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How to Remove Malware that Keeps Coming Back?

by Dennis Faas on November, 24 2014 at 09:11AM EST

Infopackets Reader Frank P. writes: " Dear Dennis, A friend of mine has a malware (or a virus) on his computer and can't get rid of it. He has tried to download various malware removal utilities online (such as malwarebytes antimalware, etc), but ... his web browser appears to have been hijacked and subsequently, malwarebytes won't download. What can he do to remove the malware? " My Response: Some malware will purposely block websites (such as malwarebytes) to prevent you from downloading and removing the infection. The easiest way to get rid of pervasive malware is to boot ... (view more)

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'Rapid Environment Editor (RapidEE) 5.0 Build 745' and 'Earth Alerts 2011.1.140'

by Brandon Dimmel on July, 26 2011 at 08:07AM EDT

Rapid Environment Editor (RapidEE) 5.0 Build 745 Rapid Environment Editor (RapidEE) is a Windows environment variables editor (example: set PATH on the command line, etc). It includes easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) and replaces small and ... inconvenient Windows edit box. RapidEE 5.x supports Windows NT, 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, 2008 & Windows 7 (including 64 bit versions). http://www.rapidee.com Earth Alerts 2011.1.140 Earth Alerts is a Windows-based application that allows you to monitor in near real-time a variety of natural hazard events that are occurring anywhere around the ... (view more)

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Adobe AIR: Rich Internet Without the Connection

by Kurt D. Lynn on March, 3 2008 at 08:03AM EST

If Adobe has anything to say about it, application programs will soon be as interoperable between the web, your PC, and other documents as a PDF document. As the maker of one of the most popular software platforms on the planet (including FLASH ... player and Acrobat Reader), Adobe is optimistic about the ability of its new Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) environment to become as popular. How Does it Work? The AIR environment is very powerful. It will permit existing FLASH, HTML or JavaScript code to be used to create applications that appear, act and behave like conventional PC-bound programs. ... (view more)

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