By Jacob on October 25, 2009
I was browsing around Technet.com the other day and saw a Microsoft blog about Microsoft Security Essentials. I just thought to myself that it will probably be another impotent Windows Defender. I’ve never carried Windows Defender on my flash/thumb drive because of its ineffectiveness. Actually, I’ve never seen any other computer technicians using Windows Defender [...]
Posted in Technology | Tagged antimalware, Malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, security software, windows defender
By Jacob on September 21, 2009
Operating System: Windows XP
Type: Malware Cleanup
My neighbors keep me busy. They are constantly being plagued with Fake.Alert viruses/malware. If you find yourself with a false antivirus on your computer, but you can’t launch any programs. You will need to do the following.
Warning: Remember that messing around with the registry can cause harm to your computer. [...]
Posted in Technology | Tagged .exe, launch programs, Malware, open with
By Jacob on May 26, 2009
Operating System: Windows XP
Type: Malware/Spyware
Problem:
After I had a customer’s computer infected with some regular trojans/malware. I couldn’t get automatic updates and BIT services started.When trying to start these services I received this error message:
“Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.“
Hijackthis reported these two entries that didn’t seem legit:
O23 – Service: Automatic Updates (wuauserv) [...]
Posted in Technology | Tagged Malware
By Jacob on April 23, 2009
Credit: Gene Faul
Operating System: Windows XP
Type: Malware/Spyware
Problem:
We were getting failures with Malwarebytes and Trojan Remover all pointing to :
C:\windows\system32\zlpebdg.dll
which is loaded by: HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\current version\explorer\browser helper objects\{9be4cc42-d8fe-4879-9d9b-2cb298b4bf66} and winlogon\notify registry key – zlpedq.dll
Posted in Technology | Tagged Malware, malwarebytes
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