How To remove Copyright Violation Notice

How To Remove Copyright Violation Notice

There is a common misconception in this malware\rogueware\scareware program.
Most tutorials on the internet are calling this program by the name IQmanager, and although this may be true in many cases, it also goes by the name "ApManager" and displays an icon on your desktop.

The malware\rogueware\scareware 'Copyright Violation Notice' is a particularly difficult annoyance to remove because it renders your task manager, and start menu inoperable. This you cannot end the process, or even access your start menu to find out the process name.

Fortunately, I have devised an alternate removal method.

Before you start, you will need these tools:
1) Sysinternals suite from Microsoft Here
(You can also run sysinternals directly from the web)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx

2) Download Malware Bytes Anti malware demo, or purchase from the link


Once you have downloaded these programs, the next step is to gain access to your computer to run these programs.

That is simple:
1) Disconnect from the internet
2) Follow the link on the bottom left corner (icpp-online) its a fake website and a fake company, however, you simply need to have your web browser open. It will timeout and not be able to load a web page. That is what we want.

Now, navigate to the address bar and enter your c:\ drive.
 Browse your hard drive until you find the downloaded process explorer Suite. Unzip it and run procexp.exe. navigate through the running processes and kill the process called apmanager.

This will close the Copyright Violation Alert, then you can run anti malware bytes to scan and clean your system. you must immediately reboot when prompted though, otherwise, you risk running apmanager again and reinfecting your system. Some scareware programs will relaunch when triggered by another program, or after a set interval. Once you reboot, you will remove these possibilities as well.

Avoiding XP AntiVirus Pro 2010

Avoiding XP AntiVirus Pro 2010


Not only should you be aware of the many rogue malware programs claiming to have found infections on your computer, but you should also be aware of how they operate, and how you yourself are responsible for infecting your pc. With a simple click, you are invoking the program. By closing the program - you are actually installing it and invoking it.

The programs resemble the image below, although they may have many different names. They are all essentially the same;

XP Internet Security 2010
XP Guardian
XP AntiSpyware 2010
XP Antivirus Pro
Antivirus XP 2010
XP Smart security 2010
XP Defender Pro
Total XP Security 


Uninstalling these malware programs has been discussed in these posts:
http://tips-reviews-how-to.blogspot.com/2010/02/uninstall-xp-guardian-2010.html

http://tips-reviews-how-to.blogspot.com/2009/05/uninstalling-malware-doctor.html
http://tips-reviews-how-to.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-uninstall-antivirus-2009.html
http://tips-reviews-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/11/uninstalling-antivirus-xp-2008.html

Protecting Yourself From The Installation is as simple as closing the application, however you cannot close it by clicking the X in the top right corner.


If you see anything like the image box (above):

Immediately press ALT + F4 (hold down ALT, then press F4)
This will close the application without invoking it.

Do Not Click ANYTHING or anywhere in the popup box.
(not even the X to close it)
The entire box itself is simply the method to install the program.
Although it appears to be a fully functional application, it is in fact waiting for you to click it.

The best method to uninstalling these is to purchase malwareBytes Antimalware Pro

Securing Your Paypal Account

PayPal has more than 8 million users in Canada accounting for more than $2 billio in paypal transactions.
If you are a regular PayPal user but are concerned about the integrity of your account, you may want to consider an extra layer of protection by using something called the PayPal security key.

The PayPal Security Key (as seen above) creates random temporary security code that help safeguard your PayPal account when you log in.
The security key token, which costs $5, is an electronic device or “token” designed that is carried on a key ring which creates a new security code for the user every 30 seconds. PayPal users with the security token must enter the temporary code along with their standard username and password in order to sign into their Paypal account.

Security Key Ordering and Set Up

Setup of the Paypal Security key is very simple. To order or setup your security key, users just log on to their PayPal account. Once logged in just click on “Edit Profile” to get to the “Account Information” screen. From their click on “Get the PayPal Security Key”.

Once you have your key, revisit the same screen but this time click on “Activate your PayPal or VIP (Verisign Identity Protection) token” to get to the following screen.
Follow the three steps shown below and click on activate. Once you’ve activated your security key, log out of Paypal.

The next time you log in to PayPal, you’ll need to enter your user name, password, and the security code generated by by pressing the button on your token.
This type of additional security is known as two-factor authentication and is used by leading financial institutions as an additional means to protect consumers and reduce losses from online fraud such as phishing attacks.
For $5, the Security key is the recommended way to give your PayPal account an extra level of security.
If you decide that you don’t want this extra level of security, you can de-activate it by logging onto your PayPal account with your security key. Once logged on, simply click on “Deactivate” which can be found on the Profile tab of your PayPal Security Key page.

Internet Slang 101

The Guide to Internet Slang 101

Recently, in my internet travels, I happenened upon this great guide to internet slang. (credit goes to a user named Wolf2010)

If you have ever wondered what the secret codes and abbreviations are, here is a pretty good place to start. These terms are used on internet forums, message boards, instant messaging clients, cell phones, text messages, emails, and even in regular every day communications (not a good thing to use at the office!)
 

0-9
1337 (written in ASCII) - From the word Leet, derived from the word elite
2 - too, or to
4 - For

A
AFAICR/S/T - As far as I can recall / remember / see / tel
AFAIK - As far as I know
AFK - Away from keyboard
ANFSCD - And Now For Something Completely Different. Used to change the subject of conversation.
ASAP - As soon as possible
ASL - Age / sex / location
ATEOTD - At The End of the Day
ATM - At the moment
AWOL - Absent Without (Official) Leave
AYBABTU (also abbreviated as AYB) - All your base are belong to us (from the video game Zero Wing)

B
B2B - Business to Business
B& and/or B7- Banned
BBIAB - Be back in a bit
BBL/S - Be back later / shortly / soon
BCNU - Be seein' you
Blog - Also known as web log or an online journal
BOFH - ~censored~ operator from hell
Bot - Any type of automated software in chatrooms and web-cataloging software
BRB - Be right back
BSOD - Blue Screen of Death
BTDT - Been there done that
BTW - By the way
Bump - Increment (For example, C's ++ operator.)or a backronym for "Bring Up My Post"

C
Crawl - To retrieve a web page along with the hyperlinks that reference it
Crapplet - A poorly written computer application
CU - See you (later)
CYA - See ya OR Cover Your Ass
Cyber (prefix) - A term used to connect the subsequent word loosely to the world of computers or the Internet or sex over a computer
Cyberspace - Virtual reality, the Internet, the World Wide Web, and other kinds of computer systems. Science fiction author William Gibson popularized the term in his novel Neuromancer. Gibson used the word to describe a virtual world of computer networks that his cyberpunk heroes 'jacked into'

D
DFTT - Don't feed the trolls
DGAF - Don't Give A ~censored~
DIAF - Die in a fire
DILLIGAF/D/S - Does it look like I give a flip / ~censored~ / damn / ~love~
DND - Do not disturb
DOA - Dead on arrival. Refers to hardware that is broken on delivery.

E
EOF - End Of File
EOM - End of Message
EOL - End of Life. Device or hardware that is at the end of its product life cycle.
EQ - EverQuest
ETA - Estimated time of arrival

F
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FFS - For ~censored~'s sake
Flamer - Someone who makes inflammatory, abusive or directly offensive comments. Similar to, but not quite the same as an Internet troll[3]
FMCDH - From My Cold Dead Hands
FOAD - ~censored~ off and die
FOAF - Friend of a friend
FTL - For the loss
FTW - For the win
FU - ~censored~ you
FUBAR - ~censored~ up beyond all recognition / repair (from military slang; pronounced "foo-bar")
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (the purposeful spread of misinformation)
FWIW - For what it's worth
FYI - For your information

G
GBTW - Get back to work
GF - Great/good fight/girlfriend
GFU - Good for you
GFY - Go ~censored~ yourself
GG - Good game, used at or near the conclusion of a gaming match
GJ - Good job, often used in online gaming when a teammate performs an act benefitting his team, such as killing an opponent or enabling that kill
GMTA - Great minds think alike
Godwin's Law - Dictates that the longer a thread, the more likely someone will post a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler
Gratz - Congratulations
GTFO - Get the ~censored~ out
GTG or G2G - 'Got to go' or 'Good to go'
GR -Good Race
GR8 - Great

H
HAND - Have A Nice Day
Handle - Name used in online chat, (AKA nick(name), alias, screen/user name)
HF - Have fun
Haxor or H4x0r (1337) - Hacker
Hit - A request made to the web server, (noun) the results of an internet search, (verb) loading a Web page. Hits are not equivalent to visitors of a webpage.
Home page - The website's introduction page, starting point, and guide. The technical term is "index"
Hot list - A collection of publicly available URLs (World Wide Web site addresses), sometimes available as text files.
HTH - Hope this / that helps
H8 - Hate

I
IANAL - I am not a lawyer
IBTL - In before the lock
IDC - I don't care
IDK - I don't know
IIRC - If I recall / remember correctly
IIUC - If I understand correctly
IMO/IMHO/IMNSHO/IMAO - In my (humble / honest / not so humble / arrogant) opinion
Information superhighway - The Internet (AKA: I-way, infobahn)
IONO - I don't know
IOW - In other words
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IRL - In real life
ITYM - I Think You Mean
IWSN - I want sex now
IYKWIM - If you know what I mean

J
Jaggy - Aliased computer graphics
JK or j/k - Just kidding, or joke
JFGI - Just ~censored~/Freaking Google It

K
k or kk - OK
KISS - Keep it simple stupid.
KS(ing) - Kill-Steal(ing)
KOS - Kill on sight
KTHX - OK, thanks
KTHXBAI or KTHXBYE - OK, thanks, goodbye, used either to cut short a conversation or to express displeasure with being cut short

L
L2P - Learn to play; an admonishment to MMORPG players who are incompetent and/or whine
L8R - Later, L8R also sometimes abbreviated as L8ER is commonly used in chat rooms and other text based communications as a way of saying good bye.
Lag - Slang term for slow Internet speeds or high Internet latency; Lag is sometimes due to a server problem, but more frequently due to the connection between client and server. A slow or intermittent connection may often be referred to as laggy
Lamer - A know-nothing, one who is lame.
Leet - Often spelled as l33t or 1337 in ASCII form. It originally meant elite
LFG - Looking for group
LFM - Looking for more
LM(F)AO - Laughing my (frigging) ass off
LMIRL - Let's meet in real life.
LMK - Let me know
LOL - Laughing out loud, laugh out loud
LTNS - Long time no see
Lurker - Someone who frequents a Usenet group without participating in discussions

M
MMORPG, MMO - Massive Multi-player Online Role Playing Game
MMOFPS - Massive Multi-player Online First Person Shooter
MOTD - Message of the day
MS - MapleStory, an MMORPG
MTFBWY - May The Force be with you
MUD - Multi-User Dungeon
MUSH - Multi-User Shared Hallucination
MYOB - Mind your own business
M8 - Mate

N
NE1 - "Anyone"
NFI - "No ~censored~ Idea"
Newbie, noob, or n00b - An inexperienced user of a system or game,or an annoying person.
NIFOC - Naked In Front Of Computer
NM - (Sometimes written N/M) Not much, Never mind or no message, used on message boards or in e-mails to indicate that everything is already said in the subject line.
NP - No problem
NSFW - Not safe for work. Warning about content that may get the viewer in trouble with his employer or co-workers.
NVM, NVMD, or nm - Nevermind, not much

O
O RLY - Oh really?
OIC - Oh, I see
OFN - Old ~censored~ news
OMG - Oh my god
OMFG - Oh my ~censored~ god
OMW - On my way or Oh my word
OP - Original poster / Operator / Outpost
OS - Operating system
OT - Off topic
OTOH - On the other hand
OTP - On the phone or One true pairing

P
P2P - Peer to peer, or pay to play
PAW - Parents are watching
PEBKAC/PEBCAK - Problem exists between keyboard and chair
Ping - From the popular network monitoring tool, used as a greeting similar to "Are you there?".
PITA - Pain in the arse / ass
PLMK - Please let me know
PMSL - Pissing myself laughing
POS - Piece of ~love~, or parent over shoulder.
POTS - Plain old telephone service
POV - Point of view
PPL - People
PTKFGS - Punch the Keys For God's Sake
pr0n - Intentional misspelling of porn
PW - Persistent World (gaming)
pwned - Intentional misspelling of owned

Q
QFT - Quoted for truth. Used on internet message boards to show agreement from a previous message


R
Rehi (or merely re) - Hello again
RL - Real Life[3]
RO(T)FL - Rolling on (the) floor laughing
RO(T)FLMAO - Rolling on (the) floor laughing my ass off
RO(T)FLOL - Rolling on (the) floor laughing out loud
RSN - Real soon now (used sarcastically)
RTFB - Read the ~censored~ binary (or book)
RTFS - Read the ~censored~ source
RTFM/RTM - Read the (~censored~) manual

S
SCNR - Sorry, could not resist
sk8/sk8r - skate/skater
Smiley - Another name for emoticons
SMH - Shaking my head
SNAFU - Situation normal: all (~censored~/[3]fouled) up
Snail mail - Normal paper mail service
SOHF - Sense of humor failure
Spider - The program behind a search engine
STFU - Shut the ~censored~ up
STFW - Search the ~censored~ web

T
TANSTAAFL - There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
TBF - Time between failures
TBH - To be honest
TG - That's great
TGIF - Thank god it's Friday
TH(N)X, TNX or TX - Thanks
TIA - Thanks in advance
TINC - There Is No Cabal, a term discouraging conspiracy theories
TMI - Too much information
TOS - Terms of service
TTBOMK - To the best of my knowledge
TTFN - Ta ta for now
TTT - To the top, used in forums to bump a thread
TTYL - Talk to you later (also spelled TTUL, T2UL or T2YL)
TTYTT - To Tell You The Truth
Tweedler - One who has deep love for all computer related technology and gadgets
TWIMC - To Whom It May Concern
TY - Thank you
TYT - Take your time
TYVM - Thank you very much

U
U - You
UTFSE - Use the ~censored~ search engine

V

W
w00t, w00T or WOOT - First two express exuberance, the latter is a backronym for the term "We Own the Other Team".
W/ or W/O - With or without
WB - Welcome back
W/E - Whatever
WRT - With respect / regard to
WTB - Want to buy
WTF - What the ~censored~
WTG - Way to go
WTH - What the hell
WTS - Want to sell
WTT - Want to trade
WUG - What you got?
WoW - World of Warcraft (game)
WUBU2 - What (have) you been up to?
WUU2 - What (are) you up to?
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
W8 - Wait
W-BB - warez-bb.org 


Y
YARLY - Yeah Really
YHBT - You have been trolled
YKW - You know what?
YMMV - Your mileage may vary.
YTMND - You're The Man Now, Dog
YW - You're welcome.
YOYO- You're On Your Own.


Z
ZOMG - An intentional misspelling of the acronym shorthand for "Oh My God/Gawd" and pronounced "Zoh My God/Gawd" This version is mainly used in jest or to ridicule people who use abbreviations like OMG and OMFG

Uninstall XP Guardian 2010

Uninstall XP Guardian 2010

This tutorial will show you how to remove Uninstall XP Guardian 2010. Previously, I featured an article on Uninstalling Anti Virus 2009. The process is very similar, however I have also included a link to a registry file that will help you remove xp guardian 2010.

The process is as follows:

1) import the registry file I have created.
Download it here
http://rapidshare.com/files/354836802/fix.reg

Import this file by double clicking on it.
Reboot your PC immediately after you have imported the reg.fix file.

2) Download MalwareBytes Anti-Malware product. it is one of the few anti malware programs that can actually do the job!

You may also download an emergency trial version here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/354838938/Malwarebytes__Anti-Malware_v1.44_Serial.rar

Once you have downloaded the program
1) Run a quick scan. Once the scan has completed
2) View the scan results, select all results,
3) Select remove all.