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		<title>Removing Malicious Virus MS32DLL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Guan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS32DLL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About the virus
This virus is somewhat marked as a Trojan virus, well, a lot of users doesn&#8217;t know it&#8217;s origin but it does take it some pretty nasty habits with it. It comes with the harmless look of MS32DLL.dll, but it comes with a very odd extention, &#8220;.vbs&#8221; (Visual Basic Script file). This sort of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="subtitle" style="font-size: large; color: #993300;"><strong>About the virus</strong></span></p>
<p>This virus is somewhat marked as a Trojan virus, well, a lot of users doesn&#8217;t know it&#8217;s origin but it does take it some pretty nasty habits with it. It comes with the harmless look of MS32DLL.dll, but it comes with a very odd extention, &#8220;.vbs&#8221; (Visual Basic Script file). This sort of files can be run automatically if it is executed from the Auto run.When this virus effects one computer, it will automatically clones itself and transfer to any external drive, let it be a thumb drive, an external hardisk, or even a flash card (like SD Card, MMC or Compact Flash). I read a forum stated that some of the other virus that carries the same virus filename also put a text &#8220;Hacked by Godzilla&#8221; Title bar on Internet Explorer. And it will continue to infect any computer that connects to it.</p>
<p>So far I am not sure whether it is infecting throughout the private network, but I will update if it does.</p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: large; color: #993300;">How Do I Remove It?</span></strong></p>
<p>There are quite a few steps to remove this Trojan but if your antivirus detects it earlier and erased it you are one step less to complete this detail task:<span class="poimtstitle" style="color: #973130;"><strong>1. Finding potential processes running</strong></span>- Press <strong>CTRL, ALT and DELETE key together</strong>. You will open the <strong>Windows Task Manager</strong>.<br />
- Click the Processes tab, and comb through the list and see whether there is a program called wscript.exe is running. If you find it, click on it and click End Process.<br />
- After that you can close the Task Manager window.</p>
<p><span class="poimtstitle" style="color: #973130;"><strong>2. Finding the virus (for those who were not detected by the antivirus &#8211; for Microsoft Windows)</strong></span></p>
<p>- Go to <strong>My Computer</strong><br />
- Click <strong>Tools</strong> at the top bar &#8211;&gt; <strong>Folder Options</strong><br />
- When you come to the Folder Options window, click on the <strong>View</strong> tab<br />
- Look for <strong>Hidden files and folders</strong><br />
- Click on <strong>Show hidden files and folders</strong><br />
- Press <strong>OK</strong><br />
- Once the window is closed, click on your C drive <strong>once</strong>.<br />
- Right click and select <strong>Open</strong> from the menu bar<br />
- Once you are in there, look for whether there is a filename called <strong>MS32DLL.dll.vbs</strong><br />
- If you can&#8217;t find it in C (like I did), look in C:\Windows<br />
- If you still can&#8217;t find it, don&#8217;t worry, press <strong>F3</strong> at the top row of your keyboard (in case you don&#8217;t know) and the search bar will be on your left. Click on <strong>All files and folders</strong>, and type in the file name <strong>MS32DLL.dll.vbs</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">If you don&#8217;t find any file in there, congratulations, you are one step out of it.<br />
You can jump to step (4)</p>
<p><span class="poimtstitle" style="color: #973130;"><strong>3. You found the virus</strong></span></p>
<p>- Click on the file you found and press <strong>SHIFT</strong> key and <strong>DELETE</strong> key<br />
- It will ask you &#8220;Are you sure you want to delete (the file name)&#8221;. Click <strong>Yes</strong><br />
- If you find more than one location that has MS32DLL.dll.vbs, then you need to repeat the steps in (3)</p>
<p><span class="poimtstitle" style="color: #973130;"><strong>4. Editing the Windows Register (do it with full of caution!)</strong></span></p>
<p>- Click Start &#8211;&gt; Run<br />
- Type <strong>regedit</strong> and press <strong>ENTER</strong><br />
- You will come to the <strong>Registry Editor</strong> window<br />
- On your left there will be the registry directories. Look for:<br />
<strong>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE &#8211;&gt; Software &#8211;&gt; Microsoft &#8211;&gt; Windows &#8211;&gt; Current Version &#8211;&gt; Run</strong><br />
- If there is a MS32DLL in there, delete the entry.<br />
- Then you need to look for:<br />
<strong>HKEY_CURRENT_USER &#8211;&gt; Software &#8211;&gt; Microsoft &#8211;&gt; Internet Explorer &#8211;&gt; Main</strong><br />
- If you see the <strong>Window Title</strong> has &#8220;<strong>Hacked by Godzilla</strong>&#8221; you should delete that entry.<br />
- You can now close the Registry Editor window</p>
<p><span class="poimtstitle" style="color: #973130;"><strong>5. Stop all auto runs in future (recommended move)</strong></span></p>
<p>- Click on Start &#8211;&gt; Run<br />
- Type <strong>gpedit.msc</strong> and press ENTER<br />
- You will come to the <strong>Group Policy</strong> window<br />
- Go to <strong>User Configuration &#8211;&gt; Administrative Templates &#8211;&gt; System</strong><br />
- Look for <strong>Turn off Autoplay</strong> and double click it. You will come to <strong>Turn Off Autoplay Properties</strong> window.<br />
- Click <strong>Enable</strong> and select <strong>All drives</strong> from the drop-down combo box.<br />
(It is suggested to turn it off to avoid further potential virus infections in future)<br />
- You can now close the Group Policy window</p>
<p><span class="poimtstitle" style="color: #973130;"><strong>6. Stopping auto run virus programs (if have)</strong></span></p>
<p>- Click on Start &#8211;&gt; Run &#8211; Type <strong>msconfig</strong> and press ENTER. You will come to the <strong>System Configuration Utility</strong> window<br />
- Click on the <strong>Startup</strong> tab, and look for any programs that runs under MS32DLL.dll.vbs<br />
- If you find then, uncheck the checkbox on the left of the file<br />
- Click <strong>Apply</strong><br />
- Click <strong>Close</strong><br />
- When you close the window it will ask you whether to restart or not. Click on <strong>Exit without Restart</strong>.</p>
<p><span class="poimtstitle" style="color: #973130;"><strong>7. Hide your system files</strong></span></p>
<p>- Go to <strong>My Computer</strong><br />
- Click <strong>Tools</strong> at the top bar &#8211;&gt; <strong>Folder Options</strong><br />
- When you come to the Folder Options window, click on the <strong>View</strong> tab<br />
- Look for <strong>Hide protected operating system file</strong><br />
- Click on <strong>Don&#8217;t show hidden files and folders</strong><br />
- Press <strong>OK</strong></p>
<p><span class="poimtstitle" style="color: #973130;"><strong>8. Restarting your PC</strong></span></p>
<p>- Before restart, make sure that you empty your recycle bin<br />
- Restart your PC<br />
- You will see a windows prompt that you have changed your system configurations. Check on the checkbox not to remind you anymore and press ok.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.interstraits.biz">http://www.interstraits.biz</a></p>
<p>p.s looks like <a href="http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php">Malwarebytes&#8217; Anti-Malware</a> can detect and solve the problem.</p>
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		<title>What to do if drive letter does not appear for a new thumb drive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivan Guan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thumb drive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Windows XP, if you have mapped shared or network drives to beginning letters (i.e., F, G, H), the operating system may fail to assign a drive letter for the Micro Hard Drive. It is best to map all network drives to later drive letters (i.e., O, M, or N).
To see if the operating system [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Windows XP, if you have mapped shared or network drives to beginning letters (i.e., F, G, H), the operating system may fail to assign a drive letter for the Micro Hard Drive. It is best to map all network drives to later drive letters (i.e., O, M, or N).</p>
<p>To see if the operating system is seeing the drive but attempting to assign it to a drive letter already in use, perform the following steps.</p>
<ol>
<li>Click on your Control Panel</li>
<li>Find the Administrative Tools icon and double click</li>
<li>Double click on Computer Management</li>
<li>Double click on Disk Management</li>
<li>Disk 0 is always the hard drive; so the Micro Hard Drive should appear as Disk 1 or Disk 2 depending on how many hard drives you have, and the assigned drive letter will be visible here*</li>
<li>If you have to change the drive letter, right click on the appropriate Disk and choose Change Drive Letter and Paths</li>
<li>Click on the Change button</li>
<li>Assign a free Drive Letter and click OK</li>
</ol>
<p>You will get a warning that this may cause some programs to stop running. This could happen if you have scripts directing automated actions to a specific drive letter.</p>
<p>The new drive letter will be assigned and will be seen as the new letter until you reboot the computer or remove the Micro Hard Drive from the port.</p>
<p><em>*Note: In the Drive Management program any external drives such as a USB Flash drive will been seen in the upper right window, but won&#8217;t be seen as a logical drive in the lower right window</em></p>
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