Remove heap41a virus

How to Remove heap41a virus

1. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open task manager

2. Go to the processes tab and look for svchost.exe under the "image name". There will be many but look for the ones which have your username under the "username".

3. Press DEL to kill these files. It will give you a warning, simply press Yes

4. Repeat for other svchost.exe files with your username. Note: Do not kill svchost.exe under system, local service or network service.

5. Type C:\heap41a in Start Menu > run.. and press enter. You need to do this because it is a hidden folder.

6. Delete all files inside this folder.

7. Again go to Start Menu > Run and type in Regedit

8. Go to the menu Edit > Find

9. Type "heap41a" here and press enter. You will get something like this "[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt"

10. Select that and Press DEL. It will ask "Are you sure you wanna delete this value", click Yes

11. Now close the registry editor and you are done.

Make sure to delete the autorun.inf file and any unrecognized file ends with .exe in your pen drives and other external hard drives otherwise it will replicate itself again.

Enable or Disable Add-ins in Outlook 2007

To Enable or Disable Add-ins in Outlook 2007:

Please follow below steps

• In Outlook 2007, go to Tools > Trust Center

• Click on the Add-ins section

• You will now see all active, non-active, and disabled add-ins.Click on the add-in you Want to enable/disable and then click on the Go button towards the bottom.

• This will then open up the COM add-ins page. You can then check/uncheck the Add-ins you want to enable or disable.

How to find disable outlook 2007 add-ins and plugins

Disabling unnecessary plugins is a great way to make your Outlook run smoother. In Outlook 2007 Add-ins are listed under “Tools->Trust Center->Addins”. There are two types of Addins - COM Add-ins and Exchange Client Extensions.

Please follow below steps

1 To disable COM Add-ins:

• Select “COM Add-ins” in the Manage drop-down at the bottom of the Trust Center window and click “Go”.

• Uncheck any add-ins that you are not using.

2 To disable Exchange Client Extensions

• Select “Exchange Client Extensions” in the Manage drop-down at the bottom of the Trust Center window and click “Go”.

• Uncheck any add-ins that you are not using.

Please note that changes you made will only applied after outlook restarted

To Make Windows XP Shutdown Faster

In Windows XP Sometimes It Takes More Time To Shutdown The System, Usually This Happens One Or More Applications Is Hanging Up To 20 Seconds While The OS Tries To Shutdown. We Have A Couple Of Registry Tweaks To Help Force Windows To Shut Down More Quickly. Before Making Any Changes To The Registry It Is Highly Recommend To Create Backup


The first thing we need to go to registry editor. to do so click Start \ Run and type in “regedit” (no quotes) then click OK.

Now with the Registry Editor open locate the following key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Control Panel \ Desktop

scroll down to HungAppTimeout and change the default 5000 to 1000 then click OK.

Then scroll down to WaitToKillAppTimeout from 20000 to 1000 then click OK.

Keep the Registry Editor open as we have 3 more values to change in two different sections.

Next we are going to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Control

and double click on WaitToKillServiceTimeout to 1000 then click OK.

Finally, we need to navigate to

HKEY_USERS \ DEFAULT \ Control Panel \ Desktop

and change HungAppTimeout to 1000 and click OK.

Then scroll down to WaitToKillAppTimeout to 1000 and click OK.

backup and restore registry in windows xp

Manual steps to backup and restore registry in windows xp

Create backup

1. Click Start, click Run, type %SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe, and then click OK.

2. On the Welcome to System Restore page, click Create a restore point, and then click Next .

3. On the Create a Restore Point page, type a name for the restore point and then click Create

4. After the restore point has been created, click Close.

Restore backup

1. Click Start, click Run, type %SystemRoot%\System32\Restore\Rstrui.exe, and then click OK.

2. On the Welcome to System Restore page, click Restore my computer to an earlier time (if it is not already selected), and then click Next .

3. On the Select a Restore Point page, click the system checkpoint. In the On this list select the restore point area, click an entry that is named "Guided Help (Registry Backup)," and then click Next. If a System Restore message appears that lists configuration changes that System Restore will make, click OK.

4. On the Confirm Restore Point Selection page, click Next. System Restore restores the previous Windows XP configuration and then restarts the computer.

5. Log on to the computer. When the System Restore confirmation page appears, click OK..

Backup and restore registry key

For example, let’s assume that we are working with the programs that start automatically when we start the computer. We want to be sure that we don’t mess up these registry entries so we want to back up the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

registry key. To do this, we would perform the following steps.

1. Start the Registry Editor by going to Start→Run…, typing in regedit and then clicking the OK button.

2. Browse to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry key and click on it.

3. Under the File menu, click on Export…

4. Save the file as Startup.reg on the desktop.

You have successfully saved the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run registry key as Startup.reg.

The Startup.reg file is actually just a text file and you can open it up in notepad to see what is in it. If you want to add these registry settings back into your registry, simply right-click on the Startup.reg file and select Merge.

Note: When you merge a registry file back into the registry, it will overwrite any settings that are in that registry key. Use with caution!