If you are running Cygwin in Windows vista make sure you run cygwin as Administrator. Running cygwin by double clicking the “Cygwin bash shell” icon will result in following error :

bash: ls: command not found in cygwin in vista

This looks like some kind of security related error in Windows Vista. However you can get [...]

Bridged networking doesn’t work but NAT works fine in VMware workstatrion 6 on Windows Vista ?
On my Windows Vista HP Pavilion desktop i decided to upgrade VMware workstation from version 5.5 to version 6.

I managed to get this part working but soon I noticed my guest virtual machines running RHEL5 and fedora 9 lost [...]

Here is one more success story on removing a Adware using MalwareBytes”. One of my friend called me up to ask how he can remove this adware called “Antivirus 2009 Internet adware”. He is running Windows XP with Trend Micro Internet security, he brought Trend Micro on my recommendation. Guess what since I recommended Trend [...]

How can i remove all Trojans from Windows Vista?
MalwareBytes Anti-Malware is one of the most effective Anti Malware available in market and CNET recently ranked MalwareBytes as 2nd most Popular Spyware Removal Software for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, Windows vista platforms. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware is an anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the most advanced malwares.

Almost [...]

Windows vista is prone to several virus, Trojans, spyware, Malware and Identity theft attacks. According to Microsoft claims Windows vista is very secure operating system compared to Windows XP, but there are several reports out there Windows Vista is no different than Windows XP and other Windows operating system.

Sometimes Trojan can sneak into your Windows [...]

How to Remove Vundo Trojan from Windows Vista/XP
Trojan Vundo is very common Trojan which attacks Windows XP and Windows Vista PC/laptops. I came to know about this Trojan when strange advertisement pop up start appearing on my Windows Vista desktop.

As i mentioned in my previous posts that my desktop came under Trojan attack by [...]

I have noted this while running ssh using cygwin in Windows vista you can run into path issues, some of the commands wouldn’t work if you launch Cygwin as a normal user not as Administrator.

I tried removing Casino icon from my Windows Vista desktop but that shortcut kept coming back on my Windows Vista desktop making me realized that my PC is still infected with Trojans but all my proactive measures failed to detect it.Also this Trojan created some other Windows vista issues which i noticed later strat happening more frequently .

I booted my Windows vista desktop into safe mode and ran a complete scan and find lot of spyware and adware, I removed all of them and restarted my Windows vista desktop , after running for 4 minutes it Crashed again and I realized I am going to loose my hard drive if my PC is not going to get out of nonstop crashing mode.