how to change default email client (win xp)

the procedure as follows

• login as a administrator
• open internet explorer
• click on the tools menu
• click programs tab
• under program tab and click on the email and select your preferred email client in drop down menu
• once selected click apply and ok.

you are done.

hidden file scanner (HFS)

Hidden File Scanner is a free tool that scans drives for hidden files that contained across many directories on your Windows.Hidden File Scanner is portable,there for no installation is required.

Using HFS

You can straight away run the exe file.On the main window, select the drives that you want scan for hidden files.You can choose to scan all drives if you want to, just click the All Drives link.Before you hit the Scan button,you can specify whether to exclude system files, exclude directories from the search.This way, the search results are more logical to view.After complete scan, a list of hidden files will be displayed in the main window. From there, you are allow to unhide or delete them.

In addition, Hidden File Scanner also does a quick scan at start up to detect the appearance of autorun.inf files on all devices including removable media (such as pen drives and external hard disks) If such an autorun.inf file is found, a dialog box will appear where you can either delete, unhide or inspect the content of the autorun.inf. This tool will automatically rate the autorun.inf files as normal, hidden, suspicious or dangerous file.

Note - dont mess up your pc,s

Note that every hidden files is not a virus,you must not simply delete any hidden files found, or otherwise your system will be crashed. If you have such files, and their file name does not help you to identify the file, right click it and open the file information dialog. You will see for most executable files the copyright of the executable file, which might help you identifying it.

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overview of combofix

Combofix is a freeware ,Combofix was designed to scan a computer for known malware, spyware and remove them.the process runs completely automatically.you just have to wait and watch.

ComboFix allows the manual removal of spyware infections . It 's a specialized effective cleaning tool, which is useful compared to other malware and spyware removers.

After Combofix finished,a report will be created. You can use this report to search and remove infections which are not automatically removed.

instructions to use combofix

• Disable or Close all anti-spyware, anti-malware or antivirus real-time protection, which may affect ComboFix. (you must do this)
  
• Download the latest version of Combo Fix.
• Close all programs of you computer.
• Double click ComboFix.exe on you desktop.
• Proceed with extreme caution.
  
• When Combofix finished, it will create a new log file for you.

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overview of autoruns

autoruns is a utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce, and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services, and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility bundled with Windows Me and XP.

Autoruns' Hide Signed Microsoft Entries option helps you to zoom in on third-party auto-starting images that have been added to your system and it has support for looking at the auto-starting images configured for other accounts configured on a system.

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overview of runscanner

Runscanner is a completely free windows system utility which scans your system for all configured running programs.You can use runscanner to detect autostart programs, spyware, adware, homepage hijackers, unverified drivers and other problems.

running methods of runscanner

Beginner mode

This is for beginners that want to do a scan and upload their results to a malware specialist forum.You cannot make any changes in this mode.

Expert mode

This is for advanced users, all startup tweaks, scanning, reporting, filtering and delete features are available.

Malware removal abilities of runscanner

• Powerful process killer.
• Kill multiple processes at once.
• Kill and rename.
• Kill and delete.
• Delete at next reboot.
• Analysis of loaded modules.
• Regedit jump.
• Explorer jump.

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