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Ravmon.exe file is a backdoor.trojan, or called as W32/Rjump. Symptoms of infection:

• When open pen drive or external hard disk content, very slow.
• When open above devices, found there is a extra folder called RavMonLog, which content only string of number ( backdoor opened port number )
• When right click above devices, invalid character appears in the menu.

To get rid of it is not very hard, it can be manually done without using any anti-virus software.

1. G to Task Manager, click Processes tab and find the progam named “SVCHOST.EXE”, there will few more svchost in small case but you have to terminate the one which is written in CAPS, if you see more than one “SVCHOST.EXE” (all caps one) end the one with your username infront of it instead of LOCAL SERVICE, NETWORK SERVICE or SYSTEM.

2. You need to show system protected files in order to delete the infected files. Go to My Computer–>(Menu)Tools–>Folder Options>(Tab)Views–>Uncheck “Hide System protected files”–>Press OK
If you are unable to unhide the system files you can use 3rd party softwares to browse drive and delete files, try ACDsee or WinRAR.

Delete below two files from all of drives.

• Autorun.inf
• Ravmon.exe

3. Open Windows folder and delete SVCHOST.EXE, SVCHOST.dll and MDM.exe.
Now restart the explorer.exe process by killing it in taskmanager and run it again [(winkey + R), type “explorer” and hit enter].

4. Right-click on any drive and you will find valid characters appears on your menu

Chinese guide on manually remove the virus can be obtain here.

Yahoo has just added another 2 more email domains for user to register.  The 2 new email domain is ymail and rocketmail. The released of extra domains is because yahoo domain has been registered over 266 million active users. Thus, new user is hardly to get their preferable user name. Anyway, accounts created with the new domain names will use the same Yahoo! Mail interfaces and get unlimited storage at no charge. Localized country versions of the domain will also be available. The ID’s will also work for signing in to other Yahoo sites and services, such as Flickr, and Yahoo! Messenger.

So, act faster to register now for your fancy user name.

Mozilla released Firefox® 3 on yesterday, a major update to its popular and acclaimed free, open source Web browser. Firefox 3 is the culmination of three years of efforts from thousands of developers, security experts, localization and support communities, and testers from around the globe.

What’s New in Firefox 3:

The Web is all about innovation, and Firefox 3 sets the pace with dozens of new features to deliver a faster, more secure and customizable Web browsing experience for all.

User Experience. The enhancements to Firefox 3 provide the best possible browsing experience on the Web. The new Firefox 3 smart location bar, affectionately known as the “Awesome Bar,” learns as people use it, adapting to user preferences and offering better fitting matches over time. The Firefox 3 Library archives browsing history, bookmarks, and tags, where they can be easily searched and organized. One-click bookmarking and tagging make it easy to remember, search and organize Web sites. The new full-page zoom displays any part of a Web page, up close and readable, in seconds.

Performance. Firefox 3 is built on top of the powerful new Gecko 1.9 platform, resulting in a safer, easier to use and more personal product. Firefox 3 now uses less memory while it’s running, and its redesigned page rendering and layout engine means users see Web pages two to three times faster than Firefox 2.

Security. Firefox 3 raises the bar for security. The new malware and phishing protection helps protect from viruses, worms, trojans and spyware to keep people safe on the Web. Firefox 3’s one-click site ID information allows users to verify that a site is what it claims to be. Mozilla’s open source process leverages the experience of thousands of security experts around the globe.

Customization. Everyone uses the Web differently, and Firefox 3 lets users customize their browser with more than 5,000 add-ons. Firefox Add-ons allow users to manage tasks like participating in online auctions, uploading digital photos, seeing the weather forecasts, and listening to music, all from the convenience of the browser. The new Add-ons Manager helps users to find and install add-ons directly from the browser.

For more information about Mozilla Firefox 3 and how it delivers an easier, faster, and safer online experience, visit http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/features.

Mozilla Firefox 3 is available now for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X operating systems as a free download from http://www.getfirefox.com.

After the released, total downloads of firefox 3 has been reached more than 7 millions. In Malaysia, there was 28,553 downloads. We can see from the stats that firefox user is increasing. So, are you one of the user? For those that never use firefox before, i can assure u that once you try it, u will love it.

Process Lasso is a unique new technology intended to automatically adjust the allocation of CPU cycles so that system responsiveness is improved in high-load situations. It does this by temporarily lowering the priorities of processes that are consuming too many CPU cycles, there-by giving other processes a chance to run if they are in need. This process priority optimization is useful for both single and multi-core processors. No longer will a single process be able to bring your system to a virtual stall.

Process Lasso Functions
• Dynamic priority optimization to improve system responsiveness*
• Default process priorities and affinities
• Foreground boosting
• Auto-termination
• Process launch logging
• Stand-alone core engine
• System responsiveness calculation and graph

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In my previous thread i mentioned about the MSI wind notebook powered by Intel Atom processor. Intel Atom is the brand name for a line of X86 CPUs(or microprocessors) from Intel, previously code-named Silverthorne and Diamondville processors, designed for a 45 nm CMOS process and intended for use in ultra-mobile PCs, smart phone and other portable and low-power applications. New version of Asus EeePC also will be using Atom processor to replace celeron processor.

Technical Specs:

CPU clock: 800Mhz – 1.87Ghz

FSB Speeds: 400MT/s – 533MT/s

Package: 441-ball µFCBGA

Technology: hafnium-based 45nm microarchitecture

Instuction set: x86, x86-64

Newly designed from the ground up, 45nm Intel® Atom™ processors pack an astounding 47 million transistors on a single chip measuring less than 22mm².

Features:

• Performance for a great internet experience in a range of sub 1 watt to 4 watt thermal power envelope based on industry leading benchmarks (EEMBC) and web page rendering performance
• Greater energy efficiency for mobile devices enabled by incredibly low average power and idle power, scaling performance from 800MHz to 1.86GHz
• Power-optimized front side bus of up to 533MHz for faster data transfer on demanding mobile applicationsΔ
• Scalable performance and increased power efficiency with multi-threading support²
• Improved performance on multimedia and gaming applications with support for Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSE3)
• Improved power management with new Deep Power Down (C6) enabled on the Intel® Atom™ processor Z5xx series for MIDs, and extended C4 states enabled on Intel® Atom™ processor N270 for netbooks, in addition to non-grid clock distribution, clock gating, CMOS bus mode, and other power saving architectural features
• Low TDP enabled by improved power management technologies delivering high performance to run the real Internet and a broad range of software application

Other than HP, MSI also launched their mini notebook series – U100 Wind Notebook. It’s equipped with Intel latest Atom N270 processor with 1.6Ghz core frequency, 512KB L2 Cache, 533Mhz FSB, and support Hyper Threading technology. Chipset used is Intel G945GSE north bridge with ICH7 south bridge, built in with Intel GMA950 display.

MSI Wind Notebook size is almost same like ASUS Eee PC, it’s measured 260 x 180 x 19-31.5mm, comes with 10.2″ LCD with resolution of 1024 x 600 ，built in 1GB ram, 10/100 Ethernet & 802.11b/g wireless LAN with bluetooth, web cam, and also with a 3 in 1 card reader .

Ergonomic keyboard and big size touch pad

For the battery, MSI Wind Notebook uses 3 Cells 11.1v 2200mAh battery than can last 3 hours. To reduce cost, MSI Wind Notebook didn’t use SSD hardisk, in stead, they just use conventional 80GB SATA hardisk, loaded with Windows XP Home OS.

For casing, is comes with three color which is angle white, empire black and romantic pink.

Nano processor is a Power efficient processors based on ‘Isaiah’ architecture designed for optimized performance for mainstream PC markets and new device types. One thing great about this processor is that it only under a group of less than 100 people on research and development.

The first 64-bit, superscalar, speculative out-of-order processors in VIA’s x86 platform portfolio, VIA Nano processors have been specifically designed to revitalize traditional desktop and notebook PC markets, delivering truly optimized performance for the most demanding computing, entertainment and connectivity applications.

Building on the market-leading energy efficiency of the VIA C7® processor family, the VIA Nano processor family offers as much as four times the performance within the same power range to extend VIA’s performance per watt leadership, while pin compatibility with VIA C7 processors will ensure a smooth transition for OEMs and motherboard vendors, and provides them with an easy upgrade path for current system or board designs.

VIA Nano processor’s computational benefits over the popular VIA C7 processor:

VIA Nano processors utilize the high-speed, low power VIA V4 Front Side Bus starting at 800MHz support for new SSE instructions, and two 64KB L1 caches and 1MB exclusive L2 cache with 16-way associativity gives a big boost to multimedia performance.

In particular, the VIA Nano processor places significant emphasis on high-performance floating-point execution, using a completely new algorithm for floating-point adds that results in the lowest floating-point add latency of any x86 processor. Similarly, the floating-point multiplier has the lowest latency of any x86 processor.

In practical terms, this means the VIA Nano processor provides exceptionally smooth play back of Blu-ray Disc™ and other HD video formats, which can have encrypted media streams of up to 40Mbps, in addition to its robust two-clock FPU multiply and 128 bit data path offering an excellent gaming experience, providing silky smooth rendering of 3D images.