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Ignore the Autorun.INF (Forever!)

Posted on Wednesday, 19th March 2008 by Jimmy Auw

I was on the meeting, and suddenly all the attendees infected with a 3o.exe trojan. This was due to an USB Flashdisk. The trojan infected all automatically (and silently) by using the autorun.inf script. It executed all the trojan scripts without anyone realized it (until finally one of us realized).

I will not talk about how to remove the virus (it’s quite easy actually, just enter the safe mode, delete all the amvo.*, 3o.exe, autorun.inf, and some *.cmd file). But I will talk about how to disable the autorun.inf auto execute so we can prevent the virus or trojan to self install when we plug our USB.

Please be noted that this method is not the same with removing AutoPlay function.
Disabling AutoPlay function will not prevent your system to run the autofun.inf automatically. So if you are thinking that you can make your system safe by disabling the AutoPlay, then you have to think it twice!

I got the useful link from here.

Scott Dunn on the website suggests to use this simple script below. This will make Windows to ignore the autorun.inf file forever for all devices (so no more silent install or silently running application).

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf]
@=”@SYS:DoesNotExist”

Just copy paste the script above to a text file and rename it to .reg file. Double click to run the script.

Or you can click here for the script file (zipped). Extract the unregautorun.zip and you will get unregautorun.reg. Double click on the unregautorun.reg and click “Yes”. Done!

The bad thing is… You will no longer receive pop-up menu to install by the default installer (a game or software CD most likely use this feature). You have to explore manually to your CD and click the necessary file (setup.exe or install.exe).

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Silent Downloader

Posted on Tuesday, 18th March 2008 by Jimmy Auw

I tried to download Google Earth. I searched around and found this link. I downloaded the Google Updater and after few clicks, I downloaded the Google Earth. Google would use this Google Updater to download Google software just like the screen shot below. You decided the software that you wanted to download (on the web) and Google Updater would then download by this Google Updater.

As easy as A B C, right?

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Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 1

Posted on Friday, 14th March 2008 by Jimmy Auw

I just have problem with my Outlook 2007. It’s getting slower, slower, slower, slower, and slower. And in last few days, it sent multiple emails to same recipient (especially when I sent email with big attachment). I check around and finally decide to give a try with it’s Service Pack 1 (for Microsoft Office 2007, but patch for Outlook also included there).

You can download it from here.

I think I can feel some improvements in my Outlook. It’s a little bit faster (my PST size around 1.8 GB). We will see is this for real or just a “hype” from myself

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Ngeblog Bentar di Airport Hong Kong

Posted on Saturday, 8th March 2008 by Jimmy Auw

Numpang norak bentar… Lagi mampir di Airport Hong Kong. Nyalain notebook. Buset kencengnya ini Internet. Maklum biasanya paling 50-60 KB/s. Pernah sih di Singapore sampe 500 KB/s, tapi gak gratis.

Enaknya, yang ini gratis

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Why Foobar2000?

Posted on Tuesday, 4th March 2008 by Jimmy Auw

This is a very popular question from PC-Audio users. Why Foobar2000? It’s a strange name. Why not WinAmp? Windows Media Player? MusicMatch Jukebox? Apple iTunes? or what-so-ever more popular other players?

Simply because Foobar2000 offers better sound quality. And it’s also very simple and lightweight player. It doesn’t offer many colorful or skins option (though it’s possible to do so).

Foobar2000 was developed by Peter Pawlowski, former Nullsoft (WinAmp) freelance programmer. On some thread I’ve ever read (forgot where), Peter himself admits that this Foobar2000 should produces sound in the same quality with others player. “Foobar2000 is no better than any other players”, claimed Peter (despite the fact that in Western community like hydrogenaudio, any black is black - period. If you hear the different, then it’s a placebo So no use of debating what your hear “good” or “better” here).

But the fact is, Foobar2000 is absolutely better than any others standard player (WinAmp, WMP, iTunes, etc are no match for Foobar2000).

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Disassembly ASUS Xonar U1

Posted on Monday, 3rd March 2008 by Jimmy Auw

It doesn’t take a long time to disassembly this tiny cute ASUS Xonar U1. So I decide to do it on my short spare time.

The first thing to do when disassembly the ASUS Xonar U1 is to remove the big volume control button as shown below.

Then prepare to see amazing thing inside.

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Narik Duit Gampang di Luar Negeri

Posted on Monday, 3rd March 2008 by Jimmy Auw

Saya memang bukan tipe orang yang gemar shopping. Oleh karena itu, ketika berpergian ke luar negeri pun, saya jarang bawa uang cash banyak-banyak. Buat apa? Pikir saya. Toh hari gini jaman sudah modern. Pasti toko pada punya mesin gesek alias mesin kartu kredit.

Namun pada kunjungan saya ke Taipei tahun lalu, saya akhirnya kena batunya juga. Saya mengunjungi sebuah toko CD dan Piringan Hitam bekas. Setelah memilih beberapa CD dan PH, akhirnya saya baru nyadar yang toko tersebut hanya menerima cash alias uang tunai. Haiya… mana uang di dompet tinggal beberapa ratus NT$ saja. Mana cukup?

Bermodal nekad dan “bahasa tubuh” untuk menanyakan ATM terdekat, akhirnya saya menemukan dua buah ATM. Lokasinya hanya sekitar 5 menit jalan kaki dari toko tempat saya berbelanja. Hmm… Kebetulan saya hanya ngantongin satu ATM, yaitu BCA. Semoga bank lokal yang biasanya cukup melelahkan untuk urusan antri-mengantrinya ini tidak mengecewakan saya.

ATM yang saya kunjungi adalah milik Hua Nan Commercial Bank Ltd. Nekad aja masukkin ATM BCA saya, pilih Bahasa English, dan masukkan jumlah yang yang mau saya tarik. Eh bisa ternyata hehehe… *Norak Mode ON* Sepertinya Bank Hua Nan ini menggunakan jaringan Cirrus (terlihat di receipt-nya). Hebatnya lagi, sisa duit saya di BCA pun otomatis dikonversi dan ditampilkan pada receipt. Kurs-nya pun sangat bagus (saya lupa pastinya, yang pasti selisihnya sangat tidak signifikan dibandingkan kurs di valuta asing waktu saya beli NT$ di Indonesia).

Kehebatan lainnya adalah ATM di sini bisa keluarin dua pecahan mata uang. At least dari yang saya coba, dia bisa keluarin NT$ 1000 dan 500. Gak kaya ATM di Indo yang masih fix pecahannya Rp 100.000 atau Rp 50.000.

Cuman ya kena “ongkos” aja sekitar Rp 20.000-25.000 sekali tarik.

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Treo 600 No Sound Problem (Except if 2.5mm Jack Plugged In)

Posted on Saturday, 1st March 2008 by Jimmy Auw

Well, I received this old Treo 600 from my friend (Bugzy Khu). I bought it very cheap But off course the price could describe the condition. Broken antenna and no sound problem (except if the 2.5mm jack plugged in). See the funny photo below.