DOS commands to view WLAN status

I found this command to be very helpful in giving me details about my WLAN and all the WLANs around me.  It allows you to get the channels of all the WLANs around you and their signal strength relative to you.

netsh wlan show networks mode=bssid

For info just about your current connection, enter:

netsh wlan show interface

using combofix in safe mode with command prompt

I was faced with a fakealert virus yesterday that existed in safe mode also, which made cleaning it very difficult. I used the command prompt method I used a couple weeks ago to clean it. Luckily, I was on a network - not sure I would have been able to do this on a stand alone computer. Here were my steps:

[on the virus affected machine]

boot into safe mode with networking

log in as a domain admin

create new local administrator (on the chance that I didn't know the local admin password)

[from another machine in the network that is not infected]

from another machine on the network logged in as a domain admin

go to \\10.0.0.54\c$ (affected computer drive)

create a new folder on the root of C called malware

download newest version of combofix and copy it to \\10.0.0.54\c$\malware

[on the virus affected machine]

reboot into safe mode with command prompt

log in as local administrator

run c:\malware\combofix.exe

You won't be able to install the recovery console, but in the two times I've tried this, it hasn't been a problem.