We earlier shared you  the importance of having a Firewall,  and a list of the best free Firewall applications for Windows. A firewall prevents unauthorized network connections to a computer through a set of filtering rules. In that post, we mentioned Checkpoint’s ZoneAlarm pro as one of the best independent firewall solutions available today. The free edition of ZoneAlarm provides two-way firewall with features like intrusion prevention. ZoneAlarm Pro comes with phishing protection, download protection and additional antispyware components licensed from Kaspersky. The original  price of Zone Alarm pro firewall is 39.95 USD for one year license. However,  today you can download the full version of  ZoneAlarm pro 2010- free  through a promotion offer.

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Firewall is a software that scans inbound and outbound traffic from a computer that is connected to the internet. Firewall improves that security of a machine by categorizing and blocking unwanted network traffic. Spyware, bots, keyloggers, trojan horses and worms use active and unprotected internet connection on a machine to collect sensitive data and send it to remote servers. Windows itself have a Firewall. However, it is always recommended to use an advanced Firewall to enable full scale protection from new age malware. So here we have collected a list of the best free Firewall software for Windows that might be interested in.

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April fool is just near .So like me , everyone is searching for a method to fool their friends with some pranks .Ultimatevirus is a free fake virus software that can do this task to its extreme .It would create a real frightening   experience for your friends using Windows .On execution , Ultimatevirus tool says that target machine has been infected by a deadly virus and then performs a series of operation that even fools an experienced Windows user . Download Ultimatevirus fake virus software here .

Send this fake virus to your friends and ask them to open .
Now a new Windows appears as shown below .

Ultimate virus locks all Windows tasks so that he will be forced to select any of those options .
On click it will show a progress bar deletion harddisk files,windows folders and file contents in the target machine . If he click the cancel button , a fake BSD (Blue Screen of Death ) will appear .

After this the machine will be restarted in a fake DOS mode with following warnings in successive key presses.

Finally it will display a window showing that was just a prank .

Download Ultimatevirus  fake Virus prank software for Windows .

If you are the administrator of a network of computers , probably you would need a software to lock unauthorized access to your softwares. So here is a software that can disable access to specified .exe files in a Windows based PC.

Thissoftware ,Applocker can be used in Network and local computers . If itis used in networks , we need to have it installed only on theadministrator’s PC . Its executable file can be copied to a sharedfolder in the network ,to be used by other systems.

Here there is some applications that are shown by default . If you want ,you can add more softwares to the list . Whenever any user clicks a locked software , it will give the following error message.

Download Applocker :Freeware ( 1MB) to lock Windows softwares from unauthorized access .

Autorun.inf is a text file which instruct Windows about the execution priority when an operation is performed . Autorun command is associated with CDs ,DVDs, USB etc. If autorun.inf  is specified in a CD or DVD , Windows then reads and follows the specific instructions this file defines.
Autorun virus (Actually its a worm) manipulates the autorun.inf files . Autorun worm is capable of spreading through computer networks and USB disks . It will either replace or modify the existing settings in these devices . It is very difficult to remove autorun virus as it modifies many of the system settings . It will block access to internet , disable show hidden files and folders , blocks access to antivirus websites , disable msconfig etc .Formatting Windows will not work for the effective removal of autorun virus as the infection still exists in other hard disk partitions .

Autorun virus : Symptoms of infection

Hard disk autoplay
msconfig  disabled
Hidden files and folders disabled .

Remove Autorun virus

1.Get autorun virus removal tool here


2.Now Press Win+R and enter cmd open Windows command prompt .
Now we are about to list hard disk files from command prompt .
for C drive type dir c: /a/w

If Autorun virus is present , It will get listed as shown above . There would be many other files like onlinegames , kavo.exe,.vbs , Heap41a , newfolder.exe,.com, ppt.exe etc .

These files include read only, archive, system and hidden file attributes associated with them.
So in next step we will remove these restrictions from the above suspicious files .
attrib -s -h -r c:autorun.inf
or attrib -s -h -r c:autorun.vbs ( Change the hard disk partitions as required)

Now remove all those files associated with autorun virus using del instruction .

Del autorun.inf or Del kavo.exe ( repeat the procedure for all the files and hard drives )

Or you can automate the process by notepad

 dir c: /a/wattrib -s -h -r c:autorun.infdel autorun.inf

dir d: /a/wattrib -s -h -r d:autorun.infdel autorun.inf

dir e: /a/wattrib -s -h -r d:autorun.infdel autorun.inf

(Add the necessary hard disk partitions and files as per requirement ). Now copy the completed document in notepad and save as remove.bat . This file will remove all the autorun virus traces on execution .

After removing all the infected autorun virus files from hard drives , execute autorun virus removal tool on step 1 to remove further traces .

3. Repair registry to enable hidden files and folders .
Press Win+R and enter regedit . Now this will open the Windows registry . Move on to the following registration entries .

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >SOFTWARE>Microsoft>Windows>CurrentVersion>Explorer>Advanced>Folder>Hidden>SHOWALL

Autorun virus usually alter this registration entry . Double click on CheckedValue and enter value data as 1 .  Now you would be able to enable hidden files and folders .


4. Turn off autorun feature in Windows .
This will avoid the execution of existing autorun worms in a PC and also one on USBs and CDs .
Copy the following command in notepad and save as removeautorun.reg

REGEDIT5[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionIniFileMappingAutorun.inf]@=”@SYS:DoesNotExist”

5. Restart your PC for the complete removal of Autorun virus .


Now almost all antivirus softwares like Kaspersky , Norton , NOD32 will remove autorun virus species. So keep your antivirus updated .