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How to prevent/delete/remove virus/spyware/trojan from USB Pendrive

by Tracy Lamont on Nov.24, 2008, under AOL

If you are one of those people who always use your USB pendrive outside (Cybercafe, school, workplace) Then most probably your USB pendrive may have been infected by virus, spyware or trojan. Here are some tips on how to remove those sneaky virus, spyware or trojan from USB pendrive.

In command prompt type attrib -r -a -s -h *.* and press enter. This will remove the Read Only, Archive, System and hidden file attribute from all the files. Now just delete the files using the command del filename (e.g. : del Example.exe) Delete all suspicious files

Note : If you still worry of whether they are any malwares in the USB pendrive, just format it for safety reason.

What if I want to prevent such things from happening?

Well, you can do the two things below :
1. Restart the pc BEFORE you plug in your USB pendrive.
2. Install anti virus , spyware or trojan program. You can find a list of the software for free at www.download.com.
3. Always update your anti malware programs to the latest version.
4. Scan the pendrive before you plug it into your pc

Hope you guys can benefit from the tips provided above. Anymore tips/questions are welcome - Please post in the end of this page

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Wordpress Theme - Firefox Mac

by Tracy Lamont on Nov.24, 2008, under AOL

After few days of tweaking, it’s finally here - The cool looking Firefox Mac wordpress theme! Here’s the screenshot of the wordpress theme
Well I LOVE both Firefox & Mac, too bad there isn’t any wordpress theme out there which is created based on it so I thought why don’t I created it myself? & this is how this Firefox Mac wordpress theme is born…Like it? Download the Firefox Mac file here

Suggestion? Please leave your comment in the comment box below. Have fun!

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How to get a WordPress.com API key?

by Sue Berry on Nov.24, 2008, under AOL

Spam is something that bloggers hate really much, & that’s when Akismet comes in hand, yet when you do not have a Wordpress API Key you couldn’t activate the service, so how can you get it? Here’s a simple tutorial on getting a WordPress.com API Key :

1. Go to Wordpress.com & sign up as a member

2. After sign up you will get one. Easy ain’t it?

Any problem just drop me a comment & I will try my best to help!

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