Thursday, January 17, 2008

svchost.exe Application error

Generic Host Process for Win32 Services has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Error message after you start the internet, Either you select send error report or don't send u will get disconnected from the net. You need to restart the computer & problem hits you again.
There are many people got this error and it numbers keep increasing everyday. Fixing the problem is to close port 135 and 445, here you will get the new life.
How to disable port 445?

You can easily disable port 445 on your computer.
To do so follow these instructions:

1. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
2. Locate the following key in the registry: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters
3. In the right-hand side of the window find an option called TransportBindName.
4. Double click that value, and then delete the default value, thus giving it a blank value.

How to close port 135

The you must now navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OLE You will see there is a String Value called: EnableDCOMSet the value to: N (it should currently be Y)
Close the Registry Editor. Shutdown and Restart your computer.
Hope you can get rid of this fault in application “svchost exe” problem. Have a nice day!!

Orkut virus

Internet ExplorerUSE INTERNET EXPLORER U DOPE.
I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE...
Other messagesWhen visiting Orkut.com :
"ORKUT IS BANNED. Orkut is banned you fool, The administrators didnt write this program guess who did?? MUHAHAHA!!"

When visiting YouTube.com: "youtube IS BANNED. youtube is banned you fool, The administrators didnt write this program guess who did?? MUHAHAHA!!"

"I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE" OR ELSE... with title as USE INTERNET EXPLORER U DOPE.

When you opened Orkut. "Orkut is banned you fool, The administrators didn't write this program guess who did?? MUHAHAHA!! with title ORKUT IS BANNED." Well, a similar message was displayed for YouTube also.

How to fix your computerVirus backgroundIf any of the above conditions appear while you are using Firefox, you have been infected with the W32/AHKHeap virus.

This virus is spread via removable drives such as USB removable drives. For more information, see "W32/AHKHeap" virus. Removing the virusTo remove this virus, you can use online anti-virus tools.

The following scanners run in your browser using a plugin, and also can remove/repair many infections:* Trend Micro HouseCall - Java or ActiveX* Panda ActiveScan - ActiveX only (IE only)* eTrust Antivirus Scanner - ActiveX only (IE only) You also can use antivirus software you install on your computer. The following commercial products are popular with Windows users:* McAfee VirusScan Plus* Norton AntiVirus 2007

IF you face some errors in such way, read the rest..

1. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the processes tab
2. Look for svchost.exe under the image name.
There will be many but look for the ones which have your username under the username
3. Press DEL to kill these files. It will give you a warning, Press Yes
4. Repeat for more svchost.exe files with your username and repeat. Do not kill svchost.exe with system, local service or network service!
5. Now open My Computer
6. In the address bar, type C:\heap41a and press enter. It is a hidden folder, and is not visible by default.
7. Delete all the files here
8. Now go to Start --> Run and type Regedit
9. Go to the menu Edit --> Find
10. Type "heap41a" here and press enter. You will get something like this "[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt"
11. Select that and Press DEL. It will ask "Are you sure you want to delete this value?", click Yes
12. Now close the registry editor.

Now the virus is gone. But be sure to delete the autorun.inf file and any folder whose name ends with .exe in the pen drive.Note: Please format all your pen drives because the virus is in that hidden in an microsoft.exe autorun.inf which you might not find. Else you might have to repeat all this everytime! Further reading click here

Firefox 3 Beta 2 now available for download



Firefox 3 Beta 2 now
available for download



Please note: We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download the Firefox 3 Beta 2 milestone release. It is intended for testing purposes only.



Firefox 3 Beta 2 is now available for download. This is the tenth developer milestone focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3 can be followed at the Firefox 3 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #granparadiso.



New features and changes in this milestone that require feedback include:




  • Improved security features such as: protection from cross-site JSON data leaks,
    tighter restrictions on site-specific content using effective TLD service,
    better presentation of website identity and security, malware protection,
    stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager,
    version checking for insecure plugins.

  • Improved ease of use through: better password management, easier add-on
    installation, new download manager with resumable
    downloading, full page zoom, animated tab strip, and better integration
    with Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Linux.

  • Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart bookmark folders,
    location bar that matches against your history and bookmarks for URLs and
    page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers,
    and better customization of download actions for file types.

  • Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font rendering architecture,
    JavaScript 1.8, major changes to the HTML rendering engine to provide
    better CSS, float-, and table layout support, native web page form
    controls, colour profile management, and offline
    application support.

  • Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles,
    architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 330 memory
    leak fixes, a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks,
    and reductions in the memory footprint.



(You can find out more about all of these features in the “What’s New” section of the release notes.)



Testers can download Firefox 3 Beta 2 builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in over 25 different languages. Please be sure to read the full release notes before using this preview release. Developers should look at the Firefox 3 for Developers article on the Mozilla Developer Center.








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