Today, I just clean a virus from my friend’s computer (Windows XP). When I found the virus, I could not scan it. The virus (or worm) will create autorun.inf and a Recycle Bin folder in the pendrive. The malicious executable file is in the Recycle Bin folder in the pendrive. So that when the pendrive plugged into other computer, with the autorun feature, the virus will duplicated.

Firstly, I successfully cleaned the virus from the pendrive. Use the Unlocker to remove the Recycle Bin in the pendrive. Delete the autorun.inf.

About “isi32.exe”, if a PC is infected, when we insert the USB pendrive, the pendrive will automatically be written with an “autorun.inf” and a “RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1482476501-1644491937-682003330-1013”. However we delete the “autorun.inf” and “RECYCLER”, they will be written again and again.

And the “isi32.exe” is duplicated inside the “RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1482476501-1644491937-682003330-1013”. Thus, the antivirus like AVG cannot detect the file, since it is in the recycle bin.

When the pendrive plug into other PC, and when the pendrive is run with “Autoplay”, the virus will be duplicated in C: drive again. So that another PC will be infected.

Recently, I found that Badongo is not like before. It has the CAPTCHA feature like other 1-click hosting website. So, I try to search for other alternatives.

And I found that, Windows Live SkyDrive offer 5G online file storage. Besides that, it can store personal files, share the files with friends, and also share the files publicly. Therefore, I think this is an alternative to share the file publicly. However, we need to sign up an account before using the service.

Just try to connect my old Pocket PC (HP iPAQ rx3417) to the laptop using Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5, but pop up an error message:

Cannot verify the version of ActiveSync on your device. A program such as a firewall may be blocking a port ActiveSync uses to connect to the device, or you may need to upgrade to a more recent version of ActiveSync on the PC.

So, I turn off PCTools Firewall Pro, and restart, but still have the same error. So I try to reinstall ActiveSync with older version, 4.1, hope that the problem will be solved. But the problem still there, with a different message:

Suggested by leo and Gary:

http://pc.toshiba-asia.com/support/Survey/index.jsp

Just skip the survey on the opening page, then type your model details into the boxes and click search. A lot of Vista drivers, but also many XP drivers are listed. And they work. [From Gary]

And I also found this:
http://pc.toshiba-asia.com/support/doc/

Hope these help.

Fortunately, I still can download a lot of software that support Windows XP. Otherwise, I need to switch to Windows Vista. Vista or XP, which one is better?

Seven out of ten of the games tested produced frame rate averages which were lower under Vista than XP SP2, however, a closer look at the numbers shows that when Vista is slower than XP SP2, the actual frame rate differences are only in the single digits. Read more.

Because last time, the internet connection was too poor. So I wanted to look for alternative ISP. Then, I asked and asked. And always asked about the speed. Then, they always gave me the speed with unit “bps” (bit per second). What is this?

Most of the time, when we download, we will see the download speed, that is using kb/s (kilobyte per second). So, I search through internet, how to convert bps to kb/s.

I like to read the news using feed. That is why I use Sage and FeedReader. Sage is the addon of Firefox. I prefer FeedReader. Because it can be installed as a portable version. Then I can subscribe RSS to the FeedReader.

Sin Chew Daily is one of my favourite, because it is chinese newspaper of Malaysia. And just found that, it provides RSS. Previously, it does not, so I need to browse the website. Now, it is easy to read the news through FeedReader.

Since the internet connection is smooth, I just upload the driver..

Wireless network adapter driver (54mb).

I am now back to hometown to celebrate Chinese New Year. And my home has very poor internet connection. Therefore, I upload some of the Toshiba Satellite M200 drivers for XP in cyber cafe now.

Modem driver
SM Bus
Touchpad driver
FlashMedia driver
LAN driver

I do not upload BlueTooth driver, because I don’t use it. So, I also don’t know which BlueTooth driver is suitable for Toshiba Satellite M200.

I haven’t upload Wireless LAN driver. Because the file is 50.9Mb. I still haven’t decided to upload it. Because it is too big. This is what I can do now.