• TroubleShooting Tips - a collection of techniques I use to trouble shoot suspected viruses.
• Manual Registry Restore - How to manually restore a damaged registry when Windows XP will not start.
• Parasites - Programs running on your system that you don't need, don't want, and probably don't even know you have.
• Browser Hijackers modify the default home page and default search page. The primary "fix" is to never use Microsoft Internet Explorer ... but then the scum lords win. I prefer to simply beat them and then tell everyone else how to do the same.
• Root Kits are able to hide from normal Windows program. This one replaced the Master Boot Record and loaded before Windows started. Removed with TDSSKiller.
• VBScript Virus Fix - Modify the registry so that no variants will get you (causes false positives on some systems ... sorry)
• Javascript viruses can attack your system by just viewing a web page. This shows one method used to accomplish this.
• notepad_virus - One of the scumlords replaced notepad.exe with another file and hijacked IE.
• ABI Network - Arora popup virus - This horrendous popup ad software is almost impossible to get rid of.
• WinFixer is another of those pesky parasite/virus programs that are almost impossible to get rid of. The rub this time is that they want you to pay them to get rid of it.
• SystemDoctor/vacac.dll is another of those pesky parasite/virus programs that are almost impossible to get rid of. While this is related to the WinFixer virus, a different method is used to remove it.
• Licum / Gael / Tenga - This *low risk* virus penetrates the Windows firewall, gets around commercial antivirus software, and destroys exe files.
• explorer.exe - this parasite creates a fake explorer.exe file that clicks advertisements and makes your machine unusable.
• Integretel Fraud parasite is a little unusual, they claim that I used the internet to allow a monthly charge on my monthly phone bill.
• Free virus scan - Symantec offers a free "on-line" virus scan ... after it downloads and installs 6 megabytes to your c-drive
• eml_viruses - Another Microsoft screw up and registry fix - How Microsoft email programs enable an html page to automatically load a virus on your system - without you doing anything.
• Complete Windows XP Melt Down describes a situation where the system would no longer respond to a right mouse click or start a program.
• Web server attacks - not even linux is immune from some very serious parasites
• Proposed legal action - It is time to fight back, these are some of my thoughts
• Computer Locked Scam - How to remove a bogus web page with a message like this
  Warning - Don't shutdown your computer
  Call our bogus number so we can steal your money

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