Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

Uncovering Trojans

Monday, May 21st, 2007

About CCleaner and Autoruns:

How to fully de-gunk a PC of Crapware

TCPView (go to bottom of page to download) gives an overview of all connections. By double clicking on a listing the program using the connection is listed.

I found the reference to this program at alt.fiction.original of all places

A nice list of processes,what they do, and comments about them at neuber.com

Find another process list at http://www.processlibrary.com/

There’s also Process Explorer which gives an overview of all processes running and where they’re running from. Again, go to the bottom of the page to find the download.

And then there is this little program that will check the Start Menu and the System Registry for items that load at startup

Then there is HijackThis. And a friendly tutorial on using HijackThis

XP trojans, slow boot and spyware

Monday, May 14th, 2007

http://www.freebyte.com/antivirus/
Free tools

msconfig

Msconfig Startup
http://www.pchell.com/linkto/processlibrary.shtml

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?filter=&letter=L

Msconfig Services
http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/strangeservice.htm

Number of fonts
Reduce the number of fonts loading.

PCHell

1) Open My Computer
2) Double-click on Drive C
3) Click on File, New Folder and title it Fonts Backup
4) Double-click on the Windows folder to open it
5) Double-click on the Fonts folder
6) Highlight the fonts you wish to remove, click on Edit and choose COPY
7) Navigate back to the C:\Fonts Backup folder and PASTE these fonts into your backup folder
8) Return to the Fonts Folder and right-click on any fonts you previously copied to the backup folder, then choose Delete.

Static IP
Shave seconds off boot time by assigning a valid IP address instead of using DHCP

BOOT.INI
Timeout: should be like 3 sec

Malware
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/

Cheat sheets

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

searchsmb.TechTarget has offered up a nice list of cheat sheets

And  WhatIs.TechTarget has also offered a list of cheat sheets  which might be even nicer

Map local drive folder

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Start/run/cmd to get command window

subst Q: “C:\Folder Location”

Sharing of folders on XP Pro

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

I was looking for how to limit the sharing of folders on XP Pro. I found this nice MIT page on Security Guidelines that had the answer to my question of why I couldn’t limit the users having access to a shared folder. Turns out there is a thing called “Simple File Sharing” and if it is turned on then features of sharing are limited. One SFS is turned off the Sharing and Security menu (right click on a shared folder) includes additional features. Following is a piece of that page:

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Turn Off Simple File Sharing

Simple File Sharing (SFS) is a new feature in Windows XP that was intended to make it easier to share files on small networks. SFS is enabled by default on Windows XP Professional systems that are members of a workgroup.

With SFS enabled, you cannot specify an Access Control List (ACL) for each shared disk or folder. As in previous versions of Windows, the ACL specifies which users are allowed to have access. With SFS turned on, there are no passwords or access restrictions and most everything that’s shared is accessible by everyone on the network. By disabling SFS, you have more control over who can access your shared disks and folders.

To disable SFS on Windows XP Professional:

  1. Click Start>My Computer>Tools>Folder Options>View.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the list of advanced settings and un-check Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended).

    folder options

  3. Click Apply, then OK

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