XP Internet Security 2010

I worked on a machine tonight with the virus XP Internet Security 2010. This thing is a pain just like it's predecessors.

Most instructions out there to manually clean the virus ask you to look for and kill the av.exe process and files and then go out and delete a handful of registry entries. The machine I was working on had those same registry entries, but instead of av.exe it was using MSASCui.exe.

So when trying to fix a machine that has been infected with XP Internet Security 2010 you should now be aware of at least two exe files it's using.

av.exe
MSASCui.exe

More variants are sure to follow.

From My Bookmarks

McAfee Free Services

This is a nice site with a handful of useful tools to scan, test, and keep you up to date with what is going on with Internet security.

A New Look

I have always believed in keeping this blog simple and clutter free. However, I've been running this blog for a while now and frankly got tired of looking at it. Lets face it, it's dull.

I chose this new template because it is still minimalistic, but not boring.

Enjoy

Edit Gnome menu

After installing Fedora 12, I noticed that I did not have the ability to edit my Gnome menu by simply right clicking on the panel. As a side note Fedora 12 installs with Gnome version 2.28.

The way to fix this problem is actually very easy, you just need to install alacarte.

Open a terminal window
type yum install alacarte

At this point you can logout, log back in and you can right click to edit the menus.

From My Bookmarks

Here is a site that I bookmarked this week after getting an email from RedHat about it being up and running. I haven't had a lot of time to spend poking around on it, but it looks like it is full of information.

opensource.com