Ahsun Taquveem Chohan

How to disable autorun(.inf) to prevent autorun Trojan
To disable Autorun system wide (for all users) on all the drives:
save the following script as .reg -file and double-click it (melt it with registry)

======================================================Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]"HonorAutoRunSetting"=dword:00000001"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000ff

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REGISTRY EDITINGS
To open Windows Registry:
1. Click Start and Run
2. type "regedit" (without quotes)

Configure Remote Access Client Account Lockout (Windows 2000/XP)
Configure Remote Access Client Account Lockout (Windows 2000/XP) You can use the remote access account lockout feature to specify how many times a remote access authentication has to fail against a valid user account before the user is denied access. Use this tweak to set the number of failed logins before the account is locked-out and the time before the lockout is reset.

 

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess\Parameters\AccountLockout

Disable the Ability to Right Click on the Desktop (All Windows)

This tweak removes the context menu that would normally appear when the user right clicks on the desktop or in the Explorer right results pane.

Open your registry and find or create the key below. Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "NoViewContextMenu" and set it according to the value data below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

 

User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]Value Name: NoViewContextMenuData Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled

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Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders.

Vista can respond to vocal commands and concern has been raised about malicious audio on websites or sent via e-mail.

In one scenario outlined by users an MP3 file of voice instructions was used to tell the PC to delete documents.

Microsoft said the exploit was “technically possible” but there was no need to worry.

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