I coerced myself into adminning a Windows XP for a relative, and when I started scanning it, I found a huge load of viruses and RATs. Wow. There was even something in the MBR. This gave me a lot of problem, because I now had to restore the MBR to get rid of the trojan.
How to do this? There is actually a great free tool here: Ambience.sk. It’s a lifesaver for Windows XP, which I am glad I don’t have to admin anymore.
There’s an alternative way to get data for the XP install from Microsoft.
Sometimes iTunes will throw an error saying “iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPhone”. This can be an extremely frustrating error, especially since iTunes will want to restore a device, deleting all the new media and settings since the last restoration.
This is usually caused by a corrupt database in iTunes or on the iPhone. If the problem is iTunes, a reinstall of the program will usually fix this error.
If the problem is on the iPhone, users will need to follow these steps:
/var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/iTunes or search for “iTunesDB” or “iTunesCDB”Music will be lost with this method, but everything else will remain.
In my experience, these errors occur most frequently when non-Apple programs are used to modify or backup media on the iPhone.
References
Apple Forums