Windows Activation Virus – PHISHING ALERT

Windows Activation Virus – PHISHING ALERT

I think this is a relatively new one as there is very little out there on the web.Update: 05/06/2007 – Trojan.KardphisherMy son had a Windows Activation screen up on his laptop. It was basically stating there was another user that had activated his OS. It...
Learning A Language

Learning A Language

I am actively teaching myself C#. Since this is the language that XNA is built around, I hope to conquer it quickly. I think like most languages, reading it and following its syntax is the easy part, writing it is quite a bit more challenging.I have attempted to learn...
Childhood Dreams

Childhood Dreams

Ever since my father brought home a self-built “ugly” looking contraption he called a computer, and showed me a “Star Trek” like computer game, I was hooked; computers or more specifically computer games. Almost any kind, FPS, RTS, RPG,...
mup.sys, btkrnl.sys, etc.

mup.sys, btkrnl.sys, etc.

Some know btkrnl.sys intimately. Others are more familiar with mup.sys. I have only just recently been introduced and I’ve been following it ever since, hoping to discover its secret; hoping to determine its whereabouts. Funny thing is that btkrnl.sys is not...
Disassembling an HP Pavillion ZE5500

Disassembling an HP Pavillion ZE5500

Today, I had a time of it. My wife’s HP Pavilion has been a bit sketchy in the plug department due to the fact that the cord is kicked, tweaked and accidentally pulled out often. However, sketchy became broken after she pushed the plug housing into the innards...