EITHER: Download this extension from Xtnd

OR:

1. Go to the Preferences dialogue.
2. Open file types/editors.
3. Add the following list of file types to Dreamweaver’s open in code view field:

.engine
.info
.module
.install
.theme

Now change the configuration files so start by navigating to the folder that you installed Dreamweaver in – usually Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS4/configuration, on a Mac. Using a text editor open “Extensions.txt” and at the end of the first line at add MODULE, INSTALL etc separated by commas, so the line should read:

……….,JSF,VB,VBS,VTM,VTML,INC,SQL,JAVA,EDML,MODULE,INSTALL:All Documents

now add the extensions to the “:PHP Files” line.
PHP,PHP3,PHP4,PHP5,TPL,MODULE,INSTALL:PHP Files
Close off that file and navigate to Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS4/configuration/DocumentTypes and open “MMDocumentTypes.xml”. Search for the line which has an id “PHP_MySQL add the ‘module’ & ‘install’ file extensions to both the “winfileextension” and “macfileextension” so the line should read:

winfileextension=”php,php3,php4,php5,module,install” macfileextension=”php,php3,php4,php5,module,install”

Re/Start Dreamweaver and your files will open in code mode and will be colour-coded.

Not surprisingly, I prefer the former choice.

Application experience
Application management
Distributed link tracking client
Offline files
Webclient
Tablet PC input service
TCP/IP NETBIOS helper
Superfetch

2) De-automate Windows Defender

Open Windows Defender. Click the ‘tools’ icon at the top of the window, then the ‘options’ selection. Uncheck ‘automatically scan my computer’. Click ‘save’.

3) Disable search indexing

Open the ‘start’ menu and type ‘services’ in the searchbar. Hit Enter.

In the services window, scroll down until you reach the ‘windows search’ service. Right click it and hit ‘properties’. In the ‘startup type’ dropdown box, change the value to ‘disabled’, then click the ‘stop’ button below to stop the service immediately. Hit ‘ok.’

4) Remove remote differential compression

Go to ‘start/control panel/programs/uninstall a program’. In the sidebar, click ‘turn windows features on and off’. Uncheck ‘remote differential compression’ and click ‘ok.’

5) Advanced disk cleanup

Click ‘Start’ and type ‘cmd’. In the dos shell window type ‘cleanmgr /sagetset: 1′ and run the disk cleanup tool.

6) Shut down faster

Open regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control. Set the WaitToKillServiceTimeout time to 5000 (5 seconds) or less.

Thanks to PCstats

Knowing I had an infected computer I decided to attempt to see how badly the infection was and to try and see if:

1. It could actually be cured since I have found that many Virut ‘removal’ tools do not even see it.
2. How fast it would spread through the computer
3. How long the computer could be used for until the HDD had to be reformatted

Results are:

1. No, it could not be cured – or at least not by me. I am sure there must be something out there that can strip polymorphic code out of an application but I have not yet found it.
2. Like lightning; I mean REALLY fast. Every time an application is opened the virus copies itself into it!
3. Until 30th August 2009. Finally I could not access any webpages, whereas before I could not access any pages which were involved in virus, malware or adware protection and prevention.

The computer was a standard-alone PC running Windows Vista Home Premium and completely up to date on service packs. It was blocked from accessing any other part of my home network through my D-Link DSL router. Anti-virus software was AVG Free 8.5 which (as explained above) had not been updated since Virut had found its way onto the computer. The only other application on there was the OpenOffice 3 suite and a couple of shareware TextEditors.