Uninstalling Malware Doctor

Uninstalling Malware Doctor

Malware Doctor is a particularly annoying piece of spyware. Not only does it load your system with Malware Doctor, but it also hijacks your browser settings, adding a proxy connection. The image illustrates the location of the malicious executables associated with Malware Doctor.







The associated path is C:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data












Removal of Malware Doctor

The first step in removal of Malware Doctor is:
1) Disable "system restore" on your PC (this is only temporary)
2) Delete these 3 exe files (the most important one is 691447002.exe.
3) Empty your recycle bin
4) Reboot

The next step is to run a scan of your pc using a bona fide spy-malware scanner. There are many - I have used PC Tools Spyware Doctor, you may use that, or Hijack This, Adaware etc. make sure these programs are updated!

5) Scan your registry for the 691447002.exe entry and delete if it exists.
6) Scan your registry for any unwanted processes in the startup folder and delete them as well.
7) Reboot
8) Scan your system once again.


Browser Hijacks

The easiest way to tell if you still have malware Doctor installed is to try to open your registry editor, or task manager. If these do not launch (registry editor\ Task manager has been Disabled by Your administrator) then you are still infected.

If you are unable to rowse websites, you are still infected. The first step to regaining the ability to browse the internet is to remove any proxy settings from your browser. Unless you use a proxy, in which case, you will need to reset those settings.

New Military Icon Sets

New Military Icons



Aha-Soft announces the release of Military Icon Set, a collection of
royalty-free army icons depicting various objects and symbols used by
game developers and Web designers. The set of military icons is
available in many sizes and resolutions, with raster images supplied
with every order and vector sources available for a fee.

About Military Icon Set

Military Icon Set offers a variety of military icons drawn in Windows
Vista style. Supplying army icons such as Aim icon, Arrow icon, Maps
icon, Dragon and Alert icons, the collection of military icons will
make any strategic game, army-related product or weapon collectors Web
site look slick, consistent and professional throughout. Designed in
accordance with Microsoft guidelines for Windows Vista icons, Military
Icon Set will not look out of place on the newest Vista PCs thanks to
32-bit icons with semi-transparency and large, 256x256 pixel versions
available.

Technically, all army icons are provided in sizes of 16x16, 24x24,
32x32, 48x48, 128x128, and 256x256 pixels. 256-color and 32-bit True
Color versions are supplied. All military icons are provided in GIF,
PNG, BMP, and Windows ICO formats. Optional vector sources in 3DS Max
format are available for a fee.

All military icons from the collection of army icons are available
immediately with full online previews. Ordering Military Icon Set,
developers and designers always know exactly what they are getting
before placing an order. Military Icon Set is royalty-free, allowing
Web designers, game and software developers to purchase a single copy
of the collection of army icons and use the set to release as many
games, products and Web sites as desired. Military Icon Set cost
$29.95 for the entire set, with each army icon available separately
for $5. More than a hundred army icons are available.

Forget P2P and Torrents, NZB is The King!

Forget P2P and Torrents, NZB is The King!

What was once old is new again. P2P and Torrent sites for now, are the primary means of file sharing and downloading of illegal software, however with the recent media attention on the torrent sites like pirate bay, all eyes are watching. Expect changes in how you download and file share.

The strange fact is that this whole while as the media has latched onto MP3 pirating attention from Napster (already over a decade ago) and then bearshare, limewire, morpeheus, and Bittorrent, there has always been one little known player in the software doewnloading and sharing arena. What's more, this player has been around since the start of the Internet.

The player I'm referring to is Usenet, or newsgroups as they are commonly called. Although they are not impervious to the ever watchful eyes of software piracy police, they generally do fly under the radar pretty well. Why is this? Well for starters, there is a bit of a learning curve. This acts as a natural deterrent, and tends to have less new users, or 'noobs, newbies' as they are affectionately called.

The main reason the newsgroups didn't catch on as a major player was the difficulty in using usenet. Usenet - in itself is not user friendly. Go figure. The name doesn't refer to ease of use, but rather to the massive amounts of data and activity from the public, or the users.

Usenet is public and anonymous and completely free and uncensored. The ease of use has always been an issue until recently. NewsBin developed a propreitary file format to make usenet life a lot easier!

The Usenet Equation: newsgroups <> categories <> messages <> message attachments = software, movies, music, games, pictures, ebookes etc.
When accessing usenet, you are accessing groups or messages arranged by category. These categories then have thousands of messages in them. Each message is listed in a thread which consists of attachments to the messages. A single thread can contain an entire movie, or a season of a tv series, a complete xbox 360 game and so on. All these are split into smaller pieces which are then posted to the newsgroups.

The problem is that there are thousands upon thousands of messages posted each day, and wading through them all requires you to download the message headers to be able to search them. This includes mesasage headers that you do not want. This takes bandwidth, and time and hard drive space.

The alternative is to search usenet newsgroups and download only the message headers that you want. Better yet, download exacvtly the threads and messages you want. The solution is called a NZB file (or a newzbin file)

Newzbin.com created a file format called an NZB file that does exactly this. A NZB file contains all the message ID's and the newstgroup category they are posted to. This means you no longer need to download message headers to search the actual newsgroup, but rather only search for the nzb files themselves.

This change to usenet spawned many NZB search websites. Once you have found the nzb file - for example, a new Album or Video, You load the NZB file into a newsreader and star downloading the messages (which containthe attachments).

The next stage in Newsgroups is NZB movie streaming. Which allows you to watch movies using the newsgroups. No more P2P, and Torrents, well NZB files are the answer.

Usenet itself is 30 years old, believe it or not, yet it is likely one of the biggest kept secrets of the internet.