What to do when task manager and registry tools are disabled by virus?

It becomes very annoying when viruses like ravmon, kinza, isetup, virusremoval.vbs, etc. hits the computer. You cannot open the task manager, neither can you do regedit. Additionally, hidden files and folders are blocked to view. Even command prompt doesn't work. Often, you feel that if only could you list the processes......

The purpose of this article is to let you handle the above case with ease and remove virus affects manually by inspection.

First of all, get the following little but killer tools. They are very useful in many scenarios, not just this one.

• Pskill (download)
  
• Pslist (download)
  
• Command Prompt Portable (download)
  

If you have these tools, you need not worry.
Open command prompt portable, since original command prompt is disabled by virus. Now you can type pslist to view all the current processes running.

You can then identify new names in the list or you can search the internet for suspicious processes. Pslist also lists the processes that are normally hidden in windows task manager.

When you have identified the virus, just kill all the associated processes with pskill. Now you can restore your windows settings. Now you can use folder options to view hidden folders and use local policies to enable registry editing.

The next step is to remove the startup methods for the virus.

Thus, by keeping just three little tools, lesser than 1 MB in your portable drive, you can save your computer pretty comfortably in difficult situation.

Simple ways to crash windows quickly

It is very easy to blame windows for your damage done. But have you done your homework properly from your part. Basically these are the simple ways to crash windows quickly.

> Surfing the Internet without Firewall

Users often browse the Internet without realizing the risk of getting invaded by viruses and attackers. Your computer needs to be protected by a firewall, make sure you have personal firewall software installed on the computer (like ICF/Windows Firewall built into Windows XP or third-party firewall programs like Comodo, ZoneAlarm, McAfee, and so on). But just having a firewall don't guarantee your protection. It needs to be configured properly as well. Hackers often break windows firewall easily. A poorly configured firewall has no significance.

> Not realizing the need for running and updating anti virus and anti spyware programs

Yeah, you can run without antivirus and anti-spywares. Puzzled! Well, its true if you are never going to browse the internet, or you are never going to insert flash drives in the USB port, and if you are never going to download attachments from emails. And still you can live without antivirus if you yourself are a virus writer and know all the advanced ways of viral infection. But, if you are an ordinary user, you got to have at least one antivirus program installed in your PC. They are costly, but definitely not to be ignored. You might want to look for article regarding techniques to remove virus forever.

> Installing and Uninstalling programs frequently

You just visited your favorite download site. Now there you see a new software with such features that you cant stand off downloading it. If this is your case, you are very soon going to be infected with spywares and viruses, even RATs and Trojans without you even noticing. You need to avoid it.

More reasons to crash your PC

-> Opening anonymous attachments
-> Surf wildly, clicking everything
-> Sharing without security
-> Allowing many users to use your computer
-> Not defragmenting disk drives regularly
-> Neglecting registry backups
-> Ignoring the need for creating system restore point

CAT (Covert Administration Tool)

CAT is basically a remote administration tool designed for stealth control of computers via any standard web browser. It doesn't require any extra client software. With CAT, not only you can control remote desktop as if you were sitting there with mouse and keyboard, but also browse, upload and download files.

CAT allows you to view and kill any running processes and you can even execute any commands on the remote computer. The most important fact about CAT is that it is undetected by anti virus programs. And if ever in the future, it gets detected by any anti virus, just report and the copy will be replaced with a new undetected one.

PRIME FEATURES OF CAT

-> Browse through disk drives and network drives
-> View and control remote desktop
-> Download, upload and/or delete any file
-> execute commands
-> View and kill running processes

ADVANCED FEATURES

• CAT can be made to auto-propagate. Whenever flash drives are inserted, it automatically copies itself into the drive. And whenever the infected drive is inserted into a fresh computer, it automatically runs without letting anyone know (like ravmon and 'new folder.exe' virus).
  
• CAT can be used to control computers behind firewall. Thus, you can control any internal networked computer from outside, i.e. from the Internet.
• CAT can be used on any port of user's choice, though a default port is defined. And if you are worried about Windows Firewall alert on 'accept' or 'deny' when it tries to act as a server, you need not worry at all. CAT is designed to bypass that as well.