Shell Power for NOD32 2.0

Hi Tony, where do I save the "Remove.reg" file to?

I have installed the shell extension without a problem, but that's as far as I know what to do, I would like to add more switches to the command line scanner but also cannot find the location to do this...

Help appreciated

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Just went back and read the first post for a 3rd time, amazing what the eye skips over, just saw the RTF file as documentation, I'm too used to seeing a file like this as part of what is downloaded with the main .exe file.

So I'll now go and have a read and see if I can figure it all out

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For those that aren't so tech savy without a GUI, the following screenshots should help you once you have installed Paolo Monti's Shell Extension.

After installing the Shell Extension, go to the directory it was installed into, and there you will find a file called "Advanced Shell Extension for Nod32"

Click Start
Click Run

 

Type in regedit

 

Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Click on SOFTWARE
Click on NODSE

 

In the right hand window:

Click on Params

 

Double click on Params

 

After the existing switches, you can ADD further switches...

For a list of switches and their functions, see the following thread:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=33275&page=1

Then click OK, and close the registry editor, and there you have it, additional switches placed into Nod32 Advanced Heuristics rightclick option provided by Paolo Monti.

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Blachspear, please forgive my ignorance,but after doing this what will we be able to do with the Shell Extension? Please explain. Thank you.

 

Hi William, this will alllow you to right click on a file/folder and have Nod32 scan using Advanced Heuristics.

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That is a confusing statement unless you read all the above posts very carefully. We ALREADY have right click AH scanning simply by installing the shell extension. I had to read your posts and several above yours more than once because of this last comment of yours. You had me panicked for a moment as I thought that because I had never edited the registry after installing the shell extension back when Paolo first put it up that somehow it had never really scanned using AH. But after reading very carefully again, I see that you need to edit the registry ONLY if you wish to add more commands to right click AH scanning.

Why would you want to add more commands to right click scanning? That is used just to scan one or two files that you have just downloaded and want to execute if they are clean. If you want to scan a bunch with a zillion commands seems to me you would just run the on the demand scanner and use that string that you have posted that I just used that scans every single file on your box using AH. Plus, the ability to scan using normal right click scanning is still there and you can choose it or AH or do both. So, am I missing something here?

 

You are right Mele, you have the ability to use the right click advanced heuristic option immediately after installing the Shell Extension. If you want to place in extra switches you can follow the screenshots that I posted, then if you want to immediately scan your entire drive or a large file using switches that you have added, then you can, without having to set up a schedule...

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I didn't think about the advantage of not needing to set up a schedule if you wanted to scan your entire hard drive that way. So, I can now see a reason for maybe adding those switches in the registry.

BTW, your screen shots/tutorial is really good! (It was just that one comment I found a bit confusing).

 

Is it necessary to change the registry as posted by Tony first?

 

No, you only change the registry using Tony Klein's instructions if you want to get rid of the original NOD 32 shell extension. I left it in the registry, so when I do a right click on a file I want to scan, I get both choices. If you use Tony Klein's instructions, you can then add the original scanning to the command line so you get both with one scan instead of needing to scan twice if you want both the original scan and the AH one. I have to scan twice if I want both types of scans. I usually just use the AH scan. The way I do it may not be ideal, but I do scan the entire hard drive every night using all commands needed to have every single file scanned with both deep heuristics and advanced heuristics as well as signature scanning so I think that is sufficient.

 

Hi, Blackspear

You don't save it, You Right Click it and Click Merge then answer yes.

Which will Remove the keys in the registry.


Hope this Helps,
Take Care,
TheQuest

 

Thanks for that, I'll try it when I get home tonight...

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No Worries Mele, tried to say it, words sometimes need clarifying. I wanted to make the screenshots so anyone could install the shell and any additional switches without confusion, it's very simple when you know how

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Tony says save, you say Right Click, I am unable to follow either...

I copied the files in bold to notepad, I then saved that file to the desktop. If I doubleclick the file it opens notepad, if I right click on it, there is no option available to merge... maybe I'm blonde, but I sure can't get it to do what you are sayiong it should do...

More help appreciated...

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Hi, Blackspear

You have to Save As [Remove.Reg] Which will make Turn Into Registration Entries. [Key]

Save in My Documents. [or anywere of your choice]

Which you can then Right Click it and Click Merge .

Sorry for any confusion.
Take Care,
TheQuest

 

Blackspear,I have gone into the registry to add the switches. I'm not sure which switches to add. Also do they need to be added in any particular order? You have been a great help and I appreciate it.

 

Hi William, take a look at post #46 in the following thread:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=33275&page=2&pp=25

It will give you what I think is a maximum strength scan, though I'm still waiting on a reply regarding the /all switch...

Glad I could be of help

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I now see what was happening, the .txt extension was being added when I saved the file, when I removed that, then it saved the document as a .reg file and now it works

With merging the file I no longer have Nod32 as a right click option, I now only have Nod32 Advanced Heuristic as a right click option

Finally success

Thank you TQ, much appreciated

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Blackspear, if this is the switches do they have to be in this order?/clean /ah /all /subdir+ /heur+ /scanfile+ /scanboot+ /scroll+ /arch+ /pack+ /mapi- /pattern+ /scanboot+ /scanmbr+ /heurdeep /log+ /prompt. Also does heurdeep need to be included with ah ? Thank you for your help.

 

Hi William, the switches don't have to be in any particular order as far as I can tell, and regarding the /heurdeep switch, as far as I can tell it has a different function, again with this I am still waiting on someone from Eset to advise further in the same thread:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=33275&page=2&pp=25

Hope this helps...

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