MikesWhatsNews 17, 02, 2005
in today's issue #768
Mydoom Virus Returns
2 XPSP2 Troubleshooting Installation
3 Yahoo! Toolbar Beta for Mozilla Firefox Browser
4 Acronym Finder
5 Gmail Tips
6 Medical-Transcription-References/Google-Lesson
7 Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier
8 CCC X-Fonter
9 Revert the Start menu to classic Windows style
10 Understanding MultiBooting
11 Adding Microsoft Fax
12 Microsoft Plans New Browser Version IE7
HackFix Updates
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Mydoom Virus Returns

Trend Micro; WORM_MYDOOM.BB
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=3DWORM_MYDO=
OM.BB

As of February 16, 2005, 05:31 PM
(GMT - 08:00, Pacific Standard Time)
Trendlabs received numerous reports of new samples of the
mass mailer WORM_MYDOOM.M, rapidly spreading in Singapore
and in the U.S. Earlier samples of this worm are known to be
compressed using UPX. However, new samples recieved by
Trend Micro have been found to be compressed using MEW.
These new samples are now detected as WORM_MYDOOM.BB.

Reference;
Agnitum; mydoom-o.html
www.agnitum.com/news/mydoom-o.html

Computer Associates: Win32.Mydoom.AU
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?id=3D41813

McAfee: W32/Mydoom.bb@MM
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_131856.htm

Secunia: Mydoom.bb
http://secunia.com/virus_information/15470/

Sophos; w32mydoomo
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydoomo.html

Symantec; w32.mydoom.ax@mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mydoom.ax@mm.htm=
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XPSP2 Troubleshooting Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/atkin_04nov23.mspx

Denny Atkin, a writer for the Windows User Assistance group, explains how=
to prevent
and troubleshoot blue screens when upgrading to SP2.
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3
Yahoo! Toolbar Beta for Mozilla Firefox Browser
http://toolbar.yahoo.com/firefox
Requires Firefox 1.0 for Windows
Search the Web from anywhere online
Easily discover and add RSS feeds to My Yahoo!
Customize and access your Toolbar from any PC
Anti-Spy for Firefox coming soon
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Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Find out what those acronyms and abbreviations stand for...

The web's most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and=
initialisms.
387,000+ definitions!
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Gmail Tips
http://g04.com/misc/GmailTipsComplete.html
In an effort to provide easier access to my Gmail Tips, here are all of the=
Gmail Tips that I posted on my GmailTips.com Web site. Some of these Gmail=
Tips may be outdated, but they represent the entire collection. Please=
feel free to visit GmailTips.com and have a look around, and don't=
hesitate to contribute any new, relevant content!
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Medical-Transcription-References/Google-Lesson
I was sent this link on how to search for medical info;
http://renesue.com/Medical-Transcription-References/Google-Lesson.htm

Thanks to;Rennie
Owner, MT Netizens (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/mtnetizens)
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Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier Current Version 1.9 free

OS Supported Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP
Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files=
from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give=
errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every=
readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method=
most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not=
recoverable in the end.
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

X-Fonter
http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/xfonter.html
Shareware (* See note below)

Free Font Manager with In-built Text Graphics Editor
It has a built-in graphics editor that allows you to easily create many=
enhanced text effects and save the
resulting graphics file for the web or email use. The editor is=
surprisingly effective and produced, within
its limited range, effects as good as I can manage with Photoshop.
There isn't much documentation showing how to use the graphics editor but=
it's pretty easy to figure out
through experimentation.

Be sure to also check out the other programs available on this site
http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/

*Note The main software page indicates program is Freeware
however on information page states Shareware ($20.00).
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Revert the Start menu to classic Windows style

Microsoft has designed a new two-column Start menu for its windows XP=
operating system to provide you with
quicker access to the programs and features you use most often. However, if=
you find that this new, larger Start
menu is occupying too much space, you can easily change it back to the=
classic, one-column Start menu from
previous versions of Windows.

All you need to do is right-click on the Start menu button and choose=
Properties from the shortcut menu.
Next, in the Taskbar And Start Menu Properties dialog box, select the Start=
menu tab, and then select the
Classic Start Menu option button. You'll see a preview of the classic=
Windows Start menu in the preview pane
at the top of the screen. Then, click Apply and OK, and your Start menu=
will revert back to the Start menu
you're used to in previous Windows operating systems.


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Understanding MultiBooting and Booting Windows from an Extended Partition
by Dan Goodell
http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/index.htm
A personal computer normally has one operating system (OS) installed, such=
as MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows XP, etc. "Multibooting" is the process of=
installing more than one OS on a computer and selecting at startup which=
OS to use. Selection of the OS is made through a boot loader or boot=
manager when the computer first starts up, and then the selected OS boots=
up normally.

The purpose of this document is to help you understand the inner workings=
of the multiboot process. It is not a "HOW-TO" guide with step-by-step=
instructions you can blindly follow without understanding what you are=
doing. It is certainly possible to install a multibooting setup without=
understanding all this (and many people have successfully done so), but=
the information provided here is intended for the user who likes to=
understand how things work. To find step-by-step instructions elsewhere on=
the web, search google or yahoo with search terms like "dual-boot" or=
"multibooting", or see the links section for some selected multiboot=
scenarios.
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11
Adding Microsoft Fax

If you have the need for a Fax and are using Windows 98 you can add it.
Look in the Win98 CD in the Tools\Oldwin95\Message\US directory.
Run AWFAX.EXE to install Microsoft Fax
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Microsoft Plans New Browser Version IE7
www.theregister.com/2005/02/15/gates_rsa_2005/

RSA 2005 Information security concerns have prompted Microsoft to release a=
new version of Internet Explorer before the next version of Windows ships.=
Contrary to previous plans, Microsoft will release IE7 as a beta in "early=
summer" 2005. Longhorn, the next iteration of Windows, isdue late next=
year.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates today said IE7 will offer Windows XP SP2=
advances in defending against phishing and malware but failed to go into=
any details. IE7 will also be included in Longhorn but its availability on=
other platforms remains unclear.
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HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (02/17/2005)

Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.
Our time schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a
specific time on any day so we will continue to send them on
Thursdays to help our readers to remember to update before
leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).
We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Feb 1717005
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 Feb 17/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.avast.com/
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 Feb 16/2005
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 Feb 17/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://207.230.103.11/public/updates/updates.asp
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 Feb 14/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Feb 17/2005
To update your software
http://www3.ca.com/support/vicdownload/
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates
would not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
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GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated: Feb 17/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=3DDaily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
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Grisoft Inc.

AVG
Announcing the End of Support for AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 (Feb 15,
2005)
Read more here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)

Last updated Feb 17/2005
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 Feb 17/2005
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 Feb 17/2005
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 Feb 12/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.kaspersky.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 Feb 16/2005
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 Feb 17/2005
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 Feb 17/2005
To update your software
Visit:
http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=3D19&s_id=3D3
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 Feb 17/2005
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 Feb 17/2005
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 Feb 17/2005
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
6pm (eastern) to keep you up to date on virus pattern updates
available. Virus patterns are checked for most recent update
date as of 6pm Thursdays.

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