Archive for the 'XP' Category
Visual Test to Check Conficker Infection
The April Fools Day Special Conficker worm and its variants have been dreaded by computer users across the world for some time now.
Even though it may seem that the virus has been maintaining a low profile for the past few days, security experts warn that the virus is still a threat. In reality, it has [...]
How to remove Antivirus XP 2008
Antivirus XP 2008 is back, unfortunately. It’s not an antivirus app, but a cleverly disguised rogue security application that tries to get you to buy the non-existent “security” it’s selling. Advertised using the common tricks of Trojans and faux security alerts, this nasty piece of malware can take over your desktop settings to mimic safe [...]
Microsoft releases XP Service Pack 3
Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack 3 to its manufacturing channels (RTM) and hopes to reach OEM and enterprise customers by the end of April. The Beta release includes the new Windows Installer 3.1 v2, IPsec Simple Policy Update, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), and Network Access Protection (NAP) among others. We hope this won’t [...]
Double-click to shut down
Here is another batch file that you will find useful,
Double-click to shut down your PC
Open Notepad and type
shutdown.exe -s -t 00
Note that there are two zeros and not the letter ‘O’.
Save it on the desktop as Shutdown.bat and double-click. Voila, Windows will shut down immediately.
AVG Anti-Virus Pro free for a year
Computer Active is giving away AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional for a year. The reason AVG is letting them do that is probably to get more people to try the Pro version and hope they will pay at the end of a year.
Here is a link to the download which is valid till Jan 17th 2008
ftp://AVG:av75@ftp.vnudownloads.org/avg7_503a1171_vnu.exe
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