http://www.zomocainc.com Views of Computer News Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:14:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently a customer got fooled into thinking that AntiVirus 2009 was a legitimate antivirus program and somehow downloaded the program. Suffice it to say that Anti Virus 2009 is really another sad bit of spyware disguised as a legitimate program. Luckily it seems easy to remove. Just download Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware program ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2008/10/08/how-to-remove-antivirus-2009-spyware/ I recently cleaned a computer that had scores of spyware infections. I noticed after the cleaning there were still two problems: 1) I was unable to press CTRL-ALT-DELETE to bring up the mananger 2) The desktop properties were missing tabs To restore these features, go into regedit and navigate to ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2008/07/21/restoring-the-task-manager-and-desktop/ Yet another strain of spyware going around the net. This one pops up windows with a variety of titles and URLs such as: Fling.com Fubar.com System-defender.com Boomj.com After running my usual list of cleaners that I use for removing adyieldmanager, I found that I also needed to run Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware program which you can ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2008/07/21/how-to-remove-fling-fubar-boomj-and-system-defender/ Recently came across this error: Windows File Protection: Files that are required for windows to run properly have been replaced by unknown versions; Windows needs to restore these files to function properly. There seems to be lots of fixes to this related to re-registering DLLs. The first DLL I tried ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2007/11/20/windows-file-protection-files-that-are-required-for-windows/ A recent WinSys virus caused the control panel on an XP system to go missing. There are two way to try and restore it: 1) Right click on the Start. 2) Click Properties. 3) Select the Start Menu tab. 4) Select Customize. 5) Go through the list. If you're lucky, ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2007/10/03/missing-control-panel-on-xp/ Winsys.exe virus recented infected one of my customer's computers. Two side effects: 1) Regedit is disabled. 2) No Control Panel under the start menu. Boot to Safe Mode and run SDFix.exe. You can download it from this site: http://downloads.andymanchesta.com/RemovalTools/SDFix.exe You may also need to run Hijackthis to remove a regedit disable ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2007/10/01/winsysexe-virus-unable-to-run-regedit/ Here's one way to clean out any of these java related viruses: Trojan.ByteVerify VerifierBug.class Java.JJBlack worm Java.Shinwow trojan These are malicious applets that are getting loaded into the java cache directory. You can clear the java cache by going to Control Panel > Java > Delete Files under the Temporary Internet ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2007/09/02/java-byte-verify-exploit-and-shinwow/ If you are running either Outlook 2000 or Outlook 2003 and notice a slow keyboard response, the problem may be the Windows update for Internet Explorer KB931768. Remove the patch and the problem will often be resolved. If not, other users have mentioned these fixes: Remove Spybot Change from HTML to plain-text ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2007/07/26/outlook-has-slow-keyboard-response/ I got tired of looking at that Windows Messenger icon in the tool tray so I found a way to stop it from loading. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302089 You need to edit the registry so be careful! In addition, you may want to disable the Windows Messenger Service, which sounds similar although it serves ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2007/07/18/disable-windows-messenger/ This is annoying: Sometimes an installation goes haywire and whenever you reboot your computer or run a particular application you get the Microsoft Office installation message asking you to insert a CD. Even after running Cleanup and clearing out the Windows cache you still get the install message. One ... http://www.zomocainc.com/2007/07/17/office-application-keeps-trying-to-install/