RUN STANDARD DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS

ITEM 1 – Diagnose Software

Name: Advanced Registry Optimizer

Use: The ARO – Scans for and removes or repairs invalid entries, from the windows registry.
– Compact and defragments the Windows Registry.
– Identifies registry tweaks that may improve PC performance.
– Manage registry backups for disaster recovery.
ARO Quotes that its diagnostic tool can “Keep your Registry error-free, optimized and backed up”.
Manufacturer:
- Vendor = Sammsoft
- Vendors Web = http://www.sammsoft.com
Information:
- Price = $29.95 / yr
- Size = 3.04 MB
- Languages = English (only)
- OS = Windows 2000, Windows XP
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Name: Advanced System Care
Use: The ASC – Helps protect, repair, clean and optimize your PC.
– Speeds up PC performance and internet access.
– Hard Drive defrag
– PC Security
– Fixes multiple system errors.
ASC Quotes that their diagnostic tool can “Repair, tune and maintain your PC for you, using their award
winning registry cleaners”.
Manufacturer:
- Vendor = IObit
- Vendor’s Web = http://www.iobit.com
Information:
- Languages = Albanian, Brasil, Czech, Dansk, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian,
Italiano, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Srpski, Svenska, Swedish, Turkish,
Ukrainian, Valencian, 简体中文, 繁體中文.
- Size = 7.15 MB
- Price = $19.95 / 3 yr
- OS = Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 (32 bit or 64 bit).
- Hardware Requirements = 300 MHz processor or faster processor, 256 MB of RAM, 30 MB of free hard disk
space
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Name: Wise Disk Cleaner
Use: The Wise Disk Cleaner
– Find and delete junk files from your hard drive to free up more space. 
– Disk Scrubber which allows you to permanently delete files from the hard drive
– Deleted file Recovery which recovers accidently deleted files on NTFS partitions.
Manufacturer:
- Vendor = Download Atlas
- Vendor’s Web = http://www.downloadatlas.com
Information:
- Language = English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish,
Swedish, Turkish
- OS = Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista (64 bit).
- Price = $29.95
- Size = 1.91MB
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Name: Registry Repair Wizard
Use: the Registry Repair Wizard
– Defeat Internet Explorer Hijack and Homepage Hijack
– Full Windows Registry Backup and Restore
– Repair and Clean Windows Registry
Manufacturer:
- Company = Smart PC Tools
- Company Web = http://www.registryrepair.net
Information:
- OS = supports Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000, ME and Windows 98.
- Price = - $29.95 (one year)
- $47.50 (life time)
- $89.50 (life time/5 computers)
- Size = 3.39MB
- Hardware requirments = Internet Explorer 5.0 (IE) or above, 10MB Free disk space and 32MB memory.
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 Analysis of Diagnostic Software

Advanced Registry Optimizer

Good
It scans and fixes problems, is easy and simple to use,
it scans for and removes or repairs invalid entries
from the windows registry, it can compact and defrag
the windows registry, it will identify registry tweaks
that may improve PC performance, and it will also
manage registry backups for disaster recovery.
Bad
the bad of the this programme is that it will only fix
100 problems with out registering, there is no help
offered to people who need it and you can not have a
copy of the error reports.

Advanced System Care

Good Bad
The programme is simple and easy to use, it speeds Does not show the files that are currently being fixed
up PC performance and internet access, hard drive or scanned.
defrag, offers PC security and fixes multiple system
errors, user manual is easily available.

Wise Disk Cleaner

Good Bad
The programme can find and delete junk files from Not a lot to work with, the programme is hard to use
your hard drive to free up more space, uses a disk and is not very simple in its design, files are hard to
Scrubber which allows you to permanently delete files find.
from the hard drive and deleted file Recovery which
recovers accidently deleted files on NTFS partitions

Registry Repair Wizard

Good
The RRW can stop Internet Explorer Hijack and
Homepage Hijack, can do full Windows Registry
Backup and Restore and can also repair and
Clean Windows Registry
Bad
This has to many different sections and it takes to
long to use, the trial will not even let you fix errors, or
even view them prperlly.

Customer Recommendation
I recommend that you use the Advanced system care for a Diagnostic software as this programme is the
simplest to use, doesn’t take to long to load and will optimize, fix and backup your system for you, it has a
scheduling system so you wont even have to open the program to use it, this programme will only cost you
$19.95 for 3 years.
 ITEM 2 – Diagnostic Card

Name: P.H.D. PCI2

Use: P.H.D PCI2 offers a range of applications from:
 Standard Diagnostic Mode;
- This allows you to perform component level motherboard testing.
 Forced Diagnostic Mode;
- This testing mode allows a seemingly DEAD motherboard or motherboard that doesn’t successfully
complete POST to boot and perform diagnostics without the need for System Memory, BIOS, or Video
to be present.
 Extended Diagnostic Mode;
- This is an easy-to-use, program allowing a large selection of tests on a system’s core components and
peripherals including – Memory, CPU, Motherboard, Storage Drives, Network, I/O Ports.
P.H.D. PCI2 provides the ability to test core hardware components as well as perform complete peripheral
testing comprehensively from inside a system; the result is more efficient diagnosis, reduced cost of
unneeded replacement parts
Manufacturer:
Web = http://www.uxd.com
Company = Ultra X inc
Information:
Price: $995.00
 ITEM 3 – Identify Different Viruses

Name: Stoned.Angelina
Virus type: System Sector Virus
What does the virus do?
The Angelina Virus is a system virus discovered, October 1995 by Seagate Technology. This particular virus
infects the fixed disk partition table. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and
then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program or overlay files.
How would you clean your computer of the virus?

1. Shut down Windows, and then turn off the power. Do not simply press the reset button.
2. Wait 30 seconds for memory to be cleared.
3. Do one of the following:

 If you have a NAV 2001 (or later) CD and your computer can boot from the CD-ROM drive:
1. Insert the NAV CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. Restart the computer, and follow the prompts.
3. Choose to repair all infections.
4. Remove the floppy disk, and then restart the computer.
5. Start Norton AntiVirus, and run a full system scan.

 If you have a current Rescue Disk set or you can create one on an uninfected computer:
1. Insert the first, write-protected disk of the Rescue Disk set into the floppy disk drive.
2. Restart the computer, and follow the prompts.
3. Choose to repair all infections.
4. Remove the floppy disk, and then restart the computer.
5. Start Norton AntiVirus, and run a full system scan.

 If you do not have a clean Rescue disk or a NAV 2001 (or later) CD:
1. Insert an uninfected, write-protected, bootable disk that also contains the FDISK
program into the floppy disk drive, and then restart the computer.
2. Type the following, and then press Enter: fdisk /mbr
3. Remove the floppy disk, and then restart the computer.
4. Start Norton AntiVirus, and run a full system scan.

Name: nakedwife.exe
Virus type: File Virus
What does the virus do?
The nackedwife.exe virus is a file virus discovered on the 6th march, 2001. It was received as an Email
attachment named nakedwife.exe, what appeared to be a Macromedia Flash movie was really a virus that
destroyed critical system files - making your system unusable.
This virus will also once received and infected your system attach its self to all out going Emails.

How would you clean your computer of the virus?

Ensure that the latest virus scanner is installed on the computer. Remove the file NakedWife.EXE from your
computer and e-mail to prevent the file to be run in the future.

Name: 097W/jerk

Virus type: Macro virus

What does the virus do?
The jerk virus is a Macro virus that was discovered on the 20 th April, 200. This particular virus does a few
different things to your computer;
- Displays a message on the 14th of months June - December. The message box is titled "Class.Poppy"
and the message displayed is "I think (insert username) is a big stupid jerk!"
- Infects Word's global template and all open workbooks in Excel. As subsequent Word documents are
used, they are infected upon closing.
How would you clean your computer of the virus?

Disabling the System Restore Utility (Windows XP Users)

1. Right click the My Computer icon on the Desktop and click on Properties.
2. Click on the System Restore tab.
3. Put a check mark next to 'Turn off System Restore on All Drives'.

4. Click the 'OK' button.

5. You will be prompted to restart the computer. Click Yes.