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The main drawback of a pen drive is its easy attack of Trojan horse, malware, spyware, etc. All these malcious programs will first create an “autorun.inf” file in your pendrive . With this , it starts multiplying and affects your computer. To avoid this , create an empty text(.txt) file with the same name “autorun.inf”. copy this into your pen drive . Right click over that file and go to properties and select “Hidden” and the Important is “Write Project” Option’s. Thats it. This avoid the attack of 80% by viruses.

Man8.exe a worm which spreads via torrents, recently I faced this problem and I found the way from a website to revover my PC.

If you are using free anti-virus software to protect your system, some times free anti-virus software will not remove this kind of virus/worms. Man8.exe worm can be found in C:WINDOWS/system32/man8.exe

MAN8.EXE performs the following behavior in your system

* The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
* Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
* Checks for the use of debuggers
* Creates a new Background Service on the machine
* Looks at the contents of the autoexec.bat file
* Reads email address and phone book details
* Disables Anonymous Access to the Windows Network Shares
* Prevents Installation Of Windows XP Service Pack 2
* Disables the DCOM Ability within Windows
* Disables the Default Windows Network Shares
* Disables the built in Windows File Protection System
* Automatically changes your firewall settings to allow itself or other programs to communicate over the internet
* This process creates other processes on disk
* This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
* Violates Windows/Vista Physical Memory Protection allowing it to look inside the data areas of other programs
* Executes a Process
* Writes to another Process?s Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
* Creates a TCP port which listens and is available for communication initiated by other computers
* Makes outbound connections to other computers using NETBIOSOUT protocols

MAN8.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior

* Created as a new Background Service on the machine
* Copied to multiple locations on the system
* Deleted as a process from disk
* Executed as a Process
* Created as a process on disk
* Added as a Registry auto start to load Program on Boot up.

Information via : Windows Vista Place

Solution

If you find any of the problem listed above, all you need to do is download any premium anti-virus software like kaspersky for trial period. Scan complete windows folders and hard drive, which will neutralize or deletes virus/worm from your PC.

Microsoft had launched Windows Marketplace last month along with its Windows Mobile 6.5 update. According to WMPoweruser, xda-developers forum member named Chainfire managed to crack Microsoft’s new copy protection code “in less than two hours”. This must’ve got Microsoft worried about the anti-piracy measures being used for Windows Marketplace.

Microsoft announced new features and second level of stronger anti-piracy protection for the developers. Earlier too Chainfire had found a hack for the CAB file based copy protection in less than five minutes. Now, Chainfire again cracked the code of protection layer.

Obviously, Chainfire won’t be releasing the hack to public as his intention is to make Microsoft aware about the weak copy-protection measures implemented. This might shake up the developers who’d be looking forward to make some money off the Windows Marketplace. Such weak anti-piracy protection layers would make them think twice if they should develop apps for platform or not. Hence, Microsoft needs to provide more secured anti-piracy protection layer for the Windows Marketplace.

Travellers seeking a quiet place need look no further than the numerous towns around the world that have been abandoned for one reason or another.

Travel review website IgoUgo.com (http:\\www.igougo.com) has compiled a list some of the top ghost towns around the world based on recommendations from its readers.

1. Kolmanskop, Namibia

2. Fatehpur Sikri, India

3.Oatman, Arizona, United States

4. Deception Island, Antarctica

5. Rhyolite, Nevada, United States

Zamzar is a web application to convert files^. It allows user to convert files without downloading a software tool.

Users can type in a URL or upload one or more files (if they are all of the same format) from their computer, Zamzar then converts the file(s) to another format.

For example, from a video file from youtube is being converted into avi file. Users receive an email with a URL from where they can download the converted file.