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How to Remove Ravmon Virus Permanently

admin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:48:07 +0000

Ravmon virus, which mostly spreads through removeable USB drive such as your pen drive and external HDD can causes serious errors to your pc.

Removing this type of virus permanently can sometimes troubles you. Here’s a few solutions for you to try.

1. Remove the virus with ravmon removal tool

This is the easiest part. Simple download the ravmon removal tool and run the scan.

2. Run a full scan on your computer in safe mode with an anti-virus software

Not all antivirus will work but I’ve heard that Kaspersky and ESET Nod32 antivirus will fully detects and removes this type of virus. Make sure you run the scan in safe mode by pressing F8 button during your computer’s boot.

3. Prevent the virus from infecting your computer itself

This little tips here will help to prevent ravmon virus from infecting your PC: How to Prevent Virus From USB Drive

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HP Pavilion Webcam Driver Fix For Vista

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:16:22 +0000

Before you get mad for struggling to get the HP Pavilion’s webcam fixed in Windows Vista, here’s a simple and tricky solution to the problem.

How to fix HP Pavilion Webcam in Windows Vista:

[ Download Acer Extensa 5210 Chicony Webcam Driver 5.7 ]

1. Download the acer extensa chicony driver file above.
2. Unzip it to a folder on your desktop.
3. Run the “Setup.exe” file in the folder that got unzipped.
4. Go through the installer until it got to the end and then let it restart your computer.
5. Waited for your computer to restart.
6. It popped up something saying it was installing the drivers for your webcam. Wait until it’s done.
7. Open the Control Panel.
8. Open the Device Manager.

9. Find your webcam under “Imaging Devices”. It should listed as “HP Pavilion Webcam” despite having just installed the Acer drivers.
10. Right-clicked on your webcam and choose “Update Driver Software…”
11. Choose “Browse my computer for driver software”
12. Choose “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”
13. Unchecked the “Show compatible hardware” checkbox.
14. Scrolled down to the Chicony manufacturer.
15. Choose the “Acer Crystal Eye webcam.
16. Select install anyway when it asked you a question about installing that driver.
17. Wait for the driver to be installed.
18. Noted that your webcam should now listed as an Acer Crystal Eye webcam in Device Manager.

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Windows Vista Audio and Video Codec Package

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:22:31 +0000

With hundreds or thousands type of audio and video codecs floating around the technology world, the effort to search and download one specific video and audio codecs can make us sicks especially to those who don’t have much time to do so.

Not all codecs will 100% works to play your video or audio files, especially to the new Windows Vista. So the search to find the working one will be too time consuming. There comes a handy codec package to solve all your codec needs in just one installation.

The package is called Windows Vista Code Package, a package of codecs which will be able to play almost all video and audio filetypes perfectly in Windows Vista.

[ Download Vista Codec Package ]

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Show Hidden Files and Folders in Vista

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:04:06 +0000

Here is the steps to show all the hidden files and folders in windows explorer for Windows Vista:

Open Computer ( My Computer) from windows start
From the upper menu click “Organize” and then “Folder and Search Options”

Under the “View” tab , check on “Show hidden files and folders” option

Click OK

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Fix Missing Folder Options in Windows XP

admin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:38:40 +0000

If you found out that your folder options in windows explorer is missing, this is due to the effect of virus which is most probably a Ravmon virus which spreads through USB removeable drives.

There are two ways to fix this problem, either by doing it manually or by using a tool.
Fix Missing Folder Options using a tool

Simply download this tool called Ravmon Removal Tool.

Open the program, click on the “Restore Default Windows Settings” button. Checks every option boxes and click Apply.

Fix Missing Folder Options manually

Click Start - > Run
Type in gpedit.msc and click OK
On the left panel, navigate to : User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components –> Windows Explorer
Disable the “Removes Folder Options menu from Tools menu”

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Fix And Obtain Voice Chat in Windows Vista Yahoo Messenger

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:40:31 +0000

You need Yahoo! Messenger version 8.1 or above to use this vista voice fix.

First of all, you need to completely close and exit Yahoo! Messenger by right clicking on the YM icon in the system tray and then click Exit. Then, follow these steps:

Download tsp codec intaller from here and SAVE it to your computer(This is important, do not choose open!)
Right click on tsp_codec_install file, and select “Run as Administrator”. Let it installed.

Right click the Yahoo Messenger icon on your desktop and select Properties
Under the Compatibility tab, check the box “Run this program as an administrator”

Click OK
Run your YM as usual. It’s time to test the voice chat.

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Fix Task Manager Has Been Disabled by Your Administrator Error

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:30:29 +0000

If you got that kind of error when trying to open your task manager, your computer might be infected with a Ravmon virus, which mostly spreads from a USB removeable drive.
The virus will aso causes these effects to your computer:

Hidden files not being shown in windows explorer
“Task manager has been disabled by your administrator” error
“Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator” error
“Command prompt has been disabled by your administrator” error

These errors can easily be fixed by using a tool called Ravmon Removal Tool

[ Download Ravmon Removal Tool ]

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Remove New Folder.exe Virus With a Removal Tool

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:20:02 +0000

Here’s another useful tool to remove the new folder.exe virus from your external usb drives or hard drives:

[ Download New Folder.exe Removal Tool ]

Extract .rar archive with 7-Zip

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Yahoo Multi Messenger - Run Multiple YM With Ease

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:18:32 +0000

If you have and use more than one Yahoo accounts, this program would be useful. Just one click away to Yahoo Multi Messenger’s icon instead of the default YM icon to run multiple yahoo messenger.

[ Download Yahoo Multi Messenger ]

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How to Remove Fake Folders or New Folder .exe Virus

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:05:36 +0000

If you found a lot of executable files which clone itself into a fake folder or mostly New Folder.exe file, your computer is infected with a virus which causes these symptoms to your computer :

Disable Task Manager
Disable Registry Editor (regedit)
Hide the “Run” menu in Windows’ Start menu
Use up more than 50% of your CPU usage

Most anti-virus software in the market seem not to be able to remove this virus completely but there is one software that is reported to be able to remove it completely.

The anti-virus software is called ESET NOD32 and can be downloaded for free for 30 days, long enough to remove that type of virus from your PC. If you don’t need it anymore after 30 days, just uninstall it.

[ Download ESET NOD32 30-days Trial ]

Note : It is recommended to run the scan in safe mode ( Press F8 at your computer boot)

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