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How to break the content advisor password ....

Content Advisor Password "What do I do when I don't
remember the Content Advisor password?"
Open regedit, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Policies .Click on Ratings.
Delete the listing named KEY. Leave the other entries alone.
Close regedit and restart. Keep in mind that the content adviser is still enabled, but you can create a new password to disable it.

Remove low disk space warning in windows

When Windows detects that one of your hard drives has too little free space, a warning appears offering to run the "Disk Cleanup" utility. Here's how to turn off this message:

Windows XP
Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer.
If it's not there, create a DWORD value and call it NoLowDiskSpaceChecks.
Double-click on NoLowDiskSpaceChecks, and enter the value 1, and press OK.

Windows 98 (solution 1)
Open the Disk Cleanup utility (run cleanmgr.exe, or go to Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup).
Select the drive on which Windows is installed and click Ok.
Choose the Settings tab, and turn off the If this drive runs low on disk space, automatically run Disk Cleanup option
Click Ok when you're done - answer any subsequent prompts as desired.
You may have to repeat this for all your hard disks (if you have more than one).

Windows 98 (solution 2)
Try this article from Microsoft: Q188074.
It's much more of a pain than solution 1, but it might work if solution 1 doesn't.

To control the low-disk space threshhold
Obtain and install the Space Control utility.

The Orkut Mozilla Hater Virus - w32.USBworm - complete removal

Hi all,
The w32.USBworm, or commonly known as the Orkut Mozilla Hater Virus, has been spreading its malicious fingers all over India. The worm, quite a tricky one, is most commonly seen when it displays messages like, “I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE…”, “ORKUT IS BANNED, Orkut is banned you fool“, “The administrators didn’t write this program guess who did??“, “youtube IS BANNED,youtube is banned you fool” and “The administrators didn’t write this program guess who did??`r`r MUHAHAHA!!

What it does

• Runs in the background, invisible to antiviruses
• When Mozilla Firefox is opened, it displays a message (I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE…) and shuts down Firefox
• When the site Orkut is accessed, via any browser, it shows yet another message out of a few listed above, and shuts down the browser.
• Same when YouTube is accessed.
• Copies itself automatically onto USBs, iPods (yes!), Digicams etc. when connected to the PC
• Copies a copy of the virus from the USBs, iPods etc. to any other PC its inserted in.
• Disables the “Show Hidden Folders” option

How it functions

• It runs an executable file named svchost.exe in the background
• All virus files located in a folder in the C:\ drive
• The folder is hidden, and disables the option to view hidden folders
• Comfortably carries out its malicious activities and also makes the computer dead slow

Why its dangerous

• It makes the computer slow.
• No antivirus to date has been able to remove or detect this virus. A few antiviruses, like AVG, NOD32 and Avast, were able to prevent its entry.

Removal

The removal of this virus requires a manual procedure. It may take anywhere around 5-10 minutes. It has 4 main steps -
1) Removing the virus from the task manager
2) Deleting the virus files
3) Deleting registry entries
4) Editing the registry to restore the “View Hidden Files” option

I - Removing the virus from the task manager

1. Hit Alt+Ctrl+Del to bring up the Task Manager
2. Click on the Processes tab
3. Click on Image Name to arrange the processes according to their names
4. Scroll down a bit until you reach a number of SVCHOST.exe processes listed
5. All, but one, of these SVCHOST.exe processes will be listed under the usernames of SYSTEM or NETWORK SERVICE
6. Find the SVCHOST.exe which is listed under YOUR username. i.e. If your username is nitin, find the SVCHOST.exe listed under with username nitin. Select that process and click End Process.
7. Click Yes to successfully end the process.

II - Deleting the virus files

1. Browse to your C:\ drive, or whichever drive you’ve installed Windows.
2. In the address bar, type in heap41a after the C:\ and press Enter. i.e. In the address bar, type C:\heap41a  and press Enter.
3. Mercilessly delete every file in that folder. Muhahahahhahahahaha! You’ve now deleted the virus!

III - Deleting the registry entries

1. Go to Start>Run (or Windows key + R)
2. Type in regedit and hit Enter
3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
   CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run and delete the winlogon key. This will prevent any remnants of the worm from starting at booting.

IV Editing the registry to restore the “View Hidden Files” option

1. In Regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
   Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden

2. There, navigate to NOHIDDEN

3. In NOHIDDEN, change the CheckedValue to “0″ and DefaultValue to “1″.

4. Go one step back, and navigate to SHOWALL

5. In SHOWALL, change the CheckedValue to “1″.

Thats it

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