tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9280506855133476572024-03-13T09:54:56.794-07:00Roger's Random RamblingsRoger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-64211641629968570502018-02-27T23:43:00.000-08:002018-02-27T23:43:07.005-08:00Swedish Bitcoin Exchange Fybse.se Down Due to Hardware Failure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yesterday the Swedish bitcoin exchange <b>fybse.se</b> was down due to a hardware failure. The follow message was displayed on the web site.</div>
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As always when a bitcoin exchange is down, users fear that it has been hacked, but not in this case. This morning fybse.se is up and running again:<br />
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<span id="goog_2040309736"></span><span id="goog_2040309737"></span><br />Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-6536712750533161602017-01-17T06:01:00.002-08:002017-01-17T06:01:51.095-08:00Tekniskt fel, Felkod: 500 på Skatteverkets MOSS-tjänstSkatteverkets Mini One Stop Shop (<b>MOSS</b>) tjänst och jag går visst inte bra ihop. Får felmeddelandet<br />
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"Tekniskt fel. Felkod: 500" oavsett vilket text-innehåll jag laddar upp till tjänsten.<br />
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Någon som har samma problem och löst det?<br />
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Jag har tagit kontakt med supporten på skatteverket och hoppas att dom kan förklara vad problemet är. Här är förresten test-filen jag laddar upp:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">MOSS_001;<br />SE**********01;4;2016;<br />SE;DK;25,00;50000,00;12500,00;</span></blockquote>
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Har gömt mitt personnummer med *.Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-53642595873299528742013-07-18T01:51:00.000-07:002013-07-18T01:51:11.081-07:00the-officialsurvey.com PopUp Removal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap_BdG-2GvZLup1CZ5VxZ3NhF_9moTYIB2YeEWUu7jJT82ohx-HDKZJIzxZkU3DhgjR8jWUxa3r0epJq5_JzGlI_XWhWl8NM5WGP7UFzm3thWaYdhoHTzIq2BwcPtfoFwcsqzCCtvYt8/s1600/the-officialsurvey.com-popup.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="the-officialsurvey.com pop-up in the chrome web browser" border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiap_BdG-2GvZLup1CZ5VxZ3NhF_9moTYIB2YeEWUu7jJT82ohx-HDKZJIzxZkU3DhgjR8jWUxa3r0epJq5_JzGlI_XWhWl8NM5WGP7UFzm3thWaYdhoHTzIq2BwcPtfoFwcsqzCCtvYt8/s320/the-officialsurvey.com-popup.png" title="the-officialsurvey.com pop-up in the chrome web browser" width="320" /></a>Are you getting pop-ups from a site called the-officialsurvey.com? So did I when I tested the adware software called <a href="http://2013/07/remove-webcake-ads.html">WebCake</a>.<br />
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the-officialsurvey.com tries to create the impression that a web site owner is running a survey as you can see in the screenshot to the right.<br />
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Since I'm the owner of freefixer.com this is in no way an official survey. If you go through with the survey, which I don't recommend, they state that you will get a 500 SEK value gift. One of the gifts is an <a href="http://www.ikea.com/se/sv/">IKEA</a> gift certificate, but surprise, they are temporarily out of stock. The other free gift that they do have in stock turns out to be free as in having to pay 35 SEK.<br />
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Anyway, in my case the-officialsurvey.com pop-ups started to appear after testing the WebCake adware. Please check out the <a href="http://rogerkar.blogspot.se/2013/07/remove-webcake-ads.html">removal instructions for WebCake</a>.<br />
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Did removing WebCake stop the the-officialsurvey.com pop-ups? Please post a comment below to let me know.Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-5690907947851110022013-07-17T06:27:00.001-07:002013-07-17T06:56:27.422-07:00WebCake Ads Removal Instructions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Did this blog provide the information you were looking for? Please let me know so I can improve the blog post with any missing information.<br />
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WINDOWS - To uninstall from Wihttp://eu.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7818671933?page=2#21ndows PC, go to the Windows Start Menu > Control Panel > Add/Remove (or Programs & Features in Vista/Windows 7) and select Remove or Uninstall for WebCake.<br />
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MAC - To uninstall from Mac, you will need to repeat the following steps for each browser on your system. Please remember to clear your cache of temporary internet files and cookies (Cmd+Shift+Delete in most browsers), and to close and re-open each browser individually. Safari - from the Safari menu select Preferences and then select the Extensions tab. Click the Uninstall button to remove WebCake from Safari. Chrome - from the Chrome menu select Preferences and then select Extensions. Click the trash can icon to remove WebCake from Chrome. Firefox - from the Tools menu select Add-ons (Cmd+Shift+A), and then select Extensions. Click the Remove button to remove WebCake from Firefox.-->Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-75970791022001627752013-07-08T02:18:00.000-07:002013-07-08T02:18:52.043-07:00How to view the current queries running in a MYSQL databaseThe <span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">SHOW PROCESSLIST</span> mysql command will show the live queries in your database. This can be quite useful if you are troubleshooting a slow web application or if you are getting the "<i>too many connections</i>" error message and suspect that it is caused some inefficient query to the database.<br />
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The output from <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">SHOW PROCESSLIST </span>looks something like this:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">| Id | User | Host | db | Command | Time | State | Info | 43930645 | username | host:44495 | dbname | Query | 1906 | Locked | DELETE FROM Cache WHERE id LIKE '/file/%-34333/' |</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">| 43933139 | username | host:50412 | dbname | Query | 3041 | updating | DELETE FROM Cache WHERE id LIKE '/file/%-72655/' |</span><br />
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In most database applications that I've built queries finishes within a second. And in this case there are two queries that have been running for 1906 and 3041 seconds, which clearly indicates that something is wrong.<br />
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In my particular case the WHERE LIKE queries had to touch a large number of rows even though the id column was indexed. This happened because the majority of items in the Cache table began with "/file/". I reduced the number of rows the database had to take into account by storing the ids in reverse order and reversing the LIKE query.Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-88927974078092244402012-08-05T03:06:00.000-07:002012-08-05T03:25:57.397-07:00Diablo Auction House Error 31073I've currently getting error code 31073 when creating any auction on the Diablo 3 gold and real money auction house on the EU servers.
I've submitted a support ticket to Blizzard:
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<i>I'm getting error code 31073 when creating auctions on EU gold and EU real money auction houses.
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I'll keep you posted when the customer support reply to the ticket.Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-9606429397904963892012-07-31T00:00:00.000-07:002013-07-19T12:00:30.166-07:00Diablo launcher stuck initializing on the MacDoes your Diablo Launcher hang at "Initializing" on your Mac after downloading the critical launcher update this morning?<br />
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This is a work-around which will help you play the game until Blizzard comes up with a real fix.<br />
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1. Start the Diablo launcher.<br />
2. When it asks you for your Mac admin password to make some system changes, click Cancel instead of OK.<br />
3. The launcher continues without hanging on"Initializing" and the Play button is enable.<br />
4. Press Play.
Did that solve the problem?Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-23348225530712155492012-06-24T07:02:00.001-07:002012-06-24T07:03:47.209-07:00Scrolls - Game play captureGame play capture from <a href="http://scrolls.com/">Scrolls</a> - the upcoming game from <a href="http://www.mojang.com/">Mojang</a>. In this movie capture I play a match against the medium level AI. The capture is from a pre-alpha build.<br />
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Hope you will enjoy this game as much as I do.<br />
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<iframe width="640" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IRtDVsGEB0c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-8189226543094400892012-06-16T04:52:00.000-07:002012-06-17T13:15:48.806-07:00Scrolls - A first look at Mojang's next game<br />
I'm currently playing the pre-alpha of <a href="http://scrolls.com/">Scrolls</a>, which is <a href="http://www.mojang.com/">Mojang's</a> upcoming card game. I'm figuring out how to best play the game by doing quick matches against the AI. The Easy and Medium difficult level was no problem to beat, but <a href="http://www.jonkagstrom.com/">Jon Kågström</a>'s Hard level AI wipes the floor with me. Good job Jon!<br />
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Want to test the Alpha? <a href="http://scrolls.com/#alpha-signup">Sign up here</a>. <br />
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Update: 2012-06-17: Posted more screenshots upon request.<br />
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The Deck Builder </h4>
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I was worried that WOW would be to tough for the Intel HD Graphics 3000 card, but to my surprise it ran in <b>60 fps</b> when running around in Goldshire:<br />
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There was a problem though, when running up to Stormwind to search for some new gear and enchants at the auction house there was a major increase in the fan speed. The auction house area is quite crowded on the Silvermoon server. The previously silent Mac was not so silent anymore :( <br />
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After some searches I found the follow work-around: The console in WOW allows you to limit the frame rate of the game with the <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">maxfps</span> console command. I created two macros, one that sets the frame rate to 5 which I use when I'm in the crowded Stormwind area, and another macro which limits the frame rate to 30 which I use inside the battlegrounds. Here's a screenshot of how I set up the 5 fps macro:<br />
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With these two macros I can play the battlegrounds with a reasonable frame rate and visit the city centers without having the Mac noticeable increasing its fan speed.<br />
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Did this solve the loud fan problem when you play World of Warcraft on your Mac? <br />
<br />Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-5264659260558066322012-04-26T15:43:00.000-07:002012-05-26T07:43:01.503-07:00Loading seems to be taking a whileI've been getting the "Loading seems to be taking a while" error message when clicking on the @Connect tab on Twitter for about a month now. Pretty annoying. Anyone found a solutions for this?<br />
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But since word was on the street that <a href="https://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox 4.1.2</a> could handle Windows 8 I gave that a try.<br />
Unfortunately the Windows installer kept hanging while "Expanding Windows Files" while installing it onto<br />
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After some trial and error I changed the number of processors/cores in the VirtualBox virtual machine settings to the same number of processors/cores as on the host system, in my case two. This change seemed to do the trick and the installation completed without any other issues.<br />
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When I went back to run my VMWare virtual machines I noticed that their brigded networking was no longer working :( Switching to NAT and it worked fine, back to bridged and no network connection. For some reason the installation of VirtualBox caused my existing bridged connection to fail. Anyway, the solution was to explicitly set the network adapter VMWare should bridge with, in my case the Wireless adapter:<br />
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Hope this helped someone. Now I'm going to try the 64-bit version of Windows 8.Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-88924128037929046882011-09-18T00:59:00.000-07:002011-09-18T11:06:22.943-07:00How to find the process that is using a TCP portEarlier today I was inspecting all computers in my home for malware with the help of <a href="http://www.gmer.net/">GMER</a> and <a href="http://www.freefixer.com/">FreeFixer</a>. I was also using the <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490947.aspx">netstat</a> command line tool to look for any suspicious network connections. Netstat shows established TCP connections and ports that are listening for incoming connections. There was one entry in the netstats output that looked a bit suspicious: A connection to a server at <span style="font-family:courier new;">cust.tele2.se</span> on port 5938 and <span style="font-family:courier new;">cust.bredbandsbolaget.se</span>, also on port 5938.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwLplBxRz-oZxuZgdw7waQhp7Z0SqSoFPV_y0jOWC8sH8fcKNOdeEb5Jwz_IWkWZW7wKStqfy1DxG7SQbOSuIVKnppqU9mpk0yiwMOH_JjZhF8a2uKn9MxtEs-_MLZKWB6XtrJCervHE/s1600/netstat-output.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 55px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwLplBxRz-oZxuZgdw7waQhp7Z0SqSoFPV_y0jOWC8sH8fcKNOdeEb5Jwz_IWkWZW7wKStqfy1DxG7SQbOSuIVKnppqU9mpk0yiwMOH_JjZhF8a2uKn9MxtEs-_MLZKWB6XtrJCervHE/s400/netstat-output.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653608708654835378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The problem with netstat is that I couldn't see the name of the executable file that had established this connection. As usual Sysinternals comes to the rescue. They offer a tool called <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897437">TCPView</a> which also shows the process name along with connection info. It turned out that TeamViewer that I recently installed had established the <span style="font-family:courier new;">cust.tele2.se:5938</span> connection:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl8ZJaREkivMmn0Ra9HaEyEngj7CMA56BEKYWJOipRwuJQ7tVMDn3t1ZatJ2Kn1l3MZumIphZeZoUlczaEV0BkXxLkz8czBThHefk573M95AUnhdbhsrfhwBxVpz4MaybWx3vlYBKS50/s1600/tcpview.PNG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl8ZJaREkivMmn0Ra9HaEyEngj7CMA56BEKYWJOipRwuJQ7tVMDn3t1ZatJ2Kn1l3MZumIphZeZoUlczaEV0BkXxLkz8czBThHefk573M95AUnhdbhsrfhwBxVpz4MaybWx3vlYBKS50/s400/tcpview.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653629587586492226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Another alternative to find the process name that owns a connection is to use <span style="font-family:courier new;">netstat -o</span> which will list the process identifier for each connection and compare it to the information listed in the Windows Task Manager.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-JIeIalgiC3PPg8aw5aWtGo2w4KbEL3h-QCamHojf68r7D53mtNxc5-kyz6w4oV3f1l9hGWoPQIDQUoiCfVwWbB3kQnflrb46aYoICaha414HJckvRwFW4fiTs-3zOZMcVOWR1Ivh7o/s1600/netstat-process-name.PNG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-JIeIalgiC3PPg8aw5aWtGo2w4KbEL3h-QCamHojf68r7D53mtNxc5-kyz6w4oV3f1l9hGWoPQIDQUoiCfVwWbB3kQnflrb46aYoICaha414HJckvRwFW4fiTs-3zOZMcVOWR1Ivh7o/s400/netstat-process-name.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653761114831491970" border="0" /></a>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-9827039752959518672010-09-12T01:47:00.000-07:002010-09-12T01:53:41.531-07:00BUGCODE_USB_DRIVERSeems like VMWare 5.5, iTunes and my new iPhone don't not mix. When I plugin in the iPhone I get the following blue screen:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xsDtHv6Q5RPxwoTotzkdedOCnroYZLhVJyhIpGCH2XrggLYNFUSV5URegOGJCdd3aC58s14obtzYG4jf4Se1H4SrSNfTqU9nLrylPxEgDR9W4fg160q8khdvkrmLpen5DzBBfLQ_GW4/s1600/bugcode_usb_driver.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xsDtHv6Q5RPxwoTotzkdedOCnroYZLhVJyhIpGCH2XrggLYNFUSV5URegOGJCdd3aC58s14obtzYG4jf4Se1H4SrSNfTqU9nLrylPxEgDR9W4fg160q8khdvkrmLpen5DzBBfLQ_GW4/s400/bugcode_usb_driver.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515946178050085986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The only work-around I could find to this problem was to install iTunes directly on the host machine :(Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-20506801581579132772010-04-30T23:57:00.000-07:002010-05-01T00:03:14.037-07:00Desktop Security 2010 ScarewareStumbled upon another rogue security application called Desktop Security 2010. It has been around for some time now. What's new about this one is that it adds a new column to the Windows Task Manager falsely claiming that some of my files are infect:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifA4-hgPjiP-xRd-d4odreoB7MZVKg7B3zcrMMPWcS1JRLicJDWTGP7fCupafhWxSGAJbBWDN-ZiJfDFgjsXMaH0lC3rlErKgzpvyPMiyB5RutuKPcc-HfPliPcIMsWvk2X32x3PbIzWI/s1600/desktop-security-2010.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifA4-hgPjiP-xRd-d4odreoB7MZVKg7B3zcrMMPWcS1JRLicJDWTGP7fCupafhWxSGAJbBWDN-ZiJfDFgjsXMaH0lC3rlErKgzpvyPMiyB5RutuKPcc-HfPliPcIMsWvk2X32x3PbIzWI/s400/desktop-security-2010.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466192667038669154" border="0" /></a>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-82278591423218752532010-04-07T07:35:00.000-07:002010-04-07T07:39:41.973-07:00Your Protection ScarewareStumbled upon a new scareware application called "Your Protection" today:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOOmDT8xM1Nqt68b1DKo_3q0YOLWySnD16QvsYnyD2iDioCJqsS_wFzK9b-iMUM739En5daUOHo5XV5Kxf7mNKjT7xfvYIrLr5Ij2i29czrsfcinhEIOS0RVGjLQeFxkX5l7U4Xh_Jic/s1600/your-protection-rogue.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOOmDT8xM1Nqt68b1DKo_3q0YOLWySnD16QvsYnyD2iDioCJqsS_wFzK9b-iMUM739En5daUOHo5XV5Kxf7mNKjT7xfvYIrLr5Ij2i29czrsfcinhEIOS0RVGjLQeFxkX5l7U4Xh_Jic/s400/your-protection-rogue.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457404745273884786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;">FreeFixer v0.55 log</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;">http://www.freefixer.com/</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;">Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2</span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;">Log dated 2010-04-07 14:20</span> <span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;"><br /><br />Registry Startups (5 whitelisted)</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >HKCU\..\Run, Your Protection = "C:\Program Files\Your Protection\urpprot.exe" -noscan</span></blockquote>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-26548042648325754382010-02-05T07:28:00.001-08:002010-02-05T07:35:30.840-08:00SafePcAv ScarewareRan into another scareware application today. It detects malware on a clean machine:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCArx2rBiKcWMaghoRRXSTWk41HKo1p8-fwag8xoMS8z6yA_9Y2xzIQ3a8PCyuh3vCB74Tc9NH_C-z6mIHpOk53_f5XkMfRVNzwNDQlWmb3JbRNrb7JiX5vveE7bFVp5puVD2SUNU4tro/s1600-h/safepcav.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCArx2rBiKcWMaghoRRXSTWk41HKo1p8-fwag8xoMS8z6yA_9Y2xzIQ3a8PCyuh3vCB74Tc9NH_C-z6mIHpOk53_f5XkMfRVNzwNDQlWmb3JbRNrb7JiX5vveE7bFVp5puVD2SUNU4tro/s400/safepcav.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434781865531197330" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;">FreeFixer v0.53 log</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">http://www.freefixer.com/</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Log dated 2010-02-05 16:13</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Processes (21 whitelisted)</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >C:\Program Files\SafePcAv Software\SafePcAv\SafePcAv.exe</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">End of FreeFixer log</span></span></blockquote><br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></blockquote>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-72121642910746049692010-01-31T06:07:00.000-08:002010-01-31T07:55:47.711-08:00"Antimalware Defender" Scareware Disguised as a Windows Critical Security UpdateAntimalware Defender is another scareware application. It pops up dialog boxes falsely claiming it is part of a Windows Critical Update:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHuyy43Mvk6Jw__l_u62CR8dbdapEES6HBZ8Rytlp8CQ7LhqDXHScWu8T4bm3qPibcWKcfri_M8GOCsa_bPplAiLURNjYzH6dDVBPMlxeafNGSRNaVyZWQWyGiaeYudwg9r0wLQJvkHKo/s1600-h/1.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHuyy43Mvk6Jw__l_u62CR8dbdapEES6HBZ8Rytlp8CQ7LhqDXHScWu8T4bm3qPibcWKcfri_M8GOCsa_bPplAiLURNjYzH6dDVBPMlxeafNGSRNaVyZWQWyGiaeYudwg9r0wLQJvkHKo/s400/1.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432907342638159266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HaUrIQpFf9OMx4T_ihufNxi7aivRnh7chk2CTaJ5S0WPjFRurpRylRypLtKHwzXhDQ3wEmmh_kmyBBeRb1MniUc-r6m55W3T393PCOGqdM9iVjXsRNlXZV1Unhc8xzbZsQvWSu38q5g/s1600-h/2.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HaUrIQpFf9OMx4T_ihufNxi7aivRnh7chk2CTaJ5S0WPjFRurpRylRypLtKHwzXhDQ3wEmmh_kmyBBeRb1MniUc-r6m55W3T393PCOGqdM9iVjXsRNlXZV1Unhc8xzbZsQvWSu38q5g/s400/2.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432907276741096274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyenYM8aeB9lOb86hAtzBoxf8V0aHuBTnrXxe4fFhyphenhyphenfZYM0PSpQsgeIL4l1bQAhYh-oORo-HRTAGy9dQmDLRW46_hbRRKcLWnayIp-naUXFti_2MmA71SDFrGm27tmvIus3n4006dutWk/s1600-h/3.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyenYM8aeB9lOb86hAtzBoxf8V0aHuBTnrXxe4fFhyphenhyphenfZYM0PSpQsgeIL4l1bQAhYh-oORo-HRTAGy9dQmDLRW46_hbRRKcLWnayIp-naUXFti_2MmA71SDFrGm27tmvIus3n4006dutWk/s400/3.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432907169459538930" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Antimalware Defender reports lots of malware on a clean system:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcJTdHaGAoS2_VHvAWyAkB7piOwc46txH6Cbh-u1B7BsAwnSSq9sMhnRwMweSPWTJ3G8NY0yxoSm7aX9uO2OYB4F3sAxpeTaa9e9ttjFCYap00cy6OKavkF0GFH9xH_dpyCtcUEE2f18/s1600-h/4.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcJTdHaGAoS2_VHvAWyAkB7piOwc46txH6Cbh-u1B7BsAwnSSq9sMhnRwMweSPWTJ3G8NY0yxoSm7aX9uO2OYB4F3sAxpeTaa9e9ttjFCYap00cy6OKavkF0GFH9xH_dpyCtcUEE2f18/s400/4.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432907084017082562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You can use <a href="http://www.freefixer.com/">FreeFixer</a> to remove AntiMalware Defender. I've pasted a FreeFixer log below which will help you identify <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">the malware items</span>:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FreeFixer v0.53 log</span><br />http://www.freefixer.com/<br />Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2<br />Log dated 2010-01-31 15:04<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Browser Helper Objects</span><br /><br />{fa217b17-bd53-4441-bc32-3de578a2826a}, {fa217b17-bd53-4441-bc32-3de578a2826a}, C:\WINDOWS\system32\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">fa217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6.avi</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Registry Startups</span> (4 whitelisted)<br /><br />HKLM\..\Run, fa217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6 = "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\WINDOWS\system32\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">fa217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6.avi</span>", start minimized<br /><br />HKCU\..\Run, fa217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6 = "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe" "C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\f<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">a217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6.avi</span>", start minimized<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Processes</span> (23 whitelisted)<br /><br />C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Explorer.exe Modules</span> (109 whitelisted)<br /><br />C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCR71.dll<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rundll Modules</span> (71 whitelisted)<br /><br />C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">wrk90.tmp</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Recently created/modified files</span><br /><br />2 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temp\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">wrk90.tmp</span><br /><br />2 minutes, c:\Program Files\Antimalware Defender\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Antimalware Defender.dll</span><br /><br />2 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Application Data\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">fa217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6.avi</span><br /><br />2 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">fa217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6.avi</span><br /><br />2 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">fa217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6.avi</span><br /><br />2 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\system32\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">fa217b17-bd53-4445-bc32-3de578a2826a_6.avi</span><br /><br />2 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6CSRVCZ7\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">s[2].bin<br /></span></span></span></blockquote><br /><br />Did this help you remove AntiMalware Defender?Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-62399888550439357142010-01-30T02:17:00.000-08:002010-01-30T02:19:27.067-08:00MyPcSecure ScarewareMyPcSecure claims to detect malware on a clean system:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndLG6ZuSBX2efRAzijqCUxpoEJkuag5av-cejzNzTCNMl6b4NQ8GN5hZD0tkMF7d3r8O312MSyZzUjiBHi3bcxs5GZnp4HTd34JOPmB0fOYCokDSFDwvfWc4bZpcxPTaO0HtWIVnzKv8/s1600-h/mypcsecure.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndLG6ZuSBX2efRAzijqCUxpoEJkuag5av-cejzNzTCNMl6b4NQ8GN5hZD0tkMF7d3r8O312MSyZzUjiBHi3bcxs5GZnp4HTd34JOPmB0fOYCokDSFDwvfWc4bZpcxPTaO0HtWIVnzKv8/s400/mypcsecure.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432475172435813298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It's located in C:\Program Files\MyPcSecure Software\MyPcSecure\MyPcSecure.exeRoger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-87258345266204447942010-01-27T00:58:00.000-08:002010-01-27T08:32:43.725-08:00How to set up Magic Mouse on Windows<div style="margin-left: 1em; float: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_AgAfCu7rHr_Aloavi4D0SOamDD3ri2Dh2FwP3SsBDl4dy4_v2GLfQY-PlwCTwZuJYikrJcB_MR5ycrOMQ78p4zKRUfP3ERn4dsLd9FMlgXV6WAvhUVHsctSoLYTB90n7VPBzg4303k/s400/wireless_20091020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431451302589462034" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Do you want to use <a href="http://www.apple.com/magicmouse/">Apple's Magic Mouse</a> on Windows? No problem, just follow these step-by-step instructions. I've tested this on Windows XP. Right-click, left-click and vertical scroll are working just fine:<br /><br />1. Open up the Windows Control Panel. (classic mode):<br /><br />2. Double click on Bluetooth Devices:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3kihk7XI_L1_5O-RoBjKjZFq97YX5F9d32-jM-ouqwVnrsVjQ0I0NmSzH9yv35jv31S1mARruVExgJycuRNkvmo9TSfx7qZ1HbL_vZvV0cim3tRqjSHdnGzUXPnU6Yr6MZA3vmPWy7o/s1600-h/1.control-panel.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 378px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3kihk7XI_L1_5O-RoBjKjZFq97YX5F9d32-jM-ouqwVnrsVjQ0I0NmSzH9yv35jv31S1mARruVExgJycuRNkvmo9TSfx7qZ1HbL_vZvV0cim3tRqjSHdnGzUXPnU6Yr6MZA3vmPWy7o/s400/1.control-panel.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425404555694350226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />3. In the Devices tab, click Add.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHB9d-N-IHSUb1Ajltyx8dSu2KJoh4-KIhcckZKWYQIeF9WNDCo7AO32yIKlmVvZq-tzuvjbEfp5tS9t-4gZUDFZ-Ch4aNScZ0mFD48Ggj3PmQwQBwjV9HLdDcsjzyMytrPwCRgo37XtE/s1600-h/2.bluetooth+devices.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHB9d-N-IHSUb1Ajltyx8dSu2KJoh4-KIhcckZKWYQIeF9WNDCo7AO32yIKlmVvZq-tzuvjbEfp5tS9t-4gZUDFZ-Ch4aNScZ0mFD48Ggj3PmQwQBwjV9HLdDcsjzyMytrPwCRgo37XtE/s400/2.bluetooth+devices.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425404486258968786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />4. Check "My device is set up and ready to be found".<br /><br />5. Power on your magic mouse with the on/off switch under the mouse. If it is already powered on, power it off and on again.<br /><br />6. Click Next.<br /><br />7. After a while, Windows will find the Magic Mouse.<br /><br />8. Select "Apple Wireless Mouse" and click Next<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8apKRpnaUf2I07PuC1boAU3_zDFOb5y8Ey9-34OgnXiV7KFqGNy5JW7TbnN0AeFjaD0i1li6A6EQnxjPY7OTc-nHYz0Kmvc_yJMhhJF1t9MX3626MuWkQD2APK8Ma0PjXTjTcISxgJE/s1600-h/3.add-blue.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8apKRpnaUf2I07PuC1boAU3_zDFOb5y8Ey9-34OgnXiV7KFqGNy5JW7TbnN0AeFjaD0i1li6A6EQnxjPY7OTc-nHYz0Kmvc_yJMhhJF1t9MX3626MuWkQD2APK8Ma0PjXTjTcISxgJE/s400/3.add-blue.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425404430242759362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />9. Select "Use the passkey found in the documentation". Type in 0000 as the passkey and click Next:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJnVTzJRdflAgnw0f4PbA_gILr4h1YUUC65rIG1PGlxuT6qPVbpuFwqVWZAwO5iNT5ReE4GT90J6Qn0_RLp-f6feNTpoMUta_784zD68XPGeMGV0zDGaXIBXKOABDrK-cj89glbVPi4U/s1600-h/4.choose.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJnVTzJRdflAgnw0f4PbA_gILr4h1YUUC65rIG1PGlxuT6qPVbpuFwqVWZAwO5iNT5ReE4GT90J6Qn0_RLp-f6feNTpoMUta_784zD68XPGeMGV0zDGaXIBXKOABDrK-cj89glbVPi4U/s400/4.choose.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425404349585851570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />10 Click Finish:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvU6pNzdnhomqGFrshzQx9nGmFnMbXsd5eZkkjoUJ5i4ErWM-0UIJFxr8mxOsItod6L8aUvs8CpHpXf6qWzZvgHuSCuzOq27XTUMl1A07tL2RzQ3FRsJ9NdxNhBkpjV3VmrIcup0HZC4/s1600-h/5.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvU6pNzdnhomqGFrshzQx9nGmFnMbXsd5eZkkjoUJ5i4ErWM-0UIJFxr8mxOsItod6L8aUvs8CpHpXf6qWzZvgHuSCuzOq27XTUMl1A07tL2RzQ3FRsJ9NdxNhBkpjV3VmrIcup0HZC4/s400/5.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425404272256252146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />11. Click OK:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV3xjAbvRvCYkciCTwNg1GKzQExAGsiuYpQGV2Yaning5A_3IdmXiMyGkrNLVbWV5DfqDN_zrSH7pinUxFMHOPjQa5c9jf_0nVX5qZSL9QyFjfZ71DrrnwH6BXENPJ61VD4vOwTFGAwM/s1600-h/6.+ok.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV3xjAbvRvCYkciCTwNg1GKzQExAGsiuYpQGV2Yaning5A_3IdmXiMyGkrNLVbWV5DfqDN_zrSH7pinUxFMHOPjQa5c9jf_0nVX5qZSL9QyFjfZ71DrrnwH6BXENPJ61VD4vOwTFGAwM/s400/6.+ok.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425404204406768690" border="0" /></a><br /><br />12. Now you should be able to move the mouse pointer, use left- and right-click. To get the vertical scroll working you need to install the Magic Mouse Windows drivers. These are made available by the great people over at <a href="http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2009/11/14588/">uneasysilence.com</a>. There's a <a href="http://uneasysilence.com/media/2009/11/AppleWirelessMouse5.exe">32-bit</a> and and <a href="http://uneasysilence.com/media/2009/11/AppleWirelessMouse645.exe">64-bit</a> version.<br /><br />13. Done.<br /><br />Did this help you get your Magic Mouse working on Windows?Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-89243360181319027692010-01-12T09:30:00.000-08:002010-01-12T09:38:38.518-08:00SysDefenders ScarewareHere's another faked anti-virus program. Claims to detects lots of malware on a clean system:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVRtFeN-kpLM9H9BGNdnPdFOuSrN9v0KN9cNkpaS0UMmDrGir8AKAw_D2BV_I_7SXZSypqZEfIB2PKOAJfpEZ0yOh9RV7MapRePXH6W-RLv2ThiEJPVfo528pHEhhPP4URHgVjkYq23E/s1600-h/sysdefenders.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVRtFeN-kpLM9H9BGNdnPdFOuSrN9v0KN9cNkpaS0UMmDrGir8AKAw_D2BV_I_7SXZSypqZEfIB2PKOAJfpEZ0yOh9RV7MapRePXH6W-RLv2ThiEJPVfo528pHEhhPP4URHgVjkYq23E/s400/sysdefenders.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425907921033865682" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family:courier new;">FreeFixer v0.51 log</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">http://www.freefixer.com/</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Log dated 2010-01-12 07:29</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Registry Startups (4 whitelisted)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >HKCU\..\Run, 8ytzu5al.exe = C:\WINDOWS\system32\8ytzu5al.exe</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">Processes (21 whitelisted)</span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">C:\Program Files\FreeFixer.0.51\freefixer.exe</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\8ytzu5al.exe</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:courier new;" >C:\Program Files\SysDefenders Software\SysDefenders\SysDefenders.exe</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">End of FreeFixer log</span></blockquote><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span><br /></span>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-39123008259914152852010-01-11T12:29:00.000-08:002010-01-11T12:37:25.263-08:00Tweets, Google Search Results and Speech BallonsThis was news to me. Tweets now appear in Google's search results, in a speech balloon:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcA8DjnSpE9P7SmqjiP89W5WLqfb8w8pTxwvisIEx19djv85myJKr2lsRnuI9gyV74MiBRpl4_j95cWf3BpPr1oznA0NIuLmTMTOeGbQfFllrJOQpACsgA6uGZmBbeOs-IozfpQjvrTg/s1600-h/tweets-google-search-results.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcA8DjnSpE9P7SmqjiP89W5WLqfb8w8pTxwvisIEx19djv85myJKr2lsRnuI9gyV74MiBRpl4_j95cWf3BpPr1oznA0NIuLmTMTOeGbQfFllrJOQpACsgA6uGZmBbeOs-IozfpQjvrTg/s400/tweets-google-search-results.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425583946741330034" border="0" /></a>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-79028046744244154492010-01-01T03:49:00.000-08:002010-01-01T03:52:23.850-08:00Antivirus PC 2009Antivirus PC 2009 is yet another faked antivirus program. It claims to detect malware on a clean system:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6frRxCo3iEY3UZB0N64R6Ub_15nkuY9iM-bgvZxMXD5TXjp2TiU9kaIgynswt4mdQW3F8gM5YFa3tbPFZzY1zHEL2BR1hh6EYPe08amO1YZUiqlgIDtcZWuPXwVd-sli129h78Hldl4/s1600-h/antivirus-pc-2009.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6frRxCo3iEY3UZB0N64R6Ub_15nkuY9iM-bgvZxMXD5TXjp2TiU9kaIgynswt4mdQW3F8gM5YFa3tbPFZzY1zHEL2BR1hh6EYPe08amO1YZUiqlgIDtcZWuPXwVd-sli129h78Hldl4/s400/antivirus-pc-2009.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421737459418087890" border="0" /></a>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-91694141437858875412009-12-09T17:53:00.000-08:002009-12-09T18:13:43.710-08:00Internet Security 2010Ran into another faked anti-virus program:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbB0EwF60mprqR2jpMnRNB2X8wA8Q1WLL5ZnVI6P8XHNZUrrtgBDqUfYKUaGiw_f0tE_ErVwjGOTzjt_XYdRldvYvaM9CmBab5edG6ZgnYx1PnyeuIC60DxTc_2ZTYHt3CZHyd6xkBug/s1600-h/internet+security+2010.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbB0EwF60mprqR2jpMnRNB2X8wA8Q1WLL5ZnVI6P8XHNZUrrtgBDqUfYKUaGiw_f0tE_ErVwjGOTzjt_XYdRldvYvaM9CmBab5edG6ZgnYx1PnyeuIC60DxTc_2ZTYHt3CZHyd6xkBug/s400/internet+security+2010.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413423910542460834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />FreeFixer log below. I've highlighted the bad items in red. Hope this helps you with the removal.<br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;" >FreeFixer v0.50 log<br />http://www.freefixer.com/<br />Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2<br />Log dated 2009-12-10 02:49<br /><br /><br />Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">HKCU\..\Run, Internet Security 2010 = C:\Program Files\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe</span><br /><br />Processes (19 whitelisted)<br />C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">C:\Program Files\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe</span><br /><br />Recently created/modified files<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">0 minutes, c:\Program Files\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">0 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O1EF052R\SetupIS2010[1].exe</span></span>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928050685513347657.post-16015551637886896052009-11-13T17:01:00.000-08:002009-11-15T10:23:29.615-08:00Koobface "Locks" Computer With CaptchaKoobface is still going strong. Here you can see it in action. It "locks" the computer and asks the user to solve a captcha:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU_CM52rYzULm0ENdfj5uqpIoaGrxk45VsRu7AWpPCjFn8ppV5lIwcb0AdX_FNQzlXC4Gun3VQRNE19i3hdUybEgQ9kddmVTqHhyphenhyphenmavSBtUxUbcyInqWey_5A4n4NPLD2UioXQtNqxWw/s1600-h/koobface-captcha-lockout.PNG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width:700px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU_CM52rYzULm0ENdfj5uqpIoaGrxk45VsRu7AWpPCjFn8ppV5lIwcb0AdX_FNQzlXC4Gun3VQRNE19i3hdUybEgQ9kddmVTqHhyphenhyphenmavSBtUxUbcyInqWey_5A4n4NPLD2UioXQtNqxWw/s800/koobface-captcha-lockout.PNG" alt="Koobface asking you to solve a captcha" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403759045064674626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I've pasted the FreeFixer log from the infected system. Everything is malware except freefixer.exe:<br /><br /><blockquote style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">FreeFixer v0.49 log<br />http://www.freefixer.com/<br />Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2<br />Log dated 2009-11-14 01:55<br /><br /><br />Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)<br />HKLM\..\Run, sysldtray = c:\windows\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ld15.exe</span><br />HKLM\..\Run, Captcha7 = rundll "C:\Program Files\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">captcha.dll</span>",captcha<br />HKLM\..\Run, sysfbtray = c:\windows\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">freddy73.exe</span><br /><br />Processes (19 whitelisted)<br />C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe<br />c:\windows\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">freddy73.exe</span><br /><br />Recently created/modified files<br />8 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WEGR55JE\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">v2googlecheck[1].exe</span><br />8 minutes, c:\Program Files\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">captcha.dll</span><br />8 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6CSRVCZ7\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">v2captcha[1].exe</span><br />20 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">zwer_1258158897.exe</span><br />20 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6CSRVCZ7\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">v2googlecheck[1].exe</span><br />20 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4HUF4TYN\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">v2captcha[1].exe</span><br />20 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">freddy73.exe</span><br />20 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O1EF052R\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">fb[1].73.exe</span><br />20 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6CSRVCZ7\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">get[1].exe</span><br />21 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4HUF4TYN\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ff2ie[1].exe</span><br />21 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ld15.exe</span><br /><br />End of FreeFixer log</span></blockquote>Roger Karlssonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09639795056760924066noreply@blogger.com0