Disable autorun on all Media with Freeware

"Disable autorun on all media"

Simply and light-weight application that disable the AutoRun features that popups a windows
after inserting a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, a Pendrive stick, or after creating a network connection, and so on.

start the application and click on the Ok button; if you want to return to the normal behaviour click on 'Restore default' and Ok. you can free download Autorun Blocker 1.0.0.0 now.

Most of the virus infections are caused due to virus spreading through pen drives, memory cards and other USB drives. Many of these viruses use autorun.inf viruses which cause the infection because of a small autorun.inf files which triggers the virus files on your pen drive.

When you double click on your USB pen drive icon to open the drive in windows explorer these autorun.inf files run the viruses files and copy them to your computer to cause virus infection.

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Virus & Keyloggers may be with ur Scraps

The latest bad man tool on orkut. Most of the time, it is hyperlinked with the an image of a video player (refer screenshot above).

If you click on the image it redirects you to a site which tries to install something on your computer.

Norton AntiVirus detects it as a Keylogger and Mcafee as Malware. (Thanks Evil for bringing it to our attention)

» Solution:-
    * You must have a good anti virus installed.
    * Avoid clicking on links scrapped to you by unknown members.
    * Avoid navigating to the links scrapped from your friends – There may be a great possibility that your friend is actually not your friend and someone else.
    * You must avoid surfing unknown scrapbooks since these scraps execute an embed scrap all which sends the same scrap to your friends from your profile without letting you know anything.
    * Please refer to this post for the perfect safeguarding tool against this attack.

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How to Remove "Orkut Is Banned" Virus

Virus:- W32/AHKHeap.

It spreads rapidly through use of USB (pen) drives. This virus creates a folder named HEAP in C drive of your system. The virus will even make a entry into your registry so that it can run every time the system is started.

The worm spreads via removable drives. Infection starts either with manual execution of the binary or by navigating to folders containing infected files whereby the autorun.inf files can cause auto-execution.

Instructions:-

    * Go to your task manager by pressing ctrl + alt + del and navigate to the process tab
    * Now look for svchost.exe
    * You might find more than one of them . In order to recognize the real culprit, look for those who have user name as your login name of computer.
    * Select and choose end process option.
    * This will temporarily disable the virus.

Permanent Solution:-

    * Go to Start and choose the run command
    * Type C:\heap41a and hit enter.
    * It is a hidden folder, and is not visible by default. Delete all the files in this folder (ctrl + a) and then (Shift + del)
    * Now go to Start and choose the Run command again

    * Type Regedit and Hit Enter. This will open the registry editor.
    * Press ctrl + f to open the search box and find “heap41a”
    * You will get something like – “[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe” and “C:\heap(some number)\std.txt”
    * Select both of these results and delete
    * Close the registry editor . This will remove the virus completely.

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Remove autorun.inf virus & related .exe file

As I told already autorun.inf is excellent feature gifted by Microsoft to Windows user. However every good thing can be used bad purpose. Malware writer using this feature to fulfill their notorious desire.

So its better get protected before infection.

Autorun.inf files are generally comes with your flash drive & that includes the malicious code inside it.

That affects to your computer like,
* Folder option settings like "Show files and folder" not working.
* Your drives opens in new window.
* Other problems that may be coded in autorun.inf file.

Method 1: Remove malicious files using "cmd".

• Run your computer in SAFE MODE. (Because if you remove malicious files in NORMAL MODE, i am sure it will bounce back to your computer.)
• Go to Run --> cmd.
• Go to each drive using [drive-letter]: (e.g. d:).
• Type: dir /ah --> that will shows you the hidden files in drive.
• Find autorun.inf and its malicious exe ??
• Type: del /ah /s /f "file-name"

where,
/ah - Deletes hidden file.
/s - Delete files in all subfolders.
/f - Delete files forcefully.

• Go to each drive and follows above steps.

NOTE: To protect from future attacks, make a folder named with "autorun.inf" and other malicious exe.


Method 2: Using Malwarebytes' Anti-malware.


Malwarebytes have created an easy-to-use, simple, and effective anti-malware application.

your computer is always at risk of becoming infected with viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, dialers, spyware, and malware that are constantly evolving and becoming harder to detect and remove.

Only the most sophisticated anti-malware techniques can detect and remove these malicious programs from your computer.

Key Features:
* Support for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista (32-bit and 64-bit).
* Light speed quick scanning.
* Ability to perform full scans for all drives.
* Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Protection Module. (requires registration)
* Database updates released daily.
* Quarantine to hold threats and restore them at your convenience.
* Ignore list for both the scanner and Protection Module.
* Settings to enhance your Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware performance.
* A small list of extra utilities to help remove malware manually.
* Multi-lingual support.
* Works together with other anti-malware utilities.
* Command line support for quick scanning.
* Context menu integration to scan files on demand.

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