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AV Uninstall Tools Pack Uninstalls Antivirus Programs from your Computer

People do install Antivirus programs in their Computers to get protected from latest viruses, Trojans and malware after installing it deeply hooks into registry, system services Windows and drivers to detect malware and which also makes hard to uninstall it, that’s why security vendors release uninstall/removal tools useful if in case user unable to uninstall their security products from “Add or Remove Programs” in Control Panel. We’ve already covered various antivirus programs uninstall tools , AV Uninstall Tools Pack is a freeware portable utility consists of uninstall tools for more than 30 antivirus and anti-spyware programs in their package.

Advantage with AV Uninstall Tools Pack

With this utility, instead of searching and downloading antivirus program uninstall tool you can keep all AV Uninstall tools in a single package and take them in USB useful for technicians, advanced users and novice users as well.

AV Uninstall Tools Pack by default with simple UI shown in Russian language, you can change to English language by clicking “English” link shown under “Language” on left side in the program window.

Using AV Uninstall Tools Pack

Download and extract utility archive contents to a folder, run Autorun.exe. AV Uninstall Tools Pack shows a list of “Uninstall Tools for antivirus programs” and offers Windows Installer Cleanup Utility under “Other tools” section in its UI.

Clicking on each Uninstall tool shows information about security vendor and its supported products along with “Open” (folder icon) link at the bottom to open and run uninstall tool.

Download AV Uninstall Tools Pack

Extremely thorough steps for removing virus and malware

Extremely
thorough steps for removing virus and malware

1. Boot to
safe mode using F8 key at boot (before windows load screen)
-How To-

2. Run Combofix

(this is a surgical malware removal tool with 50 steps. Don’t
download the windows recovery when prompted to do so)
-How
To-

It helps
to RENAME the Combofix

file to something other than the default as
some malware looks to block it from running. If combofix
wants to restart, ensure it restarts back into safe mode)

3. Run TDSSKiller

, remove anything found -How
To-

4. Restart in normal
mode

5. Run Revo
Uninstaller

(this program is used to uninstall programs that are highly
malicious in nature which may leave un-wanted pieces of themselves behind using
the normal uninstall process. (Uniblue Registry,
Crawler Toolbar, Ask Toolbar, Registry Mechanic, Frowstwire,
Limewire, Smilebox, Gamevance, Playsushi are just a
few examples)
-How
To-

6. Run CCleaner

-Uninstall
unneeded but non-malicious installs (ie Google
toolbar, HP Games, etc) -Adjust startup (delete all startup entries that are
not required for normal use) -Clean registry (remove all bad entries found.
There is no need to do a backup) -Clean temp files (remove all temp files using
the stock CCleaner

settings)

7. Run TFC

(this will probably reboot the PC) -How
To-

8. Turn off system
restore. XP users:
-How
To-

Vista or Windows 7 Users: -How
To-

9. Install Malwarebytes

–make sure
you decline the offer

10. Install Microsoft
Security Essentials

(OR
antivirus of your choice)

11. Install Spybot Search
and Destroy

*uncheck ALL additional
settings for Spybot.

12. Ensure all of
these are UPDATED TO THE THEIR LATEST DEFINITIONS!!!!

13. Run Malwarebytes

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Windows 8-Updating list of features to date

With screenshots and leaks galore — though, not on the scale of Windows 7’s post-Vista transformation — there is an ongoing stream of information coming out of the web, from ordinary bloggers to broadsheet newspapers, regarding the next-generation operating system.

This post will update as and when new features are discovered, and will include descriptions, any pertinent information and a picture in the corresponding screenshot gallery too, wherever possible.

Each new feature will be verified as accurately as possible. While none of the features here can be verified to one hundred percent, this updating feature set will allow both consumers and enterprises to gauge what may be coming next in the upcoming release, set for next year.

www.zdnet.com

FIRST WINDOWS 8 SCREENSHOTS OF “METRO UI” FEATURED IN INTERNET EXPLORER 10 AND APPX PDF MODERN READER

More Windows 8 screenshots leak today, exposing more about the integrated PDF reader, and first actual demonstration of the tile UI being put into play with Internet Explorer. These are the first screenshots that really show off Metro UI being integrated into Windows 8 apps, and they look really nice.

Seems to me the man (Rafael Rivera) behind unlocking the Windows 7 M3 taskbar has gotten his hands on Windows 8, and is not shy to reveal [via Neowin] what he has found. But first…

Windows 8 AppX PDF Reader – Modern Reader

Windows 8 will finally feature a built-in PDF reader, called Modern Reader. And of course, Microsoft has not been shy to incorporate what will most likely be the biggest UI changes in Windows history. Call it what you like: Metro UI, Immersive UI, Tile UI – you will see that there is a common minimalistic theme throughout the designs, similar to Windows Phone 7.

windows8center.com

Complete List of Standalone Offline Installers of Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 RTM

As you all know Microsoft has released final RTM version of Internet Explorer 9.0 (IE9).

Its available for Windows Vista, 7, Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2. You can install it in both32-bit and 64-bit systems.

Its available in approx. 40+ languages. You can download it in the language that matches your version of Windows or choose the English version, which works with all versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7.

English:

www.askvg.com

How To Flush The DNS Cache In Windows

The Microsoft Windows operating system stores all DNS look-ups in a cache to speed up the connection for future visits to previously visited websites or servers. DNS for simplifications sake turns domain names like ghacks.net into IP addresses like 96.30.22.116. To simplify it further: computer users make almost exclusive use of domain names, while computers and devices of IP addresses.

The DNS provider is queried during each connection attempt unless the information are already stored in the cache.

You may want to know why someone would want to flush the DNS cache? Lets say you have decided to switch from your provider’s DNS server to Open DNS, Google DNS or another free service that promise faster speeds and little extras like user-configured site filtering. If you switch during a session, you will be using old data from the cache if you access sites that you have already visited.

Not a big problem? You may be right, but think about the following situation. A webmaster migrates the website to a new server. It can take up to 48 hours before all DNS servers redirect users to the website on the new server and not the old server. Some webmasters change their DNS server before migrating if the ISP’s DNS server is known to be on the slow site when it comes to updating information (another option for webmasters is to edit the hosts file).

The DNS cache can have privacy implications as well, especially on public computer systems or multi-user systems. It is possible to display the contents of the cache, which in turn reveals all the websites that have been visited by the user in the session. Flushing the cache removes the entries so that the next user won’t be able to see a list of visited websites.

Flushing the DNS Cache

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How to use XP Mode to Run Multiple Versions of Internet Explorer

This document contains step-by-step instructions for setting up multiple copies of Windows XP Mode on a Windows 7 PC in order to run Internet Explorer 6, 7, and 8 simultaneously with IE9 in Windows 7. Windows XP Mode is available on Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions.

These instructions assume a moderate degree of experience working with your PC and are provided “as-is” for developers comfortable performing its steps.
Installing Windows XP Mode

1. Configure your PC’s BIOS for Hardware-Assisted Virtualization (HAV) by following the instructions here. HAV is not required but XP Mode will run much better if hardware-assisted virtualization can be enabled.
2. Navigate to the Download Windows XP Mode page. Choose your Windows 7 edition and language and then download, save, and run Windows XP Mode setup. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, this can take up to an hour.
3. Return to the Download Windows XP Mode page, if needed choose your Windows 7 edition and language again, then download, save, and run Windows Virtual PC setup. You will need to restart your PC after this installation.
4. After restart, click the Windows 7 Start button, select All Programs > Windows Virtual PC > Windows XP Mode to begin first-time setup of the Windows XP Mode virtual machine. When first-time setup completes, you’ll find yourself in an XP Mode window with IE6 pre-installed.
5. Install an anti-virus program in the XP Mode virtual machine. Microsoft Security Essentials is free and works well with Windows XP Mode.
6. Install all the important and high priority updates except IE7 or IE8 using the Custom option of Window Update (this assumes you want this first virtual machine to stay with IE6). Since Windows Update will keep pushing either IE7 or IE8 on you, you should open each of these and choose “Don’t show this update again.”
7. Install any other software or utilities that you want available in the XP Mode virtual machine.

Once you’ve configured this first virtual machine, you can move onto copying it to create two more: one for IE7 and one for IE8. To do that, close all open applications then close your Windows XP Mode virtual machine. By default, the virtual machine will hibernate but that seems to be okay for the following steps.
Create a Second XP Mode Virtual Machine for IE7

Creating a second XP Mode virtual machine for IE7 is easier than setting up the first though the steps below are longer because they’re more complete. Briefly, all you need to do is copy the virtual hard disk file, create a new virtual machine using that hard disk file, rename the virtual computer, and use Windows Update to install IE7. Here are the steps in more detail:

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How to backup with Cobian Backup 9

If you are one of those lucky people who can afford a good external backup solution (like the HP SimpleSave), then you might not need to read this anymore. But if you don’t want to give away your pocket money for one, there are always alternative free solutions out there.

Cobian Backup 9 is a free backup software from CobianSoft, made by Luis Cobian. It supports both automatic and manual backup to your data to a particular drive on the same computer, on the network, or online through an FTP connection.

Don’t expect a fancy looking interface though from Cobian Backup 9. Apart from it, Cobian Backup delivers what we all need; a good automated backup solution just in case one of our hard drive goes bye-bye.

What’s new in Cobian Backup 9

Support for Volume Shadow Copies.

You will be able to backup locked files

Support for 7zip compression

Now you can pause the backup in any place

The update function can now use SOCKS proxy

SMTP can now use SOCKS

SMTP can now use SSL

Autostart the interface can now be set for all users or the current user

Autostart options are now playing fair with administrator’s rights

Start a backup when autostart

The remote directories are now created from the top to the root, thus minimizing the risk for Permission problems

Downloading files shows now the percent

FTP operations can now use UTF transfers if the server supports it

FTP operations use now UNICODE for local operations Zip files can now store file names in UNICODE

Checking an archive could sometimes delete the archived files. Fixed.

Prettier about boxes

Icon in task properties for Manual AND ftp where swapped

IPC via MMF is now gone

The update server can now use MSSQL for logs or can use no logs at all

SQX is now gone.

Checking archives wrongly displayed Compressing using the verbose log

CobDeleter is now an integral part of the UI

Fixed the old “Error while connecting to :21:” error

A brand new, improved help file and tutorial

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