Enable the tools disabled by virus

If you got a virus usually it will disable the following things so that you can't be able to delete the virus.

It will disable Folder Options menu item from View menu, disables the Task Manager, and disables the Registry Editor.

You can enable all these from the Group Policy editor by yourself manually.

• Go to Windows > Run > gpEdit.msc
• Folder Options: Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Explorer > Removes the Folder Options menu item from the Tools menu. Disable this option. Now you should be able to see Folder Options in the View menu of your explorer window.
• Task Manager: Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Del Options > Remove Task Manger. Disable this option.
• Registry Editor: Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools. Disable this option.

But, it is good to have alternatives for these things since viruses usually disables the default tools but not the alternative softwares.

You can use Process Explorer as alternative for Task Manager. Similarly you can use Explorer2 as alternative for default windows explorer. If you don't like Explorer2 many more explorer softwares are available, you can choose from any of those. I don't know alternatives for the Registry Editor. Please feel to share those you know in the comments section below.

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Clean New Folder.exe, RegSvr.exe Virus

Recently I got infected with this virus. This virus just shows a message when windows started, "Rundll.exe is not found.......", and infecting the pen drives for first few days. Not much harm. But after 4 or 5 days it is starting creating copies of virus file in many folders. The copy will be having the same name as the folder name and it also having folder icon, so that we will think it as another folder.

When I have searched Internet, I got the following link useful Am I Works. I have developed a tool for removing this virus.

Download New Folder virus removal tool, unzip it, and double click on RemoveVirus.bat file. Tell me if you get rid of virus in comments section.

Note: If you are not able to open Registry Editor (Win+R, regedit.exe), See Accessing Registry disabled?

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Removed Fun.exe, dc.exe, SVIQ.exe virus

I have got a virus, which automatically opening the Yahoo messenger. So, when I have looked the processes in the task manager, I have found the following processes Fun.exe, dc.exe, SVIQ.exe.

I killed those processes, by right clicking the process and select "End Process Tree". After I have killed all those processes, I searched Internet and found the following link W32.Imaut.AS (also called Dung Coi). Then I have deleted all the virus files and cleaned the registry.

I am describing the exact steps below:

• First go to the task manager (right click on the task bar > task manager) and select the processes tab.
  
• Right click on the Fun.exe, dc.exe, SVIQ.exe and select "End Process Tree". This stops the viruses from interrupting in the cleanup process.
  
• Go to the MSConfig (Win+R, type MSConfig and press enter). Go to the startup tab. Uncheck the dc.exe, fun.exe, SVIQ.exe, Other.exe, Win.exe. This stop the virus processes from starting with the windows.
  
• Next go to the Registry Editor (Win+R, type RegEdit and press enter). Remove the following keys
• dc, dc2k5, fun under the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
• load, run under the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
• Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon and Modify Shell's value to "Explorer.exe".
• Remove HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\dc
• Remove HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\dc2k5
• Remove HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\Fun
• Remove HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\Load
• Remove HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg\Run
• Delete the following files.
• %Windir%\Help\Other.exe
• %Windir%\inf\Other.exe
• %Windir%\system\Fun.exe
• %Windir%\System32\config\Win.exe
• %Windir%\System32\WinSit.exe
• %Windir%\dc.exe
• %Windir%\SVIQ.exe
• %Windir%\System32\NWB.dat
• c:\PNga.txt
• %Windir%\wininit.ini

I have created two files to automate the process of deleting the Registry keys, and the virus files. Download Fun Virus Removal, unzip it. Double click on the RemoveVirus.bat file.

Thats it. I got rid from the virus. I read in the net that this virus will create a copy of virus file in directories with the same name and uses a folder icon, so that users will click on it thinking it was a folder. But, I dint get any files like that, if you got any files like that, don't click on them, delete them immediately. If you have any doubt, right click on that and select properties, then you can know whether it is a file or folder.

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Registry Accessing disabled?

Many viruses disable the access to the registry so that we can't remove the virus entries in the registry. In these cases you can download the following file UnHookExec.inf. After downloaded, right click on the file, and select Install.

You can enable it manually by editing the group policy editor. Go to Windows > Run > gpEdit.msc
Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Prevent Access to Registry Editing Tools. Disable it. You should be able to open regedit now.

Source: Tool to reset shell\open\command registry keys

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You can download videos from Youtube, metacafe, Myspace, Google Video, etc using the Download Helper Firefox Extension. Once a page opened, this extension will show the available media files to be downloaded. You can select the file you need to download.

If you don't have Firefox already, get Firefox here. You can download VLC Player to view the FLV (flash video) files.

Utility softwares for Windows XP

You can find lot of utility softwares for windows XP, like Process Explorer, AutoRuns, at the following location.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb545027.aspx

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Power Toys for Windows XP

Power toys add fun and functionality to the windows, like Tweak UI. See a complete listing of the power toys at the following location.

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By installing Xdrive desktop software, you can treat your xdrive account as a drive in the My computer.

Lost mobile phone?

If you have lost your mobile, you can block the handset with the help of unique number of your mobile. For this, you have to give complaint in the police station, and after that go to your operator. You needed to give your mobile's unique number. Your operator will put this number in a shared list. All the operators which are following the list will block the phone from using. This will work even the thief uses new SIM of another operator as long as that operator following that common list.

You can buy and install some software before you lost mobile so that you can track your mobile.

Lost Mobile Tracking System (LMTS) sends a message to you when somebody inserted new SIM in your mobile. You have to provide alternate number, and email id when registering. When the SIM was changed, LMTS sends a message containing new SIM number, and location to the alternate number, email.

Virtual Mobile Security (VMS) offers more options. This software can hide your data apart from sending message. You can retrieve contacts from address book remotely, play alarm, display a message with your details (or warning message). Even you can lock the phone also.

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Task Manager disabled?

Task manager in your system is disabled by virus? To remove the virus you have to first make the virus not to run. The virus disables registry editor, and MSConfig also along with task manager. So, you can't able to stop the virus from loading with the windows.

You can download Process Explorer and use this utility to view and kill the processes. It offers more features than default task manager bundled with Windows.

If you like your old Task Manger you can enable it by changing options in the Group Policy Editor.

Go to Windows > Run > gpEdit.msc or you can find this in Control Panel > Administrative Tools.

Go to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Ctrl+Alt+Del Options > Remove Task Manger. Disable this option. Now you can see Task Manger option enabled.

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