:302014-01-21T23:15:09.220+05:30Troubleshoot Wireless Router Problems<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Have you tried rebooting it? Yes, once again,is the solution to many network problems. Whether websites are failing to load, everything network-related seems slow, connections are dropping, or your wireless is flaking out, you may just want to try rebooting your router.</div>
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This shouldn’t be necessary, but many routers seem to need an occasional reboot to keep working well. The reboot process is simple on most routers — unplug your router’s power cable, wait a few seconds, and then plug it back in. If you have separate modem, you may also want to try unplugging your modem’s power cable and plugging it back in after a few seconds. Some devices may have a power switch, but the unplug-and-plug-back-in method applies to all routers.</div>
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If you have to frequently reboot your router, the manufacturer’s firmware may just be unstable and buggy. Installing an alternative firmware like DD-WRT might help.</div>
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Like any other electronic device, routers can fall prey to overheating. This overheating can damage the router over time or just make it unstable. Check your router’s temperature to see how hot it is. If it seems very hot, ensure that it’s getting enough airflow. If the vents are blocked or you have the router in a hot location — like on top of a tower PC that heats up — overheating could be causing instability. It’s also possible that past overheating may have damaged the router.</div>
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This may sound like a no-brainer, but we sometimes forget to check the most obvious solution before moving on to more complicated ones. Someone may have accidentally pulled on or kicked a cable, causing it to unplug or become loose. You should check all of the cables involved and ensure that they’re securely connected.</div>
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Be sure to check the power cables to your router and modem, the cable between your router and modem, the cable between the modem and the wall socket, and each Ethernet cable plugged into the back of the router. Check each end of the cable and ensure it’s securely connected — it could look connected but be a bit loose.</div>
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If you’re in a location with a lot of wireless routers nearby, like an apartment building, there’s a good chance your router is subject to interference from other wireless routers sending signals on the same wireless frequency. Determining the optimal wireless channel for your area and changing your router to operate on that wireless channel instead of a more congested one can reduce this interference, improving your wireless signal.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-74618559546451535532014-01-06T19:34:00.001+05:302014-01-06T19:34:07.805+05:30The Complete Malware Removal Guide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This guide will help you clean your computer of malware. If you think your computer is infected with a virus or some other malicious software, you may want to use this guide. It contains instructions that, if done correctly and in order, will remove most malware infections on a Windows operating system. It highlights the tools and resources that are necessary to clean your system. Malware is a general term for any malicious software, including viruses, trojans, rootkits, spyware and adware.</div>
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Many different symptoms indicate a malware infection. Sometimes, the symptoms can be difficult to detect. Below is a list of symptoms you may experience when you are infected with malware:</div>
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• Your computer shows strange error messages or popups.</div>
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• Your computer takes longer to start and runs more slowly than usual.</div>
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• Your computer freezes or crashes randomly.</div>
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• The homepage of your web browser has changed.</div>
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• Strange or unexpected toolbars appear in your web browser.</div>
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• Your search results are being redirected.</div>
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• You start ending up at websites you didn’t intend to go to.</div>
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• You cannot access security related websites.</div>
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• New icons and programs appear on the desktop that you did not put there.</div>
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• Your desktop background has changed without your knowledge.</div>
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• Your programs won’t start.</div>
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• Your security protection have been disabled for no apparent reason.</div>
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• You cannot connect to the internet or it runs very slowly.</div>
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• Your programs and files are suddenly missing.</div>
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• Your computer is performing actions on its own.</div>
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<em><strong>Disclaimer</strong>: This guide is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional malware removal. Your use of this information is at your own risk.</em></div>
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I recommend that you back up all your important data before attempting to perform the malware removal process. In the unlikely event that something goes wrong, you can restore your data. Do not back up any system files, installers (.exe), or screensavers (.scr) because they may be infected by malware.</div>
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<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-stuff-backup-restore-guide/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How do I back up my data?</a></div>
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<strong>Note</strong>:</div>
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1. Several steps may need repeated a number of times in order to remove all threats.</div>
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2. In some cases, the only way to remove a malware infection is to do a complete reformat and reinstall of the operating system.</div>
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3. You may want to print out or make a copy of these instructions so that you may easily refer to them if needed.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">2.1</span> Reset Proxy Settings (Internet Connection Problems)</h3>
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Some malware infections will turn on a proxy setting, which can prevent you from accessing the Internet or downloading tools required for disinfection. It can also cause redirects. Follow these instructions to reset the proxy settings:</div>
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Go to the <strong>Start</strong> menu, click <strong>Control Panel</strong>, and then double-click <strong>Internet Options</strong>. Go to the<strong>Connections</strong> tab, and click <strong>LAN settings</strong>. Uncheck the first box under <strong>Proxy Server</strong>, and then click the OK button to close the screen.</div>
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Alternatively, you can go to the <strong>Start</strong> menu, click <strong>Run</strong>, type <strong>inetcpl.cpl</strong>, and then click OK. Then continue with the instructions given above where you click the <strong>Connections</strong> tab.</div>
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If you have a malware infection that is blocking Internet access, disabling the desktop, or preventing programs from running, you will need to boot into safe mode. Some malware infections will not run in safe mode, thus allowing easier detection and removal.</div>
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To access safe mode, restart your computer and start tapping the <strong>F8</strong> key before Windows begins to load. You will see a black screen with a number of options. Use the arrow keys to select the<strong>Safe Mode with Networking</strong> option, and then press the <strong>Enter</strong> key. Once you are in <strong>Safe Mode with Networking</strong>, move on to Step 1.</div>
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For a detailed tutorial on how to start the computer in safe mode, visit <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/start-windows-safe-mode/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Start in Windows Safe Mode</a></div>
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If safe mode is disabled or if for some reason you cannot get into safe mode, skip down to Can’t Boot Into Windows or Safe Mode?</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.1</span> Step 1 – Automatic Preliminary Rootkit Scan</h3>
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You need to scan your computer for possible rootkits before running other anti- malware software.</div>
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TDSSKiller is an anti-rootkit tool from Kaspersky. It is specially designed to remove malware belonging to the rootkit family <span class="c4">Rootkit.Win32.TDSS</span>. This rootkit family downloads and execute other malware, delivers advertisements to your computer, and blocks programs from running. It also redirects Google searches as well as blocks access to security sites. TDSSKiller is simple to use and requires no installation.</div>
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Download and run <strong>TDSSKiller</strong> – <a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> or <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/TDSSKiller.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">here</a> – <a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208283363" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a></div>
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To run TDSSKiller, follow these instructions:</div>
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When the program opens, click the <strong>Start scan</strong> button. The scan time is very short (less than a minute). If the scan completes with nothing found, click <strong>Close</strong> to exit. If <strong>malicious objects</strong> are found, the default action will be <strong>Cure</strong>. Click on <strong>Continue</strong>. If <strong>suspicious objects</strong> are found, the default action will be <strong>Skip</strong>. Click on <strong>Continue</strong>. It may ask you to reboot the computer to complete the disinfection.</div>
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If TDSSKiller does not run, try renaming it. To do this, right-click on the <strong>TDSSKiller</strong> icon and select <strong>Rename</strong>. Give it a random name with the .com file extension (e.g. 123abc.com). If you still cannot run TDSSKiller after renaming it, try running <a href="http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2010-090608-3309-99" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">FixTDSS</a> from Symantec. If FixTDSS does not work, you will need to use <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">RKill</a> to terminate malicious processes.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.2</span> Step 2 – Scan and Clean (On-demand Scans)</h3>
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There are many tools that will scan for and remove various malware infections. Unfortunately, none of them will detect and remove 100% of all malware; therefore, it is important to use more than one, in the hope that their combined detection is enough to find the problem.</div>
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Below are three highly recommended on-demand scanners. They do an excellent job at detecting threats and completely removing them.</div>
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Important notes:</div>
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• Make sure the scanners are updated before you scan with them.</div>
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• After you have downloaded and updated the on-demand scanners, disconnect your Internet connection. This will eliminate the possibility of any further malware installing on your computer.</div>
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• Do not use your computer for anything else until the scanning process has finished.</div>
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• Some of these scans may take over an hour to run.</div>
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• Do NOT run more than one scan at a time.</div>
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• You may need to restart your computer to complete the removal process.</div>
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• If you cannot run any of the scanners below, you will need to use RKill to<br />terminate malicious processes.</div>
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Download and install Malwarebytes – <a href="http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/malwarebytes/mbam-setup-1.51.0.1200.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> or <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">here</a> (malwarebytes.org)</div>
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Open Malwarebytes and perform a quick scan. You can also perform a full system scan, but that is optional.</div>
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Malwarebytes is designed to run best in Windows normal mode. If you can run it in normal mode, then you should. If you cannot run it in normal mode, run it in safe mode. However, once you have the system running better, you should scan again in normal mode.</div>
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If Malwarebytes will not install, simply rename the downloaded file (mbam- setup.exe) to<strong>iexplorer.exe</strong> or <strong>winlogon.exe</strong>. Once you rename it, try running it again. If that does not work, skip down to SuperAntiSpyware. After you scan with SuperAntiSpyware, try installing Malwarebytes again.</div>
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Download and run <strong>SuperAntiSpyware Portable</strong> – <a href="http://www.superantispyware.com/sasportable.php" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> – <a href="http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a></div>
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Why, you might ask, am I using the portable version? Because it requires no installation, contains the latest definitions, and automatically gives you a random filename, so malware can’t block it from running.</div>
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Select the <strong>Complete Scan</strong> option, and then click the <strong>Scan your Computer</strong> button to start scanning your computer.</div>
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Download and run Hitman Pro – <a href="http://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro35.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here (32-bit)</a>, <a href="http://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro35_x64.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">(64-bit) – Homepage</a> Requires no installation.</div>
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Hitman Pro requires a working Internet connection to detect malware.</div>
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When the program opens, simply click the <strong>Next</strong> button.</div>
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The scan should complete within a few minutes and display a list of threats. Click the <strong>Next</strong>button to delete the threats.</div>
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<strong>Note</strong>: TDSSKiller, SuperAntiSpyware, and Hitman Pro are portable programs, which means they can run directly from a USB flash drive. You can take them anywhere and use them on any computer.</div>
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<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-guide-to-a-usb-thumb-drive" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">The Office Worker’s 101 Guide to a USB Thumb Drive</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.3</span> Step 3 – Run a Full Antivirus Scan</h3>
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If the on-demand scan fails to find anything or if it finds malware that it can’t delete, it is time to launch a full antivirus scan.</div>
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If you currently have antivirus software installed on your computer, make sure it is up to date with the latest virus definitions, and perform a full system scan with it. Remove or quarantine everything that it finds.</div>
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Before removing anything, make sure it’s not a false positive. “A false positive is when antivirus software identifies a non-malicious file as a virus.” In other words, false positives are mistakes made by an antivirus. If you suspect a file to be a false positive, go to <a href="http://www.virustotal.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">VirusTotal</a> or <a href="http://virusscan.jotti.org/en" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Jotti’s malware scan</a> and upload the file. They will scan the file with several antivirus engines</div>
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If you do not have antivirus software installed, get it immediately. <a href="http://www.avast.com/index" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Avast!</a> and <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Security Essentials</a> are two highly recommended antivirus programs. You</div>
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• <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anti-virus-software.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Best Free Antivirus Software</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.1</span> Clean up System Restore</h3>
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Your “restore points” may contain malware. The only way to remove the malware is to delete the restore points. This will remove any old points that contain malware. You can use <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>to remove all but the most recent restore point. Follow these instructions to run <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>:</div>
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Go to <strong>Start</strong> menu > <strong>All Programs</strong> > <strong>Accessories</strong> > <strong>System Tools</strong> and then click <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>. Click on the <strong>More Options</strong> tab and locate the section near the bottom labeled <strong>System Restore</strong>. Click on the <strong>Cleanup</strong> button.</div>
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Here’s another way to open <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>: Click the <strong>Start</strong> button . In the <strong>search box</strong>, type <strong>disk cleanup</strong>, and then, in the list of results, click <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.2</span> Change All Passwords</h3>
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Some malware infections will steal your personal data such as passwords, emails, and banking information. Change all your passwords immediately, especially if you do any banking or other financial transactions on the computer. Password Strength Checker</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.3</span> Clean up Temporary Files</h3>
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After the removal process, you need to remove your temporary files. Removing your temporary files will delete the remaining malware files from the temp folders. It will also free up hard disk space, which will help to speed up your computer.</div>
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If you are experiencing problems like missing files or folders, skip this step and go on to Fix Post-Disinfection Problems.</div>
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Download <strong>TFC (Temp File Cleaner)</strong> – <a href="http://oldtimer.geekstogo.com/TFC.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> – <a href="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a> If you have CCleaner installed, you can use that instead, but do not use the registry cleaner.</div>
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Once downloaded, double-click TFC to open it. TFC will close all open programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin. Click<br />the Start button to begin the process. Once it’s finished, it should automatically reboot your computer. If it does not, manually reboot to ensure a complete clean.</div>
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Once you have removed the malware infection from your computer, you may experience some annoying problems. Fortunately, there are easy ways to fix these problems.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.1</span> Cannot Open or Run Programs (.exe files)</h3>
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This problem occurs when your .exe file associations are broken. This is usually caused by malware that changes the default file associations in Windows. Follow these instructions to fix this problem:</div>
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Download exeHelper from one of these two links: Link 1, Link 2 Double-click on exeHelper to run the fix. A black window should pop up.</div>
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Press any key to close, once the fix is completed.</div>
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If exeHelper does not work, follow the instructions provided in the following links:</div>
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• <a href="http://windowsxp.mvps.org/exefile.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Unable to Start a Program with an .exe File Extension (Windows XP)</a></div>
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• <a href="http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Repair Broken File Associations in Windows Vista</a> or <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Windows 7</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.2</span> I’m Being Redirected to Random Websites</h3>
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If you’re having a problem with redirects, your hosts file may be corrupted. In order to fix this problem, you have to reset the hosts file back to the default. To reset the hosts file automatically, simply go to <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How do I reset the hosts file?</a> and click the Fix it button. Then follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.</div>
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If you still have redirect issues after resetting the hosts file, try running <strong>GooredFix</strong>. GooredFix fixes <strong>Firefox</strong> browser redirection problems. If you do not use Firefox, you can skip this. Download <a href="http://jpshortstuff.247fixes.com/GooredFix.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">GooredFix</a> and save it to your desktop. Close Firefox first, and then run the tool. When prompted to run the scan, click <strong>Yes</strong>. Once the scan is complete, a log will appear; you can close it. Open Firefox and see if you have redirects.</div>
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If you still have redirect issues after trying all of the above, your router may be hijacked by malware. In order to fix this problem, you have to reset your router to its default settings. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNU4VPe9O_A" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Reset a Router Back to the Factory Default Settings</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.3</span> Repair System Settings</h3>
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SuperAntiSpyware includes a repair feature that allows you to repair or restore various settings, which are often changed by malware infections. It can repair broken Internet connections, Desktops, Registry editing, Task Manager and more. You can find the repair feature by clicking the Repairs button at the main menu.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.4</span> Web Browser Hijacked</h3>
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Malware will usually try to hijack and redirect your web browser. Your homepage and default search may be changed. Open your web browser options, and correct the choices. <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5151483_change-browser-settings.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Change Browser Settings</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.5</span> Unhide All Files / Restore Quick Launch and the Start Menu</h3>
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Some malware infections will hide all the files on your computer from being seen. To make your files visible again, download Unhide.exe to your desktop.</div>
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Once downloaded, double-click on Unhide and allow it to run. It will remove the hidden attribute on all files and attempt to restore Quick Launch and Start Menu items to their proper location.</div>
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You may also want to use <a href="http://www.tangosoft.co.uk/re-enable%20v2.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Re-Enable</a>, which can undo many changes made by a malware infection.</div>
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If you want to be certain that your computer is fully cleaned or just want a second opinion, you can create a topic at one of the forums listed below and ask for help. These forums have people who are well trained and experienced in malware removal. Be sure to mention in your topic that you followed this guide. Please note that it may take a couple of days to receive a reply, so be patient.</div>
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Malware removal forums: <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum79.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Bleeping Computer</a>, <a href="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Geeks to Go</a>, <a href="http://forums.whatthetech.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">What the Tech</a>, <a href="http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Tech Support Forum</a>, <a href="http://www.malwareremoval.com/forum/index.php" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">MalWare Removal</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">6.1</span> Can’t Boot Into Windows or Safe Mode?</h3>
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If the malware infection is so severe that you cannot boot into Windows or safe mode, then I recommend using an antivirus rescue CD. An antivirus rescue CD is a bootable CD that can be used to scan your computer for malware without having to boot into the operating system. Many antivirus companies provide free rescue CDs. They are extremely effective at removing malware.</div>
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Below are three highly recommended antivirus rescue CDs.</div>
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<a href="http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-antivir-rescue-system" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Avira AntiVir Rescue System</a> (230 MB) – <a href="http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=82163" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Avira Rescue CD</a></div>
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<a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Kaspersky Rescue Disk</a> (197 MB) – <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36403/how-to-use-the-kaspersky-rescue-disk-to-clean-your-infected-pc/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Kaspersky Rescue Disk</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Dr.Web LiveCD</a> (170 MB) – <a href="http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/how_it_works/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Dr.Web Live CD</a></div>
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• Burn the antivirus ISO file to a CD using <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/imgburn-easy-free-cd-and-dvd-burner-app/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">CD burning software</a>.</div>
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• Insert the CD into the infected computer’s CD-ROM drive.</div>
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• <a href="http://www.ehow.com/computers/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Enter the computer’s BIOS</a>, set it to boot from the CD, and reboot the computer.</div>
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• Scan the computer with the rescue CD.</div>
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Read <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-50-cool-uses-for-live-cds" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">51 Uses For Live CDs</a> for more information about Live CDs.</div>
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If all else fails, you must reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows. <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10063" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">When should I re-format? How should I reinstall</a>?</div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-7" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span> Conclusion</a></h2>
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Your computer should be fully cleaned of all malware after following this guide. If you believe your computer is still infected, seek professional help to remove the malware. If you have any questions or comments regarding this guide, you can contact me by email:<a href="mailto:rs.realsecurity@gmail.com" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">rs.realsecurity@gmail.com</a> You can also reach me at my website: Real Security</div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-hackerproof-guide-pc-security/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">HackerProof: Your Guide To PC Security</a> by Matt Smith</div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-easy-ways-virus/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">9 Easy Ways To Never Get A Virus</a> by James Bruce</div>
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•<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-common-sense-tips-avoid-catching-malware/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">7 Common Sense Tips to Help You Avoid Catching Malware</a></div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-7" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span> Further Help</a></h2>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.1</span> Perform an Online Malware Scan</h3>
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If you believe your computer is still infected, you can perform an online scan of your computer. Both ESET and F-Secure provide a good second opinion on whether you are infected.</div>
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<a href="http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">ESET Online Scanner</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA-Labs/security-threats/tools/online-scanner" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">F-Secure Online Scanner</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.2</span> Additional Malware Detection / Removal Tools</h3>
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Some of these tools are advanced, so use caution when using them.</div>
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<a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/avptool2011" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool (AVPTool)</a>: utility designed to remove all types of infections from your computer.</div>
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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Safety Scanner</a>: a tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.</div>
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<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper</a>: a recovery tool that can help you start an infected PC and perform an offline scan to help identify and remove malware.</div>
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<a href="http://public.avast.com/~gmerek/aswMBR.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">aswMBR</a>: a rootkit scanner that scans for TDL4/3, MBRoot (Sinowal) and Whistler rootkits (by Avast).</div>
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<a href="http://www.sarducd.it/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">SARDU (Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility)</a>: combines all of your bootable antivirus ISO images and turns them into a single ISO with a boot menu.</div>
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<a href="http://blog.didierstevens.com/2011/02/03/taskmanager-xls/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">TaskManager.xls</a>: a simple task manager implemented in Excel/VBA. It can list processes, terminate, suspend and resume selected processes. It can be useful when fighting malware that prevents you from using Task Manager or Process Explorer.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.3</span> Notable Links</h3>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/types-computer-viruses-watch/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">The 9 Types of Computer Viruses To Watch Out For & What They Do</a></div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-resources-find-sites-spyware-viruses/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">3 Best Resources To Find Sites That Are Known To Have Spyware & Viruses</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-33811654731826516602014-01-06T19:33:00.005+05:302014-01-06T19:33:58.678+05:30The Complete Malware Removal Guide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This guide will help you clean your computer of malware. If you think your computer is infected with a virus or some other malicious software, you may want to use this guide. It contains instructions that, if done correctly and in order, will remove most malware infections on a Windows operating system. It highlights the tools and resources that are necessary to clean your system. Malware is a general term for any malicious software, including viruses, trojans, rootkits, spyware and adware.</div>
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Many different symptoms indicate a malware infection. Sometimes, the symptoms can be difficult to detect. Below is a list of symptoms you may experience when you are infected with malware:</div>
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• Your computer shows strange error messages or popups.</div>
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• Your computer takes longer to start and runs more slowly than usual.</div>
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• Your computer freezes or crashes randomly.</div>
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• The homepage of your web browser has changed.</div>
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• Strange or unexpected toolbars appear in your web browser.</div>
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• Your search results are being redirected.</div>
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• You start ending up at websites you didn’t intend to go to.</div>
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• You cannot access security related websites.</div>
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• New icons and programs appear on the desktop that you did not put there.</div>
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• Your desktop background has changed without your knowledge.</div>
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• Your programs won’t start.</div>
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• Your security protection have been disabled for no apparent reason.</div>
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• You cannot connect to the internet or it runs very slowly.</div>
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• Your programs and files are suddenly missing.</div>
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• Your computer is performing actions on its own.</div>
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<em><strong>Disclaimer</strong>: This guide is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional malware removal. Your use of this information is at your own risk.</em></div>
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I recommend that you back up all your important data before attempting to perform the malware removal process. In the unlikely event that something goes wrong, you can restore your data. Do not back up any system files, installers (.exe), or screensavers (.scr) because they may be infected by malware.</div>
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<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-stuff-backup-restore-guide/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How do I back up my data?</a></div>
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<strong>Note</strong>:</div>
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1. Several steps may need repeated a number of times in order to remove all threats.</div>
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2. In some cases, the only way to remove a malware infection is to do a complete reformat and reinstall of the operating system.</div>
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3. You may want to print out or make a copy of these instructions so that you may easily refer to them if needed.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">2.1</span> Reset Proxy Settings (Internet Connection Problems)</h3>
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Some malware infections will turn on a proxy setting, which can prevent you from accessing the Internet or downloading tools required for disinfection. It can also cause redirects. Follow these instructions to reset the proxy settings:</div>
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Go to the <strong>Start</strong> menu, click <strong>Control Panel</strong>, and then double-click <strong>Internet Options</strong>. Go to the<strong>Connections</strong> tab, and click <strong>LAN settings</strong>. Uncheck the first box under <strong>Proxy Server</strong>, and then click the OK button to close the screen.</div>
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Alternatively, you can go to the <strong>Start</strong> menu, click <strong>Run</strong>, type <strong>inetcpl.cpl</strong>, and then click OK. Then continue with the instructions given above where you click the <strong>Connections</strong> tab.</div>
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If you have a malware infection that is blocking Internet access, disabling the desktop, or preventing programs from running, you will need to boot into safe mode. Some malware infections will not run in safe mode, thus allowing easier detection and removal.</div>
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To access safe mode, restart your computer and start tapping the <strong>F8</strong> key before Windows begins to load. You will see a black screen with a number of options. Use the arrow keys to select the<strong>Safe Mode with Networking</strong> option, and then press the <strong>Enter</strong> key. Once you are in <strong>Safe Mode with Networking</strong>, move on to Step 1.</div>
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For a detailed tutorial on how to start the computer in safe mode, visit <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/start-windows-safe-mode/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Start in Windows Safe Mode</a></div>
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If safe mode is disabled or if for some reason you cannot get into safe mode, skip down to Can’t Boot Into Windows or Safe Mode?</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.1</span> Step 1 – Automatic Preliminary Rootkit Scan</h3>
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You need to scan your computer for possible rootkits before running other anti- malware software.</div>
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TDSSKiller is an anti-rootkit tool from Kaspersky. It is specially designed to remove malware belonging to the rootkit family <span class="c4">Rootkit.Win32.TDSS</span>. This rootkit family downloads and execute other malware, delivers advertisements to your computer, and blocks programs from running. It also redirects Google searches as well as blocks access to security sites. TDSSKiller is simple to use and requires no installation.</div>
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Download and run <strong>TDSSKiller</strong> – <a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> or <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/TDSSKiller.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">here</a> – <a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208283363" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a></div>
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To run TDSSKiller, follow these instructions:</div>
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When the program opens, click the <strong>Start scan</strong> button. The scan time is very short (less than a minute). If the scan completes with nothing found, click <strong>Close</strong> to exit. If <strong>malicious objects</strong> are found, the default action will be <strong>Cure</strong>. Click on <strong>Continue</strong>. If <strong>suspicious objects</strong> are found, the default action will be <strong>Skip</strong>. Click on <strong>Continue</strong>. It may ask you to reboot the computer to complete the disinfection.</div>
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If TDSSKiller does not run, try renaming it. To do this, right-click on the <strong>TDSSKiller</strong> icon and select <strong>Rename</strong>. Give it a random name with the .com file extension (e.g. 123abc.com). If you still cannot run TDSSKiller after renaming it, try running <a href="http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2010-090608-3309-99" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">FixTDSS</a> from Symantec. If FixTDSS does not work, you will need to use <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">RKill</a> to terminate malicious processes.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.2</span> Step 2 – Scan and Clean (On-demand Scans)</h3>
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There are many tools that will scan for and remove various malware infections. Unfortunately, none of them will detect and remove 100% of all malware; therefore, it is important to use more than one, in the hope that their combined detection is enough to find the problem.</div>
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Below are three highly recommended on-demand scanners. They do an excellent job at detecting threats and completely removing them.</div>
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Important notes:</div>
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• Make sure the scanners are updated before you scan with them.</div>
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• After you have downloaded and updated the on-demand scanners, disconnect your Internet connection. This will eliminate the possibility of any further malware installing on your computer.</div>
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• Do not use your computer for anything else until the scanning process has finished.</div>
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• Some of these scans may take over an hour to run.</div>
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• Do NOT run more than one scan at a time.</div>
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• You may need to restart your computer to complete the removal process.</div>
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• If you cannot run any of the scanners below, you will need to use RKill to<br />terminate malicious processes.</div>
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Download and install Malwarebytes – <a href="http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/malwarebytes/mbam-setup-1.51.0.1200.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> or <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">here</a> (malwarebytes.org)</div>
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Open Malwarebytes and perform a quick scan. You can also perform a full system scan, but that is optional.</div>
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Malwarebytes is designed to run best in Windows normal mode. If you can run it in normal mode, then you should. If you cannot run it in normal mode, run it in safe mode. However, once you have the system running better, you should scan again in normal mode.</div>
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If Malwarebytes will not install, simply rename the downloaded file (mbam- setup.exe) to<strong>iexplorer.exe</strong> or <strong>winlogon.exe</strong>. Once you rename it, try running it again. If that does not work, skip down to SuperAntiSpyware. After you scan with SuperAntiSpyware, try installing Malwarebytes again.</div>
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Download and run <strong>SuperAntiSpyware Portable</strong> – <a href="http://www.superantispyware.com/sasportable.php" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> – <a href="http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a></div>
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Why, you might ask, am I using the portable version? Because it requires no installation, contains the latest definitions, and automatically gives you a random filename, so malware can’t block it from running.</div>
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Select the <strong>Complete Scan</strong> option, and then click the <strong>Scan your Computer</strong> button to start scanning your computer.</div>
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Download and run Hitman Pro – <a href="http://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro35.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here (32-bit)</a>, <a href="http://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro35_x64.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">(64-bit) – Homepage</a> Requires no installation.</div>
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Hitman Pro requires a working Internet connection to detect malware.</div>
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When the program opens, simply click the <strong>Next</strong> button.</div>
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The scan should complete within a few minutes and display a list of threats. Click the <strong>Next</strong>button to delete the threats.</div>
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<strong>Note</strong>: TDSSKiller, SuperAntiSpyware, and Hitman Pro are portable programs, which means they can run directly from a USB flash drive. You can take them anywhere and use them on any computer.</div>
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<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-guide-to-a-usb-thumb-drive" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">The Office Worker’s 101 Guide to a USB Thumb Drive</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.3</span> Step 3 – Run a Full Antivirus Scan</h3>
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If the on-demand scan fails to find anything or if it finds malware that it can’t delete, it is time to launch a full antivirus scan.</div>
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If you currently have antivirus software installed on your computer, make sure it is up to date with the latest virus definitions, and perform a full system scan with it. Remove or quarantine everything that it finds.</div>
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Before removing anything, make sure it’s not a false positive. “A false positive is when antivirus software identifies a non-malicious file as a virus.” In other words, false positives are mistakes made by an antivirus. If you suspect a file to be a false positive, go to <a href="http://www.virustotal.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">VirusTotal</a> or <a href="http://virusscan.jotti.org/en" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Jotti’s malware scan</a> and upload the file. They will scan the file with several antivirus engines</div>
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If you do not have antivirus software installed, get it immediately. <a href="http://www.avast.com/index" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Avast!</a> and <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Security Essentials</a> are two highly recommended antivirus programs. You</div>
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• <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anti-virus-software.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Best Free Antivirus Software</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.1</span> Clean up System Restore</h3>
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Your “restore points” may contain malware. The only way to remove the malware is to delete the restore points. This will remove any old points that contain malware. You can use <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>to remove all but the most recent restore point. Follow these instructions to run <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>:</div>
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Go to <strong>Start</strong> menu > <strong>All Programs</strong> > <strong>Accessories</strong> > <strong>System Tools</strong> and then click <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>. Click on the <strong>More Options</strong> tab and locate the section near the bottom labeled <strong>System Restore</strong>. Click on the <strong>Cleanup</strong> button.</div>
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Here’s another way to open <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>: Click the <strong>Start</strong> button . In the <strong>search box</strong>, type <strong>disk cleanup</strong>, and then, in the list of results, click <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.2</span> Change All Passwords</h3>
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Some malware infections will steal your personal data such as passwords, emails, and banking information. Change all your passwords immediately, especially if you do any banking or other financial transactions on the computer. Password Strength Checker</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.3</span> Clean up Temporary Files</h3>
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After the removal process, you need to remove your temporary files. Removing your temporary files will delete the remaining malware files from the temp folders. It will also free up hard disk space, which will help to speed up your computer.</div>
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If you are experiencing problems like missing files or folders, skip this step and go on to Fix Post-Disinfection Problems.</div>
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Download <strong>TFC (Temp File Cleaner)</strong> – <a href="http://oldtimer.geekstogo.com/TFC.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> – <a href="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a> If you have CCleaner installed, you can use that instead, but do not use the registry cleaner.</div>
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Once downloaded, double-click TFC to open it. TFC will close all open programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin. Click<br />the Start button to begin the process. Once it’s finished, it should automatically reboot your computer. If it does not, manually reboot to ensure a complete clean.</div>
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Once you have removed the malware infection from your computer, you may experience some annoying problems. Fortunately, there are easy ways to fix these problems.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.1</span> Cannot Open or Run Programs (.exe files)</h3>
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This problem occurs when your .exe file associations are broken. This is usually caused by malware that changes the default file associations in Windows. Follow these instructions to fix this problem:</div>
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Download exeHelper from one of these two links: Link 1, Link 2 Double-click on exeHelper to run the fix. A black window should pop up.</div>
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Press any key to close, once the fix is completed.</div>
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If exeHelper does not work, follow the instructions provided in the following links:</div>
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• <a href="http://windowsxp.mvps.org/exefile.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Unable to Start a Program with an .exe File Extension (Windows XP)</a></div>
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• <a href="http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Repair Broken File Associations in Windows Vista</a> or <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Windows 7</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.2</span> I’m Being Redirected to Random Websites</h3>
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If you’re having a problem with redirects, your hosts file may be corrupted. In order to fix this problem, you have to reset the hosts file back to the default. To reset the hosts file automatically, simply go to <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How do I reset the hosts file?</a> and click the Fix it button. Then follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.</div>
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If you still have redirect issues after resetting the hosts file, try running <strong>GooredFix</strong>. GooredFix fixes <strong>Firefox</strong> browser redirection problems. If you do not use Firefox, you can skip this. Download <a href="http://jpshortstuff.247fixes.com/GooredFix.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">GooredFix</a> and save it to your desktop. Close Firefox first, and then run the tool. When prompted to run the scan, click <strong>Yes</strong>. Once the scan is complete, a log will appear; you can close it. Open Firefox and see if you have redirects.</div>
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If you still have redirect issues after trying all of the above, your router may be hijacked by malware. In order to fix this problem, you have to reset your router to its default settings. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNU4VPe9O_A" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Reset a Router Back to the Factory Default Settings</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.3</span> Repair System Settings</h3>
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SuperAntiSpyware includes a repair feature that allows you to repair or restore various settings, which are often changed by malware infections. It can repair broken Internet connections, Desktops, Registry editing, Task Manager and more. You can find the repair feature by clicking the Repairs button at the main menu.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.4</span> Web Browser Hijacked</h3>
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Malware will usually try to hijack and redirect your web browser. Your homepage and default search may be changed. Open your web browser options, and correct the choices. <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5151483_change-browser-settings.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Change Browser Settings</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.5</span> Unhide All Files / Restore Quick Launch and the Start Menu</h3>
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Some malware infections will hide all the files on your computer from being seen. To make your files visible again, download Unhide.exe to your desktop.</div>
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Once downloaded, double-click on Unhide and allow it to run. It will remove the hidden attribute on all files and attempt to restore Quick Launch and Start Menu items to their proper location.</div>
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You may also want to use <a href="http://www.tangosoft.co.uk/re-enable%20v2.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Re-Enable</a>, which can undo many changes made by a malware infection.</div>
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If you want to be certain that your computer is fully cleaned or just want a second opinion, you can create a topic at one of the forums listed below and ask for help. These forums have people who are well trained and experienced in malware removal. Be sure to mention in your topic that you followed this guide. Please note that it may take a couple of days to receive a reply, so be patient.</div>
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Malware removal forums: <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum79.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Bleeping Computer</a>, <a href="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Geeks to Go</a>, <a href="http://forums.whatthetech.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">What the Tech</a>, <a href="http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Tech Support Forum</a>, <a href="http://www.malwareremoval.com/forum/index.php" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">MalWare Removal</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">6.1</span> Can’t Boot Into Windows or Safe Mode?</h3>
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If the malware infection is so severe that you cannot boot into Windows or safe mode, then I recommend using an antivirus rescue CD. An antivirus rescue CD is a bootable CD that can be used to scan your computer for malware without having to boot into the operating system. Many antivirus companies provide free rescue CDs. They are extremely effective at removing malware.</div>
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Below are three highly recommended antivirus rescue CDs.</div>
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<a href="http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-antivir-rescue-system" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Avira AntiVir Rescue System</a> (230 MB) – <a href="http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=82163" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Avira Rescue CD</a></div>
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<a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Kaspersky Rescue Disk</a> (197 MB) – <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36403/how-to-use-the-kaspersky-rescue-disk-to-clean-your-infected-pc/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Kaspersky Rescue Disk</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Dr.Web LiveCD</a> (170 MB) – <a href="http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/how_it_works/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Dr.Web Live CD</a></div>
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• Burn the antivirus ISO file to a CD using <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/imgburn-easy-free-cd-and-dvd-burner-app/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">CD burning software</a>.</div>
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• Insert the CD into the infected computer’s CD-ROM drive.</div>
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• <a href="http://www.ehow.com/computers/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Enter the computer’s BIOS</a>, set it to boot from the CD, and reboot the computer.</div>
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• Scan the computer with the rescue CD.</div>
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Read <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-50-cool-uses-for-live-cds" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">51 Uses For Live CDs</a> for more information about Live CDs.</div>
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If all else fails, you must reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows. <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10063" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">When should I re-format? How should I reinstall</a>?</div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-7" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span> Conclusion</a></h2>
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Your computer should be fully cleaned of all malware after following this guide. If you believe your computer is still infected, seek professional help to remove the malware. If you have any questions or comments regarding this guide, you can contact me by email:<a href="mailto:rs.realsecurity@gmail.com" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">rs.realsecurity@gmail.com</a> You can also reach me at my website: Real Security</div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-hackerproof-guide-pc-security/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">HackerProof: Your Guide To PC Security</a> by Matt Smith</div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-easy-ways-virus/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">9 Easy Ways To Never Get A Virus</a> by James Bruce</div>
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•<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-common-sense-tips-avoid-catching-malware/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">7 Common Sense Tips to Help You Avoid Catching Malware</a></div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-7" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span> Further Help</a></h2>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.1</span> Perform an Online Malware Scan</h3>
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If you believe your computer is still infected, you can perform an online scan of your computer. Both ESET and F-Secure provide a good second opinion on whether you are infected.</div>
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<a href="http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">ESET Online Scanner</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA-Labs/security-threats/tools/online-scanner" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">F-Secure Online Scanner</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.2</span> Additional Malware Detection / Removal Tools</h3>
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Some of these tools are advanced, so use caution when using them.</div>
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<a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/avptool2011" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool (AVPTool)</a>: utility designed to remove all types of infections from your computer.</div>
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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Safety Scanner</a>: a tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.</div>
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<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper</a>: a recovery tool that can help you start an infected PC and perform an offline scan to help identify and remove malware.</div>
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<a href="http://public.avast.com/~gmerek/aswMBR.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">aswMBR</a>: a rootkit scanner that scans for TDL4/3, MBRoot (Sinowal) and Whistler rootkits (by Avast).</div>
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<a href="http://www.sarducd.it/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">SARDU (Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility)</a>: combines all of your bootable antivirus ISO images and turns them into a single ISO with a boot menu.</div>
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<a href="http://blog.didierstevens.com/2011/02/03/taskmanager-xls/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">TaskManager.xls</a>: a simple task manager implemented in Excel/VBA. It can list processes, terminate, suspend and resume selected processes. It can be useful when fighting malware that prevents you from using Task Manager or Process Explorer.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.3</span> Notable Links</h3>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/types-computer-viruses-watch/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">The 9 Types of Computer Viruses To Watch Out For & What They Do</a></div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-resources-find-sites-spyware-viruses/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">3 Best Resources To Find Sites That Are Known To Have Spyware & Viruses</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436053920766898369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4730289932422595612.post-16698459752724477612014-01-06T19:33:00.003+05:302014-01-06T19:33:39.955+05:30The Complete Malware Removal Guide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This guide will help you clean your computer of malware. If you think your computer is infected with a virus or some other malicious software, you may want to use this guide. It contains instructions that, if done correctly and in order, will remove most malware infections on a Windows operating system. It highlights the tools and resources that are necessary to clean your system. Malware is a general term for any malicious software, including viruses, trojans, rootkits, spyware and adware.</div>
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Many different symptoms indicate a malware infection. Sometimes, the symptoms can be difficult to detect. Below is a list of symptoms you may experience when you are infected with malware:</div>
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• Your computer shows strange error messages or popups.</div>
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• Your computer takes longer to start and runs more slowly than usual.</div>
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• Your computer freezes or crashes randomly.</div>
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• The homepage of your web browser has changed.</div>
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• Strange or unexpected toolbars appear in your web browser.</div>
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• Your search results are being redirected.</div>
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• You start ending up at websites you didn’t intend to go to.</div>
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• You cannot access security related websites.</div>
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• New icons and programs appear on the desktop that you did not put there.</div>
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• Your desktop background has changed without your knowledge.</div>
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• Your programs won’t start.</div>
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• Your security protection have been disabled for no apparent reason.</div>
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• You cannot connect to the internet or it runs very slowly.</div>
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• Your programs and files are suddenly missing.</div>
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• Your computer is performing actions on its own.</div>
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<em><strong>Disclaimer</strong>: This guide is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional malware removal. Your use of this information is at your own risk.</em></div>
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I recommend that you back up all your important data before attempting to perform the malware removal process. In the unlikely event that something goes wrong, you can restore your data. Do not back up any system files, installers (.exe), or screensavers (.scr) because they may be infected by malware.</div>
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<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-stuff-backup-restore-guide/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How do I back up my data?</a></div>
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<strong>Note</strong>:</div>
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1. Several steps may need repeated a number of times in order to remove all threats.</div>
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2. In some cases, the only way to remove a malware infection is to do a complete reformat and reinstall of the operating system.</div>
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3. You may want to print out or make a copy of these instructions so that you may easily refer to them if needed.</div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-2" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">2.</span> Preparation for Removal</a></h2>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">2.1</span> Reset Proxy Settings (Internet Connection Problems)</h3>
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Some malware infections will turn on a proxy setting, which can prevent you from accessing the Internet or downloading tools required for disinfection. It can also cause redirects. Follow these instructions to reset the proxy settings:</div>
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Go to the <strong>Start</strong> menu, click <strong>Control Panel</strong>, and then double-click <strong>Internet Options</strong>. Go to the<strong>Connections</strong> tab, and click <strong>LAN settings</strong>. Uncheck the first box under <strong>Proxy Server</strong>, and then click the OK button to close the screen.</div>
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Alternatively, you can go to the <strong>Start</strong> menu, click <strong>Run</strong>, type <strong>inetcpl.cpl</strong>, and then click OK. Then continue with the instructions given above where you click the <strong>Connections</strong> tab.</div>
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If you have a malware infection that is blocking Internet access, disabling the desktop, or preventing programs from running, you will need to boot into safe mode. Some malware infections will not run in safe mode, thus allowing easier detection and removal.</div>
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To access safe mode, restart your computer and start tapping the <strong>F8</strong> key before Windows begins to load. You will see a black screen with a number of options. Use the arrow keys to select the<strong>Safe Mode with Networking</strong> option, and then press the <strong>Enter</strong> key. Once you are in <strong>Safe Mode with Networking</strong>, move on to Step 1.</div>
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For a detailed tutorial on how to start the computer in safe mode, visit <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/start-windows-safe-mode/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Start in Windows Safe Mode</a></div>
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If safe mode is disabled or if for some reason you cannot get into safe mode, skip down to Can’t Boot Into Windows or Safe Mode?</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.1</span> Step 1 – Automatic Preliminary Rootkit Scan</h3>
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You need to scan your computer for possible rootkits before running other anti- malware software.</div>
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TDSSKiller is an anti-rootkit tool from Kaspersky. It is specially designed to remove malware belonging to the rootkit family <span class="c4">Rootkit.Win32.TDSS</span>. This rootkit family downloads and execute other malware, delivers advertisements to your computer, and blocks programs from running. It also redirects Google searches as well as blocks access to security sites. TDSSKiller is simple to use and requires no installation.</div>
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Download and run <strong>TDSSKiller</strong> – <a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> or <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/TDSSKiller.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">here</a> – <a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208283363" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a></div>
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To run TDSSKiller, follow these instructions:</div>
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When the program opens, click the <strong>Start scan</strong> button. The scan time is very short (less than a minute). If the scan completes with nothing found, click <strong>Close</strong> to exit. If <strong>malicious objects</strong> are found, the default action will be <strong>Cure</strong>. Click on <strong>Continue</strong>. If <strong>suspicious objects</strong> are found, the default action will be <strong>Skip</strong>. Click on <strong>Continue</strong>. It may ask you to reboot the computer to complete the disinfection.</div>
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If TDSSKiller does not run, try renaming it. To do this, right-click on the <strong>TDSSKiller</strong> icon and select <strong>Rename</strong>. Give it a random name with the .com file extension (e.g. 123abc.com). If you still cannot run TDSSKiller after renaming it, try running <a href="http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2010-090608-3309-99" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">FixTDSS</a> from Symantec. If FixTDSS does not work, you will need to use <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">RKill</a> to terminate malicious processes.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.2</span> Step 2 – Scan and Clean (On-demand Scans)</h3>
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There are many tools that will scan for and remove various malware infections. Unfortunately, none of them will detect and remove 100% of all malware; therefore, it is important to use more than one, in the hope that their combined detection is enough to find the problem.</div>
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Below are three highly recommended on-demand scanners. They do an excellent job at detecting threats and completely removing them.</div>
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Important notes:</div>
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• Make sure the scanners are updated before you scan with them.</div>
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• After you have downloaded and updated the on-demand scanners, disconnect your Internet connection. This will eliminate the possibility of any further malware installing on your computer.</div>
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• Do not use your computer for anything else until the scanning process has finished.</div>
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• Some of these scans may take over an hour to run.</div>
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• Do NOT run more than one scan at a time.</div>
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• You may need to restart your computer to complete the removal process.</div>
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• If you cannot run any of the scanners below, you will need to use RKill to<br />terminate malicious processes.</div>
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Download and install Malwarebytes – <a href="http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/malwarebytes/mbam-setup-1.51.0.1200.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> or <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">here</a> (malwarebytes.org)</div>
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Open Malwarebytes and perform a quick scan. You can also perform a full system scan, but that is optional.</div>
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Malwarebytes is designed to run best in Windows normal mode. If you can run it in normal mode, then you should. If you cannot run it in normal mode, run it in safe mode. However, once you have the system running better, you should scan again in normal mode.</div>
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If Malwarebytes will not install, simply rename the downloaded file (mbam- setup.exe) to<strong>iexplorer.exe</strong> or <strong>winlogon.exe</strong>. Once you rename it, try running it again. If that does not work, skip down to SuperAntiSpyware. After you scan with SuperAntiSpyware, try installing Malwarebytes again.</div>
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Download and run <strong>SuperAntiSpyware Portable</strong> – <a href="http://www.superantispyware.com/sasportable.php" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> – <a href="http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a></div>
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Why, you might ask, am I using the portable version? Because it requires no installation, contains the latest definitions, and automatically gives you a random filename, so malware can’t block it from running.</div>
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Select the <strong>Complete Scan</strong> option, and then click the <strong>Scan your Computer</strong> button to start scanning your computer.</div>
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Download and run Hitman Pro – <a href="http://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro35.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here (32-bit)</a>, <a href="http://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro35_x64.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">(64-bit) – Homepage</a> Requires no installation.</div>
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Hitman Pro requires a working Internet connection to detect malware.</div>
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When the program opens, simply click the <strong>Next</strong> button.</div>
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The scan should complete within a few minutes and display a list of threats. Click the <strong>Next</strong>button to delete the threats.</div>
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<strong>Note</strong>: TDSSKiller, SuperAntiSpyware, and Hitman Pro are portable programs, which means they can run directly from a USB flash drive. You can take them anywhere and use them on any computer.</div>
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<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-guide-to-a-usb-thumb-drive" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">The Office Worker’s 101 Guide to a USB Thumb Drive</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.3</span> Step 3 – Run a Full Antivirus Scan</h3>
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If the on-demand scan fails to find anything or if it finds malware that it can’t delete, it is time to launch a full antivirus scan.</div>
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If you currently have antivirus software installed on your computer, make sure it is up to date with the latest virus definitions, and perform a full system scan with it. Remove or quarantine everything that it finds.</div>
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Before removing anything, make sure it’s not a false positive. “A false positive is when antivirus software identifies a non-malicious file as a virus.” In other words, false positives are mistakes made by an antivirus. If you suspect a file to be a false positive, go to <a href="http://www.virustotal.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">VirusTotal</a> or <a href="http://virusscan.jotti.org/en" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Jotti’s malware scan</a> and upload the file. They will scan the file with several antivirus engines</div>
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If you do not have antivirus software installed, get it immediately. <a href="http://www.avast.com/index" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Avast!</a> and <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Security Essentials</a> are two highly recommended antivirus programs. You</div>
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• <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anti-virus-software.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Best Free Antivirus Software</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.1</span> Clean up System Restore</h3>
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Your “restore points” may contain malware. The only way to remove the malware is to delete the restore points. This will remove any old points that contain malware. You can use <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>to remove all but the most recent restore point. Follow these instructions to run <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>:</div>
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Go to <strong>Start</strong> menu > <strong>All Programs</strong> > <strong>Accessories</strong> > <strong>System Tools</strong> and then click <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>. Click on the <strong>More Options</strong> tab and locate the section near the bottom labeled <strong>System Restore</strong>. Click on the <strong>Cleanup</strong> button.</div>
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Here’s another way to open <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>: Click the <strong>Start</strong> button . In the <strong>search box</strong>, type <strong>disk cleanup</strong>, and then, in the list of results, click <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.2</span> Change All Passwords</h3>
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Some malware infections will steal your personal data such as passwords, emails, and banking information. Change all your passwords immediately, especially if you do any banking or other financial transactions on the computer. Password Strength Checker</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.3</span> Clean up Temporary Files</h3>
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After the removal process, you need to remove your temporary files. Removing your temporary files will delete the remaining malware files from the temp folders. It will also free up hard disk space, which will help to speed up your computer.</div>
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If you are experiencing problems like missing files or folders, skip this step and go on to Fix Post-Disinfection Problems.</div>
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Download <strong>TFC (Temp File Cleaner)</strong> – <a href="http://oldtimer.geekstogo.com/TFC.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> – <a href="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a> If you have CCleaner installed, you can use that instead, but do not use the registry cleaner.</div>
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Once downloaded, double-click TFC to open it. TFC will close all open programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin. Click<br />the Start button to begin the process. Once it’s finished, it should automatically reboot your computer. If it does not, manually reboot to ensure a complete clean.</div>
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Once you have removed the malware infection from your computer, you may experience some annoying problems. Fortunately, there are easy ways to fix these problems.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.1</span> Cannot Open or Run Programs (.exe files)</h3>
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This problem occurs when your .exe file associations are broken. This is usually caused by malware that changes the default file associations in Windows. Follow these instructions to fix this problem:</div>
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Download exeHelper from one of these two links: Link 1, Link 2 Double-click on exeHelper to run the fix. A black window should pop up.</div>
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Press any key to close, once the fix is completed.</div>
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If exeHelper does not work, follow the instructions provided in the following links:</div>
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• <a href="http://windowsxp.mvps.org/exefile.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Unable to Start a Program with an .exe File Extension (Windows XP)</a></div>
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• <a href="http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Repair Broken File Associations in Windows Vista</a> or <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Windows 7</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.2</span> I’m Being Redirected to Random Websites</h3>
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If you’re having a problem with redirects, your hosts file may be corrupted. In order to fix this problem, you have to reset the hosts file back to the default. To reset the hosts file automatically, simply go to <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How do I reset the hosts file?</a> and click the Fix it button. Then follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.</div>
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If you still have redirect issues after resetting the hosts file, try running <strong>GooredFix</strong>. GooredFix fixes <strong>Firefox</strong> browser redirection problems. If you do not use Firefox, you can skip this. Download <a href="http://jpshortstuff.247fixes.com/GooredFix.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">GooredFix</a> and save it to your desktop. Close Firefox first, and then run the tool. When prompted to run the scan, click <strong>Yes</strong>. Once the scan is complete, a log will appear; you can close it. Open Firefox and see if you have redirects.</div>
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If you still have redirect issues after trying all of the above, your router may be hijacked by malware. In order to fix this problem, you have to reset your router to its default settings. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNU4VPe9O_A" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Reset a Router Back to the Factory Default Settings</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.3</span> Repair System Settings</h3>
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SuperAntiSpyware includes a repair feature that allows you to repair or restore various settings, which are often changed by malware infections. It can repair broken Internet connections, Desktops, Registry editing, Task Manager and more. You can find the repair feature by clicking the Repairs button at the main menu.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.4</span> Web Browser Hijacked</h3>
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Malware will usually try to hijack and redirect your web browser. Your homepage and default search may be changed. Open your web browser options, and correct the choices. <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5151483_change-browser-settings.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Change Browser Settings</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.5</span> Unhide All Files / Restore Quick Launch and the Start Menu</h3>
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Some malware infections will hide all the files on your computer from being seen. To make your files visible again, download Unhide.exe to your desktop.</div>
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Once downloaded, double-click on Unhide and allow it to run. It will remove the hidden attribute on all files and attempt to restore Quick Launch and Start Menu items to their proper location.</div>
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You may also want to use <a href="http://www.tangosoft.co.uk/re-enable%20v2.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Re-Enable</a>, which can undo many changes made by a malware infection.</div>
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If you want to be certain that your computer is fully cleaned or just want a second opinion, you can create a topic at one of the forums listed below and ask for help. These forums have people who are well trained and experienced in malware removal. Be sure to mention in your topic that you followed this guide. Please note that it may take a couple of days to receive a reply, so be patient.</div>
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Malware removal forums: <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum79.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Bleeping Computer</a>, <a href="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Geeks to Go</a>, <a href="http://forums.whatthetech.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">What the Tech</a>, <a href="http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Tech Support Forum</a>, <a href="http://www.malwareremoval.com/forum/index.php" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">MalWare Removal</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">6.1</span> Can’t Boot Into Windows or Safe Mode?</h3>
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If the malware infection is so severe that you cannot boot into Windows or safe mode, then I recommend using an antivirus rescue CD. An antivirus rescue CD is a bootable CD that can be used to scan your computer for malware without having to boot into the operating system. Many antivirus companies provide free rescue CDs. They are extremely effective at removing malware.</div>
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Below are three highly recommended antivirus rescue CDs.</div>
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<a href="http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-antivir-rescue-system" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Avira AntiVir Rescue System</a> (230 MB) – <a href="http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=82163" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Avira Rescue CD</a></div>
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<a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Kaspersky Rescue Disk</a> (197 MB) – <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36403/how-to-use-the-kaspersky-rescue-disk-to-clean-your-infected-pc/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Kaspersky Rescue Disk</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Dr.Web LiveCD</a> (170 MB) – <a href="http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/how_it_works/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Dr.Web Live CD</a></div>
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• Burn the antivirus ISO file to a CD using <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/imgburn-easy-free-cd-and-dvd-burner-app/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">CD burning software</a>.</div>
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• Insert the CD into the infected computer’s CD-ROM drive.</div>
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• <a href="http://www.ehow.com/computers/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Enter the computer’s BIOS</a>, set it to boot from the CD, and reboot the computer.</div>
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• Scan the computer with the rescue CD.</div>
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Read <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-50-cool-uses-for-live-cds" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">51 Uses For Live CDs</a> for more information about Live CDs.</div>
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If all else fails, you must reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows. <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10063" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">When should I re-format? How should I reinstall</a>?</div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-7" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span> Conclusion</a></h2>
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Your computer should be fully cleaned of all malware after following this guide. If you believe your computer is still infected, seek professional help to remove the malware. If you have any questions or comments regarding this guide, you can contact me by email:<a href="mailto:rs.realsecurity@gmail.com" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">rs.realsecurity@gmail.com</a> You can also reach me at my website: Real Security</div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-hackerproof-guide-pc-security/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">HackerProof: Your Guide To PC Security</a> by Matt Smith</div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-easy-ways-virus/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">9 Easy Ways To Never Get A Virus</a> by James Bruce</div>
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•<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-common-sense-tips-avoid-catching-malware/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">7 Common Sense Tips to Help You Avoid Catching Malware</a></div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-7" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span> Further Help</a></h2>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.1</span> Perform an Online Malware Scan</h3>
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If you believe your computer is still infected, you can perform an online scan of your computer. Both ESET and F-Secure provide a good second opinion on whether you are infected.</div>
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<a href="http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">ESET Online Scanner</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA-Labs/security-threats/tools/online-scanner" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">F-Secure Online Scanner</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.2</span> Additional Malware Detection / Removal Tools</h3>
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Some of these tools are advanced, so use caution when using them.</div>
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<a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/avptool2011" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool (AVPTool)</a>: utility designed to remove all types of infections from your computer.</div>
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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Safety Scanner</a>: a tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.</div>
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<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper</a>: a recovery tool that can help you start an infected PC and perform an offline scan to help identify and remove malware.</div>
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<a href="http://public.avast.com/~gmerek/aswMBR.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">aswMBR</a>: a rootkit scanner that scans for TDL4/3, MBRoot (Sinowal) and Whistler rootkits (by Avast).</div>
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<a href="http://www.sarducd.it/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">SARDU (Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility)</a>: combines all of your bootable antivirus ISO images and turns them into a single ISO with a boot menu.</div>
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<a href="http://blog.didierstevens.com/2011/02/03/taskmanager-xls/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">TaskManager.xls</a>: a simple task manager implemented in Excel/VBA. It can list processes, terminate, suspend and resume selected processes. It can be useful when fighting malware that prevents you from using Task Manager or Process Explorer.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.3</span> Notable Links</h3>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/types-computer-viruses-watch/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">The 9 Types of Computer Viruses To Watch Out For & What They Do</a></div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-resources-find-sites-spyware-viruses/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">3 Best Resources To Find Sites That Are Known To Have Spyware & Viruses</a></div>
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This guide will help you clean your computer of malware. If you think your computer is infected with a virus or some other malicious software, you may want to use this guide. It contains instructions that, if done correctly and in order, will remove most malware infections on a Windows operating system. It highlights the tools and resources that are necessary to clean your system. Malware is a general term for any malicious software, including viruses, trojans, rootkits, spyware and adware.</div>
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Many different symptoms indicate a malware infection. Sometimes, the symptoms can be difficult to detect. Below is a list of symptoms you may experience when you are infected with malware:</div>
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• Your computer shows strange error messages or popups.</div>
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• Your computer takes longer to start and runs more slowly than usual.</div>
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• Your computer freezes or crashes randomly.</div>
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• The homepage of your web browser has changed.</div>
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• Strange or unexpected toolbars appear in your web browser.</div>
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• Your search results are being redirected.</div>
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• You start ending up at websites you didn’t intend to go to.</div>
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• You cannot access security related websites.</div>
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• New icons and programs appear on the desktop that you did not put there.</div>
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• Your desktop background has changed without your knowledge.</div>
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• Your programs won’t start.</div>
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• Your security protection have been disabled for no apparent reason.</div>
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• You cannot connect to the internet or it runs very slowly.</div>
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• Your programs and files are suddenly missing.</div>
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• Your computer is performing actions on its own.</div>
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<em><strong>Disclaimer</strong>: This guide is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional malware removal. Your use of this information is at your own risk.</em></div>
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I recommend that you back up all your important data before attempting to perform the malware removal process. In the unlikely event that something goes wrong, you can restore your data. Do not back up any system files, installers (.exe), or screensavers (.scr) because they may be infected by malware.</div>
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<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-stuff-backup-restore-guide/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How do I back up my data?</a></div>
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<strong>Note</strong>:</div>
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1. Several steps may need repeated a number of times in order to remove all threats.</div>
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2. In some cases, the only way to remove a malware infection is to do a complete reformat and reinstall of the operating system.</div>
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3. You may want to print out or make a copy of these instructions so that you may easily refer to them if needed.</div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-2" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">2.</span> Preparation for Removal</a></h2>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">2.1</span> Reset Proxy Settings (Internet Connection Problems)</h3>
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Some malware infections will turn on a proxy setting, which can prevent you from accessing the Internet or downloading tools required for disinfection. It can also cause redirects. Follow these instructions to reset the proxy settings:</div>
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Go to the <strong>Start</strong> menu, click <strong>Control Panel</strong>, and then double-click <strong>Internet Options</strong>. Go to the<strong>Connections</strong> tab, and click <strong>LAN settings</strong>. Uncheck the first box under <strong>Proxy Server</strong>, and then click the OK button to close the screen.</div>
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Alternatively, you can go to the <strong>Start</strong> menu, click <strong>Run</strong>, type <strong>inetcpl.cpl</strong>, and then click OK. Then continue with the instructions given above where you click the <strong>Connections</strong> tab.</div>
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If you have a malware infection that is blocking Internet access, disabling the desktop, or preventing programs from running, you will need to boot into safe mode. Some malware infections will not run in safe mode, thus allowing easier detection and removal.</div>
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To access safe mode, restart your computer and start tapping the <strong>F8</strong> key before Windows begins to load. You will see a black screen with a number of options. Use the arrow keys to select the<strong>Safe Mode with Networking</strong> option, and then press the <strong>Enter</strong> key. Once you are in <strong>Safe Mode with Networking</strong>, move on to Step 1.</div>
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For a detailed tutorial on how to start the computer in safe mode, visit <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/start-windows-safe-mode/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Start in Windows Safe Mode</a></div>
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If safe mode is disabled or if for some reason you cannot get into safe mode, skip down to Can’t Boot Into Windows or Safe Mode?</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.1</span> Step 1 – Automatic Preliminary Rootkit Scan</h3>
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You need to scan your computer for possible rootkits before running other anti- malware software.</div>
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TDSSKiller is an anti-rootkit tool from Kaspersky. It is specially designed to remove malware belonging to the rootkit family <span class="c4">Rootkit.Win32.TDSS</span>. This rootkit family downloads and execute other malware, delivers advertisements to your computer, and blocks programs from running. It also redirects Google searches as well as blocks access to security sites. TDSSKiller is simple to use and requires no installation.</div>
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Download and run <strong>TDSSKiller</strong> – <a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/downloads/utils/tdsskiller.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> or <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/TDSSKiller.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">here</a> – <a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208283363" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a></div>
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To run TDSSKiller, follow these instructions:</div>
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When the program opens, click the <strong>Start scan</strong> button. The scan time is very short (less than a minute). If the scan completes with nothing found, click <strong>Close</strong> to exit. If <strong>malicious objects</strong> are found, the default action will be <strong>Cure</strong>. Click on <strong>Continue</strong>. If <strong>suspicious objects</strong> are found, the default action will be <strong>Skip</strong>. Click on <strong>Continue</strong>. It may ask you to reboot the computer to complete the disinfection.</div>
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If TDSSKiller does not run, try renaming it. To do this, right-click on the <strong>TDSSKiller</strong> icon and select <strong>Rename</strong>. Give it a random name with the .com file extension (e.g. 123abc.com). If you still cannot run TDSSKiller after renaming it, try running <a href="http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2010-090608-3309-99" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">FixTDSS</a> from Symantec. If FixTDSS does not work, you will need to use <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">RKill</a> to terminate malicious processes.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.2</span> Step 2 – Scan and Clean (On-demand Scans)</h3>
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There are many tools that will scan for and remove various malware infections. Unfortunately, none of them will detect and remove 100% of all malware; therefore, it is important to use more than one, in the hope that their combined detection is enough to find the problem.</div>
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Below are three highly recommended on-demand scanners. They do an excellent job at detecting threats and completely removing them.</div>
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Important notes:</div>
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• Make sure the scanners are updated before you scan with them.</div>
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• After you have downloaded and updated the on-demand scanners, disconnect your Internet connection. This will eliminate the possibility of any further malware installing on your computer.</div>
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• Do not use your computer for anything else until the scanning process has finished.</div>
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• Some of these scans may take over an hour to run.</div>
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• Do NOT run more than one scan at a time.</div>
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• You may need to restart your computer to complete the removal process.</div>
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• If you cannot run any of the scanners below, you will need to use RKill to<br />terminate malicious processes.</div>
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Download and install Malwarebytes – <a href="http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/malwarebytes/mbam-setup-1.51.0.1200.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> or <a href="http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">here</a> (malwarebytes.org)</div>
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Open Malwarebytes and perform a quick scan. You can also perform a full system scan, but that is optional.</div>
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Malwarebytes is designed to run best in Windows normal mode. If you can run it in normal mode, then you should. If you cannot run it in normal mode, run it in safe mode. However, once you have the system running better, you should scan again in normal mode.</div>
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If Malwarebytes will not install, simply rename the downloaded file (mbam- setup.exe) to<strong>iexplorer.exe</strong> or <strong>winlogon.exe</strong>. Once you rename it, try running it again. If that does not work, skip down to SuperAntiSpyware. After you scan with SuperAntiSpyware, try installing Malwarebytes again.</div>
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Download and run <strong>SuperAntiSpyware Portable</strong> – <a href="http://www.superantispyware.com/sasportable.php" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> – <a href="http://www.superantispyware.com/portablescanner.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a></div>
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Why, you might ask, am I using the portable version? Because it requires no installation, contains the latest definitions, and automatically gives you a random filename, so malware can’t block it from running.</div>
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Select the <strong>Complete Scan</strong> option, and then click the <strong>Scan your Computer</strong> button to start scanning your computer.</div>
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Download and run Hitman Pro – <a href="http://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro35.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here (32-bit)</a>, <a href="http://dl.surfright.nl/HitmanPro35_x64.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">(64-bit) – Homepage</a> Requires no installation.</div>
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Hitman Pro requires a working Internet connection to detect malware.</div>
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When the program opens, simply click the <strong>Next</strong> button.</div>
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The scan should complete within a few minutes and display a list of threats. Click the <strong>Next</strong>button to delete the threats.</div>
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<strong>Note</strong>: TDSSKiller, SuperAntiSpyware, and Hitman Pro are portable programs, which means they can run directly from a USB flash drive. You can take them anywhere and use them on any computer.</div>
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<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-guide-to-a-usb-thumb-drive" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">The Office Worker’s 101 Guide to a USB Thumb Drive</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">3.3</span> Step 3 – Run a Full Antivirus Scan</h3>
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If the on-demand scan fails to find anything or if it finds malware that it can’t delete, it is time to launch a full antivirus scan.</div>
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If you currently have antivirus software installed on your computer, make sure it is up to date with the latest virus definitions, and perform a full system scan with it. Remove or quarantine everything that it finds.</div>
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Before removing anything, make sure it’s not a false positive. “A false positive is when antivirus software identifies a non-malicious file as a virus.” In other words, false positives are mistakes made by an antivirus. If you suspect a file to be a false positive, go to <a href="http://www.virustotal.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">VirusTotal</a> or <a href="http://virusscan.jotti.org/en" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Jotti’s malware scan</a> and upload the file. They will scan the file with several antivirus engines</div>
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If you do not have antivirus software installed, get it immediately. <a href="http://www.avast.com/index" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Avast!</a> and <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Security Essentials</a> are two highly recommended antivirus programs. You</div>
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• <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-anti-virus-software.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Best Free Antivirus Software</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.1</span> Clean up System Restore</h3>
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Your “restore points” may contain malware. The only way to remove the malware is to delete the restore points. This will remove any old points that contain malware. You can use <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>to remove all but the most recent restore point. Follow these instructions to run <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>:</div>
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Go to <strong>Start</strong> menu > <strong>All Programs</strong> > <strong>Accessories</strong> > <strong>System Tools</strong> and then click <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>. Click on the <strong>More Options</strong> tab and locate the section near the bottom labeled <strong>System Restore</strong>. Click on the <strong>Cleanup</strong> button.</div>
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Here’s another way to open <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>: Click the <strong>Start</strong> button . In the <strong>search box</strong>, type <strong>disk cleanup</strong>, and then, in the list of results, click <strong>Disk Cleanup</strong>.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.2</span> Change All Passwords</h3>
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Some malware infections will steal your personal data such as passwords, emails, and banking information. Change all your passwords immediately, especially if you do any banking or other financial transactions on the computer. Password Strength Checker</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4.3</span> Clean up Temporary Files</h3>
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After the removal process, you need to remove your temporary files. Removing your temporary files will delete the remaining malware files from the temp folders. It will also free up hard disk space, which will help to speed up your computer.</div>
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If you are experiencing problems like missing files or folders, skip this step and go on to Fix Post-Disinfection Problems.</div>
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Download <strong>TFC (Temp File Cleaner)</strong> – <a href="http://oldtimer.geekstogo.com/TFC.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Download here</a> – <a href="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Homepage</a> If you have CCleaner installed, you can use that instead, but do not use the registry cleaner.</div>
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Once downloaded, double-click TFC to open it. TFC will close all open programs when run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin. Click<br />the Start button to begin the process. Once it’s finished, it should automatically reboot your computer. If it does not, manually reboot to ensure a complete clean.</div>
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Once you have removed the malware infection from your computer, you may experience some annoying problems. Fortunately, there are easy ways to fix these problems.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.1</span> Cannot Open or Run Programs (.exe files)</h3>
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This problem occurs when your .exe file associations are broken. This is usually caused by malware that changes the default file associations in Windows. Follow these instructions to fix this problem:</div>
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Download exeHelper from one of these two links: Link 1, Link 2 Double-click on exeHelper to run the fix. A black window should pop up.</div>
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Press any key to close, once the fix is completed.</div>
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If exeHelper does not work, follow the instructions provided in the following links:</div>
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• <a href="http://windowsxp.mvps.org/exefile.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Unable to Start a Program with an .exe File Extension (Windows XP)</a></div>
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• <a href="http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/233243-default-file-type-associations-restore.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Repair Broken File Associations in Windows Vista</a> or <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Windows 7</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.2</span> I’m Being Redirected to Random Websites</h3>
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If you’re having a problem with redirects, your hosts file may be corrupted. In order to fix this problem, you have to reset the hosts file back to the default. To reset the hosts file automatically, simply go to <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How do I reset the hosts file?</a> and click the Fix it button. Then follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.</div>
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If you still have redirect issues after resetting the hosts file, try running <strong>GooredFix</strong>. GooredFix fixes <strong>Firefox</strong> browser redirection problems. If you do not use Firefox, you can skip this. Download <a href="http://jpshortstuff.247fixes.com/GooredFix.exe" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">GooredFix</a> and save it to your desktop. Close Firefox first, and then run the tool. When prompted to run the scan, click <strong>Yes</strong>. Once the scan is complete, a log will appear; you can close it. Open Firefox and see if you have redirects.</div>
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If you still have redirect issues after trying all of the above, your router may be hijacked by malware. In order to fix this problem, you have to reset your router to its default settings. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNU4VPe9O_A" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Reset a Router Back to the Factory Default Settings</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.3</span> Repair System Settings</h3>
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SuperAntiSpyware includes a repair feature that allows you to repair or restore various settings, which are often changed by malware infections. It can repair broken Internet connections, Desktops, Registry editing, Task Manager and more. You can find the repair feature by clicking the Repairs button at the main menu.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.4</span> Web Browser Hijacked</h3>
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Malware will usually try to hijack and redirect your web browser. Your homepage and default search may be changed. Open your web browser options, and correct the choices. <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_5151483_change-browser-settings.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to Change Browser Settings</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">5.5</span> Unhide All Files / Restore Quick Launch and the Start Menu</h3>
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Some malware infections will hide all the files on your computer from being seen. To make your files visible again, download Unhide.exe to your desktop.</div>
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Once downloaded, double-click on Unhide and allow it to run. It will remove the hidden attribute on all files and attempt to restore Quick Launch and Start Menu items to their proper location.</div>
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You may also want to use <a href="http://www.tangosoft.co.uk/re-enable%20v2.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Re-Enable</a>, which can undo many changes made by a malware infection.</div>
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If you want to be certain that your computer is fully cleaned or just want a second opinion, you can create a topic at one of the forums listed below and ask for help. These forums have people who are well trained and experienced in malware removal. Be sure to mention in your topic that you followed this guide. Please note that it may take a couple of days to receive a reply, so be patient.</div>
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Malware removal forums: <a href="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum79.html" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Bleeping Computer</a>, <a href="http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Geeks to Go</a>, <a href="http://forums.whatthetech.com/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">What the Tech</a>, <a href="http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Tech Support Forum</a>, <a href="http://www.malwareremoval.com/forum/index.php" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">MalWare Removal</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">6.1</span> Can’t Boot Into Windows or Safe Mode?</h3>
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If the malware infection is so severe that you cannot boot into Windows or safe mode, then I recommend using an antivirus rescue CD. An antivirus rescue CD is a bootable CD that can be used to scan your computer for malware without having to boot into the operating system. Many antivirus companies provide free rescue CDs. They are extremely effective at removing malware.</div>
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Below are three highly recommended antivirus rescue CDs.</div>
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<a href="http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-antivir-rescue-system" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Avira AntiVir Rescue System</a> (230 MB) – <a href="http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=82163" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Avira Rescue CD</a></div>
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<a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/rescuedisk" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Kaspersky Rescue Disk</a> (197 MB) – <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36403/how-to-use-the-kaspersky-rescue-disk-to-clean-your-infected-pc/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Kaspersky Rescue Disk</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Dr.Web LiveCD</a> (170 MB) – <a href="http://www.freedrweb.com/livecd/how_it_works/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">How to create and use Dr.Web Live CD</a></div>
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• Burn the antivirus ISO file to a CD using <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/imgburn-easy-free-cd-and-dvd-burner-app/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">CD burning software</a>.</div>
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• Insert the CD into the infected computer’s CD-ROM drive.</div>
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• <a href="http://www.ehow.com/computers/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Enter the computer’s BIOS</a>, set it to boot from the CD, and reboot the computer.</div>
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• Scan the computer with the rescue CD.</div>
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Read <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-50-cool-uses-for-live-cds" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">51 Uses For Live CDs</a> for more information about Live CDs.</div>
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If all else fails, you must reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows. <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10063" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">When should I re-format? How should I reinstall</a>?</div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-7" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span> Conclusion</a></h2>
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Your computer should be fully cleaned of all malware after following this guide. If you believe your computer is still infected, seek professional help to remove the malware. If you have any questions or comments regarding this guide, you can contact me by email:<a href="mailto:rs.realsecurity@gmail.com" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">rs.realsecurity@gmail.com</a> You can also reach me at my website: Real Security</div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-hackerproof-guide-pc-security/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">HackerProof: Your Guide To PC Security</a> by Matt Smith</div>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/9-easy-ways-virus/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">9 Easy Ways To Never Get A Virus</a> by James Bruce</div>
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•<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-common-sense-tips-avoid-catching-malware/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">7 Common Sense Tips to Help You Avoid Catching Malware</a></div>
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<a href="" name="chapter-7" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.3s ease;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">7.</span> Further Help</a></h2>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.1</span> Perform an Online Malware Scan</h3>
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If you believe your computer is still infected, you can perform an online scan of your computer. Both ESET and F-Secure provide a good second opinion on whether you are infected.</div>
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<a href="http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">ESET Online Scanner</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA-Labs/security-threats/tools/online-scanner" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">F-Secure Online Scanner</a></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.2</span> Additional Malware Detection / Removal Tools</h3>
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Some of these tools are advanced, so use caution when using them.</div>
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<a href="http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/avptool2011" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool (AVPTool)</a>: utility designed to remove all types of infections from your computer.</div>
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<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Safety Scanner</a>: a tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.</div>
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<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper</a>: a recovery tool that can help you start an infected PC and perform an offline scan to help identify and remove malware.</div>
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<a href="http://public.avast.com/~gmerek/aswMBR.htm" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">aswMBR</a>: a rootkit scanner that scans for TDL4/3, MBRoot (Sinowal) and Whistler rootkits (by Avast).</div>
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<a href="http://www.sarducd.it/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">SARDU (Shardana Antivirus Rescue Disk Utility)</a>: combines all of your bootable antivirus ISO images and turns them into a single ISO with a boot menu.</div>
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<a href="http://blog.didierstevens.com/2011/02/03/taskmanager-xls/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">TaskManager.xls</a>: a simple task manager implemented in Excel/VBA. It can list processes, terminate, suspend and resume selected processes. It can be useful when fighting malware that prevents you from using Task Manager or Process Explorer.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">7.3</span> Notable Links</h3>
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• <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-resources-find-sites-spyware-viruses/" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; color: #219fe1; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.3s ease;">3 Best Resources To Find Sites That Are Known To Have Spyware & Viruses</a></div>
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