Yesterday, I made a foolish choice. I ran a program knowing for a fact that it contained a virus. Now, personally, I do not run any ativirus software, nor have I for the past 8 years. Sure I may have it installed on my system for use, but I do not actively run it.

In short, I got the Sasser virus as well as a host of other malware/spyware/backdoors/trojans/viruses.. Local network access was boned, weird error messages on startup.. The whole bit.

This stuff is easy enough to remove.. With a combination of AVG, Spybot, and some good old detective work I managed to remove the majority. However, I was unable to remove an error message that would appear after login. Although this wasn't truly an error message, it sure looked like one.

I discovered the registry entry attached to the shell startup by using an application called Autoruns and removed the entry. Which was for C:\windows\config\lsass32.exe.

But the network issue remained, which is the point of this topic today. I found an awesome tool over at watchingthenet.com, the Repair Windows XP TCP Network Settings With WinSock XP Fix Utility tool. Figured I could give this application a shot instead of looking for the registry entry(s) by hand.. And OMG! IT WORKED! And on the first time..

So, if you are having wonky network issues which you are finding tedious to repair, give this tool a shot.. It worked wonders for me and save me hours of frustrating research...


/Nick

So, I want this bed. Features include TV Projector, Ipod dock, full surround sound, heating/cooling, and even a sensor to stop you from snoring!

I would never leave this bed.


/Nicholas

Yahoo has a news article today showing that Merriam-Webster voted the word "w00t" as the word of the year! [READ]

I think others should be added to the dictionary as well, such as WTF, IMHO, STFU, ROFL, OMFG, etc.. Would be great stuff! Woohoo! Loot!


/Nicholas

Check out the video of the naked man giving his neighbors an eyeful. I feel sorry for the camera guy. What a douche.

Walking around in the nude on your property is not illegal in Oregon, but Howatt's actions got so alarming that a group of neighbors took the problem to City Hall.

[GAS] is giving away more than $1300 in prizes! Check out the link to the contest rules. Looks like they are giving away quite a few great items including cash, gift certificates, and both hardware and software.

Check out the [GAS] Website for more details. I've submitted my how-to on using a bluetooth device as a proximity key, what are you going to submit?

/Nicholas