Fighting malware and spam

Virus related tips, techniques and tutorials

These tutorials are provided to help you overcome some of the more common problems caused by a virus infection.

Disabling restore

Information on disabling the restore utility when infected objects are in the restore database.

Removing boot sector viruses

Information covering the removal of boot sector viruses from the hard drive.

How to restore system files

Information explaining how to restore files deleted by viruses, due to hoaxes or as part of the disinfection procedure.

How to boot from DOS

Information regarding 'booting to DOS' as required for some disinfections.

How to remove JS/KAK

How to remove the JS/KAK worm from your system, and harden your system to related viruses

Disabling Windows Scripting Host

How to tell whether Windows Scripting Host (WSH) is installed on your machine and how to disable the running of VBS scripts. This prevents viruses such as VBS/LoveLet-A from infecting your machine.

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