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How To Remove SecurityTool Scareware
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How To Enable Windows Automatic Updates
Microsoft provides an automatic update feature for Windows - but unfortunately malware often disables it. Make sure Windows automatic updates are configured properly by following these steps.
How To Safeguard Your Privacy in Facebook
Facebook might seem like a "friends and family" social network, but it can expose your personal information to the whole world if you're not careful. Be smart about what you reveal online. Here's how to tighten settings in Facebook to protect your privacy and prevent unwanted use of your personal information.
How To How to Unregister a DLL in Windows
When attempting to manually remove malware, sometimes a DLL will need to be unregistered from the system before it can be deleted. Following are four easy steps to unregister a DLL in Windows.
How To How to Navigate Using Environment Variables in Windows
Common Windows environment variables for navigating via the Start | Run dialog in Windows.
How To Avoid Koobface and Other Social Networking Worms
Following are four easy-to-follow tips that can help you avoid infection by Koobface and other social networking worms.
How To Get MD5 / SHA1 / CRC and Other File Information
Malware may modify or infect a legitimate system file. When that occurs, a comparison to the legitimate original MD5 or SHA1 hash can be a useful diagnostic. FileAlyzer from Spybot Safer Networking is a free easy-to-use tool that quickly captures the md5, SHA1, and other useful file information. Here's how to get and use FileAlyzer.
How To Blacklist Sites in the NoScript Firefox Addon
There may be cases where you've changed the default settings in NoScript and now want to take advantage of blacklisting to compensate for those changes. Follow these steps to add sites to the NoScript blacklist.
How To Prevent Link Color History Sniffing in Internet Explorer
Browser history sniffing lets unrelated websites know which other sites you've visited online. Here's how to prevent browser history sniffing in Internet Explorer.
How To Prevent Link Color History Sniffing in Firefox
Browser history sniffing lets unrelated websites know which other sites you've visited online. Here's how to prevent browser history sniffing in Firefox.
How To Prevent Cache Timer Brower History Sniffing in Firefox
Cache timer attacks let unrelated websites know which other sites you've visited online. Here's how you can prevent cache timer attacks in Firefox.
How To Disable HTTP Header Refresh in Firefox
Firefox will initiate the download of an executable file specified in the http header. This occurs without active scripting, which means standard security addons such as NoScript will not prevent this from occurring.
How To Disable Autorun
The Windows autorun feature enables CDs to play automatically when inserted in the drive. Removable and thumb drives use the same autorun feature to load files when the drives are plugged into the USB port. Malware relies on this autorun feature to spread from thumb drive to PC. Here's how to disable the autorun feature to prevent malware from spreading.
How To Autorun Worms: How to Remove Autorun Malware
Autorun worms spread from USB/thumb drives as well as fixed and mapped drives. Autorun worms typically drop or download additional malware, usually backdoors and password stealers. Here's how to remove an autorun worm.
How To How to Disable Autorun in Vista
A bug in Microsoft Vista executes programs in the Autorun.inf file when the Autorun feature has been disabled via the NoDriveTypeAutoRun registry value. If you've set the value NoDriveTypeAutoRun in the Windows Vista registry, delete the value and follow these steps to really disable autorun in Vista.
How To Data Execution Prevention: How to Enable DEP for IE6
If enabled, DEP (Data Execution Prevention) can prevent malicious code execution that occurs as a result of buffer overflows or similar browser attacks. Here's how to enable DEP for IE6 in Windows XP SP2.
How To How to Enable DEP in IE7
If enabled, DEP (Data Execution Prevention) can prevent malicious code execution that occurs as a result of buffer overflows or similar browser attacks. Here's how to enable DEP in Internet Explorer v7.
How To Kill Winlogon
Malware often hooks into the Winlogon process, enabling the malware to load even in Safe Mode. Removing malware load points from Winlogon may require shutting down the Winlogon process. Here's how.
How To Access the Windows Control Panel
The Windows Control Panel provides access to a host of useful management tools, including the Add/Remove Programs feature, printer controls, User Accounts management and network configuration. Here's how to access the Control Panel in Windows XP default and classic modes as well as Windows Vista.
How To Regain Access to the Windows Registry Editor
Some malware will disable access to the Registry editor. Symptoms include: The registry appears to open but then quickly closes, or
you receive the error "Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator". Here's how to regain access to the Windows System Registry.
How To Use SmitFraudFix to Remove Zlob and Other Pests
SmitFraudFix is a free antivirus download that removes the Zlob trojan downloader and the malware that Zlob installs. These instructions describe how to use SmitFraudFix properly.
How To Easily Remove the MonaRonaDona 'Virus'
The MonaRonaDona 'virus' is a self-advertised 'virus' that isn't even a virus at all. It's a non-replicating program (i.e., a Trojan) that loads when Windows is started, changing the Internet Explorer title bar to read MonaRonaDona and displaying a message which blocks access to your legitimate running programs.
How To How to Remove GoogleUpdate.exe
Google Chrome and an untold number of other Google applications may install an update mechanism named googleupdate.exe, googleupdater.exe, or something similar. GoogleUpdate may continually attempt to access the Internet without requesting permission and without providing an option to disable it. This behavior may persist even after the parent application has been removed. While there's no single way to rid the system of googleupdate, the following tips provide the common install locations.
How To Disable IFrames in Internet Explorer
Malicious iframes planted on compromised websites pose big problems for Web surfers. Fortunately, Internet Explorer v6 and above includes a feature that can help protect against malicious iframes. But use with caution - there are many legitimate uses for iframes and IE doesn't distinguish between these.
How To Disable Google / Firefox Prefetch
If you use the Firefox browser in conjunction with the Google search engine, Google will (under various circumstances) prefetch the first page returned in the results. In other words, that page and any cookies associated will be downloaded to your computer even though you never clicked the link. Here's how to disable this Google / Firefox feature.