Online Virus Help

Removal Personal Antivirus in Seven Simple Steps

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:42:00 +0000

Commonly known as a rogue anti-virus tool, Personal Antivirus is an application that can cause serious damage to your PC. If you are one of the unfortunate people who have been infected with this malware, you must learn how to remove Personal Antivirus right away.

What does Personal Antivirus do?

This fake program uses aggressive marketing tactics to get customers to buy the full version of their software.
Trojans are installed on your system, allowing remote access to your private information.
Fake scanning is a common symptom of Personal Antivirus infection.
False error reports and threats may also appear on your desktop.
Numerous popups encouraging uses to purchase full version of the software are also displayed.
In reality, this rogue software in incapable of removing any infections.
It leaves your computer infected with new and even more dangerous virus.
If you do not treat this problem immediately, your PC may face increasing disruptions by popups, slower speed and privacy violation.

How to remove Personal Antivirus
Like any other system infection, this fake antivirus is difficult to remove. That is one reason why 'how to remove Personal Antivirus' has become one of the most searched topics in search engines.

Successful cleanup is a matter of your ability to follow directions as well as be comfortable with the technical aspects in the processes involved.

The first step is to find out which antivirus threat is present on your PC. This includes recognizing the contaminated files that have to be deleted.
Next, you must conduct an online search to know which files are harmful and need to be removed.
This list can be used to determine the processes to be killed. Usually, this is done via the Windows Task Manager route.
Again use a search engine to know the DLL files to be removed. Once these have been recognized, find them and remove the malicious filed from your computer.
The infected registry keys can be deleted with the help of a registry entry eraser or editor.
When all these files have been removed, scan your PC to ensure that it is clean of all infected programs.
At last, you must reboot your system. If the virus regenerates, the entire process will have to be repeated.
If this process seems too painstaking for you, there is another tool that tells you how to remove Personal Antivirus easily. Using a spyware removal tool is easy and effective.

Tired of viruses infecting your computer and slowing down PC performance? Do you want to know how to remove Personal Antivirus in safe and fast way? You can scan your computer for free and fix them with the best spyware removal the market. After scanning and fixing your PC, you will be surprise how fast your computer is.

Guidelines to protect yourself and your family from online predators

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:19:00 +0000

You and your family members can become the target of online predators. These predators may try to establish contact with you or your family members to exploit you financially. The predators may also try to involve you and your family members in inappropriate relationships.

Guidelines to protect yourself and your family from online predators:

Know how predators behave

Online predators have some predictable behaviors, which can help you identify them easily. Online predators tend to get intimate very quickly. They often express a great deal of interest and affection toward their targets. You need to ensure that you and your family members can detect such behavior to avoid contact with potential online predators.

Be suspicious about gifts offered

Online predators usually lure their targets with gifts or other tempting offers. You should be cautious about such gifts or offers. Also, educate your family members to be suspicious about gifts offered over the Internet.

Educate your family about online safety measures

Educate your family members on appropriate chat room behavior to avoid being targeted by online predators. Tell them to use nonsuggestive and neutral screen names. The screen names must not give away their actual name, age, gender, or contact information because this information can be misused.

Tell your family not to give out personal information

Some Web sites try to extract information under the pretext of feedback or surveys. Tell your family not to reveal any personal information to these Web sites without your permission. Also, ensure that your families do not give out any personal details, such as name, last name, address, and phone number, in chat rooms and bulletin boards. Your family members must not share their username and password with anyone, including friends.

Guidelines to protect your children from online predators:

Guide children when they visit Web sites

As parents, restrict young children from visiting Web sites that are inappropriate for them, or those Web sites that bring them in contact with potential online predators. It is recommended that parents guide their young children when the children visit any Web site.

Be aware of the Web sites that your children visit

It is important for parents to regularly check the type of Web sites their children visit. You can tract the previously visited Web sites by viewing the browser history or by using software that help you track the online activity of a computer.

Block access to inappropriate Web sites

You can enable your browser’s Content Advisor feature to control the type of Web sites that your family members can visit while browsing the Internet. By using this feature, you can restrict children from visiting Web sites that contain adult content. You can also install certain software programs that help you block specific Web sites.

Monitor chat activities on your computer

Specialized software can monitor chat activities and flag inappropriate information exchange on your computer. You can install these software to track the chat activities of your children.

Instruct children to leave unpleasant Web sites

As a parent, instruct your children to leave a Web site if it makes them uncomfortable or if the site contains any unpleasant content. Also, educate your children to leave a Web site that asks for excessive personal information.

How to Remove Winstall.exe / SpySheriff

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:18:00 +0000

Winstall.exe is part of a program called SpySheriff which is a fake anti-spyware program that is designed to fool users into paying for a full version of the program in order to remove a supposed infection which the ‘free version’ put there in the first place. Here are the removal instructions for SpySherrif / Winstall.exe.

This infection displays a message that is designed to look like it is part of the inbuilt Windows XP Security Center. Up the top it has the Internet Explorer security warning bar which says “Warning: possible Spyware or Adware infection! Click here to scan your computer for Spyware and Adware

How To Remove Spy Sheriff / Winstall

First you will need to print out these instructions as you will be required to close all windows in order to do the fix.
Now, download SmitFraudFix.zip and save it to your desktop. Once it has downloaded, double click on it which will extract it. Do not run the actual program yet as it must be done in safe mode.
Load into Windows Safe mode by restarting the computer and just before the Windows XP screen comes up, press F8 and choose safemode.

Once in Safemode:

Close all open windows and open the SmitFraudFix folder which is on your desktop and double click the SmitFraudFix.cmd file which will start the removal process. This whole cleanup process can take a few hours depending on your computer so please be patient.
You will see a blue screen with white text with a series of options, Press number 2 on your keyboard and press Enter key which will choose the “Clean (Safe mode recommended)” Option.
The program will go though a series of processes to clean your computer including the disappearance of your desktop icons for a split second. One it is finished it will open up the Disk Cleanup program. This will clean up all Temporary Internet Files, Temp folders and other files which may have been left over by the infection. When it is finished it should close automatically.
When Disk Cleanup is complete you will be given the option “Do you want to clean the registry? Y or N”. Press the Y button on your keyboard and press the Enter Key
When the registry cleanup is finished you will get a red screen which will say “Computer will reboot now, Close all Applications”. Press Spacebar and let it restart the computer. Once rebooted you will be shown a log file with a list of all the files that were removed. Close this.
You should now have succesfully removed the Winstall.exe / SpySheriff Infection
Be sure to visit the Windows Update site at http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and get all critical updates to minimise your chances of getting this again.

Virus and Malware Definitions and Recovery

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:17:00 +0000

Viruses

Until recently, most of the known damaging programs were viral in nature. One property of Viruses is that they use other host applications in order to be able to run. A Virus always attaches itself to a benign program by inserting its own Virus program code into the executable file of another program (e.g. an .EXE file). Once the benign program is loaded the Virus can begin its damaging routines and use other programs to reproduce itself. These days, Viruses play a much smaller and less important role in the Malware sector.

Trojans, Backdoors, Bots, Worms

Most of the new damaging programs these days are Trojans and Bots. They do not require a host program to run because they are independent programs. Bots attempt to remain as inconspicuous as possible and usually hide well camouflaged in the depths of the operating system. Their activities include opening the PC for attackers who thereby gain full control of the PC, mass-mailing of illegal Spam mails, or the coordinated overloading of individual websites through too many manipulated queries at once (DoS). The PC can only be regarded as infected when this type of software is actually active. Files that are not running do not represent a danger. However, Trojans and Bots usually have numerous features to ensure that they are automatically started every time the system is booted. Autostart entries are created in a wide variety of system Registry locations, file suffix assignments are redirected, or other new tricks are used that most security tools are not yet aware of.

Spyware, Adware, Bogus Security Software

A new Malware trend is to manipulate important system components so that the Malware file can no longer simply be deleted. Some types of Spyware start multiplte processes (program instances) in parallel that monitor each other. When one process is terminated the other process starts it again, etc. Bogus security software, so-called rogue Anti-virus and Anti-spyware tools, inject themselves into essential system processes such as (e.g.) winlogon.exe. If you attempt to terminate the Malware by terminating the host process and deleting the damaging file, the action ends with the dreaded bluescreen and the system comes to a standstill.

Rootkits

Rootkits go one step further. They manipulate the operating system so that the Rootkit files are no longer visible and can no longer be detected by Anti-virus programs. Registry entries, open ports, and active processes can also be made invisible, thus leaving no traces of the presence of a Rootkit.

The virus and malware infection types described above represent the most common types. Of course, various combinations of these techniques also exist.

The Detection and Recovery

Usually, the easiest way to tell you have spyware is because your PC is running at a reduced speed. The other way to check is to hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE and hit task manager (if you have windows service pack 2. If you have before SP2, then this should automatically bring up the task manager).

Once the task manager is open, check your running processes under the “Processes” tab. If you see a lot of strange processes running you don’t recognize, you likely are infected with spyware, adware, or viruses.

An example of strange processes would be a fgkosk.exe or copies of the same process running twice. Some “smart” spyware can actually disguise itself as other windows processes – you can tell this if you have copies of processes running. Don’t end task anything you’re not sure of – besides, most of these files are actually able to resume themselves after you close them as they’re in your windows registry. You could also download a program that checks for these infected files, such as Avast, Ad-Aware, etc. Check my other article on “what to do once you have spyware” for a list of good programs to use. The best way to get rid of spyware, adware, or viruses once you have them is either to use a program made for doing exactly that. Failing that, you could format your PC.

Sometimes, an infestation becomes so bad you may have troubles downloading, installing, or running a program for spyware removal.

How to get rid of adware?

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:16:00 +0000

Before sharing anything about how to get rid of adware? i would like you to be acquainted with what is adware?

Adware is a piece of software which runs ads without human intervention on your computer after collecting information about your activity on your computer. These annoying adware is contained in software that you download for free from untrusted websites.

Adware is also known as advertising-supported software, which means any software that includes advertisements which are automatically displayed when you run the software according to the information collected by this software from your computer.

Why these adware are dangerous?

The bad thing about these adware’s that they are hidden in other software, don’t need permission from you, they track your activity on your computer and enter a code that could make the content of your PC open to the world.

How to know that your PC is infected?

As this advertising-supported software is hidden you will have no idea when they install to your PC but there is a way that you can suspect that your PC is infected and need an adware protection. Is your windows take more time to load?, is your computer do things you don’t order?, is hyperlinks don’t work or take you to another site? If yes so your PC is likely to be infected by adware.

If you don’t have adware on your computer from the start you will not need to know how to get rid of these bad adware. So lets talk a little more about how to avoid adware:

Be very careful before downloading and installing any P2P or peer-to-peer software from the internet that may include adware.
Be careful when you visit sites that you are not familiar with especially if they have alot of advertising popups.
Avoid opening junk mail and spam that may contain adware, you can use an email only for registering sites that you want and don’t use your main email.
Use other browser like Opera or Firefox they are more secure than Internet Explorer.

How to get rid of adware?

When we talk about how to get rid of adware? i cannot tell you try this or that software it remove all annoying adware, no i am not going to say that because there is no single software that can solve your problem as man created these software and also they can create adware that can escape from the scan.

So where do we start from to get adware-free computer. The first thing i recommend is the FREE way, there are many but you should start with toolbars. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) like Yahoo.com or Google.com provide you a free to use toolbar that can detect and remove adware, also they can block pop-ups which will prevent these annoying adwares from reaching your computer.

If you’re serious about getting rid of adware away from your PC forever, then go to iYogi Technical Support Services

Another great solution that will help you get rid of adware is by doing a search about “free adware scan”, be carefull here and don’t download anything that is not popular, if people are not using this software it means that it is not good enough or even it cantain adware too.

How to update nod32 locally?

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:15:00 +0000

Last night there was a issue with my cousins Laptop while updating this nod32 locally, he just queried me
I am runing nod32 antivirus, and i found it can only be updated from the internet or lan server, but if i don’t have either, can i update it from my local machine?

After some what googling i got this and though worth while sharing so here it is

Simply follow these instructions to update your of NOD32

1. Download nodupdate.zip from http://www.nod32.jp/irda/
2. Extract the contents to any folder on your computer.
3. Open up the NOD32 Control Center by clicking on the system tray icon.
4. Open the “Update” screen and click on “Setup”.
5. Click on “Servers” and click “Add”.
6. Type the path of the folder with update files. Click OK. A new server is added to the dropdown list.
7. Select the new server (folder path) as the update server.
8. Back at the update screen, click “Update now”.
9. After a brief pause, your NOD32 should be updated.

Top 10 ways to Make Your Computer Run Smoother

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:40:00 +0000

So, you’ve been enjoying your new computer the last few months, and as time has passed by it has been getting slower and slower. It’s finally to the point that it’s almost unusable, and is driving you nuts when you do use it for recreation or to do work. So what do you do? Pick it up, throw it away, and buy a new one? Nope. The correct answer is to call tech support or search the Internet and see if you can find out what is wrong with your computer and fix it. Sometimes you will need to buy a new computer, especially if your current one is like ten years old. But if you’ve only had it a few months to a few years, then most likely you just need to do some basic cleanup and updating of the software you have on your computer. Before you start to panic or rush out to buy a new computer, you should try the tips I have here for you to see if they will get your computer up and running like new again.

1. Update Software

I know some of you reading this might already know that it makes sense to upgrade your software such as virus and spyware protection software, but what a lot of people probably don’t realize is that updating all your other software programs will also help to improve the speed of your computer. Sure your software might do exactly what it’s supposed to perfectly, but the reality is that your software is full of glitches and bugs that can be fixed by downloading patches. By downloading these patches it won’t only improve the efficiency of your computer and software, but it will also improve its security. Updating your software is different for each program.

Sometimes you have to do it manually from inside the program itself, and other times it’s automatic. For programs like virus and spyware protection software, you should set it to automatically update. If you have other programs that auto update themselves set them to do so also. This will keep you from having to worry about updating your software yourself. For the rest of your software that doesn’t automatically update itself, checking for updates at least once a month for them should be sufficient. It may seem bothersome to update your software especially if you have to do it manually, but you will be glad you did in the end and your computer will thank you for it.

2. Update Your Operating System

Along with updating your software you also need to update your operating system regularly. Your operating system is just another software program and like those other programs, it is also full of bugs and glitches that need to be fixed with updates. Windows has the option of letting you set it to update itself automatically or to update it manually when you feel like it. To adjust this option in Windows XP, go to Start>Control Panel, and click on Automatic Updates in the Control Panel window. In Window Vista go to Start>Control Panel, and click on Windows Updates. In the Windows Updates window click on Change Settings in the left pane. Regardless of which version of Windows you are using you will have the same options to choose from which are:

1. Automatically Download and Install Updates

2. Automatically Download updates, but let me choose when to install them.

3. Notify me but don’t automatically download or install them.

4. Turn off Automatic Updates.

The recommend setting is of course to automatically download and install updates, but you can choose whichever settings you want then click apply to save the changes you make. Regardless of how you decide to handle updating your operating system, making sure that you do it regularly will definitely help your computer to run smoother and improve its security.

3. Defragment Your Computer

As you use your computer and add and remove files and software, overtime some of your files become fragmented and spread out over the hard disk. As time goes along this will get worse and worse and eventually your computer will slow way down. This is because the computer has to search the hard drive longer whenever you attempt to use your files. In order to fix this problem it’s as simple as running the Disk Defragmenter Utility that comes with Windows. To run Disk Defragmenter go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragmenter. Once the program opens up, to start the defragmenting process just click the button that says Defragment and let it go on its own. Because defragmenting your hard drive uses all your system resources, its best to do this only when you don’t need to use your computer. I recommend you start it defragmenting at night right before you go to bed because depending on how fragmented your hard drive is, it could take several hours for the process to complete. Once the defragmenting process is done, your files will be put back together properly, and you should notice a significant increase in the speed of your computer, especially if it’s been awhile since you last time you did it.

4. Delete Junk Files

Has it ever seemed like your free space on your hard drive is getting smaller or it takes longer to search for a file you can’t find even though you haven’t added any new files or software on your computer? This is due to fragments of files that get left behind from daily tasks you perform on your computer. Whenever you download files from the Internet or delete files to the recycling bin, bits and pieces of files are left behind that you can’t see and most likely don’t know about. These are the “junk” files that are created automatically by programs for temporary use but aren’t deleted after the programs are done using them. These files include cookies, temporary Internet files, log files, error log files, temporary miscellaneous files, and System Restore points created every so often by Windows. This might sound like it would be lots of work to remove all of these useless files, but fear not there is a built in program called Disk Cleanup that will delete all these files for you.

To run this program go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools> Disk Cleanup. Once the program is open you will be shown a window with a couple tabs and a few options to choose from. The first tab that you see lets you choose which junk files you would like to remove. Below this window it shows you how much free space you will gain from deleting these files. Even if it’s only a few kilobytes, still run the program. I have found out from using it that even if it says it will free up a few kilobytes, it usually frees up 1-5GB of space. Once you are done selecting which files you want to remove, click the Ok button at the bottom of the window. Once the process is done it will automatically close. Along with deleting these junk files, if you haven’t had any problems for awhile with your computer you can free up additional space by clicking the More Options tab in the Disk Cleanup window and clicking the Clean up button in the section titled System Restore. This will delete all but the most recent restore point. Once you’re done deleting all your files close the program if it doesn’t close by itself and your done.

5. Delete Unused Files

Along with deleting the junk files off your computer, you can also get increased performance from your hard drive by deleting files that you do know about but don’t use. This includes software and all personal files you create or download such as movies, music, and pictures. Sure you might be playing only one or two PC games right now it might look cool to have 50 games installed at once, but if you’re not playing them, remove them. Sure your hundreds of pictures look cool going across the screen for the My Pictures screensaver, but do you really need them all on your computer? If the answer is no then it would probably be better if you saved them all to CDs or DVDs and deleted them from your computer too.

6. Scan for Malware

Not only should you update your virus and other malware protection software regularly, but you should also actually use it. Because new forms of malware are released every day once in awhile viruses or spyware will get into your computer that your software can’t detect. Because of this reason, it would be wise to run a virus and spyware scan on your computer at least once a week. Doing this will ensure that you are virus and spyware free, even if your program didn’t automatically detect it on its own and again will increase computer speed.

7. Scan for Registry Errors

So you’ve scanned for viruses, removed junk files, defragmented your hard drive and are still having speed issues or you computer is still crashing when running programs. If none of these things did the trick, then the problem could be and probably at least partially is the fault of registry errors. The registry is like the central control and brain of all data on your computer in Windows. Almost every file you create and every program you add or remove creates entries in your system registry. Also just about any time you remove files or software, it creates registry errors. Unlike the previous tips, you will have to find a program that is designed for fixing registry errors rather than using features built into Windows. Most of them are self explanatory as to how to use them, but the one I recommend is Glary Utilities. It is the one I use personally and it finds several registry errors every time I run it. Once you pick a program you like, install and use it quite often as registry errors add up quickly. Fixing these errors will definitely make your system performance increase and be more stable.

8. Turn Off Startup Programs

Taking forever to startup seems to be a common problem for a lot of people I know. The reason your computer takes forever to start Windows and show your desktop is because of the number of programs it has been told to start on startup. A lot of these programs are unnecessary to have running at startup such as instant messaging software. The good thing is that you can turn these programs off if you choose to. To turn these programs off, go to Start and type System Configuration in the Run box and press enter. Once the System Configuration program has opened, click the startup tab. Here are all the programs listed that will startup when you first log into Windows. IF you see programs that you recognize such as Yahoo IM or AIM, uncheck them and click on Apply. Except for programs that Windows needs to run and virus and malware scanning software, pretty much all other programs can be safely deselected. Once you have made the changes you want to, close the application and restart your computer for the settings to take effect. Next time your operating system starts up you should definitely notice an increase in boot time if you deselected several of the programs. If not, then turn off some more programs or you can try my next tip.

9. Add More Ram

Sometimes, even when there is nothing wrong with your computer it will still seem to be running slow. This could be because the programs you are using on it require more memory than you currently have available in order to run smoothly. The solution, add more RAM to your computer. Adding more RAM will allow you to run more programs at the same time, and give your existing programs more memory to run in. This is especially useful for people who play a lot of games or do a lot of video and photo editing. These types of programs tend to use a lot of RAM. The downside to having to possibly add more RAM to your computer is that it costs money and requires a little tech knowledge of computers. When buying more RAM for your computer you first have to find out exactly which type it uses. Then you or someone you know has to take the side of your computer off and look for the existing RAM. Most computers have multiple slots for RAM and the chip is just a long rectangle. Installing the RAM is as simple as just placing it lightly in the slot and then pushing it into place. Once it’s secure, put the side back on your computer, turn it back on and it’s good to go. It’s as simple as that.

10. Format Your Computer

So, you’ve tried all my previous tips and your computer is still running sluggishly. The last thing you can try that pretty much always fixes your problems when all else fails is to format your hard drive. Formatting your hard drive will completely wipe all files on it. This means that any errors you might have been having do to file errors, operating system errors or viruses and other malware, are now completely gone. There are few options you have for how to format your hard drive. One option is to use the recovery discs that come with most all retail computers. This method will automatically format and then reinstall your operating system and all trial software that came on your computer the first day you bought it. Another option is to boot your computer from a disc using your Windows operating system disc and running the format hard drive option from there. A third option, which is the one I usually use, is to use a Live-CD version of Linux and use a drive formatting program on it to format my hard drive, then reinstall your operating system from its install disc.

Regardless of which method you choose, the result are the same, a computer that you’ve had for awhile that is now like it was the first day you bought it. Before you do this though, make absolutely sure you have backed up all of your personal files to an external hard drive or to discs as these will now be gone if you didn’t . The only downside I can think of to formatting your hard drive in order to make your computer fast again, is that its time consuming. Once you format it, you now have to re install all the software you use and download all your updates and patches again. This does however beat the alternative of buying a brand new computer. Despite being time consuming though, once you have your computer back to its working state again, it will definitely be running at full speed again.

So there you have it, 10 quick and easy tips that will get your computer running fast again without costing you much if any money.

Anti-Spyware Software: Microsoft Windows Antispyware extended

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:32:00 +0000

A new version of antispyware support services common among computer enthusiasts is available free with Microsoft. The main novelty is that Microsoft Antispyware beta still until coming soon.

Microsoft Antispyware software is designed to identify and remove spyware (spyware) on your computer. It is free and is one of the best anti-spyware software today.

Launched in beta a few months ago, the Microsoft Antispyware remain until the end of the year. This decision may be due to the bad habit that took some spyware publishers sue the anti-spyware software because they removed their own software.

Code-named Atlanta, the final version of the anti-spyware by Microsoft should be available in January very soon. Just hope that Microsoft Antispyware remain free. This is likely even though it certainly will not be offered to users with a legal license of Windows XP.

Microsoft now offers to download a antispyware software, ie to remove spyware or how to prevent spyware and adware, the spyware that outline the use of a computer or display advertising.

It will have just a few weeks with Microsoft to adapt the software and offer users to download beta 1 Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware. This works on Windows 2000 and later. Windows AntiSpyware offers protection in real time unlike some of its competitors. It also relies on SpyNet, a community that identifies and identifies spyware.

Windows AntiSpyware detects more infected files than the other too. The software interface is also proving to be better. However, the author makes a big flat in the adoption of Windows AntiSpyware: The software may in fact not be free even if it has not been confirmed.

For now, the beta version 1.0 is available free of charge.

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Viruses: the different types

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:37:00 +0000

To be able to protect against viruses, it is useful to know what they do and how they look. It is known that they want to distribute, infect files, ... They provide load.

Viruses: the different types

* The types in a row with short explanation
* Macro Virus
* Virus Removal Software
* Boot Sector Virus
* Trojan horse
* Viruses in general

Species in a row with short explanation
Very dangerous:

* Trojan horses arise as a good program, but can cause much damage.
* Stealth viruses hide the damage, until they are removed, the problems.
* Boot Sector Viruses are on a boot diskette to boot the disk, the virus is active.
* Software Viruses infect course software if the program is opened, the virus that also.
* Hybrid viruses use several techniques to make your computer to attack.

Dangerous:

* Macro viruses infect such as Word and Excel files by the letters together to throw.
* Tunneling viruses use a technique to whether to attack the antivirus support program notes.
* Sparse infector be eg only Friday the thirteenth active, thus the attention of the virus to escape.
* Encrypt viruses can encode to hide and decoding to infect.
* Retro viruses infect the antivirus software so it can not boot or the virus itself can not recognize.
* Polymorphic viruses change of shape ever to appear on an ordinary file.

Just added:

* Virus hoaxes are false reports and is usually found in chain letters.
* Worms can spread very quickly, it is constantly trying to copy.

Virus Software
This virus will front a nesting program. If the program starts, the first active virus. It has time for other programs to infect. They are very dangerous because the virus scanner does not scan the whole program and the damage already inflicted before he is discovered. You must be very careful with freeware, some programmers deliberately infect their software.

Trojan horse
Trojan horse or Trojan Horses are very dangerous programs: they look like innocent programs, screensavers or updates but if you install it, do it their way. They can change the file format or erase and gates * disabling. Most Trojan horses do the first: they damage files and software, but they did not copy (this is exceptional). There are backdoor trojans. They do no damage but are able to open ports *. Then someone can manage your computer.

If you face any kind of virus related problems then go for antivirus support services to secure your computer

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Beware of computer viruses and other Gumblar

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:59:00 +0000

There lots of new virus on the Internet: Gumblar. This virus has provided on Google search results and FTP data. The antivirus support brigade has a solution and try the contaminated sites from the air. Be careful to just download external programs or clicking on the banners, because new viruses will continue to pollute the Internet. The U.S. digital veligheidsorganisatie, US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team), the virus on May 18, 2009 Gumblar said. It is so called because it first appeared on the website Gumblar.cn. This website showed a number of trojans or worms, known as malware, contain. Later, the hkersac Martuz.cn for spreading this malware used. It gives so that this kind or types of computer viruses are just cockroaches. You kick one dead and the eggs appear somewhere else new cockroaches.

Researchers were Gumblar for the first time at the rail terminal in March 2009. Google has mid-April the infected sites removed from the search. Daarme was thought that evil was contested, but showed Gumblar return to diving. Because Gumblar uses several steps to eradicate them is not so simple. Gumblar first infects external websites. A malicious code left. Most of these websites so poorly protected. Gumblar is then immediately passed on to visitors to these websites. Thousands of websites have been infected. It also concerns the users of Internet Explorer. Over 90% of people who surf the Internet Web browser get affected by these viruses so it is better to secure your network with antivirus support.

Once infected, is Gumblar immediately looking login codes to FTP (File Transfer Protocol, a protocol that the exchange of files between computers simplified). Using these codes is Gumblar looking for new victims. In addition manipulates Gumblar using Google search engine so that infected prominent links in the results list. That change happens on the PC, not via Google. Although it seems so. By choosing the suggested sites increases the risk again. This manipulation of the Google search function in Internet Explorer of Microsoft Windows.

Gumblar has apparently provided to the current powers in the Internet world: Google and Microsoft. The virus shows (currently) not appear in other browsers like Firefox, Opera and Safari. The weaknesses of Internet Explorer are the integration with the Windows computer. US-CERT and other security organizations have PC users and website managers advised that the software up to date. For example, the software and virus world together in specified or unintentionally. Adobe has new versions of Flash and Reader released: Installing Adobe. It is also advisable to check the computer regularly and to clean, eg CCleaner.

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noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:09:00 +0000

The Internet, a secure PC is a must. Not for nothing, because the spyware malware is everywhere on the watch.

Types of malware
Internet has many cheaters, the security of your PC to outsmart want. A collective name for these crooks is Malware. Malware comes in many forms and types for:

* Boot Virus. This plant virus in the boot sector of your hard disk. This type of computer virus is already activated before the operating system on the PC is started.
* Macro Virus. The macro virus is abuse of programs such as Word and Excel.
* Phishing. Avoid phishing for your personal bank. Using various fishing try it your personal data to get. Think of e-mails, but also fake sites. Fake sites are sites that appear as two drops of water on a reliable site, but is not. In good faith can you have confidential data type.
* Rootkit. A rootkit is deeply embedded in the windows operating system itself and hides itself so it is difficult to trace, the security software.
* Spyware. Spyware is spyware that your surfing habits in the monitor. Often for commercial purposes.
* Trojan Horse. A Trojan puts your PC open to malicious. They come in many variations. Think of the program Spysheriff.
* Virus. Malicious program code that your whole PC in the war could be deployed. Their purpose, as much as possible for PCs to infect. The damage worldwide can be very large.
* Worms. Worms do not ride on other programs. They can exist independently and autonomously spread. Purpose: as much as possible damage.

Good security of the computer
Any reason for the PC to protect. A good package goes before it is too late. Possible malware prevention is addressed. First scan and possibly allow the PC. But a good package will also ensure that your PC is not creating slow and easy to operate. But that is not so simple. Many pay packages need many internal memory. This is in contrast to free scanners such as Avast. Often it is also possible for your Internet to purchase a virus scanner. There are providers who offer malware, virus and spyware removal help and gives you a line of defense.

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Viruses, worms and Trojan horses - what are they?

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:07:00 +0000

Viruses, worms and Trajan horses (or trojans) are malicious files on your computer that could spread throughout your computer, and via the internet by the computers of your family and friends. If you are not useless by just browsing, you run little risk in such files. This article gives you information about viruses, worms and trojans.

What is a virus?
A computer virus is a program that is committed to create a file in this way can spread themselves. Viruses are designed to corrupt certain files on your computer. Viruses can also easily pass from one computer to another by simply mails or distribute Messenger messages.

Viruses can vary in severity. Some viruses simply make for a slow computer, slow internet, they are just tricky. So, it if better to know how to fix a slow computer and speed up computer performance. But there are other serious viruses, they can destroy your computer throughout. It may even be so serious that your PC is no longer useful. Fortunately, large viruses not easily dispersible, man should (unconscious) between the opportunity to continue to help spread. Online virus information comes handy to resolve many issues related to virus.

What are worms?
Worms are similar to viruses, but they are serious. A virus can not spread, a worm, can do it. First worm takes a hold of the functions on the computer information or files are sent. Once in your PC is automatically disseminate by e-mails to all your contacts. Because worms from spreading through a program or file as "hosts", they can also set your system to make someone else the opportunity to remotely control your computer.

What is a Trojan horse?
Just like the real Trojan horse, which first seemed to give the enemy but it was full to sit with Greek soldiers who want to conquer the lot, so today's Trojan horses are programs that appear to be useful but very harmful codes. Trojan horses can be easily e-mail sent, sometimes as an update file sometimes something else.

Trojan horses can be spread by mail, but also the free software you can download from untrusted sites. So caution is the message.

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noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:29:00 +0000

Virus may be understood that all the harm to the computer, to penetrate a computer illegally. When the machine is infected usually have symptoms or slow some of the unusual activity. Antivirus security program will scan through each file to find the virus and destroy it. If not destroy it will remove or isolate infected files to keep safe computer.

Some anti-virus programs are quite familiar, such as Norton Antivirus, AVG Free ... are anti-virus programs are used quite popular in Vietnam. Also, for some viruses domestic (originated in) the D32 Bkav and sometimes the choice is effective. Virus domestic as much spread abroad, so the foreign become disabled.

You can read more about finding the virus to learn more about the functions of most of the comparison, but in fact are not necessary because the programs we listed the programs have been long-term experiment, reaching performance, compatibility and high-friendly.

On the use of each specific program, we can not guide you step-by-step, but common goals, each program including antivirus functions, such as scanning files (scan) to find the virus. Each custom program that you will have the option to scan the whole disk, scan each individual folder or specific files, scan the CD ROM, USB disk, etc. ..

Function as the second function on the list and periodically scan machines (schedule) as well as automatic periodic update (updated) list of new born virus.

And function Virus Shield, Virus Protection, automatically scan directly all the files on the computer. Main features this machine will not take you spend less resources and slow the machine see. If you do not connect to the Internet, you should turn off this computer to work faster, but must be very careful when you put a floppy disk, CD, USB to computer.

In addition, many online virus help programs regularly monitor the status of the computer, record the activity loss is often considered as the virus changes a default configuration, and information on a hard disk or the France etc. ... and to inform you know. You carefully read all the notice for that computer do anything. It is good to have an understanding of antivirus and antispyware.

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noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000

As long as there are existing programs, there also exist some idiots who thought that it was uncontrollable funny to sabotage those programs with malicious program codes - small malicious programs, all known under the common name "Computer virus". Virus appears in innumerable forms and variations. To mention them all would be impossible, and also quite superfluous, for which new virus types every day.

Sources of computer virus

The most common sources of input virus on your computer, your mail program, your Internet movements and various forms of downloading, which of course also related to your Internet connection. The so-called P2P programs (peer to peer) is a major source of spread of virus and spyware. Examples of these are programs like Kazaa and LimeWire and others. Avoid also the use of such programs functioning on "folder sharing" with unknown users on the network. Diskettes has previously posed a great risk, but as the use of these disappear, this is obviously equivalent waning. It is still a good idea to scan the disks for viruses or learn lessons from getting hit by a computer virus.

Mail Program
Virus programmers have become considerably more sophisticated. For instance, it is very normal to be sent to the virus from an apparently well-known mail address - even if the mail actually did not come from a familiar address. Viruses can also be compressed completely innocent appearance files as an image file or a PowerPoint presentation. Never put your mail on the web in the chat forums or similar. Disable the automatic reading pane / preview pane in your email program so that a mail only opens when you double-click it - and do not ever open an email you are suspicious of, or mail containing attachments, which spontaneously has been sent to you. Curiosity has given rise to many successful viruses. Be sure to have an updated antivirus support services to secure your computer programs that scans all your incoming and outgoing mail for viruses. Please note that most newer mail programs have a number of settings and options, to some extent actually makes quite a nice protection against unwanted mail. In this context it is very important that at any time with both its browser and its mail program updated with the latest updates.

Internet
Surfing the Internet is a significant risk - especially if you surf on the porn and gaming sites. Not because these pages are worse than others, but they are very popular and have high traffic and is therefore also a popular target for the rapid spread of virus and spyware. Never surf the web without having a good and nyopdateret active antivirus program - a firewall is in this context almost equally important.

Peer to Peer - P2P
The measures of the so-called peer to peer programs as Kazaa LimeWire and others, is quite clear and simple: They are not recommended, - but they are extremely popular because they are a good and tempting opportunity to share movies, pictures, music and programs and more.

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noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:25:00 +0000

Most of virus infections can not be detected from within the affected system while it is running mode. The most effective way to remove an infection is to format the entire system Hard Drive, and then reinstall and secure your operating system and needed applications. But it should be your last step. If you plan to format your computer and install a fresh operating system try to do these mentioned things:

Install Good Anti-Virus like Symantech, McAfee, AVG etc. :- If you have your previous Antivirus security installed in your computer, just uninstall it before doing this step by going to the Control Panel and choosing Add/Remove Programs. After uninstall, now you can install your new one antivirus software. By this way you will learn how to have an effective antivirus installation.

If you are using Windows XP Windows ME Operating system, it is recommended that you should turn off System Restore Option.
1. Right click on My Computer and choose properties.
2. Click on the System Restore tab
3. Place a check mark in the box for “Turn Off System Restore.

After that now you are ready to scan your computer against viruses. It is better to scan your computer in safe mode of operating system, because in safe mode all viruses are in sleep mode, so killing the viruses could be easy task. Therefore boot your computer into Safe Mode.
1. Restart your computer.
2. While your computer is rebooting, press F8 to bring up a menu of boot options. NOTE: You must press F8 at the moment just before Windows begins to load. Choose Safe Mode.

Process how to Scan your computer?
In the term of Symantec Client Security, follow these steps:
1. Go to Start, Programs, Symantec Client Security, Symantec AntiVirus Client.
2. Look on the lower right of the window to confirm that the virus defintion files are current (they shouldn’t be more than a week old). If the files are not recent, call the 1-HELP Technology Helpline.
3. Choose Scan, then Scan Computer.
4. Select your local hard drive (usually the C: drive)
5. Click the Scan button. NOTE: this can take a very long time.
6. When Symantec AntiVirus finds an infected file, choose the option to remove the infection, or or try prevention programs and kill all kinds of virus

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noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:15:00 +0000

Before giving regarding some online virus help, you should notice what are the symptoms of virus infection, these symptoms sound like too childish but nevertheless they can be critical.

If you are see and notice these things happing with your computer then it must be a virus infection:
Any application taking long time to load or crashes itself.

> If your computer keep rebooting without given any indication or any error massage.

> When you facing problem related to device drivers, like no sound with the speaker or sound card and graphics issues.

> Your Hard disk problem like data corrupted or any booting problem. It is possibility that some booting file may be corrupted.

> If you see Strange character appear in the folder listing of filenames. and some .exe file came up. Strange messages like "Driver Memory Error" (kak.worm) appear on the screen and in documents.

These all above indication are viruses attack. You can follows these easy tasks listed below to know how to protect your PC from virus attacks:

Task 1. Install good Antivius software and keep its virus definition files up-to-date daily. And Scan your whole computer weekly. Although all are good however you should consult to a tech specialist, if you are not sure about any of them.
Some good Antivirus are:
● Notron
● Macfee
● Awast!
● AVG

Task 2. Install all windows critical update form Microsoft web site -it is free!. some user not sure when when should download the windows updates. You can turn on automatically update settings.
> Go to Control panel
> system
> Advance tab
> windows update.

Task 3. Install and configure windows firewall ti protect your computer form network attacks form hacking or secure your network with antivirus support it will prove very useful and helpful at the end.
To turn on the firewall settings:
> Click Start,
> Click Control Panel
> Click security Center
> Now turn on the windows firewall.

Task 4. It is very important that always take backup your important data, it is better then you should create a rescue Disk. Rescue Disk help you for repair corrupted data even operating system as well. There are lots of software available in market as : Migo Digital Rescue, Recover My Files, Data Recovery Wizard, Disk Doctors Windows Data, Recovery, Handy Recovery and Get Data Back and so on. Some Antivirus software can able to recover your data as Norton Go Back.

Sometime if your installed Antivirus is not give you full protection and missing some threat or showing unexpected behavior, then second opinion is go to Online
virus removal tool. In this case you can go with the Online virus removal software like Trend Micro Housecall, Symantec Security, Freedon Free Virus Scan etc.

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iYogi Acquires Clean Machine Inc.

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:17:00 +0000

Larry Gordon, Founder of Clean Machine appointed as President Global Channel Sales at iYogi

New York, NY, May 11th, 2009 : iYogi, a global direct to consumer and small business remote technical support provider, today announced it’s acquisition of Clean Machine Inc, a provider of remotely administered PC security and performance management services. Clean Machine will operate as a separate brand under the iYogi services umbrella along with the recently lunched Support Dock (www.supportdock.com) and its comprehensive range of 24/7 technical support services for computers, printers, MP3 players, digital camera, routers, servers and more than 100 software applications. Larry Gordon, Founder of Clean Machine is appointed as the President of Global Channel Sales for iYogi.

iYogi will integrate technology and innovation that Clean Machine Inc. has developed for delivering an enhanced service experience by proactively managing the health and security for PC's and Apple Computers. This acquisition also broadens iYogi's access to key markets through Clean Machine's existing partnerships. Larry Gordon's past experience and successful track record will accelerate iYogi's expansion through his focus on global alliances.
Commenting on the acquisition of Clean Machine Inc., Uday Challu, CEO & Co-founder of iYogi, said,

"This acquisition will help iYogi to enhance our customer experience and extend our market reach to the millions of consumers that are challenged by the increasingly complex technology environment. Clean Machine's proactive maintenance and management of PCs in home and small business environment will be our launch platform for building the next generation of managed services for consumers."

"We are delighted to have Larry spearheading partnerships and global alliances for iYogi. His incredible experience in marketing, sales and building global alliances will help forge partnerships with retailers, multiple service operators, software publishers, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and other such companies that are at the frontlines for managing tech support issues for consumers and small businesses",

added Challu.

With more than 20 years of experience, Larry Gordon has played a variety of strategic roles in marketing, sales and building alliances. Larry was the Executive Vice President at Capgemini and Kanbay. He was also VP of Global Marketing for Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH), a leader in global IT services and Director of Marketing for New York based Information Builders.

"I am excited to join a company that shares a common mission to Clean Machine in creating a global brand for delivering the best technical support to consumers and small businesses. We also share a common approach of utilizing highly skilled talent with leading edge tools, thereby delivering services at incredible price-points, with high margins for our partners",

said Larry Gordon, the newly appointed President of Global Channel Sales at iYogi.

ABOUT IYOGI

Headquartered in Gurgaon, India with offices in New York, USA, iYogi provides personalized computer support for consumers and small businesses in United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. IYogi's 24/7 phone and remote technical assistance, spans across a comprehensive range of technologies we use every day from a wide range of vendors. Utilizing its proprietary technology iMantra , and highly qualified technicians, iYogi delivers amongst the highest benchmarks for resolution and customer satisfaction. iYogi is privately held and funded by SAP Ventures, Canaan Partners, and SVB India Capital Partners. iYogi was recently awarded the Red Herring Global 100 Award, recognizing it as one of the 100 most innovative private companies driving the future of technology. For more information on iYogi and a detailed list of technologies supported, visit: www.iyogi.net.

ABOUT CLEAN MACHINE

Clean Machine Inc. is a NJ-based and incorporated company that helps consumers and small business owners easily manage and protect their computing environments safely and cost effectively. The company is has a unique, powerful and inexpensive PC concierge service. Specifically, each customer is assigned a highly-trained tech concierge who remotely examines their computer system on a scheduled and very secure basis. The PC concierge will immediately fix software-based problems and prevent new threats to the customer's computing environment including offensive pop-ups, browser redirects and slow performance, and then provides a detailed report. Clean Machine's proprietary Radar(TM) technology (Remote Access Detection Audit and Repair) allows its expert technicians to remotely resolve any problems, eliminating the need for customers to go through the frustrating process of speaking with a tech support expert, and still having to do the work themselves. In other words, the Clean Machine PC concierges do it all. For more information on Clean Machine please visit www.pccleanmachine.com.

iYogi Announces Launch of Monitoring and Performance Tool For SMBs

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:25:00 +0000

iYogi – a leading provider of technical support services with horizons in the US, UK, Canada and Australia – today announced the launch of its exclusive server monitoring tools for small businesses. The new product offers integrated technology solutions to surmount the users’ unique IT support requirements thereby enabling them to derive and share information, data, enable network performance analysis, and security trends critical to plan and mana ge their set of servers – 24x7.

Uday Challu, iYogi’s CEO commented, “Holding a significant niche for itself in the computer support industry, iYogi has always known to be on the forefront of adapting breakthrough technology to exceed customer service expectations. This time we have developed a tool offering value-add functionality which will help small business customers maximize the business outcomes of IT.”

iYogi’s monitoring tool provides real time observation and monitoring solutions to ensure more robust and reliable IT support and infrastructure for small buinesses. Small Business owners also get a comprehensive assesment of their IT environment to meet technology needs with the scalability for future growth and create preventative measures based on quick analysis of network device alerts, pre-failure indicators, performance benchmark and security issues.

The new Monitoring and performance tool will provide small business with the opportunity to test all technical and non-technical aspects of their servers and help them to strengthen overall IT infrastructure. The array of services will include: Patch Management, Security Auditing, Site Inventory, Real Time Alerting Script Based Management, and Rights Management Services for all critical server issues.

“Irrespective of the business being small or large, when the consumer chooses iYogi, he leverages the potential of an elite taskforce of Microsoft Certified System Engineers and Cisco Certified Network Associates, ready to service their critical assets, using the most advanced network asset tracking and Performance monitoring”, adds Challu.

Another factor where the Company aims to distinguish itself from its competitors is product pricing. Embracing the concept of service quality, iYogi offers competitively priced technical support services at no-haggle, low prices.

As for its small business support, the Company has integrated its exclusive Monitoring and Alerting Services under one price umbrella of just $480 annually. per server i.e. $49.99 per month. The price is certainly hard to find anywhere else.

For more information on iYogi Small Business Support, visit http://www.iyogibusiness.com/

Contact Details:
Company Name: iYogi Technical Services Pvt Ltd
Address: iYogi Inc.
12 Desbrosses Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013
Toll Free no:1-800-237-3901
Work Number: 1-212-229-0901
Fax Number: 1-888-867-2715
E-Mail: awadhesh.singh@iyogi.net

iYogi Secures $9.5M in Series B Funding Led by SAP Ventures, With Follow-on Investment from Canaan Partners and SVB India Capital Partners

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:58:00 +0000

iYogi Secures $9.5M in Series B Funding Led by SAP Ventures, With Follow-on Investment from Canaan Partners and SVB India Capital Partners
iYogi, a Direct-to-Consumer and Small Business Technical Support Provider, Paves the Way for Personal Offshoring to Become India’s Next Success Story

New York, 24 July, 2008: Personal Offshoring, which is driving the next wave of India’s outsourcing success story, got a huge boost today when iYogi - a remote technical support provider from India - raised $ 9.5 million in Series B financing from SAP Ventures, a division of SAP AG, Canaan Partners and SVB India Capital Partners, a venture fund affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank.

iYogi (www.iyogi.net) delivers technical support services directly to consumers and small businesses and is the first, global, technical support brand based out of India. The company offers its customers an unlimited, annual service subscription for $119.99 per desktop that includes support for a wide range of technologies, including PC hardware Microsoft Windows operating system, software applications, peripherals and multifunctional devices.

“Personal Offshoring has created new investment opportunities in India with incredible growth potential,” said Doug Higgins, partner at SAP Ventures. “It is very exciting to see companies like iYogi challenging the traditional enterprise-focused offshore-service delivery model by creating a consumer-focused, direct-to-customer personal offshore model. iYogi is one of the fastest-growing companies in this market segment, and we look forward to working with them to create India’s next success story.”

“Our focus on the customer experience has helped us achieve a 93 percent satisfaction rate across more than 50,000 customers,” said Uday Challu, CEO of iYogi. “We are delighted to have the support of three terrific investors as we increase our market share and continue to provide the best technical support experience possible for our customers.”

iYogi will use the funds to fuel its expansion into 12 new regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, and to increase its delivery of new services including PC recovery, anti-virus/spyware, data back-up and PC optimization.

“As consumer technologies grow in sophistication, consumers will be seeking the kind of home IT support services – including remote services offered by companies such as iYogi – to help them solve their most complex problems,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst, Parks Associates. “In primary research, we found more than one-third of consumers are willing to pay for competent and professional remote support services, and 60% express a strong interest in software solutions – what we refer to as ‘PC Dashboards’ – that automate many basic PC performance enhancement and troubleshooting features, solving many PC-related problems before they even are noticed by end-users.”

iYogi had previously raised $3.1 million in Series A financing from Canaan Partners and SVB in April of last year. “iYogi is one of the most promising investments for Canaan Partners,” said Alok Mittal, managing director of India at Canaan Partners. “Third-party, vendor-independent technical support is an exciting new service category, witnessing explosive growth. Customers are looking beyond the traditional vendor-provided support to remote channels for better problem resolution, faster service, and greater overall satisfaction. iYogi has created an incredible value proposition and price offering for its customers that is hard to beat.”

”Several next generation outsourcing companies from India are delivering a range of personal offshoring services for individuals and small businesses in the U.S. including online tutoring, tax preparation, remote executive assistance and research services,” said Suresh Shanmugham, managing director of SVB India Capital Partners, a venture fund affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank. “iYogi has leveraged the technical skills available in India along with process expertise to scale as a global technical support provider for millions faced with increasingly complex technology”.

About SAP Ventures
SAP Ventures invests in innovative and disruptive software and services companies globally. We pursue opportunities across all stages for outstanding financial return. Our goal is to bring substantial benefit to all parties by facilitating interaction between portfolio companies and SAP and its ecosystem of customers and partners. SAP Ventures has a successful track record of building industry-leading companies by partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs and top-tier venture capital firms since 1996. For more information, visit www.sapventures.com.

About Canaan Partners

Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage information technology and life sciences companies. Founded in 1987, Canaan Partners has $2.4 billion capital under management and has invested in more than 240 companies, completed 63 mergers and acquisitions, and brought over 50 companies public. The firm catalyzes the development of innovative mobile, Internet, CleanTech, networking, semiconductor, enterprise software and services, biotechnology and medical technologies to build next-generation market leaders. Canaan was an early investor in Acme Packet (APKT), Aperto Networks, BharatMatrimony.com, Blurb, DoubleClick (DCLK), ID Analytics, Match.com and SuccessFactors, along with dozens of other market-leading companies. Canaan is headquartered in Menlo Park, California and also has offices in Connecticut, India and Israel. For more information visit: www.canaan.com.

SVB India Capital Partners Fund and Silicon Valley Bank

SVB India Capital Partners Fund is a $54 million equity fund that is focused on Indian companies and co-invests across industries and stages with top-tier venture capital firms. Silicon Valley Bank is the premier commercial bank for emerging, growth and mature companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine industries. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company serves clients around the world through 27 U.S. offices and five international operations. Silicon Valley Bank is a member of global financial services firm SVB Financial Group, with SVB Analytics, SVB Capital, SVB Global and SVB Private Client Services. More information on the company can be found at www.svb.com.

About iYogi

iYogi is the first direct-to-consumer and small business technical support service from India. Providing an annual unlimited subscription to technical support for $119.99 per year, iYogi now boasts more than 50,000 customers. The company employs 450 professionals servicing customers in the U.S., U.K., Canada fast expanding to 12 new geographies across the globe. iYogi’s resolution rate of 87 percent and customer satisfaction rate of 93 percent are amongst the highest published benchmarks in the industry. For further information, please visit www.iyogi.net.

SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies

Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “should” and “will” and similar expressions as they relate to SAP are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. SAP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations The factors that could affect SAP's future financial results are discussed more fully in SAP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including SAP's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. iYogi shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

SAP and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries.
All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “should” and “will” and similar expressions as they relate to SAP are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. SAP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations The factors that could affect SAP's future financial results are discussed more fully in SAP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including SAP's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.

Contact:

Company Name:
iYogi Technical Services Pvt Ltd

Address:
iYogi Inc.
12 Desbrosses Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013

Toll Free no: 1-800-237-3901

Work Number: 1-212-229-0901

F ax Number: 1-888-867-2715

Formidable Ransomware Virus on the Loose

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:09:00 +0000

Kaspersky labs has issued a warning that the Gpcode – a virus help that encrypts a users files so they can be extorted for the password – is again on the loose, only this time it features an almost un-crackable 1024-bit key.

Known as ransomware, the Virus Removal Support Services takes over a users computer, locking up their files and giving them an email address in which to organise payment for the key.

Kaspersky’s virus help software is able to detect the virus help , but as yet the company has not been able to crack the encryption key. It has called on industry experts for help saying it has enough information to work with, but needs additional muscle to break Gpcode.

The virus help first surfaced two years ago, however, that time it was defeated as its author made some mistakes implementing the encryption algorithm according to Kaspersky. Unfortunately, it looks like the lesson was learned back then. “The author has bided his time, waiting almost two years before creating a new, improved variant of this file encryptor,” writes the firm on its official blog.

“Gpcode.ak does not repeat the errors found in previous versions of the virus help.” If infected, the company warns user to not restart or otherwise switch off their machines, but rather to contact it at stopgpcode@kaspersky.com with information such as the exact date and time of infection and everything that was done on the computer in the five minutes before the machine was infected, including programs executed and websites visited.

The company says that it will try to help those infected recover data and also help them from staying safe from online virus for free

Source : http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=9679

Emergency providers make pitch to computer support

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:59:00 +0000

Two organizations seeking to provide emergency medical services to made pitches to the city council Tuesday as to why their bids should be accepted.

Emergency medical services for the past six years for both the county and city have been provided by NorthStar Paramedic Services. But both the county and city are considering bids from NorthStar and Lauderdale EMS, which is Keller EMS in City purchaser Phil Stevenson said both bids were almost equal, but he endorsed Lauderdale EMS to the city council because it is a not-for-profit organization.

Dr. Bill Vermillion, director of emergency services at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital and a county EMS committee member, was critical of NorthStar and told council members that the operation lacked appropriate drugs, equipment and quality control.

"It's not a problem with the medics; it's a computer problem with process management," he said.

Bryan Galyon, NorthStar vice president, defended the organization.

"I don't know where all this has come up after the bids came open," Galyon told council members. He said the company had a good history.

Galyon said that unlike most EMS, every NorthStar emergency run is audited to determine if it followed protocol. Any deviations in service are referred to a full-time educational coordinator.

NorthStar's contract expired in August and has been renewed month to month since then.

"We feel like a change is needed," said Morris Lentz, president of the Association of Volunteer Fire Departments, which recently endorsed Lauderdale EMS.

Lentz said that the longevity of employees and local management were assets in Keller EMS's track record.

In other business, the council:

approved a contract with online computer support Systems to install fiber optic cables between city hall and the Lauderdale government building for $15,231.

approved a contract with King & Associates General Contractors for the police department's firing range building for $335,121.

approved Trane to perform a comprehensive energy study.

appointed Leonard E. Skipworth to the Agri-Business Center and farmers' market board.

approved a budget amendment for the water and wastewater department to reflect a net income increase of $930,000: $565,000 from the donation of a sewer plant, $115,000 from ove estimated in lieu taxes and $250,000 from increased water sales.

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Source : http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080604/NEWS/806040327/-1/COMMUNITIES

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How to beat the fraudsters

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Thu, 22 May 2008 11:08:00 +0000

We've all seen them: e-mails that look as if they come from your bank, your credit card company or your favourite social networking site. Most often, they claim to be updating their records, although the excuses can include a security upgrade or a systems crash.

And most often they're a con, designed by criminals to get us to click through to a clone of a genuine website and input all the information they need to impersonate us, take our money and run.

This is a form of one of the fastest-growing crimes of the 21st century, in which crooks get hold of enough of your personal data to empty your accounts and borrow money in your name, damaging your credit rating in the process.

Increasing risk
Apacs - the national body representing banks, building societies and card issuers - reports that it's booming. They received more than 10,000 reports of phishing attacks in the first three months of 2008, an astonishing increase of more than 200% over the 3,394 attacks reported in the same period during 2007.

"We've seen a significant spike in consumer concerns over phishing scams in the past few months," said David Cresswell of the Financial Ombudsman Service. "This suggests that large numbers of people are receiving phishing e-mails and not knowing what they are or whether they should respond to them."

So here's a quick guide that will help you to beat the phishermen and keep your ID and your money safe.

Don’t open any attachments – they could contain a computer program that will infiltrate your computer and relay your data to criminals.

Delete unsolicited e-mails asking for sensitive data such as passwords, Pins and account numbers – genuine organisations will not ask you for these.

If in doubt, call the organisation concerned at a number you find on the internet or in the phone book – don’t use the number given in the e-mail, as it’s likely to be part of the con.

Always access your online bank, building society or credit card company by typing the full url into your browser – don’t click a link embedded in an e-mail, as it could be taking you to a clone site.

Never give your login details, Pins, passwords, memorable words or other personal details such as your mother’s maiden name in full by e-mail.

Install the latest or get antivirus security for your computer and virus help protection programs on your computer – Apacs research found that although 93% of people have anti-virus software in place, 29% of us haven’t got around to installing anti-spyware programs.

Check for the lock padlock or unbroken key symbols at the bottom right of your browser when you log on to what is supposedly a secure website for an organisation such as a bank. The start of the internet address will also change from "http" to "https" when you connect to a secure page.

Take care not to be overlooked if you are inputting sensitive data at an internet café, public computer or laptop in a public place – crooks can shoulder surf you. If is better to opt for a good computer security software beforehand.

Check your credit report regularly to be sure that nobody is trying to borrow money in your name. This is your history of credit cards, loans, mortgages and other credit accounts. It includes applications, so you can instantly see if anyone is trying to borrow money in your name.

source: http://money.uk.msn.com/banking/id-fraud/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=8342745

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noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:29:00 +0000

Q While online I got infected by the VirusHeat program to get the virus help I got two security-related icons on my desktop and one on my toolbar that took me to the VirusHeat Web page, which is about computer security and maintenance. I used the instructions on Symantec's antivirus website to try to remove the VirusHeat software, but my PC is still infected, and it freezes about every two minutes until I close a dialog box. Any suggestions?

WALLY BERGLUND, MAPLE GROVE

A VirusHeat surfaced on the Internet in February, but it's only a threat if you install it on your PC. Symantec calls it a "misleading application that may give exaggerated reports of threats" to your PC.

Since you've already tried Symantec's removal method (others can find it at , try using the Windows System Restore feature to return your computers registry (which contains the settings for the PC's hardware and software) to a date before VirusHeat was installed. (It and other programs installed since that date will stop working.) To find System Restore, go to Start, click Help and Support, search for System Restore and click "Run the System Restore Wizard."

Q I would like to store my photos and iTunes music on an external hard drive so that I can delete them from my PC's internal drive and free up space. Do these external drives crash frequently? How reliable are flash drives for long-term storage?

LARRY RICCA, LAS VEGAS

A Disk crashes aren't that frequent, although any hard drive will fail eventually because it has mechanical parts that wear out. Flash memory also eventually will wear out from use, even though it lacks moving parts. However, flash memory is the more expensive of the two, so today it's more practical to store a large volume of photos or music on a disk drive.

source : http://www.startribune.com/science/18901669.html

Laptop ER helps students fix spyware, virus problems

noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:06:00 +0000

Laptop ER" might sound like the title of a bad parody sketch, but it's actually a campus organization that rescues students concerned about the health of their computers.

Laptop ER, a service provided by Northwestern University Information Technology, comprises approximately 40 students who work from different locations across campus. From a single site, these students give computer help and support to others with laptop issues on a first-come, first-serve basis.

In the past, IT specialists made visits to dorm rooms to diagnose and fix computer problems, but NUIT deemed that process inefficient.

At the beginning of last year, NUIT began to phase in the current Laptop ER system, and eventually phased out on-site visits for laptop problems completely.

"Basically everyone has a laptop now," said Weinberg senior Peter Chang, who was working for Laptop ER at the Norris University Center couches Tuesday afternoon. "It's easier for us to set up stations around campus and have people come to us."

Laptop ER specialists set up stations every afternoon Sunday through Friday at hubs of student activity on campus. The exact hours and locations can be found online at NUIT's Web site, which also notes that the organization will still visit student residences for any problems encountered with desktop computers.

Though they do not promise to fix all laptop woes, the Laptop ER "doctors" do whatever they can to fix students' problems within certain limits.

"We don't support hardware issues," said Weinberg junior James Jones who was working alongside Chang on Tuesday.

Jones added they can fix just about any problem "if it's on the software end."

"Basic problems like that, or if there's some kind of problem with your windows operating system - we can try to help fix that," Jones said.

On Tuesday, a student came in who was having problems connecting her new computer to NU's wireless network. Chang took the laptop and began going through the basic steps to figure out what was plaguing the student's computer, and took the necessary steps to fix her machine.

Laptop ER representatives have to meet a few basic qualifications to make sure that people who fix student computers do so in a correct and professional manner.

"We have to have pretty standard technical backgrounds," Jones said.

He said skills for a typical "doctor" include recognizing and dealing with issues, such as spyware, viruses and computer troubleshooting tips, wireless networks, to get virus help they used latest antivirus.

Chang added that technical skills are not a prerequisite for working for Laptop ER.

"We're looking for people with good customer skills," Chang said. "If you don't have that many (computer) skills, we have training every week."

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noreply@blogger.com (Brown) — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:30:00 +0000

Q: I have a Dell Dimension 2400 PC, about four years old, that is getting slower and slower. By slow, I mean that it takes about a half-hour after you turn it on to settle down so that it is usable. Once it does get "warmed up" the response is very slow, and it frequently hangs up for a minute or more. If you try to do two things at once, that generally causes a five-minute freeze, accompanied by furious clicking but no action. I have done the obvious things like defrag and disk cleanup and there isn't an excessive number of files (large or otherwise) stored in memory.

The operating system is XP Home and security is McAfee with firewall. I scan the computer regularly with McAfee and with a program that detects adware, so I don't think I have been hacked.

Not that my friends are really all that tech-savvy, but one suggested that the hard drive is about to pack it in. What do you think? If you agree, do you think it is worth fixing, or should I get a new box?

Jim King

A: You've raised two of the most frequently asked questions I get: Why is my computer slowing down? Should I upgrade or buy a new computer? How to fix a slow computer ?

The most common causes of sudden slowdowns in performance are (1) insufficient memory for the applications you're running, (2) an overfull or fragmentated hard drive, (3) a misbehaving application or (4) a virus or hacker.

If you have too little system memory for the applications you're running, Windows will save data to your hard drive. That takes time. As a result, you'll experience slow performance and long pauses.

If your hard drive is too full and fragmented — which means that files are saved in scattered fashion across the drive — it can take longer for Windows to save data and load applications.

If applications aren't properly written, they can occupy so much processor time that other operations are delayed.

Finally, of course, a virus or a hacker can bollix everything up. A hacker or a virus can take control of your computer and use up its resources, leaving you not enough memory or disk space to go about your business.

So how do you figure out which malady you're suffering from? Windows provides a number of online virus help tools diagnose the problem. First, you'll want to call up the Task Manager. Right-click in your system bar along the bottom of the screen and select Task Manager. Next, click on the Performance tab in the utility that pops up. You'll get a display of how much memory is being used and how much your CPU is in use. If your memory usage is above 80 percent, you'll want to explore what is eating up your memory. You can do this by clicking on the Processes tab. If you find that all the memory is being used by legitimate applications, you may want to consider adding memory.

It's true that it can be very difficult to track down memory "leaks" to their source, since many of the processes are obtusely named, but at least the Task Manager will tip you off if a major leak is happening.

As for the condition of your hard drive, you can go to the Disk Defragmenter tool to find out. Click on the Start button and then go to \Programs\Accessories\System Tools and select Disk Defragmenter. As for whether your hard drive needs to be replaced, chances are it doesn't. Grinding sounds or complete failure are more common indicators of drive deterioration.

Finally, while you mentioned that you're running a firewall to deter hackers, it's also important to have up-to-date antivirus support services to secure your computer software.

Since you're having performance issues at initial startup, I'd lean toward the problem being either a misbehaving program or a virus. Before replacing hardware, I'd suggest a reinstallation of your operating system and application software after reformatting the drive.

With the low prices on new computers these days, I certainly wouldn't recommend spending much replacing hardware in your old computer when you're not sure about the problem. And if you do replace the computer, consider donating your old computer to a worthy cause.

source: seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004374784_ptmrsh26.html