To Start Command Line Scanner
Start
Open the Windows prompt (Start - Run - cmd.exe) and browse the folder that contains a2cmd.exe. Start the Commandline Scanner as follows - a2cmd.exe
Available parameters - Scan parameters (can be combined):
/f=[path], /files=[path]
Scans a disk, a folder or a single file for malware infections. Folder paths with spaces have to be put in quotation marks.
Example: a2cmd /f="c:\windows\"
/m, /memory
Scans all active programs.
/t, /traces
Scans the registry an the file/folder structures on a hard disk for spyware traces.
/c, /cookies
Scans all cookies for TrackingCookies. Supported browsers: MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox
/quick
Abbreviation for running a quick system check. Scans all active programs, spyware traces (registry, files) and TrackingCookies.
/smart
Abbreviation for running a scan of the most important system parts. Scans as well the windows an program files folders additionally to the quick scan.
/deep
Abbreviation for running a complete system scan. Scans all files on all hard disks thoroughly.
Scan options parameters (for precise adjustment of the scan parameters):
/h, /heuristic
Uses heuristic methods for identifying new malware during the scan.
/r, /riskware
Also reports riskware, that is benign software which is often installed by malware as helpful tools.
/a, /archive
Scans also within archive files such as ZIP, RAR, CAB, and self-extracting archives.
/n, /ntfs
Scans also hidden data flows in NTFS disks.
/l=[path], /log=[path]
Saves a scan log to the specified file. The text-based log is saved in Unicode format.
Example: a2cmd /deep /log="c:\scans\scan.log"
/la=[path], /logansi=[path]
Same as the /l bzw /log parameter, but the log is saved in ANSI Format (for Windows 9x systems).
/x=[list], /ext=[list]
Scans only files with the specified extensions.
Example: a2cmd /f="c:\windows\" /x="exe, com, scr, bat"
/xe=[list], /extexclude=[list]
Scans all files except those with the specified extensions.
Example: a2cmd /deep /xe="avi, bmp, mp3"
/wl=[path], /whitelist=[path]
Uses the specified whitelist file for excluding certain files, folders or malware names in the scan. Whitelist files must be text files where each line is one of the items to be excluded.
Example: a2cmd /f="c:\" /wl="c:\whitelist.txt"
/d, /delete
Deletes all detected malware objects at once during the scan. Also deletes reference to the found file, e.g. autorun entries in the registry.
/dq, /deletequick
Deletes all detected malware objects at once during the scan. Only the found file itself is deleted. Quicker than /d or /delete.
/q=[folder], /quarantine=[folder]
Put detected malware in quarantine at once during the scan. The quarantine folder can be specified. Detected objects are saved and encrypted there so that they cannot do any more harm.
Parameters for the treatment of malware (can be used alone):
/ql, /quarantinelist
Lists all objects that are under quarantine. The consecutive number at the beginning of each line can be used for deleting or restoring (zero-based index).
/qr=[n], /quarantinerestore=[n]
Restores an object under quarantine with the specified index number. If no number is specified, all objects are restored.
Example: a2cmd /qr=0
/qd=[n], /quarantinedelete=[n]
Deletes an object under quarantine with the specified index number.
General parameters:
/s, /service
Always has to be used in combination with a scan parameter. Defines if the Anti-Malware service is to be used for scanning.
Background: When running many short scans loading the scan engine new at each start of a2cmd is inefficient. Using the /s or /service parameter makes the Anti-Malware service load the engine and keep it loaded for later scans. If the service is not yet started or installed it gets installed and started when the service parameter is run for the first time.
/u, /update
Must be used alone. Runs an online update of all program components and signatures. If a2cmd is used as a part of Emsisoft Anti-Malware, only the update function of Emsisoft Anti-Malware should be used.
/?, /help
Must be used alone. Shows an overview of all available parameters.
Result codes:
0 - No infections were found
1 - Infections were found
Everyone wish to protect his computer and extract the best out of it but in order to get the maximum use of the computer one must use it wisely. Following are the 5 Good Computing Habits that would ensure that your system is in the best possible state:
1. Organize your Folders
It is easy to save a folder/file into the wrong folder or on the desktop especially when we are in hurry but keeping all the files and folder organized helps system be in good touch.
So have a plan, decide for the folders, take some time out and clean your files periodically. Having a cleaning routine would surely maintain your system and would never decrease its performance.
2. Clean up your hard disk
After organizing the files and folders, it’s time to organize the data. The best programs available for these purposes are the Windows’ default Disk Cleanup and the Disk Defragmenter.
• Disk Cleanup compresses your old files to free up storage space.
• Disk Defragmenter scans your hard drive and consolidates files that may be scattered across the disk.
3. Use System Restore
System Restore is a service that must be active in all the computers as it may be a life saver in most cases. Say for an instance, you have installed a software that has affected your system’s performance then restoring the system to an earlier state would definitely save you.
4. Keep Windows and Microsoft Office up-to-date
Keeping the OS and the products installed up-to-date with the latest security updates and definitions would protect your system from the unexpected attack and product crashes.
5. Run antivirus software and a spyware detection and removal tool
Update to the latest definitions of the anti-virus and the malicious programs removal tool will safeguard your system against the day-to-day increasing virus attacks.
Windows 7 is a great OS released by Microsoft and have lots of new and improved functionalities. One of such functions is the advancement of the Keyboard shortcuts in the Windows 7 OS.
Windows 7 have the following new and helpful keyboard shortcuts that solve our many problems.
The shortcuts that are added are:
Win+Left/Right arrows: Align the window to each side of the monitor
Win+Up arrow: Maximize the active window
Win+Down arrow: Minimize the window/Restore the window if it’s maximized
Win+Space: All windows are made transparent so you can see the desktop
Win+Home: Minimize all windows but the current window
Well these shortcuts can be used in the Windows 7 OS but with the use of a tool called Windows 7 Shortcuts, we can use the above listed keyboard shortcuts in the XP and Vista OS.
The tool is highly customizable and this is done by right clicking the application in taskbar and entering your own favorite keys in place of the above mentioned keys. If the keys are not genuine then the hotkey will stop running.
The tool is very small in size and requires no installation. It can be downloaded easily from the link mentioned below.
Everybody has their confidential data like photographs, reports, family video etc. in their system which is supposed to be kept secured. But sometimes, we just cannot say no to the others if they w
ant to use our system but then what about our confidential data? we will tell you about a tool which can solve this problem by locking the folders and disabling the USB drives of your system.
This tool can lock any folder of your system and it can disable the USB ports. So nobody can either see your data or transfer it to another system. When the folder gets locked then the icon of that folder will change and no matter how many times you click it, it will neither open nor ask about any password to access the folder. So once you locked a folder, you can open it with BuduLock only.
As you can see form the above snapshot that, initially you will have to select the folder which is supposed to be locked. Please, remember an important point that if you want to lock a folder then you should first open it and then apply the lock, else your folder will not get locked. When you press the ‘Lock’ button, it will ask a password do remember it as you will be needing it while unlocking that folder
Once you lock a folder, the name of that folder will be preceded by a code which will include random alphabets and numbers. This will indicate that the folder is locked, as you will not see any change in the icon of that folder in the browse option of that tool. You can also lock any USB drive by assigning a password in order to change its status to ‘Enable’ or ‘Disable’. But keep in mind that you will have to disable the User Account Control i.e. UAC to use this feature as it is already instructed in the application window.
The size of this tool is 1.2Mb. So, because of being light it will not take time to get installed as i got installed in 4 seconds on my system. It will create a shortcut on your desktop. This tool is compatible with all the versions of Windows as it has been checked on Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate edition.
As an amateur you must have faced problems while doing some basic work on your PC like shifting your data to various Microsoft office applications, handling files folders and links, security problems like setting and resetting your password, sharing some data on web, etc. because these problems take much of your important time. So, here I am again with a precise solution for your problem which is knows as Trix, this tool will solve your problems by assigning shortcuts to all your time-taking tasks.
This freeware is a productivity tool for Windows Operating System, as it is loaded with many features which can make your task much simpler and less time taking. The size of this tool is very small which is 756Kb and so it does not get installed but can be operated by just double clicking the .exe file. After getting launched it will minimize itself on the tray and then you can use it from there.
As you can see from the above snapshot that under “All Command” tab it can assign hotkeys combination to the different tasks which are performed frequently by you on your system. For example, if you want to see display, time, workweek and more then you will have to press just window key along with Shift and T key or if you want to open Yahoo page then you will just have to press Control key along with Shift and Y keys on your keyboard.
Apart from assigning the shortcuts it can also provide other features such as opening your document with the help of human voice interface under “Listener” tab, where you will just have to speak out the content of your file and then that file will open. It can also generate some strong passwords for you by using special characters, alphabets, numbers and Upper Cases alphabets and this can be done under the “Password” option present in the application window.
It can also covert the text in different language to any desired language under the “Translator” option by auto-detecting the language in which the text has been already written. You can use “General” tab to make this tool start as your system starts.
This tool is compatible with all the versions of Windows as it has already been checked on Windows XP and Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate edition.
When it comes to editing the text files, they may contain some information which should not be lost. But most the text files does not have the feature of auto save including the default notepad editor which is in built in windows.
Now, you can easily solve this problem by using a freeware utility called AutoSaver which helps you save the text file you are editing in any text editor in windows. So, this way you don’t need to manually press Ctrl+S to save the file.
As you can see in the image above, you can specify the time interval as 5 minute, 1 minute, 30 seconds or 15 seconds. Your changes in text files will not be lost if you use this utility. This application is portable in nature and runs on all versions on windows including windows 7 , we have just tested this tool in windows 7 32 bit Ultimate Edition.
Today i will be reviewing a tool which will help you to easily control the volume of your system with the help of the keys assigned on your keyboard. Sometimes while working on PCs, we do not have any keys on our keyboard which is allotted to control the volume of our system. And on Laptop, the keys allotted are too difficult to remember and to locate at the time of using them. So,this tool named as VolControl will solve this problems by assigning some familiar keys.
The latest version of this freeware allows you to vary the volume control keys under a certain domain (which was not present in the previous versions). Initially the keys assigned were Win+up/down, but this time you can vary them as per your convenience.
First option is to adjust the scale by which the volume will increase or decrease, then you have three different options which are show meter bar, start with windows and show tray icon, all these can checked or unchecked as per the convenience. Now, you the option to assign the hot keys to volume control, instead of Win key, you can use shift, control, alt or that same key Win and then instead of using up and down you can use many other keys which are available in the scroll down menu. In this version you also have a shortcut for muting your system, which was not available in the previous version.
You can also change the effects, which are present with the display of meter bar. Under the animation option, the meter bar will fade in and fade out, whenever you will press and release the buttons respectively. Under the transparency option, the bar will not be visible completely but it will be transparent and least visible, it can be used when you are watching a movie and you do not want to disturb the appearance with the bar.
The size of this tool is around 3 Mb. It will get installed in no matter of time and then you can it easily. This tool is compatible with all the versions of Windows as it has been checked with Windows 7 32-bit ultimate edition.
Unlike other currency symbols like the Dollar or the Euro, you can’t however type the Rupee symbol using the standard Roman keyboard as the Unicode Consortium has not assigned a unique (ASCII) code to this new Rupee symbol yet but there are some free fonts that include this symbol already.
New Indian Rupee Symbol has been finalised, now just like dollar and euro our indian rupee too have an international symbol. Foradian technologies Pvt Ltd has created the Indian rupee font which you can download and install in your Computer for free.
We are going to tell you how you can write, type the new indian rupee symbol shown in the image above with a normal English keyboard. Follow the procedure below for the same.
1. Download the free indian rupee font from here
2. Now install this font on your computer by just double clicking and then click the install button in windows 7 or copy the font file in C:\Windows\Fonts folder
3. Now open word or any other editor like notepad for example and change your font to Rupee Foradian and then press tilt key [ ~ ] below the escape key to type the new indian rupee symbol
Sometimes, you want that you system should get switched off automatically, especially when you are not monitoring that system. It often happens that the tools commonly used by the users do not provide the sufficient options for the system shutdown. Thus, they are supposed to be specific while leaving their system for automatic shutdown.
his tool can list out the number of systems present on your network and can shutdown them, only if you already have the right to do so. Despite if Shutting down, it has got 22 different functions which can be performed instead of shutting it down. When you will launch this tool, then your anti-virus may mark it as a threat but this freeware will not do any harm on your system as it never did anything to my system.
The size of this tool is around 300Kb and it is portable. So you can take it anywhere on your USB drive. Once launched, two icon will be present on your tray. Besides shutting down your system, it can also perform reboot, hibernate, sleep, Standby , force shutdown, forced shutdown after for a fixed interval and many more such operation, which are visible in the snapshot of the application window mentioned above.
It can perform the above mentioned operations if your system has been left unused for a predefined period of time or if remote shutdown has been allowed and the any user is shutting down this system from another remote computer or the CPU memory usage has exceeded a certain value. You can also simply assign a timer to shutdown your system, this time allotment can be in accordance with current date and time. Lastly you have the general options which can make your tool to start with the window or you can use the default settings for the tool or you can save your own settings on exit.
This tool is compatible with all the versions of Windows as it has been checked with Windows 7 32-bit Ultimate edition.