LSASS is an abbreviation for Local Security Authority Subsystem Service. LSASS is one of many processes that operate in the background during a Windows session. The purpose of this specific process however, is to monitor and enforce certain security policies.

You’re currently in the middle of a very important project that must be completed within a given deadline. You drive ever so closely to completing the Access database or spreadsheet, minutes pass and the project is finally finished, all that’s left for you to do is email it out to your business partner(s) or employer(s). You click on the save icon in hopes of saving your work, when your greeted with the dreaded “runtime error 13”.

In this tutorial I intend to inform my readers on the Google redirect virus and how to effectively rid your system of it using the same method I used. One thing you should keep in mind however is that your ability or inability to successfully eliminate this virus depends greatly on you following through with my instructions in its entirety. The Google redirect virus is a fairly notable virus that is designed to redirect your traffic to other, usually malicious websites.

The definition of the DNS or Domain Name System is that of a hierarchical setup for services, nodes and resources that are tied to a private network or the internet. Through this system, internetworked information is distributed amongst peers using this domain name system. However, the most important aspect of its functionality is its ability to translate a meaningful domain name into binary or numerical identifiers.

Code 37 is an error that occurs when you attempt to connect a peripheral to your computer. This error most commonly occurs when attempting to use a USB device, though it’s not isolated to this particular communication bus. Errors that occur within the device manager go through a particular process which may result in the OS reporting an error if it fails to complete its routine.

Around the early 1960’s SPOOL software was used for the purpose of copying a file from one medium to another, such as a tape to printer or punch card to tape, with card-to-card copying also being frequently performed. It wasn’t until IBM introduced the 1401 (which was a more advanced decimal computer) that the use of the SPOOL software began to wane.

Winsock is short for Windows Socket and is an application programming interface or API that is used by developers to create applications that communicate with other computer systems through the TCP/IP protocol. Both Windows 95 and Windows NT come with a DLL file called winsock.dll, it’s this file that does the mediation between the application and the internet protocol.

The generic host process is a service for 32-bit Windows operating systems. Its purpose is to monitor all the services running in the background to ensure the smooth sailing of the OS. If you know what the Windows Task Manager is, then it’s likely that you have encountered the Windows process called svchost.exe.