Archive for March, 2008

Verify Downloads Easily [HashTab]

March 27, 2008

“HashTab is a Windows shell extension which adds a tab called “File Hashes” to the Windows Explorer file properties. The tab contains the MD5, SHA1 and CRC-32 file hashes. These are common hashes that are used to verify the integrity and authenticity of files. Many download sites list the MD5 hash along with the download link. The HashTab makes it very simple for Windows users to check these hashes on any file on the system without using external tools. ” - Beeblebrox.org

The screenshot below shows an example:

If you want to easily compare hashes of files but don’t mind installing a software to do it, then HashTab is an excellent choice. Alternatively, you can download HashCalc.

Suspicious Autorun.inf Detected!

March 21, 2008

Looking for the ‘Start Scan’ option or Autorun Eater seems to be silent?

Autorun Eater monitors all your *drives in real-time, so there’s no need for an option to scan a specific drive.

The ‘detection message box’ ONLY appears when a suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file is present in any of the drives. If nothing appears, your drives is probably void of any ‘autorun.inf’ file(s). Just to be safe, scan the drive with an updated anti-virus app if you doubt it’s safe to access.

The ‘detection message box’ looks like this:


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From the message box you get details like which drive was cleaned, whether the suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ was successfully removed or not and what suspicious files are present so you can manually remove them if needed.

You don’t have to worry about starting the scan or any other options you need to tweak. Autorun Eater is designed to be as hands-free as possible so that you, the user, can concentrate on your work.

*Drives A: and B: must be manually scanned, CD/DVD drives are not scanned. If in doubt, you can prevent CD/DVDs from auto-playing by holding down your keyboard’s Shift key when you insert the CD/DVD.

Autorun Eater v2.2

March 15, 2008

The latest Autorun Eater is here!

Autorun Eater v2.2

Added: Option to scan drives A: & B: manually.

Changed: Minor tweaks to the scanning engine.

Changed: Minor tweaks to program behaviour.

Changed: Improved CPU usage.

[Fixed]: ‘No Disk Error’ when empty removable USB devices are plugged-in(eg. card reader).

You can install the new version over the old version(exit 2.1 first).

If you enjoy using Autorun Eater, please feel free to donate.

MD5 Checksum: 0f9adf9cbf84e1994d382b49b5c909de

[DOWNLOAD AUTORUN EATER V2.2]

Verify Downloads Easily [HashCalc]

March 5, 2008

Not sure if you downloaded the right version of Autorun Eater? Annoyed by the ‘file is corrupted’ error message and many other numerous file problems downloaded from the internet?

You can avoid these problems by verifying the file, well, by simply checking if the MD5 checksum matches the one posted by us. The MD5 checksum is unique for each file, just like our fingerprint.

You can easily check the checksum by downloading a free MD5 calculator tool like Slavasoft’s HashCalc.

If you don’t like the idea of having to install it, you can download the portable version HERE(extracted from the installation directory, minus the help file).

Now you can easily verify if you have the latest version of Autorun Eater. :)