Few year back when I having my 1st full time job (During Uni half year holiday), that particular company are Panda AntiVirus Distributor.

From there, all their client are using Panda Security Software, even those hardware firewall also included. So I have try to use this software too, since got extra license to use.

During troubleshooting, we use panda online active scan, scan virus thought the internet without install software.

Free Active Scan

Yes, this service is free, kindly logon to their website, www.PandaSoftware.com or www.PandaSecurity.com and look for this logo.

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DNS, so- called Domain Name Server ~

Most of the IT personnel know how to configure the DNS IP during manually configure IP address, but does them really know how it works?

Without this DNS address, normally the PC cant access to internet… Is it the gateway to access Internet??? Nope… You have already set the gateway at above the DNS ~

Gateway normally is the modem router or server IP address… Not related to DNS

What is DNS?
DNS is a server which store a list of IP address and Domain, lets say

www.iCalvyn.com = 210.48.145.25 (more…)

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Suspect Getting Virus?

Being a IT field Engineer for few year, my experience will told me how to stop virus in a immediate way. Not with Antivirus actually. Due to strong virus, some time your AntiVirus cant able to open at all…

History
Back to my JUNE post about Your PC Performance, that related to my company Server which having MXDOMAINMGR issue, I have mention on how to use the TASK MANAGER for PC trobleshooting.

TASK MANAGER
I always will check on TASK MANAGER process tab when my PC lack or a bit hang.

On the process tab, there are a lot of process that currently running on our PC, some are system file, if we click on the END Process, it may cause our PC shut down or run abnormally.

Virus name normally will appear here, but did you know which is Virus? same to me, I also don’t know, some time just depend on luck and END Process those with weired name.

Solution to Detect Unknown Process
I found this website from Kucau’s blog, this website is a nice tools for me. I may check what is the file for before i END process it.

Just take any file name you suspect and type it in WhatIsThatFile ’s website, you will know what is the file use for.

Mostly useful file will be appear with description. Once you found a file without description, it may be VIRUS

Lets take SVCHOST.EXE as example, see what i get, it will show some other related or almost similar name file that may be virus…

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Are your IP address is SPAM IP?

My friend have send me an Email few month back… The email is drop in to SPAM list~ Every email he send me has drop into spam section.

According to his IT personnel, once of their PC get a virus and send out thousand to million of spam email out to the world. That why their Company IP address are listed in the Spam Blocking List. All the email send out from their company consider spam, so that their client can’t receive their email accordingly.

To prevent this happen to you, you may check on your IP whether in the spam list, just visit SpamHaus. Put your IP address and check…

If you would like to check your IP, you may get your public IP address here

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While we restart the PC afterr editing the MsConfig file, mostly it will pop up a “System Configuration Utility” msg

For IT literate person, we know that need to click the “don’t show…” tick box so that next time restart will not appear again, but for END user, I always face a problem~ they will don’t know how to tick it and every time restart PC, this msg will pop up and my phone will RANG again~

Some time after I troubleshoot END user’s PC, edit their MSCONFIG, I directly leave without restart PC. it took time to restart and some time I lazy to wait. I found a solution to BYPASS this popup msg after restart PC (more…)

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About 1 week back I have give out a tutorial on “Format Your PC less then 10 Minutes“, this method are very easy to use and require to type in few command only, and a WIN PE’s CD

A lot of reader does not know what is WIN PE, it is call “Windows Pre-Installation Environment”. This is actually is use by system builder to pre-install the OS into each new close PC. I have upload the Image file already, any one need may sign up my Feed, and I will send the link to you on the Email you sign up.

Other then that Microsoft training that I attend, this time i have experience it my self. I do the process for my client PC, so that next time when the client come back, it is easy for me to re-format the PC

The time arerunning very fast, at 1st, it show 11 min plus remaining when my progress is 2%, but when reach 23% the time remaining is 5 min plus, mean that it take less then 10 min to create the image file, so to deploy it.

After the whole process done, I am curious on the file size of the Image file. so I went to check the property of the C Drive, it cost 4G plus

But after compress to Image, the image file just cost 1G plus, you may burn it to DVD or store it in your hard drive.

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I have post a simple method that able to clear windows login password month ago. That method are very simple and will be able to find this solution anywhere online.

After read KeshZone.com post about the winternals password cracking method. I still on my way to test out that software. 1 thing I can said is we need tools to crack or break the password and this winternals software are hard to find in the market, you may download at KeshZone.com also

I have a special method which no need any tools to clear the windows password but it take longer time. This method also easy to find when goggling with the right key word.

What you need is just a windows XP installation CD:

1. Insert the Windows XP CD and restart your PC.
2. While the CD is boot, you may see “Press any key to boot from cd”, hit it.
3. Just like normally windows installation and while you at Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now.
4. Press F8 to accept the Licensing Agreement.
5. Setup screen will appear and this will show “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it” . You need to press R to begin the Repair process.
6. Let the repair run until it reboot, after reboot will be start Installing Windows.
7. At this stage is the most important part, while the lower left hand side of the screen display Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. This step is the security hole and it will prompt you a command console.
8. At this DOS prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and enter. you will gain a graphical access to your User Accounts same as your control panel
9. At this stage, you may change the password you prefer or remove the password
10. If you want to login windows without asking any password, type control userpasswords2 in the command prompt.
11. After made the changes, close the windows, close the command prompt and continue windows repair. After repair done, you will have your new password to login windows, all the setting in there are still remain same.

This method without need to buy any special tools or software, we just use the security loop hole to crack down the password, but the disadvantage are time consuming. This method is workable, I personally tested before.

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Some how we use those P2P website to look for any file we need, such as software or song, and movie. Usually I will lime wire to download movie and song, and I did not depend much on bitcomet.

Recently I learn to use Bitcomet download some small useful software while I need for my daily IT job, but it is hard to find a correct file

There is a file sharing service name RapidShare.com which able you to upload file and send the link to the person you would like to share with; and now this website able to let you download any file that other people upload to this website, just add a “1″ after the name which is RapidShare1.com,

I found this useful info from Hong Kiat’s blog, thank for his infor, and help he in my daily IT Engineer works. Just simply search some keyword, all related file will be appea, and just select any file that you feel is possible suitable you. Well, hope you could find the file you need~.

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