Fix an Unbootable Windows XP or Vista, Remove Boot Virus from Startup

November 20, 2008 · Filed Under Security · Comment 

Unable to boot into Windows XP or Vista due to virus? Trojan? Sometimes we find ourselves in deep trouble when our system refused to boot up, more often than not, this is due to viral infection and how do we go about cleaning the system without formatting when our system failed to boot, even in safe mode?

In situation like these, Rescue Disk becomes very useful, today we’re going to talk about Free Rescue Disk available in the market, basically what these Rescue Disk does is, it boots itself up before the system (Windows) in DOS and subsequently performs a system check for virus and trojans.

Fix an Unbootable Windows XP or Vista, Remove Boot Virus from Startup

Avira AntiVir Rescue System | Free Download

  • Updated several times a day so that the most recent security updates are always available.
  • Repair a damaged system.
  • Rescue data.
  • Scan the system for virus infections.
  • Its a Linux based CD.

F-Secure Rescue CD | Free Download

  • Update the virus definition if an Internet connection is available.
  • Rescue CD will by default scan, all hard drives in the computer, all USB drives attached to the computer, Windows FAT and NTFS drives
  • Virus definition databases are updated automatically if the computer has an internet connection
  • Virus definition databases can be updated manually by using a USB drive
  • The Rescue CD Guide (pdf) has step by step instructions how to use the CD

BitDefender Rescue CD | Free Download

  • The best thing in this rescue CD is, when you boot using this CD and connects to Internet, it can update the virus definition.

KasperSky Rescue Disk | Free Download

  • Performs the same task as mentioned above
  • Linux based
  • Virus definition is updated once a month

And the winner is? Avira Rescue System, because the virus definition for its rescue system is updated on a daily basis, whereas the others virus definition for their Rescue System Disk are updated on a monthly basis.

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How to Get Traffic and Ways to Increase Your Blog’s Visitors

November 20, 2008 · Filed Under How To and Online Tutorials · Comment 

Google is the kind of search engine, and if you’re a webmaster, you ought to know by now Google drives most of the traffic to your blog; therefore, it is important to make sure your blog is SEO friendly. What are the rules? Google just published a SEO starter Guide for webmasters, it consist of 22-pages of ways to make your blog Google friendly, according to the Google reps at PubCon, this is the same guide Google uses internally for its own sites.

Download Making the Most of Your Content - A Publisher’s Guide to the Web by Google.

Google Webmaster book

If you’re running Wordpress, All In One SEO Pack is a highly recommended plug-in, it does what it promised though it only provides surface coverage of what SEO is all about, none the less, it is a must have tool for Wordpress user.

I am not a SEO expert, not even close, my believes in good SEO is - Good content = Good SEO, forget about making your blog SEO friendly when the content itself is a big letdown.

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How to Download Video or MP3 from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem and Pandora

November 19, 2008 · Filed Under Software · 1 Comment 

Found a video, mp3, zip, exe, mp4, flash animation, or any an unknown file you wanted badly but could not download it because it is protected? Try Orbit Downloader, Orbit Downloader is one of the leader of download manager in the market, unlike other download manager, Orbit Downloader is devoted to new generation web 2.0 downloading, such as video/music/streaming media/mp3/mp4/flv from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare, support RTMP.

Download MP3 from Social Music Sites

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Download Videos from Video Sharing Sites

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Orbit Download not only download videos or mp3s, it downloads everything be it zip or exe. For videos in YouTube, simply hover you mouse over the video and a drop down list will appear, it provides various options such as downloading the file to your hard drive, as shown below:

How to Download Video or MP3 from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem and Pandora

Download now, its 100% free and no registration required. No adware! No spyware! Just a tiny banner in the software itself, I think I can live with that. Not compatible with Safari and Google Chrome.

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Free Avira AntiVir Premium Security Suite License, No Crack or Serial Number Required

November 15, 2008 · Filed Under Security · 6 Comments 

Together with a few selected vendors, Avira is offering free Avira AntiVir 8 and Avira Premium Security Suite 8 license key for free with no strings attached, yes, no crack, keygen, or illegal serial number needed to run the premium version.

For your information, do you happen to know that among all the antivirus software in the market, Avira AntiVir and Avira Premium Security Suite are both known to be the lightest in term of memory usage, couple with its relatively good engine and subtle popularity, malware writers tend to bypass their viruses and trojans for testing with Avira AntiVir, therefore, the chance of your computer being infected is lower. Below is a list of features of Avira Premium Security Suite 8:

    AntiVir
    AntiAd
    AntiSpyware
    AntiPhishing
    AntiRootkit
    AntiDrive-by
    AntiBot
    EmailScanner
    WebGuard
    RescueSystem
    BackupSystem
    AntiSpam
    FireWall
    GameMode

Step 01 - Visit these Promotional Links

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Step 02 - Register

Once you’re done with the registration, Avira will create the License Key and store it in their server, subsequently, they will email the license key to the email you provided.

Step 03 - Check Email, Download License

Check your email, download your license (HBEDV.KEY) and store it on your PC. You will be prompted to import the license during the installation of your Avira product.

Step 04 - Install Avira, Locate Downloaded License file

You’re almost there, if you have not yet installed the AntiVir Premium Security Suite, you can download it here.

When Avira prompt for a license key, select the ‘I already have a valid HBEDV.KEY license key’. A new dialog box will appear requesting for the location of the license file emailed to you. Locate and then proceed with installation.

In theory, it is possible to further extend Avira Premium Security Suite once the 3 months offers expires, user have to apply for a brand new license key file or serial number at the end of the subscription, it is that simple, provided that the offers exist.

Please take note that avoid downloading 4 license keys and store it in your computer for future use, the license key created when you sign up registers itself with Avira license server, therefore, it has an expiry date.

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