Manual Virus Removal Tools

In this computer world, malware attacks seems to be inevitable. Some viruses were very stubborn, that sometimes you just need to get rid of them on your own effort. This article won’t teach you how to get rid of them, but lists some useful tools that will aid you in your quest to delete a virus manually.

Cyber-Clean, your new cleaning, er, goo

A couple of days ago I went to PIKOM’s PC Fair 2009 at KL Convention Centre, and stumbled up upon a weird product that looks like some sort of goo. Blob. Whatever it is. Comes in both yellow and blue, moist, squishy, and smelly. Okay, smells like some sort of dishwashing soap actually.

Autorun: Why & how you should disable it

Autorun is a Windows feature that, when you double-click on a drive, it runs a predefined command automatically. Often used by software companies for their installation disks, it is also known to be a vulnerable point that is often exploited by malwares. It works by finding a file called autorun.inf, then executes whatever is scripted inside. If it executes a malware, then yeah, you’re infected.

Enhance your games: nHancer

There is a lot of 3D games out there, and typically most PC games allow you to tweak the graphical settings. While most of them give you a good range on those tweaks, some of them aren’t fully developed. Missing AA settings, anisotropic filtering, etc. Some allows you to tweak by modifying the config files. But the game can still be pushed further.

That’s where nHancer comes in.

Play!: Call of Duty – World at War

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After the success of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision has recently released their fifth installment of the franchise, World at War.

Set back in World War II, the game offers a gameplay which is pretty much similar to Call of Duty 4. When I tried the game, I instantly recognized the controls and system; middle-mouse click for throwing grenades and back, the call for artillery strike is exactly like how you call a helicopter in COD4 in one of those SAS missions, and regenerating health after taking damage. Nonetheless, this game was indeed based on COD4’s engine, so expect a lot of similarity.