W32/Koobface.AQI Worm Known Files » ld12.exe

W32/Koobface.AQI is a worm. The worm will infect Windows systems.
This Worm Copies its file(s) to Windows folder as hidden files or active non-hidden files.

W32/Koobface.AQI Worm information updated on October 19, 2009.
Other names of W32/Koobface.AQI Worm:
W32/Koobface.AQI Worm is also known as Net-Worm.Win32.Koobface.aqi, Worm.Koobface.aqi, Win32:Preald-K.

Download Registry, Taskmanager and Folder Options Repair Tool

W32/Koobface.AQI Worm Manual Removal Instructions

Recommended Removal from Windows Safe Mode:
How to Start Windows in Safe Mode:
Restart your Computer, Press F8 Repeatedly, when your Screen turns on, Select Safe mode, press enter.

The Infected Files Can be Seen in these folders and names also Running in Tasks
End the Following Active Process Before Removal
[ Kill the Process, Use Killbox if your Access Denied ]

Download W32/Koobface.AQI Worm Known File Removal Tool
[In Windows Vista Run As Administrator, After Execution System Will Restart ]

%Windows\ld12.exe

[ No Exact Information about Files, search above related files in Program files Folder ]
If you have any of these files in running process from task manger, end the process before removal.
Note: if task manager is disabled, Download the following file, Download - Enable Registry.reg
[ Right Click - Save Target As/Linked Content As ]
Open it with Regedit.exe [%system32\regedit.exe], then it Confirms Add to registry Yes or No, Confirm Yes, then click Ok.

W32/Koobface.AQI Worm Entries Manual Removal From Registry
Click Start, Run,Type regedit,Click OK.
Note: If the registry editor fails to open the threat may have modified the registry to prevent access to the registry editor.
Download UnHookExec.inf,
[ Right Click - Save Target As/Linked Content As ]
Save it to your Windows desktop.
Do not run it at this time, download it only.
After booting into the Safe Mode or VGA Mode
Right-click the UnHookExec.inf file and click Install.
[This is a small file. It does not display any notice or boxes when you run it.]
Or Download Regfile to enable Registry editor
Download Registry Enabler [ Right click - Save Target As ]
Open it with Registry editor

W32/Koobface.AQI Worm modifies registry at the following locations to ensure its automatic execution at every system Startup:
Delete The Entries

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Delete file entries from right side, look up file entries listed above
Search Registry For W32/Koobface.AQI Worm File Names listed above to remove completely,
Edit Menu - Find, enter Keyword and remove all value that find in search.

Exit the Registry Editor,
Restart your Computer.

Recommended Removal Tools:
Kaspersky Antivirus or Internet Security [ Shareware ]
Spyware Doctor [ Shareware ]
AVG Antivirus [ Freeware ]
Killbox [ Freeware ]

Speaking of annoying Windows features, let’s talk about User Account Control—the Windows Vista security element that was a poster child for everything that rankled people about that OS. UAC aimed to prevent rogue soft - ware from tampering with your PC by endlessly prompting you to approve running applications or changing settings. The experience was so grating that many users preferred to turn UAC off and take their chances with Internet attackers. Those who left it active risked slipping into the habit of incautiously clicking through every prompt, defeating whatever value the feature might have had.

Windows 7 gives you control over UAC, in the form of a slider containing four security settings. As before, you can accept the full-blown UAC or elect to disable it. But you can also tell UAC to notify you only when soft ware changes Windows settings, not when you’re tweaking them yourself. And you can instruct it not to perform the abrupt screen dimming eff ect that Vista’s version uses to grab your attention. If Microsoft had its druthers, all Windows 7 users would use UAC in full-tilt mode: The slider that you use to ratchet back its severity advises you not to do so if you routinely install new soft ware or visit unfamiliar sites, and it warns that disabling the dimming effect is “Not recommended.”

Speak for yourself, Redmond: I have every intention of recommending the intermediate settings to most people who ask me for advice, since those settings retain most of UAC’s theoretical value without driving users bonkers. Other than salvaging UAC, Microsoft has made relatively few significant changes to Windows 7’s security system. One meaningful improvement: BitLocker, the driveencryption tool included only in Windows 7 Ultimate and the corporateoriented Windows 7 Enterprise, lets you en - crypt USB drives and hard disks, courtesy of a feature called BitLocker to Go. It’s one of the few good reasons to prefer Win 7 Ultimate to Home Premium or Professional. Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7’s default browser, includes many securityrelated enhancements, including a new SmartScreen Filter (which blocks dangerous Web sites) and InPrivate Browsing (which permits you to use IE without leaving traces of where you’ve been or what you’ve done). Of course, IE 8 is equally at home in XP and Vista—and it’s free—so it doesn’t constitute a reason to upgrade to Windows 7.

Source of Information : PC World November 2009

Popular torrent tracker website Mininova was recently forced to shut its core operations. Here are some alternatives
Mininova recently announced that it has removed all torrent files from its servers that point to copyrighted works to comply with a court ruling, a move that renders it useless as an aid to digital piracy. Mininova was one of the most popular torrent tracking websites with 175 million visits and close to a billion page views over the last month.
The Mininova ‘torrent closure’ has left a void in the market, but it is likely to be replaced by one or a combination of competing websites. Torrentfreak has recently released a list of websites which may be used to substitute Mininova.
“Thankfully, there are still plenty of alternatives for those BitTorrent users who are looking for the latest Ubuntu, OpenSUSE or Fedora release. Below we provide a random list of public torrent sites that are still open, but there are of course hundreds more sites we could have included,” the Torrentfreak website states.

Vertor
SeedPeer
Torrentreactor
ExtraTorrent
KickassTorrents
BTjunkie
isoHunt
yourBitTorrent
The Pirate Bay
ShareReactor

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