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[How To Solve] Can’t Cut/Copy And Paste From Firefox

od3n — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:34:53 +0000

This week I’ve experienced a problem with Firefox after the updated they have been pushing. I was unable to cut, copy and paste from Firefox. I couldn’t copy URL’s, text from web pages or anything. I started Firefox in Safe Mode and the problem was gone. It appears that my StumbleUpon Add-on was causing the issue. Once I disabled it, the problem went away when I started Firefox in normal mode.

I have been regularly running into these problems with Firefox lately. I would blame the add-on developers, but other plug-ins have stopped working with each Firefox update. It’s starting to influence me to switch back to IE.

Disable all your add-on’s and restart ff then one by one re-able them and restart ff find out which one is causing the problem

[How To Solve] Show Hidden Files And Folders Not Working II

od3n — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:27:17 +0000

If anyone’s still having trouble, here’s a fix that worked for me after I got the RavMon virus :

1. Click “Start” -> “Run…” (or press Windows key + R)
2. Type “regedit” and click “Ok”.
3. Find the key : [sourcecode language='html']HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvancedFolderHiddenSHOWALL[/sourcecode]
4. Look at the “CheckedValue” key… This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key.
5. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1.
6. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally. Enjoy!

[How To Recover] Task Manager Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator

od3n — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:23:26 +0000

Muhammad Rizwan asks that whenever he tries to open the task manager, he is encountered by the following error : “Task Manager has been disabled by your administrator”

Here is solution from the Microsoft article about enabling the task manager :

Enabling Task Manager from Group Policy Editor
1. Go to “Start” -> “Run” -> Write [sourcecode language='html']Gpedit.msc[/sourcecode] and press on “Enter” button.
2. Navigate to “User Configuration” -> “Administrative Templates” -> “System” -> “Ctrl+Alt+Del Options”
3. In the right side of the screen verity that “Remove Task Manager”” option set to “Disable” or “Not Configured”.
4. Close “Gpedit.msc” MMC.
5. Go to “Start” -> “Run” -> Write [sourcecode language='html']gpupdate /force[/sourcecode] and press on “Enter” button.

Enabling Task Manager from Registry Editor
1. Go to “Start” -> “Run” -> Write [sourcecode language='html']regedit[/sourcecode] and press on “Enter” button.
Warning: Modifying your registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Always backup your files before doing this registry hack.
2. Navigate to the following registry keys and verity that following settings set to default :
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[sourcecode language='html'][HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem]“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionGroupPolicyObjectsLocalUserSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem]“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionpoliciessystem]“DisableTaskMgr”=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionWinlogon]“DisableCAD”=dword:00000000[/sourcecode]
3. Reboot the computer.

For your convenience, I have created a registry file. Just download, double click it and add the info to your registry. The task manager will be enabled. Post your experiences please.

Download the registry file here

Enabling Task Manager from the Run Menu

Abdullah mailed me this solution. Go to Start –> Run and copy and paste the following and press OK.

[sourcecode language='html']REG add HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem /v DisableTaskMgr /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f[/sourcecode]

[How To Remove] ntde1ect.com And autorun.inf Files

od3n — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:18:47 +0000

There is a Trojan/virus (either the Win32/Pacex virus or the Win32/PSW.Agent.NDP trojan) that uses the two files ntde1ect.com and autorun.inf. Here is how you can get rid of them :

Open Task Manager and in Processes tab end explorer.exe and wscript.exe process
Open up File –> New Task (Run) in the Task manager
Type cmd and hit Enter
Type

[sourcecode language='html']del /a:h /f c:autorun.*[/sourcecode]

Go to your WindowsSystem32 directory by typing

[sourcecode language='html']cd c:windowssystem32[/sourcecode]

Type

[sourcecode language='html']dir /a:h /f avp*.*[/sourcecode]

If you see any files names avpo.dll or avpo.exe or avpo.exe, use the

[sourcecode language='html']Del /a:h /f avpo.exe[/sourcecode]

Open up File –> New Task (Run) in the Task manager, Type

[sourcecode language='html']regedit[/sourcecode]

Navigate to

[sourcecode language='html']HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun[/sourcecode]

If there are any entries for avpo.exe, delete them.
Do a complete search of your registry for ntdelect.com and delete any entries you find.
To Restore Folder Options Settings, Navigate to

[sourcecode language='html']HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvancedFolderHiddenSHOWALL[/sourcecode]

Look at the “CheckedValue” key. This should be a DWORD key. If it isn’t, delete the key. Create a new key called “CheckedValue” as a DWORD (hexadecimal) with a value of 1. The “Show hidden files & folders” check box should now work normally.

[How To Solve] Get Open With Dialog When Opening Windows Drives

od3n — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:14:38 +0000

Recently, I had been facing this problem on all the virus hit systems on one of my client’s network. The problem was that I was getting the “Open With” dialog every time I double clicked any drive in My Computer. I had to select Internet Explorer from Open With dialog to open the drives. One of my friends came up with an idea and it worked great. The idea was to create a blank autorun.inf file in the drive having problems. And it was perfect .. now I can open all my drives (after placing the blank autorun.inf in the drive) by double clicking them.

To make a blank autorun.inf, open notepad and Save As “autorun.inf”. Place the autorun.inf in the affected drive.

Having the same problem? Did this trick solve your problem or you had a better solution? Share your experiences.

UPDATE : Please use the following DOS command for the ease of deleting the autorun.inf file.

[sourcecode language='html']C:>attrib -S -H -R C:autorun.inf
C:>del /F C:autorun.inf[/sourcecode]
Replace C with your drive that you want to disable autorun of.

Update: Download Ravmon Removal Tool for an automated
solution to this problem.

[How To Recover] Registry Editing Has Been Disabled By Your Administrator

od3n — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:08:48 +0000

Today a friend of mine asked that his registry editor had been disabled accidently and now how should he enable it back again. Here are two ways to enable the registry editing in Windows.

1- From Group Policy Editor

Go to Run –> gpedit.msc

In the left hand menu, go to User Config –> Administrative Templated –> System.

Now In the right hand pane, select “Prevent access to registry editing tools”. It will probably be not configured or enabled. If it’s enabled, disable it and if it’s not configured, first enable it, apply settings and then disable it. Most probably the settings have been applied instantly. If not, then run gpupdate in command prompt to apply the group policies.

2- From the Run Menu

I got this tweak while surfing the internet. Go to Start –> Run, copy and paste the follow in the Run box and press OK.

[sourcecode language='cpp']REG add HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem /v DisableRegistryTools /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f[/sourcecode]

The effects are usually instant. If not then you should see the results after restarting your computer.

Please tell us your experiences on this tweak.

[How To Restore] All Folder Option Settings

od3n — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:03:40 +0000

Due to viruses, many things do not work. For Example Folder Options Show Hidden Files and Folders, Hide Operating System Protected Files and many more.

To correct all these options, use Ravmon Virus Removal Tool

Restore Windows Default Settings
Check Restore All Folder Options
OK.

Download Ravmon Virus Removal Tool

[How To Repair] Folder Options Missing In Windows XP

od3n — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:58:48 +0000

After a virus attack in one of my client machines, the folder options from the windows explorer was missing and we were unable to show all the files including the hidden ones. So here’s what I did to restore it back:

Go to Run –>gpedit.msc
User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Windows Components –> Windows Explorer
Enable and then Disable “Removes Folder Options menu from Tools menu“
Close all windows explorer windows and then open again.. most probably your folder options is back

[How To Remove] New Folder.exe Virus

od3n — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:52:30 +0000

Virus Infections

This virus affects your system by :

Disabling Task Manager
Disabling Registry Editor
Creates a startup entry to start upon system start and
Creates its own exe files in Shared Documents folder which appear like ordinary folders.
Disables Folder Options
Uses your 50% or more processor

You can see that the folders in Shared Documents have an exe extension If you have unchecked Hide extensions for known file types in Folder Options.

Virus Removal Tool Description 2.5 (Also Removes Nhatquanglan Variant of NewFolder.exe)

Sets these entries in Registry
[sourcecode language='cpp'][HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer]“NofolderOptions”=[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesSystem]“@”=[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun]“YahooMessengger”=[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsNTCurrentVersionWinlogon]“Shell”=”Explorer.exe”[/sourcecode]

Deletes Virus Files

svichossst.exe
autorun.inf
at1.job
autorun.ini
(Nhatquanglan) scvhosts.exe
blastclnnn.exe
hinhem.scr
All duplicated exe files in Shared Documents Folder
Also the exe files in your selected folder

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http://www.od3n.net/tools/

[How To Solve] Show Hidden Files And Folders Not Working

od3n — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:37:06 +0000

A few days back, a client came to me and told me that he was having trouble with his Windows XP. The show hidden files and folders was not working at all. If he selected the radio button “Show hidden files and folders”, and then press Ok .. the changes would just disappear upon opening the dialog again. It was probably some virus attack after which the Windows registry was not being updated properly. So here is what I did to restore it back.

Go to registry editor by running regedit in the run box.

Go to this key:

[sourcecode language='cpp']HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerAdvanced[/sourcecode]

In the right hand area, double click hidden and change the value to 1.

Now you’re all set to go. Check it in your tools menu if the changes have taken effect. Mine have already been fixed . Please spare a few moments from your precious time and tell us about your experiences.