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Monday, December 1, 2014
Anti-virus and Nirsoft woes.
My Toshiba laptop came with the TrendMicro OfficeScan anti-virus installed by default under the NUS network admin rights. I have always regretted not opting out of that shit.
Recently, TrendMicro has been giving tons of false alerts on many freeware programs that were already on the device for years. Couldn't uninstall it without the password set by NUS Computer Centre. Was about to bring my computer down to IT Care in school to get it removed, luckily a ex-coursemate from CS1010E told me that the passwords are usually one of the below:
- password
- trend
- trendmicro
- nusadmin
- nus
I don't know how many of the above were actually passwords that they used on computers sold in NUS, but the one that did the trick for me was "trend".
Also, recently Nirsoft has had to remove the command line functionality from his programs, I believe there are none left which have not been replaced by the non-command line versions. This was apparently prompted by Google which is now the self-proclaimed police of the internet.
The command line version was infinitely more useful, and is still available to those who know where to look (for now). I won't post the link as it may cause it to be taken down that much quicker, but here are some hints:
- Look for the last compiled Nirsoft package before 17.09.2014. As of now it is still available for download.
- Have you ever played Zahada? If so, the link can be found somewhere on this page. You know what to do. It is literally right here.
- It is technically freeware, so older versions can be redistributed.
- Ask people from forums like HWZ, PortableFreeware or gHacks to pass you the old versions.
- Ask me to pass you the older versions.
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