yv8g67.exe Malware Manual Removal

I saw the same activity on another unit but this time the infection is named bazirud.exe and is being loaded by toulobi.  In which case, I believe this is the same virus strain and so I cleaned it up with the same procedures I mentioned here.

Is your unit continuously uploading something like emails to internet when you are not doing anything like that on your own?  If so, then you may have been hit by this malware called yv8g67.exe.    I have posted this before on my defunct www.junblogs.com and while I forwarded some entries I created there before to here, for whatever reason I forgot to include this one.  Anyway, I will make this much simpler now.

What it does (minor things):

• Creates several exe with random filenames inside System32 folder and marks it hidden, Read-Only and System. Sizes varies between 41kb and 44kb.
• Further tracing shows it creates a backup/duplicate exe of all those inside System32 folder in the Local User’s temp folder, names are totally different than that inside System32

• It also creates registry entries to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\MSConfig\startupreg; to ensure that those virus parts will be auto-loaded next log on.
• With the actions happening in the background with this virus, this results to unnecessary overpopulating of HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache entries in Registry

What it does (major things):

Run a VFP app like a Service

Basic definition of a Windows Service is a program with no (or very little) user interface which provides programmatic services on the computer on which it is running. Real services though is registered in Windows' Service Control Manager Database and can be started, stopped, restarted, configured via   the Services mode of the Computer Management Console.

However, if your need is just like mine, i.e., a VFP app continuously running in the background just to do some things for my other app, then this simple demo which does not really put the exe among the Windows Services is enough. What it will do is create a system tray icon to tell you it is running, then run continuously and on a specific time (which I control via passing the time as parameter to make it more flexible) will perform something for you (whatever you want that is possible).

SouthWest Fox DevCon Trip, Through My Eyes!

I came back from this year’s SouthWest Fox DevCon last October 24, 2012 in Papua New Guinea but has to do a lot of fixing and troubleshooting back in several offices first so this delay in posting. Since some of my friends are curious about my experiences with the DevCon, I decided to create this post instead of repeatedly answering their questions one by one, LOL!  What is SouthWest Fox DevCon like, to me?

Well all I can say right now is attending this event has been very fruitful and my experiences very rewarding.  I won’t be too technical yet about these though as I haven’t begin reading thoroughly the white papers that I have received.  So allow me to just sort of tag you along with my journey.

My Time & Money’s Worth!

The main reason why one would want to go to SouthWest Fox DevCon is to learn new things.   But then, attending such convention will require some of your time away from your work or business plus will involve expenses for the trips and the seminars.  It is a given fact.  The main question in most of our minds then would be is “is it worth it?”.  I will say “absolutely” that it is definitely worth every cent and seconds you will pour into attending such conference.  Although Ceil Silver Funds financed my trips, should I be spending my own money then my conclusion will still be the same, it is absolutely worth it!  But make your own conclusions after reading.

ssExcelPivot Fixes & Enhancements

Fixed scrolling problem. Originally, when you click on the scrollbar, the class automatically assumes you are planning to do a drag and drop and repositions your mouse pointer into the topmost portion of the grid.  So scrolling can only be done before via clicking on the grid and using the mouse scroll.  Fixed that now.

Improved drag and drop.

Applied recent themes on ssSwitches.  Removed ssChkBox and replaced it with ssSwitch to give it a better look as well (theme 15).  Gave the popup for creating impromptu pivot reports a new, cleaner and better look.

I will update the subscribers when I come back from SouthWest Fox Convention with hopefully some more adjustments/enhancements. Cheers!

ssClasses New Features

ssExcelPivot Class


Added backward compatibility tested using Excel 2000 for ssExcelPivot class.

Added Multi-Column values tested under Excel 2007.

For 2000, it will be shown row-wise:

ssSwitch and ssOptSwitch:

Four new exciting themes (Number 13 to 16)

Cheers!

Proper Fonts for dot-matrix printers

I have been wrestling with finding a proper font for quite a while now for my dot-matrix printing needs utilizing a POS printer which I decided to use for our Trip Ticket and Fuel Voucher issuances.  The usage of a POS printer appeals to me because it saves money, paper, ink and time because there is never a need to cut a paper into several portions anymore, but the fonts I used to print those do not appeal to me.

Here is the output using Tahoma:

While the output is clear, simply looking at the colons you can immediately notice the alignment is not proper, and that is because Tahoma is a graphical font.  Not to mention that it prints slower because it has more DPIs (Dots Per Inch) than the DOS fonts.

ssExcelPivot Enhancements

ssExcelPivot class  is among my underrated or maybe I can say the most underrated class of _ssClasses library.  But this is in fact one of the best and useful class I have created so far.  After I created this class, creating top managerial reports has never been soooo easy for me.  What does this class do?

ssExcelPivot class  is that simple small insignificant looking button as shown below (ssButton4) that can create instant pivot reports in excel with ease.  Its power lies with creating these reports with just a few switch, which is what you cannot do with any crosstab utilities or even when designing reports via .frx way.  Shown is the sample form given to subscribers, data coming from VFP Samples directory:

It creates 12 sample pivot reports in Excel (in my sample) just to show how things can be easily done.  However, you can create more than that, even hundreds of different format, styles, etc.  At the very bottom is Create Your Own Report which allows user the ability to create a pivot report in excel of their own choosing.

I said it is easy to use this.  So I will show below codes inside the sample form I give to subscribers.  First of all, create a cursor to serve as its recordsource: