How to Remove Autorun.inf virus Completly from System & Flash Drives ?

Using CMD to Remove Autorun.inf Virus from the System & Removable Drives

* Method One

Open command line (CMD) and write the following:

del /a:rhs [driveletter]:autorun.inf

Simply Replace [driveletter] with your drive. If the virus is on the D drive the commad will be

del /a:rhs D:autorun.inf

Restart the computer & Done.

* Second Method

Genreally when you refresh the windows explorer view a bounded virus process recreates this file. This file is attached to many events of windows explorer including OPEN, REFRESH, etc.

You must close opened explorer windows.

1. Open up a command prompt (i.e. cmd.exe) >> to load it go to Run, type cmd, enter.

2. Now to remove virus’s attributes (in order to delete it type following line by line and execute them pressing enter.

F:

F:attrib -s -r -h *.*

If there are any malicious EXE files those are now visible so if unnecessary delete them too.

F:del autorun.inf

3. After finishing above, quickly remove the pendrive as soon as posible (just after executing del command).

4. Now your pen is without virus activation config. file. Now you can safely delete unnecessary EXE files on it.

* Method Third

* Download Flash_Disinfector.exe from here and save it to your desktop.

* Double-click Flash_Disinfector.exe to run it and follow any prompts that may appear.

* The utility may ask you to insert your flash drive and/or other removable drives including your mobile phone.

* Please do so and allow the utility to clean up those drives as well.

* Wait until it has finished scanning and then exit the program.

* Reboot your computer when done.

Note: Flash_Disinfector will remove any autorun.inf files, create a hidden folder named autorun.inf in each partition and every USB drive plugged in when you ran it. Don’t delete this folder. It will help protect your drives from future infection.

source:http://inforids.com/remove-autoruninf-virus-completly-from-system-flash-drives

How To Prevent Gmail From Hacker Phisher ?

Nowadays, its very common to hear about various incidents of Gmail hacking by Gmail phisher. Today, online privacy is maintained only if the user is aware of various hacks used to hack email accounts. Hence, i thought of writing an article on the same topic of preventing Gmail from being hacked by hackers. Friends, i highly recommend you to read this article to prevent ur future damages.

What is a phisher?

I have explained in my post Hack email account password by phishing., Phishing is the best working method of hacking email account. The advantage of phishing in email account hacking is that victim is not able to recognise the fake page (phisher) as this phisher matches with the original page(depends on hacker skills).

So, here i have mentioned few tips which you should follow to prevent hacking of your email account by hackers. So lets start:

1. Phishing filter:

I will recommend use of browser which has phishing filter. Internet browsers like Firefox 3.0(my favorite), Internet Explorer 7, Opera 7x which contain phishing filter should be used for safe browsing.

2. Do not provide sensitive information :

Yes, this is the main thing you have to remember. Unless and until, you know the person or institute, do not give your sensitive information like userids , passwords, bank account numbers as a reply to any email. In fact, 90% emails demanding such information are meant for hacking..remember !

3. Suspicious Filters :

Check whether there are any suspicious filters not created by you. For checking ur email filters, go to Settings-> Filters. If you find any such suspicious filter not created by you, delete it urgently.

4. Great offers, ads, winners :

Generally, Gmail users are deceived by emails which contain great offers, ads or declaring that u are lucky winner and you should provide listed query information to receive your cash prize. Never click or provide any information for such claiming emails.

5. Disable Forwarding and POP/IMAP :

To disable forwarding and POP/IMAP, go to Settings-> Forwarding and POP/IMAP and disable forwarding and POP/IMAP.

6. The most important :

The most important precaution which one must follow is “do not click on the link” provided in the email without knowing to which page the link will take you. I have added my personal experience of phishing and the method to determine the link target, where i received a paypal phisher, in my article Paypal phisher to hack Paypal account. One more thing, always open link given in email by typing address of site in new tab/window.

Thus, if you will follow these guidelines, i bet ur Gmail account will never be hacked by a phisher. Just remember the guidelines and prevent Gmail account from being hacked by hackers.

source:-http://rozgarpatrika.com/2010/01/6-ways-how-to-prevent-gmail-from-hacker-phisher

How To Fix Computer Restarting Problem

If your computer shuts down or crashes you might find yourself in a annoying situation where the computer continuously reboots in a loop while attempting to start Windows.

This may be caused by the registry becoming corrupt as a result of an application writing to the registry at the time of a system crash. The next time the computer boots up and tries to read the registry the system fails and has to restart.

To fix the problem

* When the computer restarts, shortly after the initial beep press F8
* Select "Boot from last known working configuration"

If the above does not fix the problem you might want to work your way through my How to service your PC article to replace and recover corrupted Windows files that might be causing the problem.

Steps to prevent continuously restarting during bootup

* Click Start
* Settings (Skip on Windows XP)
* Control Panel
* System (May need to click "Switch to classic")
* Advanced Tab
* Press Settings button
* Uncheck "Automatically restart"



This will prevent Windows from restarting even when it encounters an error during the bootup process.

source:-http://www.alexnolan.net/articles/restarting.htm

How to delete protected files and folders in Windows Vista ?

Step 1

The first step is to change ownership on all the files and subfolders in the folder you want to delete. Right click the folder, select properties. Deselect read only, and then select the security tab. In the Security tab, select "advanced". Go to the "owner" tab, and select whichever of your personae you are logged in as. I was logged in as "Karen/Administrator" and this worked well for me. Select "Edit". In the new window click "Replace owner on subcontainers and objects" and then click apply.

Step 2

Don't forget the check box at the bottom and don't be alarmed by error messages saying you must skip or ignore files. Next, you need to redefine the permissions available to the new owner identity. Go to the Permissions tab. Click "Edit". You will get another window, where you will again select the user you want to change permissions for. Find your user identity on the list that appears, and choose the one that says "this folder, subfolders and files" or something to that effect. It varies. Click "Include inheritable permissions" and "Replace all inheritable permissions on all descendents", then select "Edit" (again) and in the permissions window that shows up, click everything in the allow column (clicking full control should do this for you). Hit O.K., the window will close, then hit "apply" in the next window. Hit O.K. to close the advanced security settings window.

Step 3

At this point you should be back to the first properties window. Select Edit and, in the new window, select your active user, and click Full control in the allow column. This column may be fuzzed out, but all the boxes are checked anyway. Click Apply, which closes the window, and then select O.K. to close the last window.

Step 4

You are done, or you would be done if Vista didn't suck. During this process, you will probably have seen various messages telling you this or that file or folder was too protected, and you couldn't change it, but would have to skip or ignore it, while other files and folder changed their permissions with no problem. These files and folder that couldn't be changed by a global reset such as I have just described will have to be addressed individually. In the mean time, however, you can go into the folder you want to delete, select all (ctrl>a) and hit delete. This will at least eliminate the files and folders you don't have to treat individually.

And how do you treat them individually? You go through and do the same damn thing you just did to the top level folder and you repeat it for any sub folders and files that persist in being protected, even though you clicked "all subfolders" initially. Vista has trust issues, and they don't really believe you know what you are doing and so, like in any dysfunctional relationship, you have to repeat and repeat yourself and hope that something sticks.

The first time you see the window warning you that you are about to delete a system file, give yourself a pat on the back, because it means that you are on your way to delete most of the obnoxious files. When I did this, I still couldn't delete the entire back up, because the folder has two hidden files in it that only show up if I try to delete the supposedly empty folder. Oh well, I got 17 gig of harddrive back, so I will survive.

Source:http://www.ehow.com/how_5906029__delete-files-folders-windows-vista.html