Sunday, June 1, 2014
AutoIt
AutoIt is a great and simple tool for windows. I've found it makes it a ton easier to automate things. Even if you want to run batch or power shell scripts. Recently I've even used it to do Bing reward searches for me (as I prefer to use google still). I'll upload my code in a future post.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Adware
Be ware of the ever present adware in everything you download. While you don't have to read the end user agreement, make sure you are not agreeing to more than one. My wife or my Brother one download some adware to my laptop (which I rarely use). It was a pain to get rid of but I finally managed it and found out a few things in the process.
First I found a program called adwcleaner. This program is fairly nice. Not that I'm trying to convince anyone, but my work buddy used malware bytes and couldnt get rid of it. This did. Also note that this is a FREE software, if you got one that asks for payment it is an adware program.
After I ran this I found a few other adware programs that were installed and set to boot up. It was giving me a hard time so I tried using this tool called jrt (junkware removal tool). After that didn't get rid of everything I played with windows for a bit.
I found malwarebytes and used it, but I also found an option in msconfig, so search around in services etc and see where else those dang things put stuff.
It is the one called diagnostic setup. I clicked this and was able to reboot my computer. Malwarebytes got rid of the leftover stuff from the adware but there was still 2 programs that would run. They were in the c:\programdata file. They also constantly ran a process. I was able to delete them once I booted up in diagnostic mode.
Something else to do is to set system restore points before you download anything and then just restore to there, or read the prompts/licencing as they generally tell you they are going to install unless you click no.
JRT does make a nice quick log of everything it got, as well as did a decent job of cleaning up a different time that I ran it.
That's my update. Thanks for listening!
Oh and a link to all of the programs I used can be found here:
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/adpeakproxy-exe-removal/
First I found a program called adwcleaner. This program is fairly nice. Not that I'm trying to convince anyone, but my work buddy used malware bytes and couldnt get rid of it. This did. Also note that this is a FREE software, if you got one that asks for payment it is an adware program.
After I ran this I found a few other adware programs that were installed and set to boot up. It was giving me a hard time so I tried using this tool called jrt (junkware removal tool). After that didn't get rid of everything I played with windows for a bit.
I found malwarebytes and used it, but I also found an option in msconfig, so search around in services etc and see where else those dang things put stuff.
It is the one called diagnostic setup. I clicked this and was able to reboot my computer. Malwarebytes got rid of the leftover stuff from the adware but there was still 2 programs that would run. They were in the c:\programdata file. They also constantly ran a process. I was able to delete them once I booted up in diagnostic mode.
Something else to do is to set system restore points before you download anything and then just restore to there, or read the prompts/licencing as they generally tell you they are going to install unless you click no.
JRT does make a nice quick log of everything it got, as well as did a decent job of cleaning up a different time that I ran it.
HitmanPro also did a decent job of cleaning up but it is not free, although you can get a one time free license for it.
That's my update. Thanks for listening!
Oh and a link to all of the programs I used can be found here:
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/adpeakproxy-exe-removal/
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Cleaning
I was doing a bit of cleanup on my PC and ran across a service that did not get uninstalled properly. Normally it would not be necessary to delete a service in my understanding but such things do tend to happen. Here is what I found on deleting services!
1. Run Regedit or Regedt322. Find the registry entry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services"3. Look for the service there and delete it. You can look at the keys to know what files the service was using and delete them as well (if necessary).
Alternatively, you can also use command prompt and delete a service using following command:
sc delete < SERVICE name>
or to create, simply type
sc create <SERVICE name>
If you have space in the file path you need to use quotation marks ("). For example:
sc create "MySQL" binpath= "C:\Archivos de programa\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld.exe"
Special thanks to: http://geekswithblogs.net/shahedul/archive/2006/10/13/93984.aspx for the info!
1. Run Regedit or Regedt322. Find the registry entry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services"3. Look for the service there and delete it. You can look at the keys to know what files the service was using and delete them as well (if necessary).
Alternatively, you can also use command prompt and delete a service using following command:
sc delete < SERVICE name>
or to create, simply type
sc create <SERVICE name>
If you have space in the file path you need to use quotation marks ("). For example:
sc create "MySQL" binpath= "C:\Archivos de programa\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\bin\mysqld.exe"
Special thanks to: http://geekswithblogs.net/shahedul/archive/2006/10/13/93984.aspx for the info!
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Why I am here
So basically I decided that I wanted to compile a resource list of the information I find useful. I have either used it at home or work as I work in an IT department.
If it is a program I will try and provide a link to it as this will make it easier on myself if I am helping a friend.
Today's help comes from:
PENDRIVE: I downloaded a Linux OS on a flash drive that's called ophcrack (http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net), basically it checks the hard drive for users and passwords. It is a most useful tool. Unfortunately you can't get all of it for free, but if it can't find it there is a password reset tool as well.
Basically someone downloaded malware on his work computer while he was on vacation (some sort of scorpion server or something that just gives a bunch of ads and takes you to malware sites). We had to remove the computer from the domain and re-add it. I initially set the computer up but we couldn't remember the login info (as someone threw away the sticky note that had the info on it).
If it is a program I will try and provide a link to it as this will make it easier on myself if I am helping a friend.
Today's help comes from:
PENDRIVE: I downloaded a Linux OS on a flash drive that's called ophcrack (http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net), basically it checks the hard drive for users and passwords. It is a most useful tool. Unfortunately you can't get all of it for free, but if it can't find it there is a password reset tool as well.
Basically someone downloaded malware on his work computer while he was on vacation (some sort of scorpion server or something that just gives a bunch of ads and takes you to malware sites). We had to remove the computer from the domain and re-add it. I initially set the computer up but we couldn't remember the login info (as someone threw away the sticky note that had the info on it).
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