You’re here because your computer is infected with the DNSChanger worm. Back in late 2011, the FBI took over operation of malicious servers used by DNSChanger that are providing you with a critical Internet service called DNS. The FBI will be shutting down these servers on July 9, 2012, at which point your Internet will no longer work. To ensure uninterrupted Internet access, simply follow these three steps:

1. Clean and repair your machine

First you need to remove the DNSChanger infection from your computer. The DNS Changer Working Group has some recommendations on how to fix your computer if you are infected. Do this before you take step 2 and switch to OpenDNS.

2. Update your DNS settings

Now that you’ve removed the DNSChanger malware, it’s time to set your DNS properly. Generally, you have two choices — you can use the DNS servers provided by your ISP (usually these DNS servers are assigned automatically) or use a third-party DNS service.

We are one such provider of DNS services, focused on security and speed, but there are others such as Google DNS and DNS Advantage.

• Instructions for OpenDNS »

• Instructions for Google DNS »

• Instructions for DNS Advantage »

If you want to use the DNS servers provided by your ISP you will have to contact them for the specific instructions on how to configure them.

3. Arm yourself with knowledge

For more information about DNSChanger, please visit the following resources:

• The DNSChanger Working Group
• Information about DNSChanger from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Background on DNSChanger from CNET

DNSChanger’s malicious DNS servers were being used to automatically and involuntarily convert the DNS settings of millions of people around the world, then using that control to redirect valid URLs to malicious sites. Some reports even claim that more than half of the Fortune 500 companies showed signs of infection and it’s said that the crime ring operating DNSChanger profited $14 million in stolen funds.

The FBI took over the servers, but realized fast they couldn’t simply shut them down. To do that would immediately take all infected Internet users offline, as without DNS it’s as though the Internet doesn’t work.

Instead the FBI and other invested groups have campaigned for infected people to switch their DNS proactively to a secure service like OpenDNS before they finally discontinue operation of the servers. The final date for you to do this is July 9, 2012, but today is even better.

Who is OpenDNS?

OpenDNS is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of secure DNS. Tens of millions of people around the world — in homes, 1 in 3 U.S. public schools and Fortune 10 enterprises, alike — rely on OpenDNS every day for safe, fast and reliable DNS. When the Conficker virus infected millions, OpenDNS was there to save the day. When the famed Kaminsky DNS vulnerability was revealed to the world, OpenDNS was the only DNS service unaffected. When ISP’s Internet goes down, people flock to OpenDNS. And now that DNSChanger malware is threatening your Internet security, it’s a better time than ever to make the switch. You’ll be glad you did.

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NK2Edit v2.11
Copyright (c) 2010 – 2012 Nir Sofer

Introduction

Every time that you type an email address or name in the message window of MS-Outlook, it automatically offer you a list of users and email address that you can choose. This feature is known as ‘AutoComplete’ and Outlook automatically build this emails list according to user activity and save it into a file with .NK2 extension.

In some circumstances, you may need to repair or modify the values appeared in the AutoComplete list, or you may want to remove unwanted email addresses and/or to add new email addresses. MS-Outlook doesn’t provide any ability to edit this AutoComplete list, so this is where NK2Edit software can help you.

NK2Edit Features

Easily modify or fix all information stored in the NK2 file, including the display name, the email address, the exchange string, the Drop-Down display name, and the search string.
Easily remove unwanted single quote characters from the display name and from the Drop-Down list.
Delete unwanted emails, as well as add new emails, by typing them manually, or by choosing them from the address book of Outlook.
Copy NK2 records from one NK2 file to another – simply by copy and paste !
Build a completely new NK2 file and add the desired emails into it, by typing them manually, by adding them from your address book, or by copying records from another NK2 file.
Extract data from corrupted NK2 files that Outlook cannot read anymore (When Outlook AutoComplete stopped working) and even repair them so Outlook will be able to read them again.
Export all data stored in the NK2 file into a special Unicode text file in a stucture similar to .ini file of Windows. You can open it any text editor you like, make the changes you need, and then convert it back into NK2 file that Outlook can use.
Export the emails information stored inside NK2 file into HTML/Text/csv/xml file.
Export the emails information stored inside NK2 file directly into the contacts of Outlook.
Copy the selected NK2 records in tab-delimited format and then paste the information into Excel.
Change the order of the records in the NK2 file, which also affects the order they appear in the drop-down. You can also sort the list in alphabetical order of the Drop-Down display names. (However, be aware that Outlook change the order again when the user send emails)
Command-Line Support: Write simple scripts that can add, remove, or modify records inside the NK2 file, without displaying any user interface.
NK2Edit is a portable application that can be used from any computer with Windows operating system (Starting from Windows 2000) without need of any installation process, and without making changes in the Registry.
NK2 Control Center – Allows you to watch to location and the status of all NK2 files in your organization.

System Requirements

NK2Edit works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows 2000 and up to Windows 7/2008. NK2Edit is a Unicode based application, and thus it cannot work under Windows 95/98/ME.
NK2Edit can read, write, and create NK2 files for Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, and Outlook 2010.
Outlook installation is not required on the computer that you run NK2Edit, except of “Add Records From Address Book” feature, which cannot work without Outlook. NK2Edit can also be used to open, edit, and save NK2 files on remote computers in your network, as long as you have read/write permission to the remote NK2 file.

License

The license for using NK2Edit is different from most of other NirSoft utilities:
NK2Edit is completely free for personal use at your home and for using in any charity/non-profit organization.
If you need to use NK2Edit in a company/business organization, you can freely try and evaluate the NK2Edit software for 14 days and verify that the software really works as you expect.
If after the 14-days of evaluation you decide to continue using it, you have to purchase a commercial license according to the number of workstations with Outlook that NK2Edit is needed for opening or editing their NK2 file.

Disclaimer

The software is provided “AS IS” without any warranty, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages due to loss of data or any other reason.

NK2Edit vs NK2View

NK2View was originally released as a small free tool for viewing the content of NK2 files. After many requests from users, I added some limited editing features that allowed the users to remove and add records into the NK2 file. However, NK2View was not designed to be a real NK2 editor, and for some NK2 files, it failed to add/remove records properly.
As opposed to NK2View, NK2Edit was designed as a real NK2 editor that can make any change you need and then save it back into a valid NK2 file.

Using NK2Edit Without Installation

NK2Edit can be used without any installation process. Simply download the zip file of NK2Edit, extract the files into any folder you like, and run the executable file (NK2Edit.exe) . You can also put the files of NK2Edit in a shared network drive, and run it from any workstation in your company.
Whenever you want to remove NK2Edit from your system, simply delete the files of NK2Edit (NK2Edit.exe, NK2Edit.cfg, and NK2Edit.chm). NK2Edit doesn’t write anything to the Registry or other places, so deleting the files is enough for removing NK2Edit completely from your system.

Using NK2Edit With Install/Uninstall Support

If you want, you can also download NK2Edit with installer (NK2Edit_setup.exe), and install NK2Edit like any other software. The installer of NK2Edit automatically add a new group to the start menu of Windows and it also add a new entry to the uninstall list of Windows, so you’ll be able to easily uninstall NK2Edit if it’s needed.

x64 Version of NK2Edit

NK2Edit has 2 features that extract address book/mailbox information directly from Microsoft Outlook: “Add New Records From Address Book” and “Add Records From Mailbox Recipients”.
If you use the 64-bit version of Microsoft Outlook 2010, you must download and use the x64 of NK2Edit in order to use the above 2 features. In all other cases, you should use the 32-bit version of NK2Edit. Be aware that if you have 64-bit Windows installation, but the installation of MS-Outlook is 32-bit, you must use the 32-bit version of NK2Edit in order to use the above 2 features.

Before You Start

When you edit your NK2 file, remember to verify that the executable of Outlook (Outlook.exe) is not running. If you edit the NK2 file when Outlook is opened, Outlook may save the NK2 file and overwrite your changes.
Backups of NK2 file: When you make changes in your NK2 files, it’s always important to keep a backup of the original NK2 file, so if something goes wrong and the modified NK2 doesn’t work properly, you’ll be able to restore the original one.
When you save your NK2 changes in the first time, NK2Edit automatically creates a backup of the original NK2 file with NK2Edit.First.bak extension. To restore the original NK2 file, simply use the ‘Restore Backup From First Save’ option. You can disable the automatic backup by unchecking the ‘Automatically Backup On First Save’ in the Options, although it’s recommended to keep this options enabled.
In addition to the automatic backup of the first save, NK2Edit also allows you to create a backup when you think it’s important. Simply use the ‘Backup Current NK2 File’ option, and NK2Edit will create a backup file with .NK2Edit.bak extension.
Know the limitation for number of records in NK2 files: Outlook 2003 limits the maximum number of records in NK2 files to 1000, while Outlook 2007/2010 limits the maximum number of records to 2000. When you edit your NK2 files, you should keep the number of records below these limits. See Also: Size limit of Outlook AutoComplete (.NK2) file.
In Outlook 2010, the AutoComplete file is saved with .dat extension and its header data is a little different from the previous versions of Outlook. In order to save the AutoComplete file for Outlook 2010 properly, you have to save the file with .dat extension, so NK2Edit will save it with the new file header of Outlook 2010.

Download NK2Edit here http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/outlook_nk2_edit.html

How can I point my email elsewhere?

How can I point my website to another server?

Outlook 2003 and 2007Step 1: Open Outlook 2003.
Step 2: Click the Tools menu, then click E-mail Accounts.

Step 3: In the E-mail Accounts wizard, select the radio button beside View or change exisitng e-mail accounts, then click the Next button.

Step 4: Highlight your Advanced mailbox account and click the Change button.

Step 5: Click the More Settings button, which will open a new window.

Step 6: Click the Advanced tab, enter 225 (or 587 for AOL customers) in the Outgoing server (SMTP) text-box, then click OK.

Step 7: Click Next, then click Finish.

Your email will now be sent, using port 225, to your standard Fasthosts mail server. This should solve the problem of your ISP blocking outgoing email to mail servers other than their own.

Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live MailStep 1: Open Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Step 2: Click the Tools menu, then click Accounts.

Step 3: Highlight your Advanced mailbox account and click the Properties button, which will open a new window.

Step 4: Click the Advanced tab, enter 225 (or 587 for AOL customers) in the Outgoing server (SMTP) text-box, then click the OK button.

Step 5: Click the Close button to complete the change.

Your email will now be sent, using port 225 (or 587), to your standard Fasthosts mail server. This should solve the problem of your ISP blocking outgoing email to mail servers other than their own.

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When you are trying to run an executable located on another machine on your network, running Windows XP SP2 or higher, you are accosted with a prompt: “The publisher could not be verified”. You are forced to confirm that you wish to run this program… every time you run it.

You can disappear this message by setting the following Group Policy Object (GPO)

Go to User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Windows Components >> Attachement Manager and add “*.exe” to the “Inclusion list for moderate risk file types” setting.

“This policy setting allows you to configure the list of moderate risk file types. If the attachment is in the list of moderate risk file types and is from the restricted or Internet zone, Windows prompts the user before accessing the file. …”

In other words, this allows you to run an .exe from the Intranet zone without a prompt, but it will warn before running one from the Internet. A lot of people are instructing to add *.exe to the list of low-risk file types. Doing so, you are allowing .exe files to execute from anywhere on the internet.

Windows 7

1) Enable remote connections to Sql Server. The instructiions are for SQL Server 2005, but the steps are the same for 2008.

2) Set up Inbound and Outbound rules for TCP port 1433

3) Set up Inbound and Outbound rules for UDP port 1434

4) Set up inbound and outbound exceptions for sqlservr.exe. I am running a 64 bit machine so this file was located here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Binn\sqlservr.exe

5) Set up inbound and outbound exceptions for sqlbrowser.exe. Again, I am running a 64 bit machine so the file was located here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Shared\sqlbrowser.exe

6) Restart your machine.

If you are using Microsoft Windows 7 Peer to Peer as a file server to share files to other XP or Windows 7 Computers on the network you may find that the network slows down or fails to connect after a short amount of time. You may also fin the following error in the Event Viewer of the Windows 7 Peer to Peer File Server:

Source: srv 
Event ID: 2017 
Level: Error 
The server was unable to allocate from the system nonpaged pool because the server reached the configured limit for nonpaged pool allocations.

If you need to share files off a Microsoft Windows 7 Computer to other PCs on the network you need to tell it to allocate resources correctly or you may experience problems after the share has been active for a while or when transferring files.

To fix the problem you need to set the following registry key to ‘1′ on the Windows 7 Peer to Peer File Server:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\LargeSystemCache

and set the following registry key to ‘3′:

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\Size

Reboot after making these changes and you will find the problem no longer occurs.

To do this, follow the steps below:

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

1. Click Start
   

2. In Start Search (Windows Vista) or Search programs and files (Windows 7) area, type in regedit, and press Enter.
3. If prompted by UAC, click Continue (Windows Vista) or Yes (Windows 7).
4. In Registry Editor, go to:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
5. In the left pane, look for the folder name starting with S-1-5 (SID key) followed by a long number. then click each folder and locate ProfileImagePath from the right pane, double click to verify that this is the user account profile that has the error.
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   • If you have two folders starting with S-1-5 followed by same long nubmers and one of them ended with .bak. Change the .bak folder to normal one. To do this, follow the steps below:
     1. Right click the folder without .bak and choose Rename. Then add .ba at the end of the folder name.
        

     2. Right click the folder with .bak and choose Rename. Then remove .bak at the end of the folder name.
        

     3. Right click the folder with .ba and choose Rename. Then change the .ba to .bak at the end of the folder name.
        

   • If you have only one folder starting with S-1-5 followed by a long numbers and ended with.bak. Right click the folder and choose Rename. Then remove .bak at the end of the folder name.
6. Choose the folder without .bak, in the right pane, double click RefCount and type 0 and then clickOK.
   

7. Choose the folder without .bak, in the right pane, double click State and type 0 and then click OK.
   

8. Close Registry Editor.
9. Restart the computer.
10. Log on again with your account.