Archive : Miscellaneous tools

System Restore from Microsoft Windows creates a hidden folder in each partition with the name System Volume Information. There System Restore save all the important registry changes, save some deleted executable or dll files, save the computer settings for a certain moment called Restore Point, so if you want your computer restored to a earlier date in time, the information from System Volume Information folder is used. The big problem resides in fact that the viruses loves to hide themselves in [...]

A simple tip to defeat an eventual keylogger is the next : When you type a password for example begin typing the latest characters, click in front of them and type the rest. For example if password is : 123456, type first 456, right click in front of them and type the rest: 123 The keylogger will record as password: 456123 obviously wrong. You can do this in 3 steps if you want dividing the password in 3 sets of characters. You can download if you want a free small anti-keylogger from here. KeyScrambler [...]

Autoruns Always the malware, trojans, spyware, adware try to add an entry to run at system bootup, and all the malware are programmed to do so. There is a lot of ways to run an application at boot time and even if some AntiViruses claims to control 100% programs autostart, very often they miss some places. The most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations are shown by Autoruns by Sysinternals.com. This little utility is far better than MsConfig utility or any other system tool. Autostart [...]