I know my post might seem a little overwhelming, but in reality the steps are very simple.

To find notepad just hit: Start-> Programs--> Accessories Just look around half way down that list.

To get to the run command just hit: Start and then look right in that column. You cant miss it.

Take care.

~Snowman

ok, that long thing you posted, what exactly does that do?

What kind of file extension is a .reg? and what do you mean by "double click it as an admin"

Ok, what that will do is shutdown known useless services in the services manager. If you want to see where the changes will be made type in services.msc in the run prompt.

Not only does that speed up your computer, but it will also shutdown your open ports. Each port on a computer is tied to a service, if you aren't using a service then you should always shut it down.

Ports are the things hackers look for on their victims machines. If there is an open port on a computer then chances are a hacker can get in through it.

Many people rely on firewalls alone to "block" or stealth these ports. You can do even better than that by shutting them down altogether. Running that reg file will effectively do that, along with the other reg tweaks I provided you.

A .reg file is just a registry file. Basically the registry is the backbone or brain of your computer.

What I mean by doubleclick it as admin is after you have pasted that information into notepad and saved it as a .reg file like myservices.reg you can simply doubleclick the .reg file to merge it into your registry. In other words once you doubleclick the .reg file the information will be put into your registry automatically.

Simple as pie.

~Snowman

"double click it as an admin"
I see what you meant, i just read the sentence wrong.

Ok i copied that into a notepad and made it a .reg, when I ran it, it asked me if im sure I want to add the to my registry, after i hit yes it says it cant import the file because its not a proper registry script

Make sure you copied it right that looks correct to me.Dude do you even know how many newbies would like to have this info this is nuts.Nobody ever gave this great amount of detail in a post here is what you entry should look like in note pad.

[edit] huge list removed and attached as a text file. peterska2

W32.Blaster.Worm Removal Tool

DUDE we have to get this off your comp first download the removal tool from symantec

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...r/FixBlast.exe

That is the link you need fish.

And on the registry entry, be sure to include the line that says "Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00". Log into your admin account and then doubleclick the .reg file.

And when you're in notepad and you hit "save as" go down to "Save type as" and make sure its set to "all files" otherwise notepad is gonna save it as a text file and thats not what were shooting for here. This will work.


~Snowman

Don't forget to backup your registry before you make all those changes to it .
and Yes MBLAST is a virus ,and I think you need to deal with it before you try and tweek your registry .
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/ven...ster.worm.html

I'm using Winxp pro , 3 useres, all admin,Cable internet,would it be safe for me to use/rey that reg tweek