Scan PDF Files for Trojans and Other Malware

Scan .pdf files for trojans and other malware. The MSNBC story reports that Symantec found 36% of malicious code delivered came from .pdf documents. Once opened, the code injects itself into the operating system using Java script.

One of the most damaging attacks using .pdf documents is Zeus which hides until users go to their bank accounts. Zeus then records all the banking information, after the banking session, Zeus then has money forwarded from the bank account to the cybercriminal.

*To scan .pdf files users should be able to right click the file and then scan it with an antivirus or anti-malware program to check for infections.

PC users needing assistance can always contact PC Virus Doctors' Dallas Virus Removal.

Stuxnet- Worm Dissected

Stuxnet, the computer worm damaging Iran's Nuclear Facility, is being dissected and is still amazing in its stealth and ingenous abilities according to the New York Times. The worm is reported to be a possible U.S. joint Israeli effort to derail or slow the Iranian nuclear ambition to create a nuclear bomb that Iran maintains is false. The Time reports that the digital trail appears to trace across several continents with which appears to have several authors contributing to Stuxnet.

Siemens, a German industrial manufacturer, allegedly manufactured the machines the Iranian's are using to develop nuclear energy. Idaho Naltional Laboratories, a United States Energy Department firm, appears to have examined the computer controllers of the Siemens' machines where it is speculated that they identified some hard to find holes that may have been exploited for use with the Stuxnet worm.

The Iranian's, according the the Times areticle, are trying to create nuclear facilities similar to Israel's who has continued to deny it has nuclear weapons.

Apparently 1/5 of Iran's Nuke facility has been damaged or destroyed by the stuxnet worm. Dallas Computer and Laptop Repair is concerned about such destruction but it appears to be isolated only to Siemens machine controllers and not other hardware distributed by other desktop or laptop manufacturers such as Dell.

Dump Temporary Files

Dallas Computer Repair is amazed at times with the amount of temporary files that are left on drives,
Get rid of that crap by going to temporary file cleanups and delete the trash. Download Ccleaner to help. Freeing up non-needed or no-used files and folders will help speed up the computer and less clutter that the computer has to keep up with.

Deleting old restore points can free up as much as 20 gigabytes of data that PC Virus Doctors' Dallas PC Repair sees in many desktops and laptops that are over 3 years old.

Hard to Find Drivers for Laptops and Desktops

Drivers can be difficult to find and match with the particular hardware and operating systems being utilized simultaneously needing specific drivers to run the peripherals on the computer machines.

The first step is to go to the manufacturers website and going to their "support" or "driver downloads" or "support and drivers" or verbage that is similart.

Once computer users locate the area where desktop and laptop manufacturers offer their drivers one must enter that they are:

• Using desktops or laptops
• Identify the operating system
• Identify the model number
• Identify the hardware on the laptop or desktop that the drivers operate

Many times the necessary drivers are not listed in the list of drivers for particular models and it may be necessary to go to the laptop or desktop manufacturers hardware's website.

PC Virus Doctors are going to bring more online help that will help for driver installations.

Old Hard Drives- Clone Drives

PC Virus Doctors' are recommending cloning drives that are 2-3 years old because of the bad sectors that develop on the platters that are storing the digital data before data is lost and data recovery. Once bad sectors develop on these old hard drives it becomes a "domino affect" where the drive will slowly deteriorate and degrade. Once this happens the only "repair" is to replace the drive.

Dallas Computer Repair is recommending moving data from infected drives over to new installed drives after the data has been scanned and is cleaned from malware. These old hard drives may and often will not survive long scans and the malware authors infect these drives where they will not be viewable if slaved to other computer systems for cleaning.

Dallas Laptop and Dallas Computer Repair recommends replace hard drives every 2-3 years to avoid pain and loss of data which is often family pictures, business data, etc.

Cloned drives will look exactly like the old drive that is replaced including all the data and drivers. Users will never notice a change with the new drive for the exception that the desktop or laptop runs much better.

Antivirus IS Basic- Rogue Program

Rogue Antivirus' can be extremely difficult to remove at times and Antivirus IS Basic is a rogue program that falls into the difficulty category.

The laptop recently worked on was infected with three rogue programs, that's right, three. Many of the security vendors do not have a fix on the current rogue malware version that PC Virus Doctors is about to clean and remove so we are using independent tools not commercially available.

Several commercial vendors either do not find the rogue malware or Windows reports the other commercial antimalware scans have stopped.

The scanning and cleaning are slowly about to come about and the files have been found, now it is just a matter of eradication.

REMEMBER> Keep ALL Your Tools Updated.

This is a previous customer who deleted all of the programs PC Virus Doctors gave to him except one that was updated 3 months ago. Had the customer updated his antivirus and antimalware he should have been able to get rid of Antivirus IS Basic on his own. Call PC Virus Doctor's to remove rogue programs proclaiming to belong to Microsoft.

Just BackUp Your Data Online Cheaply

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PC Virus Doctors' Computer Repair continue to receive desktops and laptops that are not properly backed-up and should because of personal and financial data. PC Virus Doctors' online backup solution is very affordable at just over $1/week and is available for individuals and small businesses.

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iPhone Alarm Fails Again

Apple's iPhone has once again failed to sound its alarm on Jan.1, 2011 or Jan. 2, 2012, according to Reuters. The amazing thing is that individuals alway themselves only one device, once again, for security; this time the simple fact of waking up which is why this iPone bug has people so upset.

Apple has replied that everything with the alarm will be fine starting Jan. 3, 2011, nice.

Intel Sporting New Chip- Sandy Bridge

CNN.net reports that Intel is rolling out what it calls the next generation, 2nd generation Intel Core Chip, Sandy Bridge. This chip will integrate the graphics processor into the main processor. The new technology would eliminate 3rd party graphics vendors such as NVidia, Advanced Micro Devices and others potentially.

Dallas Laptop- PC Support hopes Intel can keep the temperatures at a minimum or the computer manufacturers also take note and provide plenty of fan and cool temperature issues addresses properly to keep the laptops temperature as cool as possible.

Moscow Spammer Arrested in U.S.

Spammer MasterMind Busted

A vacationing or business trip took a man to jail for spamming. The 23 year old Moscow resident is reported to have been under investigation since 2007 and has ended up in Federal Court in Wisconsin. The botnet "Mega-D" is the catalyst the spammer used to gather computers into a botnet to send the reported millions up to billions alleged messages per day, accounting for 32% of the world's spam (?...really, one-third of emails?). Supposedly he is the "mastermind" behind the indulgence of email spam.

The alleged emails sent by alleged subject was reported at around ten billion daily. Supposedly the botnets were used to sell counterfeit goods.