Tutorials – HowTo | MyAntiSpyware - Part 89

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Microsoft WMF patch available for download

Myantispyware team January 5, 2006 No Comment Critical patch, Tips

Many of you already know this if you receive advance notification from Microsoft. For everybody else, see their announcement about an early release of the WMF patch. The patch and details about it are available here. If you have installed any of the earlier patches or workarounds, here is our recommendation for updating: 1. Reboot

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How to remove the Aurora, Nail.exe, Epolvy Hijackers

Myantispyware team January 5, 2006 No Comment Browser Hijacking, Malware removal, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

Nail.exe is a is a hijacker which means it will intermittently change your Internet Explorer settings / Desktop to the link of it’s author’s sponsors. This program is usually installed through consent, however is sometimes packaged as another product. Aurora.exe is an advertising program by Aurora. This process monitors your browsing habits and distributes the

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SpywareBlaster 3.5 Has Been Released!

Myantispyware team January 2, 2006 No Comment Free Software, Malware removal

Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software! New in this version: SpywareBlaster Turbo-Update Technology: Faster and more frequent updates Various feature and protection enhancements Further optimizations to certain parts of the program And lots of other bug fixes and requested tweaks This 3.5 release provides enhanced updating, performance, and bug fixes. NEW

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New version of unofficial WMF patch

Myantispyware team January 2, 2006 No Comment Critical patch, Tips

An unofficial patch for block WMF expoit was made available by Ilfak Guilfanov the main developer of IDA Pro from DataRescue Download from Suns now: wmffix_hexblog13.exe. List of changes from version 1.1 from Ilfak Guilfanov at Hex Blog: Version 1.2: if the hotfix has already been applied to the system, informs the user at the

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Top tips to keep that new computer spyware free

Myantispyware team December 30, 2005 No Comment Tips

Suzi Turner posted good tips, i also have added some… New machine is booted up the first time and ready to go. It’s on the net. In this order, here’s what to do. 1. Update Windows immediately. In the Windows Security Center in the Control Panel turn on automatic download and installation for updates. Unless

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How to block WMF exploit

Myantispyware team December 29, 2005 No Comment Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

For this WMF exploit: Until Microsoft patches this thing or your AV provider has updated defs, here are some tips 1. Unregister SHIMGVW.DLL. This is your best workaround for the time being (realizing that nothing is perfect). From the command prompt, type REGSVR32 /U SHIMGVW.DLL. A reboot is recommended. (It works post reboot as well.

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EULAlyzer – Analyze license agreements for interesting words and phrases.

Myantispyware team December 27, 2005 1 Comment Free Software, Tips

Do not buy or download any anti-spyware software without checking this list first. Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web Sites — About 241 programs are listed as of December 2005. At best, these rogue programs are useless; at worst, they install spyware instead of removing it! Use EULAlyzer to check an “end user license agreement” (EULA)

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How to remove Winhound

Myantispyware team December 26, 2005 No Comment Malware removal, Rogue Anti Spyware, Tips, Tutorials - HowTo

Winhound is a anti-spyware/antivirus program that is know to issue fake alerts on your computer in order to manipulate you into buying its full commercial version. If you are infected with this program you may receive virus alerts in your task bar that appear to be from Microsoft Security Center stating that you are infected

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The Adblock project

Myantispyware team December 23, 2005 No Comment Tips

Adblock is a content filtering plug-in for the Mozilla and Firebird browsers. It is both more robust and more precise than the built-in image blocker. Adblock allows the user to specify filters, which remove unwanted content based on the source-address. If this sounds complicated, don’t worry: it’s not. Just add a few filters. Every time

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Adware in exchange for videos and music in P2P

Myantispyware team December 23, 2005 No Comment Malware removal, Trojan

PandaLabs has detected a series of files being circulated across the Internet that supposedly contain music and videos, but also contain a poisonous gift: in order to get the videos and music, users must install adware. The excuse used is that a license is needed in order to play the files, which involves agreeing to

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