MikesWhatsNews 01, 05, 2005
in today's issue #774

2 Mp3 Tutorial
3 Unix Tips
4 Sent To Toys 2.3
5 SecureMac
6 Prevx Home
7 Codec Checker Utility
8 CCC Teach a Child to Read
9 New Wave
10 CIS web100 based Network Diagnostic Tool
11 Finding Product Keys
HackFix Updates
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2
Mp3 Tutorial
music downloads. http://www.mp3newswire.net/
This site offers a tutorial on getting started with downloaded music, as well as
detailed reviews
of new players and links to sites that still offer free
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Unix Tips
http://www.unixtips.org/

"An informative tips site for all *nix users."
Thanks to Christy
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4
Send To Toys 2.3 Freeware.
http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/#sendtotoys

For Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, and XP.
Send To Toys is an enhancement of the Send To system menu:

- "Add to Send To menu" and "Remove from Send To menu" allows you to personalize
the Send To
system menu for drives, folders, and programs.

- Send To "Clipboard (as name)" copies the name of the file or files to the
clipboard.
Hold down the CTRL key to change the settings for this extension.

- Send To "Command Prompt" opens a DOS console window, setting the current
directory to the selected folder.

- Send To "Favorites" adds a shortcut to your Favorites list. Hold down the CTRL
key for the Add Favorites system dialog.

- Send To "Folder..." sends a file or files to another folder, you will be shown
a dialog box that lets you choose where the files should be copied. To move the
files press and hold down the SHIFT key.
The creation of a new folder is not supported on Windows 95, 98, and NT.

- Send To "Run..." sends a file or files to the Run command dialog.

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5
SecureMac.com
http://securemac.com/
Welcome to SecureMac.com, a site devoted to Apple Macintosh security and Mac OS
X Security!
Use the Side Bar to navigate the site, check this page frequently for updates
and new security products for the Mac OS!
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Prevx Home
http://www.prevx.com/prevxhome.asp
Prevx Home anonymously and automatically transmits threat data each time an
attack is made on your PC. This threat data is used to drive the new "ask the
audience" feature that helps users make the decision to accept or deny each
security event alert

Prevx plans to market a range of services providing information on Internet
Threats to corporate customers, ISPs, security vendors, rating organizations and
other interested parties. Prevx analyzes this threat data to track the emergence
and spread of new security threats. So like our corporate customers, you benefit
from the continual improvements made to the security policies that are such an
integral part of our security solutions.

Protect yourself and play your part in fighting cyber crime. Download Prevx Home
– there’s no need to provide any personal information or to register your
product.
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7
Codec Checker Utility
http://www.updatexp.com/sherlock-codec-detective.html
This FREE utility will allow you to verify what Video and Audio codec's you have
installed on your computer, what versions and are they broken or not.

This is an invaluable tool for helping troubleshooting any music and video
problems you may be having!

Print out the results or even send to a text file so that you can then copy and
paste the information for newsgroup support.
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy; http://www.1stpick.org

Teach a Child to Read

http://www.succeedtoread.com/

Dedicated to the thousands of children who need to improve their reading skills,
and to their
parents who want to help them succeed.

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9
New Wave

OK, you've downloaded some wave files and you would like to use them in your
sound scheme.
How do you do it? Well, it's easy!

1. First, click your Start button, Settings, Control panel (XP users, hit the
Start button, Control
Panel). You should see an icon for either Sounds or Sounds & Audio Devices.
Double-click it.

2. A screen will be displayed that allows you to change your sounds (XP users
will need to hit
the Sounds tab). Select the event from the "Events" box that you would like
to add your custom
sound to.

As an example, if you would like to change the sound you hear when Windows
starts, you would
select the "Start Windows" item.

FYI - If an item has a little speaker next to it, it means it has a sound
associated with it (you can
still change it). If there is no speaker, the event currently doesn't have a
sound associated with it,
but you can certainly add one.

3. Click the Browse button and head to wherever you downloaded your .wav file.
Select the file and hit OK.

That should do it. Click the Preview or Play button to hear the new sound you've
selected.

If you decide to change a bunch of the sounds, you may want to save the sound
scheme.
To do so, just click the Save As button on the sound properties screen. A box
will display
that allows you to give your new sound scheme a name.

Once finished, your sound scheme will be listed with all the others in the sound
scheme drop down box.

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10
ANL - CIS web100 based Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT)
http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/
Located at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois U.S.A.; 1000 Mbps
(Gigabit Ethernet) network connection
This java applet was developed to test the reliablity and operational status of
your desktop computer and network connection. It does this by sending data
between your computer and this remote NDT server. These tests will determine:
The slowest link in the end-to-end path (Dial-up modem to 10 Gbps
Ethernet/OC-192)
The Ethernet duplex setting (full or half);
If congestion is limiting end-to-end throughput.
It can also identify 2 serious error conditions:
Duplex Mismatch
Excessive packet loss due to faulty cables.
A test takes about 20 seconds. Click on "start" to begin.
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11
Finding Product Keys ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Sometimes when installing updates or programs we need to know the Product
key for our operating System or other software.
There are some programs which will give you this information;

Belarc Advisor:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Everest;
http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=3D1&lang=3Den&pageid=3D1

Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v1.41
www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

PCWizard
http://www.cpuid.com/pcw#download

SIW System information for Windows
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/about_siw.html
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (03/31/2005)


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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Mar 30/2005
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 Mar 30/2005
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 Mar 31/2005
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 Mar 31/2005
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 Mar 30/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Mar 31/2005
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.

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GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated: Mar 31/2005
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
Announcing the End of Support for AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 (December 31, 2004)
Read more here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)

Last updated Mar 31/2005
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 Mar 31/2005
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 Mar 31/2005
To update your software
Visit: no visable update page on site main page at
http://www.centralcommand.com/index.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
Last updated Mar 31/2005
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: 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 Mar 30/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat_download.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 Mar 31/2005
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.

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Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Mar 25/2005
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

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Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Mar 31/2005
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 Mar 30/2005
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 Mar 30/2005
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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