Must Have - Zimuse Removal Tool

After a day identified and studying the behavior of Zimuse worm, BitDefender has wrap a conclusion and released Zimuse Removal Tool for users to clean thoroughly all Zimuse traces from their infected computers.

As stated by BitDefender, Zimuse runs stealthy inside the infected computer, until the countdown ends where it began to attack and then everything is too late. So, users can use this tool to check whether their computers are already infected by Zimuse or not and of course the sooner you know is better than later.

Here is the official documentation on Zimuse worm released by BitDefender:

What are the other names for Worm.Zimuse.A?

Trojan.Startpage.G, Win32/Zimuse.A or Worm:Win32/Zumes.A!sys

What are the symptoms? How do I find out if I have Worm.Zimuse.A on my PC?

Presence of the following files
* %system32%\drivers\mstart.sys
* %system32%\drivers\mseu.sys

A technical description of Worm.Zimuse.A:

The malware comes as an application with a WinZip icon in order to trick the user into running it. To look even more as a a self-extracting archive it displays a dialog box asking for a password in order to successfully unzip the package contents.
Once executed the application checks the command line parameters and if there is a switch '/Z' then it proceeds to delete all the files , all the registry keys it and all the services it has created during a previous infection.

If no disinfection switch is given then it takes the following actions:
* it checks if it's set to run at startup up, by checking the presence of a key named 'Dump' in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
* if no previous infection is found then it infects the computer.

Infection of the computer consists in:
* dropping the files
- %system32%\drivers\mstart.sys and creates and runs a service named 'mstart' from this file;
- %program-files%\Dump\dump.exe"
- %Temp%\Dump.ini
- %Temp%\Regini.exe
- %system32%\drivers\mstart.sys
- %system32%\drivers\mseu.sys
- %Temp%\mseu.ini (used for installation of mseu.sys service)
- %system32%\mseus.exe
- %Temp%\mseus.ini (used for installation of mseus.exe service)
- %system32%\tokset.dll
- %system32%\ainf.inf
- %Temp%\instdrv.exe (which is a clean file used to install services)
- %system_drive%\IQTest\iqtest.exe (in some versions)
- %system_drive%\IQTest\readme.txt (in some versions)

* sets dump.exe file dropped earlier to run at startup (this is the flag of infection)
* deletes the following files (which were used for services instalation)
- %Temp%\Regini.exe
- %Temp%\Dump.ini
- %Temp%\mseu.ini
- %Temp%\mseus.ini
- %Temp%\instdrv.exe

Worm.Zimuse.A Removal Instructions:

Editor's Pick : Free SUPERAntiSpyware Portable Scanner - Fight Viruses When AntiVirus Can't Do

In a certain situation when virus infects user's computer, AntiVirus programs lost the ability to functioning due to a very nasty infections. Users also unable to execute the programs to clean their infected computers. When users tries to, the similar notification like an image below pops-up.



Users certainly out of ideas when something happened like that and the only thing that circulating in their minds is reinstall/reformat the OS (Operating System). But wait, don't give up yet, you have a way to clean up your computers even the installed AntiVirus programs has been disabled. Yes, think on portability, most of viruses can't stop the executions of portable programs and this is why some major AntiVirus developer created a portable virus removal tools for users to fight this kind of infections.

Some was created only for a certain infections and some with a full virus database signatures similar to a normal AntiVirus programs enables user to perform a full virus clean up on their infected computers. One of the best of these programs and also a freeware is SUPERAntiSpyware Portable Scanner.

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Lately, lots of computers got infected by viruses and worms through Instant Messaging (IM), send and received various spam messages which arising from the malware that breeds in the user's computer. The spam messages are also in various languages such as Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese and some others that might be foreign to you.

Yahoo Messenger and MSN messenger (Windows Live Messenger) are reportedly the most numbers of getting infected. For the solutions, CodeMonster has released Instant Messenger Cleaner that enables you to clean and remove any Instant Messenger threats including worms and viruses.

About Instant Messenger Cleaner:

A tool that enables you to clean and remove any Instant Messenger threats including worms and viruses from your MSN or Windows Live Messenger. Instant Messenger Cleaner can even remove AOL instant messenger and Yahoo Messenger related viruses and worms.

How To Use:

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For future convenience, users should have installed a data recovery software in their computers. Who knows, maybe you or somebody had accidentally permanent delete something useful from your computer or from removable media and need to recover that deleted data back, at this point data recovery software comes handy. In some advanced data recovery software, you can create a bootable data recovery utility, burn it into the CD/DVD, boot that burnt CD/DVD to recover data from an accidentally formatted harddisk or from a 'dead' Windows. Today, you got a chance to grab one of the advanced data recovery tool, EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard 4.3.6 full version for free.

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Remove Troubled, Hidden And Unused Devices (Ghosted Devices) From Your Computer For A Better Performance

When a new hardware inserted into computer, Windows will always try to install an appropriate driver for it to functioning. Sometimes, Windows has encountered a problems during the installations and this will leave the tail of the unfinished driver installation and that will turned that device to be a 'Ghosted Devices'.

Ghosted Devices also came from the old and the unused device that you've pulled-out from your computer and never use it again and also from the improperly disconnected devices and these devices are listed in Device Manager as a hidden devices. Maybe you think that these Ghosted Devices not going to give you any troubles and better to leave it as it is. But, it is better to know what Ghosted Devices can do that can scares you:

• Slow computer startup - Windows will loads all the installed device driver including for the Ghosted Devices and it'll make the loading time increased.
• Error on computer startup - You might get an error on each startup due to the Ghosted Devices from the unfinished driver installations and sometimes your computer always found a new hardware.
• Slow computer performance - This is due to a mixed up between the real hardware drivers and the drivers from Ghosted Devices that can caused your computer performance decreasing, lagging or sometimes not responding.
• Slow computer shutdown - Too many Ghosted Devices can make your computer shutdown takes longer than before due to Windows cannot kill the applications for properly shutdown.
• Error on computer shutdown - In some cases, Ghosted Devices can interrupt the shutdown process that sometimes causing the computer to improperly shutdown such as the monitor has been turn off but the power is still on.
• Hardware performance - Ghosted Devices can cause the hardware performance downgraded due to the duplicated and conflicted between the real hardware drivers and the Ghosted Devices driver.

GhostBuster from ghostbuster.codeplex.com can help you to get rid-off these Ghosted Devices. After installed GhostBuster, please read the developer says first:

Use On-Screen Keyboard To Prevent Hackers From Stealing Your Login Data Or Even Your Money!!

Did you know, hackers can use programs that record every button you push on your keyboard to steal passwords or Social Security numbers? Physical keyboard will generates certain codes on every keys that you've pushed, these codes can be converted into numbers, characters and letters. Hackers have the ability to do that and willing them to log into your account, change your password or even worse, steal your money!!

To foil them, use tools like Virtual Keyboard to enter passwords at banking and credit web sites. Virtual Keyboard did not produced the codes like physical keyboard does, besides it is not a keystrokes but it was a clicks. In some Internet Security products such as Kaspersky Internet Security, Virtual Keyboard was included in it, noticed or not, that is a useful feature provided by Kaspersky Lab's. Also, users have a choice to install any 3rd party Virtual Keyboard made by some software developers that are available on internet.

Please take note, users also should practice and always remember that do not let your browser to remember and store any login ID's and also please sign-out or log-out after finished the login sessions, these will prevent users data and login ID's from falling into hackers hand when their browser been hijacked. In Windows, Virtual Keyboard are already included by default and the name is 'On-Screen Keyboard'. Even the names are different but the functions are the same.

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There are times when you want just one quick fix for example when you are under a virus attack and you just want to enable the Task Manager or the Registry Editor so you can fight the virus back, or when some new installation changed your Windows behavior and some system file opens on every start up.

For PC experts, these annoyances is easy to fix and various method they can use. But, how about for average PC users like we are, it is hard isn't it? And of course you really need that tool which are able to fix those errors as fast and easy as possible.

Some tools have been developed to help you solve these problems easily, efficiently and quickly without requiring a high knowledge about the operating system. Take a look at this two tools that are free, portable and easy to use for quick fix your Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.

How To Benchmark The Fastest DNS Server From Your Location

We have talked about several alternatives to replace the DNS addresses provided by our ISP. Many interesting comments and recommendations comes from users around the internet.

But did you know, if the DNS server located too far from where you live, it will make your internet speed become worse. Although the reputations of that DNS provider very excellent and had a great achievements, it will not be able to improve the situation.

So, in today's article, I will show you how to specify a DNS server which is the fastest to use based on where you live and thus you can improve your internet speed.

Steve Gibson from grc.com has develop a small portable utility called 'DNS Benchmark', a unique, comprehensive, accurate and free Windows (and Linux/Wine) utility to determine the exact performance of local and remote DNS nameservers.

In this test I have setup DNS addresses into my computer with Google Public DNS and let's see how to perform this and what the result is.

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I have been very busy for the past few days and has caused me to leave my blog without newer posts. I know, my regular visitors keep coming day by day for the new articles, I am sorry for that. As you can see, I also trying to improve my blog for browsers friendly, fast loading and a few minor adjustments. With a lack of knowledge in CSS, HTML and Java Script, it consumed me a lot of time. But still not fully finished yet, there is a few tiny stuff need to be corrected. Since I only test this blog with three types of browsers which is Firefox 3, Chrome 2 and IE 8, I hope it will suit the other browsers too. Please give me a feedback if you have some kind of interface error on this blog.

Today, I will starts the article with a promotion for jv16 Power Tools that run by Computer Bild and offering you a jv16 Power Tools 2009 version 1.9.0.590 for free.

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Normally, to install Microsoft Windows Live on your computer, you have to download a single wlsetup-web.exe file which will download and install all the applications from a Microsoft server online. What if you have a bad or slow internet connections, or need to install for a multiple computers, definitely this will make you scratched your head. Even worse if the computer was not designed to have an internet access.

There is however a solution availabled where you only need to download the offline standalone setup file once and can use it again on additional computers. wlsetup-all.exe has a size of 134 Megabytes and contains all programs that can be installed.

Before we proceed to the download procedure, here is what included in the wlsetup-all.exe offline installer:

• Windows Live Messenger
• Windows Live Mail
• Windows Live Photo Gallery
• Windows Live Movie Maker
• Windows Live Toolbar
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• Windows Live Family Safety
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How To Fix Or Repair Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer is an internet browser used by most of Windows users, even various brands of internet browser born to provide a competitions, still IE is on top of the list for most used internet browser.

Although IE were designed very stable, secure and fast, it still could not avoid the corruptions due to a Malware attacks, loss or damage files and registrations information.

How To Restore Default Windows XP Theme

It has become a habit for Windows XP users to transform the appearance of their Windows, some has transformed into Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac or even Linux.

With a light transformations, only a few files been patched related to theme files, but for heavy transformations such as changing the whole appearance of Windows XP, lots of system files been patched, modified or even deleted. These will troubled you when came the time to uninstall or revert back to the default themes.

Sometimes, you can't even revert to default themes due to patches that you've applied causing your Windows XP theme files totally corrupted. This will be a really troublesome.

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Free Windows Driver Updater

Device Doctor is a freeware Windows application that scans your computer hardware and checks to see if there are new driver updates available for your devices. It also locates drivers for "unidentified devices" in the Windows Device Manager.

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• Their database currently has drivers for over 13 million individual devices and computers
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Detect And Prevent Your Wireless Network From Unauthorized Users

Wireless networks are biggest victim of hacking and misuse of connection. Wireless network setup inside your home and office may be misused by your neighbors as a way to get free internet connection. You must protect your Wireless network with strong password to prevent unauthorized users from accessing.

However even after taking all precautionary measures to prevent unauthorized access one can’t guarantee their wireless network will be safe. Here is one handy tool, Zamzom Wireless Network Tool which lets you to detect all computer names, Mac and IP addresses using your wireless network.

Zamzom also helps users to take valuable steps toward properly securing their wireless networks.


Download ZamZom Wireless Network Tool and Instantly Identify Users/Computers connected to your Wireless Network.

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This is a great news for Kaspersky users, recently Kaspersky Lab has released a line up of their 2010 products for final version and it's already available in market. If you are a current user of Kaspersky products, you got a chance to upgrade your Kaspersky into the 2010 versions for free.

It's very simple, you don't have to uninstall the current version of Kaspersky product in order to install a newer version, just visit here : http://www.kaspersky.com/productupdates , download and install your desired product and the activation information is automatically saved and relocated to the new version.

Please take not that, you can only upgrade similar products i.e. from Kaspersky Antivirus (2009 & 7.0) to KAV 2010 and Kaspersky Internet Security (2009 & 7.0) to KIS 2010.

But, you got to read this ... but, you must have a valid genuine license to perform this upgrades. Otherwise, I don't know, maybe you got blacklisted.

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During this time, I only read about a new project from Microsoft to replace "Windows Live One Care" with their very first Antivirus + Antispyware codenamed "Morro".

However, recently there is a leaked screenshot from Microsoft (by their internal staff I guess) that this project is indeed not simply just a rumours.

But today, the download has been leaking and you had a chance to test the free "Morro". Someone from Microsoft made "Morro" leaked and has been downloaded and put to filesharing server for users who interested in "Morro" to download and give a "test drive".


The freeware Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) is available as a standalone free download and will support Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

Download Microsoft Security Essentials "Morro".

32-bit (x86) Windows Vista and Windows 7: mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-vista.exe

64-bit (x64) Windows Vista and Windows 7: mssefullinstall-amd64fre-en-us-vista.exe

Windows XP: mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-xp.exe

Please take note that, even this product is a freeware, you need to have a legit Windows operating system, in steps to install "Morro" the installer will validate your Windows. If it's genuine, you're on but if it's not, the installation failed.