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Spying on the spyware makers
By Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com
Published on ZDNet News: May 4, 2005, 4:42 AM PT

SAN FRANCISCO–Ben Edelman may be spyware’s most dangerous enemy.

The 25-year-old researcher has spent years analyzing how spyware and adware programs work and disclosing his findings publicly. That often results in red faces and, occasionally, lawsuit threats from companies like WhenU and Claria, formerly known as Gator.

When testing spyware and adware, Edelman isn’t about to sacrifice his own Windows XP computer. So he uses the VMware utility to create a virtual Windows box.

“I infect the hell out of it,” he says. “It destroys the infected machine.”

A law student at Harvard University, Edelman also is completing a doctoral degree in economics. CNET News.com caught up with him on after he spoke at a conference Here sponsored by CNET News.com sister site, Download.com.

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Following are my experiences with repairing XP. I will not assume any responsibility for problems that may occur to your system from using any of these suggestions. It is always prudent to backup important data before you make any changes to your operating system.

Windows Update Site Problems - Jupiter Jones MS MVP
How To Uninstall SP2 Using the Recovery Console - S Raj Kumar Rathi (scroll to August 17, 2004)
How To Use The Automatic Recovery Feature to Recover From a Bad SP2 Install - Microsoft
How To Remove SP2 using a Repair Install
How To Access Safe Mode
How To Access Last Known Good Config
How To Backup, Edit and Restore the Registry - Microsoft
How To Create a Boot Disk to Start Windows XP
How To Create a Slipstreamed version of XP
Cannot Start Windows XP if the System or Software Hive Is Missing or Damaged - From Kelly Theriot
Password Problems and Windows XP - From Kelly Theriot
How To Fix The Cryptographic Service Error - Fix for “Error:Setup could not verify the integrity of the file Update.inf. Make sure the Cryptographic service is running on this computer”
System Cannot Access CD-Rom, CD-Recorder or DVD Devices
Error Messages After Removing Easy CD Creator from XP
Introduction to using System File Checker - SFC /SCANNOW
SFC (System File Checker) has a problem running - SFC /SCANNOW keeps asking for the XP CD
How to log on to Windows XP if you forget your password
How To Take Ownership of a File or Folder
How To Access Recovery Console
Recovery Console in Windows XP - From Kelly Theriot. This is a must read
How To Backup, Edit and Restore the Registry in XP - Microsoft Knowledgebase Article.
How To Create a Set of Emergency Floppies - If your computer can not boot from a CD-Rom create a 6 floppy disk set that corresponds to your version of Windows XP. Click here for Home Edition Click here for Pro Edition
How To Repair Boot sector
How To Format
How To Partition
How To Exit the Recovery Console
How To Run a Repair Install
How To Uncover Windows XP Product Key
How To Change The Product ID
A better boot diskette for WinNT/2000/XP
Has XP Been Activated?
NTFS Reader for DOS (freeware) - lets you access an NTFS partition from a floppy and copy files off it
Known Issues with Windows XP Service Pack 1
AIDA32 - AIDA32 is a professional system information, diagnostics and benchmarking program running on Win32 platforms. It extracts details of all components of the PC. You can even uncover your Windows XP and Office 2000/XP Product Keys with this freeware app. READ the FAQ!!!
Tweaks&Fixes - From Kelly’s Korner this is a fantastic set of registry hacks and fixes.
NTBackup Is Missing From My OEM version of XP (download)- Some OEMs don’t include NTBackup - Bob Cerelli has it at his site in his Windows XP Tips section
Knoppix - Ok this might appear to be blasphemy on a site dedicated to Windows but if your system is really hosed and you are desperate to get data off the drive then give Knoppix a go. The download is a whopping 700MB but you get an ISO that, when burned to CD, creates a version of Linux that runs directly off the CD and doesn’t require installation to your Hard Drive. With this CD Operating System you can access your NTFS or FAT partitions and with it’s built in CD Burning software copy your important data off the drive . Or if you have a network you can transfer files to another system. This is a must have!

How to access Safe Mode:
Reboot your computer while holding down the F8 Key. At the Advanced Options Menu select the option for Safe Mode and press Enter.

How to access Last Known Good Configuration:
Reboot your computer while holding down the F8 Key. At the Advanced Options Menu select Last Known Good Configuration.

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