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:o3 <---------> puppy dog eyes - New!

:-?? <---------> I don't know - New!

%-( <---------> not listening

:@) <---------> pig

3:-O <---------> cow

:(|) <---------> monkey

~:> <---------> chicken

@};- <---------> rose

%%- <---------> good luck

**== <---------> flag

(~~) <---------> pumpkin

~O) <---------> coffee

*-:) <---------> idea

8-X <---------> skull

=:) <---------> bug

>-) <---------> alien

:-L <---------> frustrated

[-O< <---------> peace sign

[-X <---------> shame on you

\:D/ <---------> dancing

>:/ <---------> bring it on

;)) <---------> hee hee

:-@ <---------> chatterbox

^:)^ <---------> not worthy

:-j <---------> oh go on

(*) <---------> star

o-> <---------> hiro

o=> <---------> billy

o-+ <---------> april

(%) <---------> yin yang

In Earlier times, users of Orkut ( A social Networking Site) were able to copy any photo just by right clicking and Saving it...
But now Orkut has disabled right cilick in orkut's Photo Album, to overcome this I've found a Simple method, which can be done by draging the required photo to address bar and then right clicking and saving it.

Want to know full information about your computer?

GOTO
START > RUN & TYPE
dxdiag

and see your Computer configuration!

Introduction:-
This is a very common problem that everyone faces after the pc became somewhat older. The main thing that made your pc work slow down is your hard disk and ram. This is because:-
1) Everything is stored in your hard disk and everything is excessed from your hard disk.
2) Everything that is been excessed use ram.

That's why it depands on these factors. There are method to speed up your computer somewhat faster then before but not as fast as your pc was before when you purchased it.
Follow steps to speed up your computer:-

1)Use Disk Cleanup:-

for removing unwanted file from you PC



NOTE:- Here you can use some other tool because disk cleanup can not remove all unused files but software like Argente Disk Cleaner search you whole drive for unused file.

2)Speed up access to data:-
In run type "dfrg.msc"



3)Detect and repair disk errors:-
In property of drive(c:/d:) go to tool option here click "check now"
OR
In Run Type chkdsk "drive letter":


Some times bad sectors are created in your computer which slows the working of hard disk there for check utility is Created to recover bad sector.



4)Use add & remove program:-

6)Stop unused process:-
In run Type "services.msc"


this window show a list of services that your os provides you but from this list there are many services that a normal user do not require therefor they not useful and should be stoped.
So to stop these process from starting at each startup right click the service that you want to stop and then click property in property set startup type to manual and stop the process. some of the process that can stop are listed below.(below list is for those programs which are not frequently used so stop it at your own risk)

• Alerter
  
• Automatic Updates
  
• ClipBook
  
• Indexing Service
• Messenger
• Net Logon
• NetMeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
• Protected Storage
• Remote Desktop Help Session Manager
• Remote Registry
• Telnet
• Terminal Services

The above list is for disabling some of the unused services of ms windows
NOTE:- an advanced user can set these according to its need.

7)Turn off graphics:-
Incase your computer is working very slow then you should turn graphics off by changing you theme to windows classic.

NOTE:-
1) In case you computer is working very slowly then start the memory.vbe file that i m going to creating.

• start Notepad
• in here type MYSTRING=(80000000)
• save it with any name but the extension should be vbe at desktop
  
• now whenever you computer is getting very slow start this file.

Virtual memory is a part of the hard disk that Windows uses like extra memory. Ifthis message appears in Windows XP, check that it is being managed properly.

Virtual memory, also known as a page file or swap file, is a file on your hard drive (C:\pagefile.sys by default) that Windows and applications use in addition to physical memory (RAM) as needed. The default and recommended size of this file is 1.5 times the amount of physical memory. Virtual memory is the sum of physical memory and the page file. So if your computer has 512 MB RAM, it will have a 768 MB page file by default, for a total of 1.25 GB of physical + virtual memory


To determine which application is causing this problem.Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to access Windows Task Manager. Navigate to Processes tab. Here you can see the list of all the processes running in your system.Click View, Select Columns


Now you can check the Virtual Memory usage in your Processes tab. Click the top of the VM Size column to arrange the processes by their VM Size from largest to smallest.



Every application will use more memory the longer you keep it open. This is one reason that Windows becomes more and more unresponsive the longer you keep it running, and why you end up eeding to restart your computer periodically.

The USB flash drive is compact and easy to carry around. However, as the storage device is so common and easily used, the percentage of the drive being infected by viruses has also increased substantially.

In the Start-->Run and type cmd to run the Command Prompt Window.In the Command Window, type in your flash drive’s drive letter (if your pen drive is detected as G, then type G: and so on). Once you have gone in to your pen drive, now type dir/w/o/a/p and hit Enter. You will then see a list of files. Search whether any of these files appear or exist:

1. Autorun.inf
2. New Folder.exe
3. Bha.vbs
4. Iexplore.vbs
5. Info.exe
6. New_Folder.exe
7. Ravmon.exe
8. RVHost.exe or any other files with “.exe” extension

Flash Disinfector: was designed to remove unwanted files including autorun.inf on removable USB drives, flash drives and memory sticks. Use flash disinfector if you cannot access your USB drives, flash drives and memory stick due to modifications done by autorun Worms.

http://www.techsupportforum.com/sectools/sUBs/Flash_Disinfector.exe

1. Download Flash_Disinfector and save it ot your Desktop
2. After downloading, double-click on Flash_Disinfector to run it.
3. Just follow the prompts and continue until it begin scanning.
4. If asked to insert your flash drive or any removable device including USB Pen Drive and Memory Stick, please do so.
5. It will scan removable drives, wait for the scan to finish. Done.


Clean Autoruns: When you open the drive , it says that it could not find the script file C:\autorun.vbs and whenever you right click on it some weird characters are shown.Now you cant open your drives unless you explore them.

The symptom occurs because when autorun.vbs is created by trojan horse or virus. The virus normally loads autorun.inf file to root folder of all hard drive or USB drive, and then execute autorun.bat file which contains script to apply and merge autorun.reg into the registry, with possible change to the following registry key to ensure that virus is loaded when system starts.:


[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]Userinit=userinit.exe,autorun.exe

Finally, autorun.bat will call wscript.exe to run autorun.vbs


Autoruns utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, and auto-start services.

• Download autoruns.zip
  
• Create a target folder for Autoruns, e.g. "%programfiles%\Autoruns".
  
• Extract all files from autoruns.zip to the target folder.
  
• Inside your target folder you will find the following files now: autoruns.chm autoruns.exe autorunsc.exe Eula.txt
  
• To launch Autoruns GUI version double click autoruns.exe.
  
• If this is the first time you launch autoruns, you may be prompted to agree to the license terms. Either accept them and use autoruns or decline them and remove autoruns from your hard disk, please.
  
• To launch Autoruns command line version, open cmd.exe. Change to the target folder, e.g. "cd %programfiles%\autoruns". Execute autorunsc.exe plus the appropriate command line arguments.
  
• To launch Autoruns help file, double click autoruns.chm.
  

Download Autoruns Virus Remover and Washer: Autoruns Remover and Washer

Download Autorun virus removal tool :It will clean the autorun viruses which are attack to flash drive and only remove autorun viruses when you run the tool.

Autorun Eater:Autorun Eater was born due to increase of malwares using the ‘autorun.inf’ tactic to infect users unknowingly be it from flash drives, removable hard disks or any other removable storage device.

Download :Autorun Eater

Download : Newfolder.exe Removal Tool 2.5

Download BezictoSoft Malwares Loadpoint Removal Tool to remove bha.vbs,RavMon.exe,new folder.exe etc

Ravmon Removal Tools:
http://technodigits.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/ravmon-virus-killer/

Virus RVHost- How to remove it?

The use of USB pen drive devices to spread the virus RVHost and other nasty things is rampant in your part of the world

1. Download and Run ComboFix (how to use it Click here)
Download this file from either of the two below listed places :
http://www.techsupportforum.com/combofix.exe
http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/sUBs/ComboFix.exe

2. Doubleclick on combofix.exe and follow the prompts. A window will open with a warning. Type "1" (and Enter) to start the fix. When the scan completes Notepad will open with with your results log open. Do a File, Exit and answer 'Yes' to save changes.

A caution - Do not touch your mouse/keyboard until the scan has completed, as this may cause the process to stall or your computer to lock. The scan will temporarily disable your desktop, and if interrupted may leave your desktop disabled. If this occurs, please reboot to restore the desktop. Even when ComboFix appears to be doing nothing, look at your Drive light. If it is flashing, Combofix is still at work.

2. Clean any remaining autoruns infections.

• Download the "NoScript" utility by Symantec to your Desktop from:
  
• http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/noscript.exe
  
• Run the utility and select to "Disable" and then hit OK.
  
• Then download "Clean Autoruns":
  
• http://forums.techguy.org/attachments/103397d1176780296/clean-autoruns.zip
  
• Save and extract its contents to the desktop. It is a folder containing a Batch file, Clean autoruns.bat, Written by Mosaic1. Once extracted, open the folder and double click on the Clean autoruns.bat to run the fix.
  
• If any autoruns are found, the fix will move them to a backup folder.
  
• If any autoruns are found on the root of your drives, it will kill explorer so that the registry entries in the MountPoint(s) key are fixed.
  
• It will produce two files, Part1.txt and Part2.txt , that will show the state before and after the cleaning. You can delete these after examining them.
  
• Download and run "Flash Drive Disinfector" by sUBs. It does not matter if you have flash drives or not, the program is simply named that:
  
• http://www.techsupportforum.com/sectools/sUBs/Flash_Disinfector.exe
  
• There is no GUI interface or log file produced.
  
• Download and run Autoruns Remover and Washer:
  
• 
  
• http://www.savefile.com/download/859655?PHPSESSID=d2b639063ee3fd8ed9622af7b99fd929
  
• (This will also remove RVHost infections).
• 
  
• Run "NoScript.exe" again, choosing "Enable" this time.Finally, download and run the Ravmon Removal Tool: Smart Virus Remover (Details here)
  
  3. Install the XP USB Reliability Update and USB Hotfix:
  
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838989
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918005
  
  Info.exe removal :http://www.spywareremove.com/removeinfoexe.html
  
  XP USB Reliability Update and USB Hotfix:
  
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/838989
  http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918005
  
  How to Remove Autorun Malware from Your Computer:Guidelines
  
  http://www.exterminate-it.com/malpedia/remove-autorun-malware
  
  In some situation especially when anti-virus program has cleaned, healed, disinfected or removed a worm, trojan horse or virus from computer, there may be error happening whenever users try to open or access the drive by double clicking on the disk drive icon in Explorer or My Computer window to try to enter the drive’s folder. The problem or symptom happens in hard disk drive portable hard disk drive or USB flash drive, and Windows will prompt a dialog box with the following message:
  
  Windows Script Host ,Can not find script file autorun.vbs.
  
  How to disable or remove the Windows Scripting Host:
  
  http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/win.script.hosting.html
  
  NoScript utility:is a small Symantec's program.With it you can disable or re-enable when you want Windows Scripting Host which is the gate for many virus infections.
  
  http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/noscript.exe

When you try to remove a USB pen-drive by using “Safely Remove Hardware > Safely remove USB Mass Storage device” option, windows should stop all the read-write operations on the drive so that the drive can be removed.
But sometimes when you try to eject the USB device by using “Safely remove USB Mass Storage device” option, it shows a message box which says:



“The Device Generic volume cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device later”
In such case its not safe to remove the pen drive as it can get corrupt or get damaged. Many of us face such problem in removing pen-drive. In this post we will see how to fix such issue.

First Let’s see why it happens and the fix

This error comes when you have an application which is running from your pen drive or may be some file or document opened from your pen-drive when you are removing your drive.


In short, some file on your pen drive is in use by some other program on that computer. So close all such files or applications and try removing the drive.
It happens sometimes that you have no application running from your pen drive or any file opened in your knowledge but still when you try to remove the pen-drive it shows this error message shown above. In that case you can use a free application called Unlocker which will help you to remove your pen drive from your windows.


What is Unlocker?

Unlocker is an explorer extension that allows you with a simple right-click of the mouse on a file, folder or pen drive to get rid of error message like the one mentioned above.

How To Remove USB Pen Drive with Unlocker?

1. Download Unlocker from here and install it on your computer.
2. Right click on your USB pen drive in my computer and select Unlocker.



3. A new window will open that will list all the busy handles of files being used on your pen drive. Now click the button which says Unlock All ( Highlighted in the image below )



After clicking Unlock All try to remove your pen drive normally, through “Safely Remove Hardware” dialog.


If still you are not able to remove pen drive then try clicking the Kill Process button in Unlocker.

Note: If none of the above given approach works then turn off the computer and then remove your pen drive out of the USB port.Else your Pen drive will be damaged.

I hope the solution provided above will help you fix the problem, if you know another way to solve this trouble please share it through comments.

Everyone these days is downloading, watching, and sharing videos from video-sharing sites like YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, DailyMotion, Veoh, Break, and a ton of other similar sites. Whether you want to watch the video on your iPod while working out, insert it into a PowerPoint presentation to add some spice, or simply download a video before it’s removed, it’s quite essential to know how to download, convert, and play these videos.

Free Web services for downloading videos from video-sharing sites

ClipNabber allows you to download videos from YouTube, Metacafe, etc by simply copying and pasting the URL. You’ll then get a link whereby you can download the file to your computer, iPod, iPhone, or any other media player. You’ll need to have an FLV player for the YouTube videos. Quick and very easy to use!

Zamzar is a free online file conversion web application that can not only convert videos off the Internet to AVI, MPEG, 3GP, MP4, MOV, etc, but also converts between audio, image, and document formats. Paste the URL into Step 1 and then convert the file to your favorite format.

VideoDownloader is a FireFox extension, but also allows you to paste in any URL from many sites such as Blip.TV, iFilm, and even social networking sites like MySpace. You can also download a free FLV player from their site to play the videos.

Vixy.net is another site that not only downloads online videos, but will also convert them AVI, MOV, MP4, 3GP, or MP3 (if you want to extract the audio from the file). Using this site, you don’t have to worry about downloading a FLV player as you can convert it to Windows format. (Same as Zamzar)

KeepVid also supports just about any video sharing site out there and the only difference about this site is that it also has a Top Videos section, so you can quickly download the most watched videos around the web.

Media Converter is similar to ZamZar and vixy.net, but requires you to create an account and log in. Also, it seems like it only supports downloading and converting videos from YouTube. You can also download their video download program, but it only supports 5 sites.

Hey! Watch is an online video encoding web service that encodes video into different formats including HD very quickly. The graphical interface is very nice and there are lots of features and options, such as the ability to transfer any video from the web directly to an FTP server or to online storage.

YoutubeX, as the name suggests, allows you to download videos from YouTube. Obviously, it only supports YouTube, but it has a couple of other features, such as the ability to play your video on the site and find popular videos quickly.

VideoRonk searches across multiple video-sharing sites such as Google Video, YouTube, MetaCafe and DailyMotion to find the most popular videos on each of them. You can either watch them on VideoRonk or download them to your computer in FLV format.

According to their web site, they support more than 98 video sites including MySpace, CollegeHumor, iFilm, etc. You’ll have to rename the files you download from YouTube with the .FLV extension at the end.

With EASEUS Partition Manager:

Hard disk is place where to keep all data and information within the computer, it’s good to separate and keep the data in hard disk by partition. Normally most of the users will partition their hair disk to two partitions (OS and Data), this is to ensure all their data still remain in the hard disk while their operating system partition corrupted. For those hard disk where no have partition, all the data are keep together with the operating system, and there is a risk hard to recover their data when operating system was corrupted and cannot boot-in to the windows. To prevent this happen, now users can use EASEUS Partition Manager Home Edition.

What is EASEUS Partition Manager ?
EASEUS Partition Manager Home Edition is free comprehensive hard disk partition management software to let you enjoy free with all the powerful functions: Resize and Move partitions, Create, Delete and Format partitions, Hide and Unhide partitions and much more. What’s more, the freeware works perfectly with hardware RAID and Windows 2000/XP/Vista Operating Systems. Your data is completely protected during all operations. Its great free tool that users can use to re-partition hard disk rather use other partition software where need pay for the license.

Features of EASEUS Partition Manager:

• Support hardware RAID.
  
• Resize and move partitions without losing data.
  
• Create, delete and format partitions with simple step.
  
• Label partitions - assigned to a partition for easier recognition.
  
• View Disk/Partition property of each partition.
  
• Hide and unhide partitions - protect important data from unauthorized or casual access.
  
• Set an active partition - specify one partition to be the boot partition.
  
• Powerful safety features protect you against system failures while partitioning.
  
• Step-by-step wizard walks you through partitioning process.
  
• Preview any partitioning tasks before completing it.
  
• Change cluster size automatically and manually.
  
• Undo feature any partition step.
  
• Support hard disks from 2 GB to 1 TB.
  
• User-friendly interface.
  

EASEUS Partition Manager

Let your friends here what you have written into an email. With BlindSpeak, you can send emails that convert text to voice. Recipients will receive your email as .mp3 and they simply can listen to it.
This can also be used as Accessibility Utility for the visually challenged people. Initially you can send 5 emails. Recipient will receive email from BlindSpeak (No-Reply).Simply write in the email address and the contents you wish your friends to listen to, as shown below. And press "Speak" to send email.

Undelete 2009 immediately regains files that have been accidentally deleted or overwritten. While Windows® Volume Shadow Copies only offer occasional data protection, Undelete provides protection in real-time. Nothing gets missed. Ever.

It works by replacing the recycle bin with a “Recovery Bin,” making restoration of any file a quick and easy process. Like an advanced version of Novel Netware® software’s salvage tool, users can seamlessly recover their own files, all while properly prevented from recovering anyone else’s. IT personnel have less grudge-work and less guesswork, saving time and, most importantly, saving the company money.

Undelete 2009 comes with these all important features:

Exclusive! Typical recycle bins do not protect files deleted over the network. Undelete provides continuous data protection on all your servers, allowing files to be recovered in just a few mouse clicks.

New! InvisiTasking technology allows for all background operations within Undelete to run with zero overhead.

Exclusive! Recovery Bin captures and protects all deleted files – even files deleted by network clients. Additional forensic data such as the user who deleted the file and time stamps help for legal requirements (such as Sarbanes Oxley compliance).

Exclusive! Restore older, overwritten versions of Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® files with our Version Protection of Microsoft® Office files.

New! Undelete 2009 Supports 64 bit operating systems including Microsoft Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008. Keep your data protection system up to date and working with your operating system.

Exclusive! Emergency Undelete®. Rescue files that were lost before Undelete was installed— provided they haven’t been overwritten.

New! SecureDelete® 2.0 – an electronic data shredder. Makes deleted files, and file remnants left exposed in a volume’s free space, unrecoverable so no one can access your confidential data.

Exclusive! Any user can safely recover their own accidentally deleted files directly from the server Recovery Bins with Undelete 2009 Desktop Client Edition! Now you can have your users undelete their own files!

Protect your files from accidental deletion and “save-over” mishaps. Having Undelete on your systems is like having electronic safety net. Don’t let accidental file loss turn into a productivity meltdown.

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Spyware is computer software that is installed surreptitiously on a personal computer to intercept or take partial control over the user’s interaction with the computer, without the user’s informed consent.

While the term spyware suggests software that secretly monitors the user’s behavior, the functions of spyware extend well beyond simple monitoring. Spyware programs can collect various types of personal information, such as Internet surfing habits, sites that have been visited, but can also interfere with user control of the computer in other ways, such as installing additional software, redirecting Web browser activity, accessing websites blindly that will cause more harmful viruses, or diverting advertising revenue to a third party. Spyware can even change computer settings, resulting in slow connection speeds, different home pages, and loss of Internet or other programs.

Try these programs to remove all the malwares from your system: (using more then one application is recommended)

The classic programs are Ad-aware and Spybot.

Trend Micro Anti-Spyware for the Web is free online Spyware removal

Microsoft has an Anti-Spyware program

SpyCatcher 2006 from Tenebril has a free Express edition

If Spyware was detected and removed by the above programs, then you should also remove any Restore Points (Windows XP and Me only) that may include the malicious software. You do this by turning off System Restore. Then turn it back on and make a new Restore Point.

HOW TO DETECT IF MY SYSTEM IS BEING INFECTED ? and more FAQ at michaelhorowitz.com

courtesy: michaelhorowitz

MANUAL METHOD:

Click Start, choose Run and execute regedit.

Navigate to: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Look for a value called NoFolderOptions on the right panel

Right click on the NoFolderOptions value and choose delete

Navigate to: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

Right click on NoFolderOptions on the right pane and choose Delete

ALTERNATE METHOD:

Download this batch file and the problem would get fixed.

Courtesy: myfix

Snapter is software that lets you use a digital camera as a mobile scanner. The software automatically crops, stretches, flattens, and converts photos of documents, whiteboards, posters, business cards and receipts into more portable images. Whether you are in a library, conference room or classroom, just snap the photo and run it through Snapter to produce images that look as if they have been scanned through a flatbed scanner!

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The advantage of these online virus scanners is that you need not install them on your hard disk. They run within the web browser and scan your system. These scanners do not proactively protect your system 24 X 7 but if your system is already affected by viruses, then these scanners can definitely help your cause.

Trend Micro HouseCall - An online virus scanner that’s absolutely free and scans your PC hard drive for any sort of viruses or even spyware. HouseCall allows youto remove detected infections. Works with Firefox and IE. Requires Java.
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McAfee Freescan - This free virus scanner from McAfee is based on the McAfee VirusScan
engine. Should viruses be found, FreeScan prepares a list of infected files and links to information about the viruses on your computer. It also gives you an option to cleanyour system. Requires IE with ActiveX.
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Windows Live OneCare Scanner - A free antivirus online scanner from Microsoft that cleans your system from viruses and also recommends ways to improve the overall performance.
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Symantec Internet Security - An online virus scanner from the developers of Norton Antivirus 2007 can detect most virus threat but there is no option to delete the virus infected file or repair it. Does not examine compressed files. Requires IE with ActiveX.
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BitDefender Online Scanner - Their Free Online Virus Scanner version 8 scans your system’s memory, all files, folders and drives’ boot sectors - the default options automatically cleans the infected files. Requires IE with ActiveX.
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