RejZoR
April 12th, 2005, 02:04 PM
eXcessive Software proudly presents first generation of PIF file execution protection ;)
PIF Protect gives you a fast and easy way to protect from annoying PIF based malware circulating via e-mail. Files with PIF extension are MS-DOS shortcuts which are obsolete under Windows 2000/XP systems, but still used for popular e-mail worms. Disabling execution of such files won't do any harm to latest NT based systems while preventing majority of e-mail worms from executing in the first place.
IMPORTANT BETA NOTES:
- Windows NT 3 and 4 still not supported (if you can tell me if the PIF execution under these OS is the same (meant as obsolete file type) as under Win2000/XP,mail me about it or tell me here)
- Windows 9x based OS not supported (and will never be) because these OSs still use MS-DOS to execute many applications. Disabling it could break many legitim programs (which are not malware).
It's not perfect,but it should help alot. This protection will make files with PIF extension perfectly useless (double-clicking them won't execute PIF files).
VERY IMPORTANT:
All beta tester,please backup your entire HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry hive before using this program (if you want you can backup entire registry). It shouldn't cause any problems,but backup it just in case.
Don't blame me if something goes wrong and you have no backup!
PIF Protect BETA download:
http://freeweb.siol.net/razor256/downloads/PIF_Protect.zip
Any comments,suggesstions recommended :) Also help me with grammar errors ;)
Best regards
RejZoR - eXcessive Software
PIF Protect gives you a fast and easy way to protect from annoying PIF based malware circulating via e-mail. Files with PIF extension are MS-DOS shortcuts which are obsolete under Windows 2000/XP systems, but still used for popular e-mail worms. Disabling execution of such files won't do any harm to latest NT based systems while preventing majority of e-mail worms from executing in the first place.
IMPORTANT BETA NOTES:
- Windows NT 3 and 4 still not supported (if you can tell me if the PIF execution under these OS is the same (meant as obsolete file type) as under Win2000/XP,mail me about it or tell me here)
- Windows 9x based OS not supported (and will never be) because these OSs still use MS-DOS to execute many applications. Disabling it could break many legitim programs (which are not malware).
It's not perfect,but it should help alot. This protection will make files with PIF extension perfectly useless (double-clicking them won't execute PIF files).
VERY IMPORTANT:
All beta tester,please backup your entire HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry hive before using this program (if you want you can backup entire registry). It shouldn't cause any problems,but backup it just in case.
Don't blame me if something goes wrong and you have no backup!
PIF Protect BETA download:
http://freeweb.siol.net/razor256/downloads/PIF_Protect.zip
Any comments,suggesstions recommended :) Also help me with grammar errors ;)
Best regards
RejZoR - eXcessive Software