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IP-filter updater installer

Posted by on 29 April 2012 No comments

Hello,

There is an IP-filter updater available for uTorrent. This tool will however not update the IP-filter automatically. This is why I created an easy installation tool for this IP-Filter updater!

I created an easy installation tool which will install this filter updater in the correct place and then creates a scheduled Windows task to update each 8 hours. It will not be needed anymore to do everything yourself. You can install this IP-Filter Updater task in 2 ways:

- download the IP-block-updater.zip file, unzip it and run the ip-update-installer.bat

- download the IP-Block-Updater.exe and run it; this is a self-extracting file which will run the IP-update-installer.bat

The code for the IP-Update-installer.bat is as follows:

copy updater.bat %appdata%\utorrent
copy startscript.vbs %appdata%\utorrent
copy wget.exe %systemroot%\system32
copy unrar.exe %systemroot%\system32
schtasks /create /TN "IP_Blocker_Updater" /tr "wscript.exe %appdata%\utorrent\startscript.vbs %appdata%\uTorrent\updater.bat" /sc hourly /F /mo 8

As you can see, it will copy the updater and the startscripts to the utorrent folder. And because the updater needs the unrar and wget commands, it is the easiest to copy these to the system32 folder.

I have slightly changed his code, so the update will now force the unrar during the process.

Hope you will like it! Have fun! Please always refer to this post for the easy installer, and refer to the creator of the standalone IP-filter updater!

Cheers! ^^

Ps. The counter indicates that this installer is downloaded 86 times already :)

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Hoe computer zuiveren?

Posted by on 23 June 2011 No comments

Heb je veel last van een langzaam computer systeem? Of hebben verschillende vrienden je al eens verteld dat je reclame doorstuurt? Het kan goed zijn dat je al een hele ruime tijd je computer gebruikt zonder (goede) virus- of spyware scanner. Hoe dan ook, er is altijd wel een rede om eens een flinke poetsbeurt te houden. Het kan best zijn dat je reclame – spyware – of andere schadelijke software op je computer hebt, zonder dat je het weet. Hier volgt een beschrijving hoe je dit met gratis (en legale!) software kan oplossen en natuurlijk beschermd blijven.
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How to stop adblock popup while starting Chrome

Posted by on 7 November 2010 No comments

I've had the bug in the AdBlock extension of Google Chrome that it keeps opening a site with as title: ""AdBlock is now installed!"". I had this for some time already and finally searched for the solution. It's actually pretty easy.

These are the steps to take:

1. Open your explorer
2. go to %userpath%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom\[version number]\
3. Open Background.html in notepad or some text viewer
4. Delete this line: "chrome.tabs.create({url: "pages/installed.html"}); " on line 468.

You can also find this on the Google Code site!

Source: http://code.google.com/p/adblockforchrome/issues/detail?id=4623

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How to hourly update Microsoft Security Essentials virus definitions

Posted by on 24 July 2010 2 comments

Since I am using Microsoft Security Essentials for my computer, I have been searching a way to update the virus definitions more frequently. To make this happen, I have found a way to get this done by using a Windows Automated Task. I created a bat file for it to easily import this task. This task hourly launches a command prompt to update the virus definitions.

These are the steps to take to manually create the update task:

  1. Create a new folder under C:\ > Give it the name “Tasks”
  2. Open Notepad: ctrl+r > type “Notepad” > Enter
  3. Copy and paste the following visual basic script code into notepad:
    Function RunWindowedCMD(a_cmd)
    winState = 7   ' Displays the window as a minimized window. The active window remains active.
    ' can be also 10 - Sets the show-state based on the state of the program that started the application.
    Set ShellObj = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    RunWindowedCMD = ShellObj.Run( a_cmd, winState, True)
    '    Wscript.echo "CMD return " & RunWindowedCMD
    Set ShellObj = Nothing
    End Function
    RunWindowedCMD("C:\Tasks\MSSecurityEssentialsUpdate.bat")
  4. Save this file as “MSE_start.vbs” > put this saved file under the folder C:\Tasks\
  5. Open Notepad: ctrl+r > type “Notepad” > Enter
  6. Copy and paste the following code into notepad:
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCmdRun.exe" -signatureUpdate
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Security Client\Antimalware\MpCmdRun.exe" -signatureUpdate
  7. Save this file as “MSSecurityEssentialsUpdate.bat” > put this saved file under the folder C:\Tasks\
  8. Now you can create the task for hourly virus definition update, this can be done as follows:
    CTRL + R > copy and paste the following code into the text box:
    schtasks /Create /TN "MSE_Update" /TR "C:\Tasks\MSE_start.vbs" /SC hourly

You can also use the automated scheduled task install bat. Just download this zip file, extract it all and run the file INSTALL_MSSE_TASK.bat.

The code at step 6 is because there are two different versions of MSSE. The first code will run with Microsoft Security Essentials 1. The second code will run if you have installed Microsoft Security Essentials Beta 2.

Have fun with it!

Dada <(^_^)>

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How to test if your anti-virus software still works

Posted by on 24 July 2010 2 comments

Whether you have a paid or a free version of anti-virus software. With this test, you can check out if it is still working.

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I personally use the free Microsoft Security Essentials on my computer. It’s lightweight and working great! You can start the test by following the following steps:

  1. Start notepad: ctrl+r > type “notepad” > enter
  2. Copy and paste the following text into the notepad application:

    X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
  3. Save this text file, it doesn’t matter what name. For example test.txt
  4. When you get a virus warning, then your anti-virus software works fine. If you don’t get a virus warning, search for better software, for example the free Microsoft Security Essentials or the free AVG.

Dada <(^_^)>

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Source: Wikipedia!

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