Computing

SMART HDD Malware removal

Yikes when will these guys quit and get a real job? This one hides your files and makes it hard to recover.

Better!

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Removing rootkit.0access.h Rootkit Google Redirector

More stuff showed up on my personal machine.  Yuk.  rootkit.0access.h

Additionally when using the method I used it breaks the net connection.  I fixed all.  Sequence follows.

  • TDSSKiller   – I had to run and reboot several times.  I also may have run Malwarebytes in between.  Should have kept track better!  This was because first I used an older version as I was being blocked by the virus.  After I ran it I was able to connect and get the updated version which found more stuff.
  • Malwarebytes  – had to run this 2 or 3 times to come up clean.  After this my net connection was broken.
  • XP, Vista, Win7 Network Registry keys –  I double clicked on netbt.reg as refered to on the page that took me to the reg keys  – network was still not restored
  • Farbar Service Scanner FSS   –  I ran FSS to find out what network function was not working.  It came back with AFD.sys service not running.  
  • AFD.reg  –  I clicked on the AFD.reg key included in the XP registry keys.  I then rebooted.  After that my net connection was back.
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

WordPress PlugIn: Syntax HighLighter hilites your code snips

The original creators page is here. <pre class="brush: php; highlight: [5, 15]; html-script: true"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>SyntaxHighlighter Demo Page – <?= htmlspecialchars($title) ?></title> </head> <body> <? /*********************************** ** Multiline block comments **********************************/ $stringWithUrl = Read more…

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

How to remove XP Internet Security 2012

Spyware / virus lept onto my machine somewhere!  Following worked on my desktop.

This process seems to have worked.

On my laptop I had a similar redirector.  After I used the above tools internet explorer would not work.  For that I used the following tool.  This worked.

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

OpenGTS Project – Open GPS Tracking System

Research Links

 

Auxiliary Links

 

Below is the server side software architecture

From the FAQ:  This depends on the features and support provided by the virtual or shared hosting service provider. You will need to be able to install the software tools required for OpenGTS (Java, Ant, Tomcat, MySQL, etc). You should also have 'ssh' access to the server to be able to remotely administer the GTS database and tables, restart Tomcat when necessary, and monitor log files. Each virtual/shared hosting service provider is different, so you will need to check with the specific provider to see if they support the features you require. These are some of the questions you should ask:

  • Is Linux available on the server? (what distribution? Fedora, CentOS, etc?)
  • Does the server have at least 2Gb of available RAM? (4Gb+ preferred for larger systems)
  • Does the server have at least 50Gb of available disk space? (300Gb+ preferred for larger systems)
  • Is 'ssh' access allowed/provided to the server?
  • Is 'root' access allowed/provided while on the server?
  • Can other software packages be loaded as required (such as Java, Tomcat, Ant, etc.)?

If the answer to these questions is yes, then this hosting provider will likely be able to run OpenGTS.

Dreamhost Inquiry – Can I install TomCat on a VPS? 

We don't provide support for 3rd party application such at Tomcat but you are certainly free to try installing it 
on the VPS yourself. If it turns out that root access is required for installation you'll need to set up and admin
user on your VPS as that will allow you root level access. 

You can add an admin user from the following page:  
https://panel.dreamhost.com/index.cgi?tree=vserver.adminusers&
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago