Thursday, December 31, 2009

Fix Adobe FlashPlayer

In order to see videos on YouTube, or on many sites, for the fancy Flash animations to run will require Adobe's FlashPlayer. You will normally be prompted to install it if your computer does not have it, when you go to the sites that require or use it.
You can download FlashPlayer directly from the link below:

Adobe.com FlashPlayer

If you are prompted to download Adobe Flash Player - or for FireFox, Adobe FlashPlayer Active X control - and you have installed it - and re-installed it - then you will need the FlashPlayer removal tool - downloadable from Adobe - but sort of hard to find.
I have provided a link below - to make finding it easier.
Please report if the link is no longer usable and I will re-locate it and post it here.

The Unistaller Tool is avialable for Windows and Macintosh computers.

Adobe Flash Removal Tools

Hope this was helpful for you.

:)

TheVirusFighter

FireFox - How to fix YouTube jumpiness

How to Fix YouTube Jumpiness in Firefox - Information for this Tip was found on Lifehacker.com. Link below:


YouTube Jumpiness - in FireFox


Using about:config in Firefex (key that into the Internet Address Location).
Enter the following into the search field - browser.sessionstore.interval


Increase the value, I increased my value to 65000 - so instead of
10000 10 seconds, it now checks for page updates about every minute and a half.

Warning:
If you break FireFox - it is at your risk - but you should be good to remove and re-insatll if broken.

This is a simple safe hack - so don't be afraid to jump into it - just use caution as with any change on your computer.

To be Super Safe - you can back up your about:config by following the Internet address below:

Digital Quest's info on backing up about:config - prefs.js

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Win XP -Vista - What to do when Task Manager will not run, or MSConfig and Regedit

Some Computer Viruses prevent you from running Task Manager, and / or MSConfig, and Regedit which makes it much more difficult to fight the Virus / Malware on your computer.
If this happens to you, you can rename the executable file names (such as rename TaskMgr.exe to Tasker.exe etc.) Once renamed they you should be able to run them by going into their folder which by default would be C:\Windows\System32 - or by going to Start > Click Run > and type in Tasker ( or whatever you renamed Taskmgr.exe to ) using Taskmgr.exe in this example - this will work for the other tools as well.

You can find this information and download TaskMgr, MSConfig, and Regedit - that has already been renamed for you for Windows XP at the link below.


windowsxp.mvps.org/ToolsQuit


The link is provided as information only - TheVirusfighter is not responsible for the software from the 3rd party site.


MsConfig - lets you control what runs at startup - there are other programs that control startup - when fighting spyware you may at some point need to set MSConfig back to Normal Startup.

You can find more information on running MSConfig at Majorgeeks.com Forum and other forums on the web. As always Google search (or your favorite search engine) and educate yourself on running Startup programs.

You can use MSConfig on Vista as well, but Vista comes with Windows Defender which lets you control StartUp programs (not as easy as MSConfig).
For Windows XP and higher there is also Systernals' Process Explorer

Read Windows 7 64bit version issues with Process Explorer at the link below:

en.wikipedia.org - Process Explorer



You can download Systernal's (now owned by Microsoft) Process Explorer using the link below:


Microsft's Technet - Systernals Process Explorer link

Other tools can be downloaded from the Microsoft's Systernals link above, look for
Downloads, and Utilities at the top of the page



That is all for this time - Thanks for visiting TheVirusfighter's Blog

Monday, December 28, 2009

Keep passwords safe

If you are like me as in have too many passwords - you may need a password safe.
Here is a free password safe that works great for me - much better than leaving your password near your computer or in an unencrypted text document.

keepass.info's website

Best of the New Year to you!

Chronk/thevirusfighter