This tutorial is aimed at people that have had problems with their VMWare Workstation 7 setup.
If you have recieved the message “Cannot change network to bridged: There are no un-bridged host network adaptors” then please follow these instructions to see if it fixes your problem.

There is one method I tried that was quicker and it worked – here is what I did:

1. Make sure vmware workstation is closed
2. Search for vmware workstation in your start menu list and right click on it
3. Click on launch as administrator
4. Accept the prompt
5. Once vmware workstation opens up, go to edit / virtual network editor and it should try and automatically sort out your network settings.
6. This usually does the trick if you are on Windows Vista or Windows 7.
7. If it didnt resolve the matter, then press on restore defaults.
8. Fin

Here is another method:

Virtual Network Editor

Error “Cannot change network to bridged: There are no un-bridged host network adaptors”

• First you need to check whether the VMware driver is installed on your network card. It needs to be ticked. If it is not there click install

• Open Service and click VMware Bridge Protocol to install

• If that does not work. Open the Virutal Network Editor and click Restore
• WARNING: this will reset all network settings as shown in the network editor. BACKUP before doing this

Skype appears to be down, or at the very least it is for a whole lot of users throughout Europe who are tweeting in a ton of different languages about their inability to connect. Many blame Microsoft, and even founder Bill Gates for the downtime, which is sort of strange because the multi-billion dollar acquisition of Skype hasn’t even closed yet.

Anyway, let’s pray that this isn’t a repeat of the Great Skype Outage of December 2010, when the apocalypse appeared nigher than ever.

Funnily enough, a bug in the Microsoft Windows client was to blame for that one.

If you’re affected by the downtime, you’d be well advised to monitor Skype Heartbeat (although it claims things are all working normal at the time of publication) and @Skype.

I’ll be one of those watching closely, because it’s down for me too. Damn you, Microsoft!

Update: around 7 AM Eastern time, the Skype team tweeted that “a small number” of users may be having trouble connecting indeed, and that it’s investigating the cause.

Companies always say only a small subset of users experience problems when they occur.

I have no clue why they insist on pointing that out like it makes a difference.

Update 2: and a Heartbeat blog post for good measure, saying the same.

Update 3: Skype slowly crawling back up for me (7:40 AM Eastern time)

Update 4: Skype now says a configuration problem caused the glitch (8:15 AM Eastern time). The company adds that now that is has identified the cause of the problem, they have begun to address it. The client should reconnect automatically as soon as it’s able to do so.

News thanks to techcrunch.com

How to avoid installing this malware

If any notifications about viruses or security software appear, quit Safari or any other browser that you are using. If a normal attempt at quitting the browser doesn’t work, then Force Quit the browser.

To Force Quit an application, choose Force Quit from the Apple menu (or press Command + Option + Esc), then choose the unresponsive application in the Force Quit window, and click Force Quit.

Alternatively, press and hold Option then right click the application’s icon in the Dock and choose Force Quit from the contextual menu.

Or, in Mac OS X v10.5 or later, press Command + Option + Shift + Esc for three seconds to force quit the front-most application.

In some cases, your browser may automatically download and launch the installer for this malicious software. If this happens, cancel the installation process; do not enter your administrator password. Delete the installer immediately using the steps below.

1. Go into the Downloads folder or your preferred download location.
2. Drag the installer to the Trash.
3. Empty the Trash.

How to remove this malware

DO NOT ever provide your credit card information under any circumstances.

1. Move or close the malware’s Scan Window.
2. Go to the Utilities folder in the Applications folder and launch Activity Monitor.
3. Choose All Processes from the pop up menu in the upper right corner of the window.
4. Under the Process Name column, look for the name of the app and click to select it; common app names include: MacDefender, MacSecurity or MacProtector.
5. Click the Quit Process button in the upper left corner of the window and select Quit.
6. Quit Activity Monitor application.
7. Open the Applications folder.
8. Locate the malware app, i.e. MacDefender, MacSecurity, MacProtector or other name.
9. Drag to Trash, and empty Trash.

Malware also installs a login item in your account in System Preferences. Removal of the login item is not necessary, but you can remove it by following the steps below.

1. Open System Preferences, select Accounts, then Login Items.
2. Select the name of the app you removed in the steps above, i.e. MacDefender, MacSecurity, MacProtector.
3. Click the minus button.

1. Find your PHP version. You will need to know the version when you download the ionCube loaders.
2. Download ionCube loader from: http://www.ionCube.com/loaders.php
3. Download the following version: Windows (x86) — Windows Installer
4. Install ionCube loader to XAMPP at: C:\xampp\htdocs\ioncube
5. Open php.ini with your text editor.

The file is located at C:\xampp\apache\bin\ or C:\xampp\php\. [or differently path if you installed xampp in a different directory]
Add the following line before any other zend_extension statements.

zend_extension = “C:\xampp\htdocs\ioncube\ioncube_loader_win_5.3.dll”

And Save the file.

• Run (or restart) XAMPP
• Open the folling link http://localhost/ioncube/loader-wizard.php
• Remove the Wizard script from your server now that the ionCube Loader is installed.