How to set up Magic Mouse on Windows

Do you want to use Apple's Magic Mouse 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:

1. Open up the Windows Control Panel. (classic mode):

2. Double click on Bluetooth Devices:



3. In the Devices tab, click Add.



4. Check "My device is set up and ready to be found".

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.

6. Click Next.

7. After a while, Windows will find the Magic Mouse.

8. Select "Apple Wireless Mouse" and click Next



9. Select "Use the passkey found in the documentation". Type in 0000 as the passkey and click Next:



10 Click Finish:



11. Click OK:



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 uneasysilence.com. There's a 32-bit and and 64-bit version.

13. Done.

Did this help you get your Magic Mouse working on Windows?

SysDefenders Scareware

Here's another faked anti-virus program. Claims to detects lots of malware on a clean system:

FreeFixer v0.51 log
http://www.freefixer.com/
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Log dated 2010-01-12 07:29


Registry Startups (4 whitelisted)
HKCU\..\Run, 8ytzu5al.exe = C:\WINDOWS\system32\8ytzu5al.exe

Processes (21 whitelisted)
C:\Program Files\FreeFixer.0.51\freefixer.exe
C:\DOCUME~1\roger\LOCALS~1\Temp\8ytzu5al.exe
C:\Program Files\SysDefenders Software\SysDefenders\SysDefenders.exe

End of FreeFixer log

Tweets, Google Search Results and Speech Ballons

This was news to me. Tweets now appear in Google's search results, in a speech balloon:

Antivirus PC 2009

Antivirus PC 2009 is yet another faked antivirus program. It claims to detect malware on a clean system:

Internet Security 2010

Ran into another faked anti-virus program:



FreeFixer log below. I've highlighted the bad items in red. Hope this helps you with the removal.


FreeFixer v0.50 log
http://www.freefixer.com/
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Log dated 2009-12-10 02:49


Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)
HKCU\..\Run, Internet Security 2010 = C:\Program Files\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe

Processes (19 whitelisted)
C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe
C:\Program Files\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe

Recently created/modified files
0 minutes, c:\Program Files\InternetSecurity2010\IS2010.exe
0 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O1EF052R\SetupIS2010[1].exe

Koobface "Locks" Computer With Captcha

Koobface is still going strong. Here you can see it in action. It "locks" the computer and asks the user to solve a captcha:



I've pasted the FreeFixer log from the infected system. Everything is malware except freefixer.exe:

FreeFixer v0.49 log
http://www.freefixer.com/
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Log dated 2009-11-14 01:55


Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)
HKLM\..\Run, sysldtray = c:\windows\ld15.exe
HKLM\..\Run, Captcha7 = rundll "C:\Program Files\captcha.dll",captcha
HKLM\..\Run, sysfbtray = c:\windows\freddy73.exe

Processes (19 whitelisted)
C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe
c:\windows\freddy73.exe

Recently created/modified files
8 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WEGR55JE\v2googlecheck[1].exe
8 minutes, c:\Program Files\captcha.dll
8 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6CSRVCZ7\v2captcha[1].exe
20 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\zwer_1258158897.exe
20 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6CSRVCZ7\v2googlecheck[1].exe
20 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4HUF4TYN\v2captcha[1].exe
20 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\freddy73.exe
20 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O1EF052R\fb[1].73.exe
20 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\6CSRVCZ7\get[1].exe
21 minutes, c:\Documents and Settings\roger\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\4HUF4TYN\ff2ie[1].exe
21 minutes, c:\WINDOWS\ld15.exe

End of FreeFixer log

Control Center Rogue

Yet another rogue. This one is promoted as a free video. If you install the "video", you will get the Control Center Rogue. It claims to detect lots of viruses on a clean system. It also replaces the default shell with cc.exe.



If you got this infection and want to start your default shell (explorer.exe) again, just press Ctrl + shift + ESC and the Task Manager will pop up. Open the File menu and select New Task. Type in explorer.exe and press enter. Now you can start FreeFixer to remove the ControlCenter malware. I've marked the malware files in red in the FreeFixer log below:

FreeFixer v0.49 log
http://www.freefixer.com/
Operating system: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Log dated 2009-11-14 00:30


Shell settings
HKCU\..\Winlogon, Shell = C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\CC\cc.exe

Registry Startups (3 whitelisted)
HKCU\..\Run, agent.exe = C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\CC\agent.exe

Processes (18 whitelisted)
C:\Program Files\FreeFixer\freefixer.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\CC\agent.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\roger\Application Data\CC\cc.exe


End of FreeFixer log