MikesWhatsNews, 12, 12, 2003
in today's issue #711
HackFix Updates
2 ScanDefrag 4.2
3 Longhorn Alpha Preview 3
4 System Recovery With Knoppix
5 Note-it Post-it Notes
6 Easy Thumbnails
7 BrowserSpy
8 CCC Just for Kids Who Love Books
9 Using the Windows Key
10 Proper Configuration for Linksys Access Points
11 Change the Name of A Folder
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Finjan Software Finds Security Flaw In Yahoo E-mail Service
Vulnerability Note VU#707100
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/707100
Multiple web-based email services fail to filter malicious characters when
the message contains cascading style sheet character escaping
Overview
An attacker can send a specially crafted email message to a victim
containing malicious scripting (JavaScript, VBScript, JScript, etc.), active
content, or potentially HTML. When a victim views the message with scripting
enabled, the victim's browser will then interpret this javascript which can
lead to several impacts.
++ There is more on the web site.
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (12/11/2003)


All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some
companies manufacture more then one product.


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.esafe.com/esafe/downloads/virusig.asp
Or
From the Esafe folder in your Start Menu select Download Updates
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AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.avast.com/i_kat_69.html
Or
Right click on the AVAST icon in the system tray, Select iAVS Update,
AVAST will check for updates and download the appropriate files as needed.
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Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
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Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.quickheal.com/winupg.htm
Or
Open Quickheal select Utility from the top toolbar and liveupdate.
Follow the onscreen prompts.
Alternately you can select Liveupdate directly from the
QuickHeal program menu on the startmenu.
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Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
http://support.cai.com/Download/virussig.html
Or
From the Respective folder in your Start Menu select Autodownload

For Vet Anti virus
http://www.vet.com.au/html/software/update.html

Be sure to have your Customer ID and your registered email address
handy for verification.

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GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated: Dec 11/2003
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
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Grisoft Inc.

AVG
Last updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
Or
Open AVG and click Virus Database to check for updates
Or
Open AVG control centre and click Update Manager/update now

**Note: To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
Open AVG control centre->update manager->download from server. The
drop downbox should have listed www.grisoft.com (default) and
www.grisoft.cz. (be sure to select "apply" when done to save the changes)
The default site is most often used so can at times become temporarily
unavailable. By using the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz) helps to ease
the server and makes your update go quicker as most don't use it!
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H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html
Or
Open AntiVir, from the top toolbar select Tools->
start internet update and follow the on screen prompts.


Vexira
Last updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.html
Or
Open Vexira, from the top toolbar select Tools->
start internet update and follow the on screen prompts.

Vexira Antivirus is marketed by Central Command however it is the same
program as Antivir with only a different name.
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Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Dec 05/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.kasperskylabs.com/updates.asp
Or
Open AVP from the top toolbar click Tools-> Update virus definition
Or
From the Kaspersky folder in your Start Menu select AVP updater


*Note* Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update. Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

**Note: Improved update accessiblity. To ease the update web traffic
Kaspersky labs has additional servers for autoupdating. The program
defaults to use one server but can be altered to check a variety of
servers. Select Kaspersky updater, select update via the internet to
open the drop down box(es) select "location" Check the box labeled
"Use alternate locations from the list" select next and next to update.
This option should stay selected after the first time. This helps
Kaspersky lighten the load for updates and helps you obtain updates
easier.
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Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Dec 10/2003
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.asp
(for Virus and Engine updates)


Drsolomn (Product no longer available for new users however
updates still available for current users): Go to the following
Internet site: http://download.mcafee.com/updates/4x.asp
IMPORTANT: When you get to this site you may notice that it refers
to VirusScan. This update is not only for VirusScan. It also works
with Dr.Solomon's.

Or
Open your respective software virus scan scheduler, double click
Auto update, click Run Now to do a manual live update, or click
Schedule to set up a timed live update.
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Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit:
http://www.norman.com/downloads.shtml#definition_files_updates
Be sure to have your Valid Username and password handy for verification.
Or
From the Norman folder in your Start Menu select Internet Update

**Note Norman Virus Control web updates are only for version prior to
5.0. Norman 5.0 can only be updated via the update in the program itself.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
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Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov 06/01)
Last Updated Dec 05/2003
To update your software
Visit:
http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=19&s_id=3
Or
Open BitDefender select Protection Options->live upgrade
Or
From the BitDefender folder in your Start Menu select Bitdefender Live

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
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Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Dec 11/2003
To obtain the latest IDE files
Visit: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/

**Note: Sophos does not update as other products do. They update
the Engine/software once a month (or so) to include all the previous
IDE files. New IDE files are available with new virus threats and must
be downloaded individually until the next software update is available.
Our update dates reflect the most recent available IDE file.
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Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/defs.download.html
select your language -> product from the list
Or
Open Nortons software and click the "live update" button
Or
From the Nortons folder in your Start Menu select
LiveUpdate - Norton Antivirus
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Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Dec 11/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
Be sure to have your Registration number handy for verification
Or
Open PcCillin click Update then click Update Now (or Update later
to Schedule a timed update)
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If there is an Anti Virus program that is Not listed here that
you would like to see added to the weekly updates list Please
feel free to let us know.

Remember Your anti virus software is only as good as the user...
If you don't keep it updated it won't provide you with maximum
protection.

This weekly Update will be sent every Thursday on or after
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available. Virus patterns are checked for most recent update
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ScanDefrag 4.2 free
http://www.blueorbsoft.com/scandefrag/index.html
In conjunction with the ScanDefrag Team, the original ScanDefrag script is
now available as a full Windows GUI version!

ScanDefrag is a small windows application that configures Microsoft's or
Norton's disk utilities as part of the next Windows' startup process. This
can result in less restarts and cleaner runs of these programs.
++ There is more on the web site.
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Longhorn Alpha Preview 3: Build 4015
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/longhorn_4015.asp
With Windows Server 2003 behind us, it's time to turn our attention to the
more exciting world of desktop computing, where Microsoft is slowly plowing
through pre-beta milestones of Longhorn, it's follow-up to Windows XP. Due
in late 2004 or early 2005, Windows Longhorn will offer sweeping changes
over its predecessors and be the most significant release of Microsoft's
desktop operating system since Windows 95. For developers, consumers, and
business users alike, Longhorn is going to be huge. I've written a lot about
this intriguing release (see my original Longhorn alpha preview and Longhorn
alpha preview 2 for more information) but I present this third Longhorn
alpha preview with some reluctance. Frankly, Longhorn hasn't changed much
since the last alpha build I examined, and it's unclear what all the
excitement is about. But 2003 is going to be a big year for Longhorn
information, starting with an interesting little trade show next week in New
Orleans. So here, at last, is my look at Longhorn build 4015. Suffice to
say, things are going to start picking up soon.
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4
System Recovery With Knoppix
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-knopx.html?
What to do when good disks go bad by; Carla Schroder

This article shows how to access a non-booting Linux system with a Knoppix
CD, get read-write permissions on configuration files, create and manage
partitions and filesystems, and copy files to various storage media and over
the network. You can use Knoppix for hardware and system configuration
detection and for creating and managing partitions and filesystems. You can
do it all from Knoppix's excellent graphical utilities, or from the command
line.
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Note-it Post-it Notes free
http://www.sureshotsoftware.com/noteit/index.html
Note-it Post-it Notes provide you with a quick and easy way to organize your
ideas, just like the paper Postit Notes floating on your desktop. In other
words it is the perfect replacement of the classic yellow sticky note on
your desktop. With sticky notes reminders on your PC desktop you will never
forget the most important meetings, ideas and thoughts

Note-it Post-it Notes is implemented in the cross-platform language Java an
will run on any operating system supporting Java, such as Windows
95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP, Unix, Linux and Machintosh.

Note-it Post-it Notes requires Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or higher.
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Easy Thumbnails
http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/index.php?2.6
Windows 95/98/2000/NT4/Me/XP
a popular free utility for creating accurate thumbnail images and
scaled-down/up copies from a wide range of popular picture formats. An
elegant interface makes it a snap to find your images and select them for
processing individually, in groups, or in whole folders, using a
simple file selector and built-in image viewer. You can use slider controls
to rotate images and adjust their contrast, brightness, sharpness and
quality, and check out the results with the built-in viewer
Key Features
Scale images up or down in batches
Nine resampling filters, including Lanczos3
Sharpen soft images from digital cameras
Real-time preview of target image
Supports the new JPEG 2000 image format
Preserves EXIF data in JPEG images
Supports lossless JPEG rotation
Free software producing quality results
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7
BrowserSpy
http://gemal.dk/browserspy/
BrowserSpy can tell you all kinds of detailed information about you and your
browser. Stuff like the version of your browser. What kind of things it
supports and what it doesn't support. Furthermore it can provide you
detailed information about JavaScript, Java, Plug-ins, Components,
Bandwidth, Language, Screen, Hardware, IP, Cookies, Web Server, and much
more.
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Just for Kids Who Love Books

http://www3.sympatico.ca/alanbrown/

"Are you a kid? Do you like reading books?
Here you can find out about your favorite authors (like Roald Dahl),
favorite titles and favorite series (like Harry Potter) as well as book
reviews."
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Using the Windows Key

The Windows key can be used in conjunction with other keys to act as a
keyboard shortcut for faster access to menu commands. Now,
while the Alt key tends to open program menus (ex: Alt+F opens the File menu
and Alt+E opens the Edit menu) and the Ctrl key
performs actual operations (ex: Ctrl+C will copy and Ctrl+V will paste), the
Windows key will open various Windows tools.

Windows key + R will open the Start menu's Run box
Windows key + F will open the Start menu's Find window
Windows key + E will quickly launch Explorer
Windows key + Pause/Break will open the System Properties window
Windows key + M will Minimize all windows
Windows key + Shift + M will undo Minimize all windows
Windows key + D will switch between minimizing all open programs and showing
them all
Windows key + Tab will cycle through items on the taskbar
Windows key by itself will open the Start menu

You can also open programs or folders on your desktop by pressing the
Windows key + the first letter of the program/folder/shortcut
+ Enter.
Sounds kinda tedious, but if you're in a bind with your mouse, it can come
in quite handy.

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Proper Configuration for Linksys Access Points
http://www.worldwidewardrive.org/linksys/linksys1.html
Proper configuration of a Linksys Access Point can be accomplished in four
simple steps:
1. Assign a Unique Service Set Identifier (SSID)
2. Enable and require use of128 bit Wired Equivalnet Privacy (WEP).
3. Filter access by MAC address.
4. Disable SSID broadcast.
This page will give step by step instructions for accomplishing these four
steps. It should be noted that no access point can ever be 100% secure.
These steps will, however, provide reasonable protection for the home user
as well as a "No Trespassing" sign for WarDrivers.
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Mike's Friday Tip ~ Change the Name of A Folder

Sometime you may wish to change the name of a folder.

In Windows there is more than one way;

You can right click on the folder and text box that drops down, click on
'Rename'.
Then type the new name you want for for the folder and click on the 'Enter'
key.

Highlight the folder with a single click and press the F2 key in the top row
of your keyboard.
Type in the new name and press enter.

Single click on the name of the folder then wait one second and click it
again.
The name will be blue in the text box, start typing in the new name and
click anywhere in the window to complete the change.
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